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Jones wins McGowan Scholar Award
May 12, 2005 | |||||
KOKOMO, Ind.—Robert C. Jones of Elwood has received the William G. McGowan Scholar Award, covering full tuition up to $11,100 of his senior year at IU Kokomo. Jones is a double major in accounting, and finance and economics in the School of Business.
This is the second consecutive year that the McGowan Charitable Fund, established by MCI Communications founder William G. McGowan, has funded one of the scholarships for IU Kokomo. The 2004 recipient was M.B.A. student Erin Wittmeyer of Plymouth. School of Business Dean Niranjan Pati, Ph.D., said that eligibility for the highly competitive awards is open only to schools of business accredited by the International Association for Management Education—as is IU Kokomo's—or the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs. “It was up to our IU Kokomo faculty to choose the award recipient,” Pati said. “Robert Jones came highly recommended by his professors, for his strong academic performance and for an essay he wrote about the late William McGowan's contributions to contemporary business. “Jones has proven his tenacity to succeed in spite of maintaining a busy work schedule after he graduated from Northwestern High School. He held various job titles as quality coordinator, consultant, materials coordinator, material manager, and so on. He is currently the President of Phoenix Investment Properties, Inc. The award will enable Jones to put his efforts to full-time classes, in order to graduate from the program in May 2006, Pati explained. “With 150 credit hours, [Jones] will be able to sit for the CPA exam immediately,” Pati said.
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