{"id":671,"date":"2013-03-22T11:34:24","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T16:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/?p=671"},"modified":"2018-05-13T18:48:02","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T22:48:02","slug":"671","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/671\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Curb offers wisdom, support for school"},"content":{"rendered":"

By James Smithwick<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Carol W. Eaton, left, joins Curb, Laurie White and Brian Babb. Photo by Lisa Silversmith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Music industry icon and philanthropist Mike Curb entertained attendees February 13th<\/sup> as part of the L. Gale Lemerand Entrepreneurial Speaker Series, speaking about a wide range of topics, from his own history to the future of Daytona State College.<\/p>\n

Curb lectured for over an hour, describing his history in the recording industry, NASCAR racing circuit and politics. His endowment to Daytona State College provides for the Mike Curb College of Music, Entertainment and Arts. His Curb Family Foundation has committed to supporting arts education to make sure the history of music and entertainment combines with present technologies to secure a solid future for the industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope (students) are encouraged to follow their dreams and to complete their education. We hope to provide them with music, film and arts education that isn\u2019t available at most of the institutions in Florida at this time,\u201d Curb said.<\/p>\n

Curb\u2019s philanthropic donations and endowments support music and arts education at several colleges and universities across the country, including California State University Northridge, Vanderbilt University, Belmont University and Baylor University. The only school in the state of Florida to receive funding and support from the Curb Family Foundation is Daytona State College.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think success is when good preparation meets good luck,\u201d said Curb. \u201cIf they (students) are prepared with a good education, they increase their chances of having a bit of luck. When those two come together, you\u2019re bound for success.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked if students should work hard or work smart, Curb replied \u201cBoth. I think you\u2019ve got to do both or you\u2019ll never make it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Curb knows quite a bit about being successful. His NASCAR team has a storied history of wins with such acclaimed drivers as Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty. His political resume includes being the Lt. Governor of California and chairing the Republican National Finance Committee under President Ronald Reagan. He has worked alongside the likes of Harvey Milk as a leading conservative advocate for gay rights since the 1970\u2019s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Music industry icon and philanthropist Mike Curb entertained attendees February 13th as part of the L. Gale Lemerand Entrepreneurial Speaker Series, speaking about a wide range of topics, from his own history to the future of Daytona State College.<\/p>\n

Curb lectured for over an hour, describing his history in the recording industry, NASCAR racing circuit and politics. His endowment to Daytona State College provides for the Mike Curb College of Music, Entertainment and Arts. His Curb Family Foundation has committed to supporting arts education to make sure the history of music and entertainment combines with present technologies to secure a solid future for the industry. Continue reading Mike Curb offers wisdom, support for school<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5138,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions\/5138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}