COMPANIES
Hitchcock Fleming & Associates Inc.
The marketing and communications firm said it was recognized in BtoB magazine’s 2012 list of Top Agencies as the largest Northeast Ohio-based agency and second-largest Ohio agency. Firms were listed based on new clients, new campaigns, innovative work, results, awards and business growth.
TC Architects
TC Architects was recognized for a redesign of the resident quarters for Akron General Health System’s main campus at the 2013 American Institute of Architects, Akron Chapter Design Awards Dinner.
White Hat Management
The operator of charter schools in Akron announced Chief Academic Officer Maggie Ford will make a presentation at the 2013 Building Expertise Second International Marzano Conference being held June 19-21 in Orlando, Fla. She will speak on “Transitioning to the Common Core Using Project-Based Learning and Standards-Based Education to Prepare Our Students for Life After High School.”
PEOPLE
Les Smeach
The partner at Schlabig & Associates joined the Finance Advisory Board at the University of Akron’s Department of Finance in the College of Business Administration. The board meets four times a year to discuss the use of member-contributed funds to provide student assistance, such as scholarships and student projects, faculty development, educational enhancement, board operations and more.