The School of Business held their second annual Celebration of Excellence on April 16th to recognize the students, faculty, and staff of the School of Business for their outstanding achievements. The ceremony recognized Beta Gamma Sigma inductees and honorees, Dean’s Scholars, Outstanding Students by Discipline, Special Scholarship Award Winners, Faculty and Staff Excellence Award Winners, and the recipients of the University Distinguished Achievement Awards for Teaching and for Service.
Dean’s Scholar Award
recipients are current business students who have achieved a 3.5 GPA or better
for three consecutive terms while taking at least six credits each term, do not
have a grade lower than a C, and have earned at least 45 credits at Robert
Morris University. There were 263 students recognized for this award.
Beta Gamma Sigma held
their induction ceremony in conjunction with the Celebration of Excellence on
April 16th. Beta Gamma Sigma is the top honorary society for AACSB Schools of
Business. Only students who are in the top 10% of their class are eligible for
induction into this prestigious society. It is the highest recognition a
business student anywhere in the world can receive from a business program that
is AACSB accredited. Forty-six top undergraduate and graduate students were
inducted along with ten faculty inductees. Two chapter honorees, and RMU Board
of Trustees Members, were also inducted into the RMU chapter. Richard J.
Harshman, Chairman, President, and CEO of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated,
and David J. Malone, President and CEO of Gateway Financial.
The School of Business
also recognized an outstanding student from each discipline. These students
have invested extensive amounts of time and energy into their academic careers
at RMU.
Outstanding Student Awards by Discipline
Outstanding Accounting
Student Award: Kyle R. Neff
Pennsylvania Institute
of Certified Public Accountants Outstanding Senior Award: Nicole T. Hamilton
Outstanding Economics
Student Award: Tara Dillan
Outstanding Finance
Student Award: Andrew R. Wisneski
Outstanding Hospitality
and Tourism Management Student Award: Ashley Wagner
Outstanding Hospitality
and Tourism Management Association Service Award: Anna Markovich
Outstanding Human Resource
Management Student Award: Julie L. Elkin
Outstanding McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Management Student Award: Laura M. Maffeo
Outstanding Marketing
Student Award: Alexis Jones
Outstanding Sport
Management Student Award: Camille Partis
Each year the university honors a student from every discipline of each of our five schools with the Presidential Undergraduate Achievement Awards. The School of Business award winners include the following students:
Each year the university honors a student from every discipline of each of our five schools with the Presidential Undergraduate Achievement Awards. The School of Business award winners include the following students:
Presidential Undergraduate Achievement Awards
Accounting: Steven J.
Tracy
Economics: Vanessa
Petrasko
Finance: Joshua
Wakefield
Hospitality and Tourism
Management: Shanon Retzer
Management: Laura
Maffeo
Marketing: Alexis Jones
Sport Management:
Shelby Lander
The School of Business
would not be what it is without our faculty and staff. Several faculty members
were recognized at the Celebration of Excellence for all of their hard work
commitment to the School of Business and its students.
Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards
Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards
University-Wide Faculty
Excellence Award Recipient: Artemisia Apostolopoulou
Academic Publication
Award: Zhou Yang
Professional
Publication Award: Lou Swartz and Michele Cole
Service Excellence
Award: Mike Yahr
Teaching Excellence
Award: Dave Hess
Excellence in Teaching
Innovation Award: Jacob Peng
Staff Excellence Award:
Anne Stokes
We are so grateful for
all our students, faculty, and staff and all of the hard work and time they
invest in the School of Business.
