College of Business - Student Awards and Recipients
Every spring, the College of Business faculty and administration select and recognize our outstanding students. Please join us in celebrating the recipients of our 2020 Student Awards listed below by department by posting a congratulatory message on our College of Business Facebook or Twitter feeds.
AWARDS BY DEPARTMENT
ACCOUNTING | COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS & BUSINESS ANALYTICS | ECONOMICS | FINANCE & BUSINESS LAW | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS | MANAGEMENT | MARKETING | HART SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY, SPORT AND RECREATION MAGEMENT | COLLEGE OF BUSINESS | MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION | HONORS THESIS RECOGNITION
ACCOUNTING
Outstanding Undergraduates in Accounting
Savannah Irene Lee
Andrew Phillip Smith
Outstanding Graduate, Masters of Science in Accounting
Megan Elizabeth Salter
COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS & BUSINESS ANALYTICS
Outstanding Senior in Computer Information Systems
Emily Hoang
Outstanding Junior in Computer Information Systems
Christopher Richard Torchia
Computer Information Systems CGI Award 2020
Austin Eric Gottshall
Business Analytics CGI Award 2020
Christopher Richard Torchia
Todd Perry (’92) Aspiring Analytics Endowed Scholarship
Kirsi Grace Arnesen
Computer Information Systems Technology Alumni Group (TAG) Award
Amanda Kahee Cho
Computer Information Systems Consulting Excellence Awards
Austin Trevor Elmore
Thomas William Kwalwasser II
Charles Avery Vass
Outstanding Senior in Economics
Harrison Daniel Hooper
Faculty Award for Academic Excellence in Economics
Joseph Luddy Kauffman
Outstanding Senior in Finance
Morgan Brantley Cox
Faculty Awards for Excellence in Finance
Julia Addison Cumins
Taylor Michelle Wilk
Outstanding Senior in Quantitative Finance
Samantha Kianna Dawkins
Faculty Award for Excellence in Quantitative Finance
Kirsten Garber Ziviello
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Outstanding Senior in International Business
Cori Marie Dowden
Degesch America Award
Theresa Lynn Pickering
Outstanding Student in Management
Eric Joseph Hubbard
Management Faculty Awards for Excellence
Brittany Jordan Owens
Rachel Lynn Rosenberg
Julia Frances Thompson
Outstanding Student in Marketing
Mary Grace McGregor
Marketing Faculty Award for Excellence
Patrick Crane Maercklein
Outstanding Female in Sales
Ashley Janice Batitto
Outstanding Male in Sales
Kyle Russell Wolff
Outstanding JMU Digital Marketing Student Award presented by Workshop Digital
Jenna Louise Clark
HART SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY, SPORT AND RECREATION MANAGEMENT
Outstanding Senior in Hospitality Management
Madelyn Ann McGeary
Outstanding Senior in Sport and Recreation Management
Julie Ann Swenton
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Alpha Kappa Psi Award
Danielle Doan
Zane Showker Entrepreneurship Award
Halle Elizabeth Duenkel
Valedictorian
Morgan Brantley Cox
HONORS THESIS RECOGNITION
ACCOUNTING
Rory Stevens Jones
"Employee Turnover and Firm Resources within the Public Accounting World: The Long Path to Authentic Leadership"
(Dr. Luis Betancourt, Advisor)
COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS & BUSINESS ANALYTICS
Halle Elizabeth Duenkel
"Business Writing Course"
(Ms. Christina Roeder, Advisor)
ECONOMICS
Harrison Daniel Hooper
"Short Term Rentals: Airbnb's Impacting on the Housing Market"
(Dr. William Wood, Advisor)
Joseph Luddy Kauffman
"Short Term Rentals: Airbnb's Impacting on the Housing Market"
(Dr. William Wood, Advisor)
Alexander Joseph Sawyer
"DSGE Models and the Financial Instability Hypothesis"
(Dr. Vipul Bhatt, Advisor)
Seth Tanner Walker
"Evaluating the Effectiveness of Quantitative Easing: A Vector Autoregressive Approach"
(Dr. Vipul Bhatt, Advisor)
FINANCE
Lauren Ashley Calderaro
"The Costs and Benefits of the Rehabilitation Tax Credit: A US State-by-State Analysis"
(Dr. Carl Larsson, Advisor)
Alexis Renee Kakar
"The Banking Secrecy Act's Effect on Community Banks"
(Dr. Carl Larsson, Advisor)
MANAGEMENT
Brittany Jordan Owens
"Wedding Venue Applied Research"
(Dr. William Ritchie, Advisor)
Taylor Nicole Tsoleas
"ADA/FMLA Training"
(Dr. Laura Leduc, Advisor)
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