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School of Business announces scholarships

May 10, 2006

KOKOMO, Ind.—During a May 5 luncheon, the Indiana University Kokomo School of Business announced the winners of eight scholarships for the 2006–2007 academic year.

Four scholarships were designated for undergraduate business students:

• Rebekah Kinney of Kokomo, accounting major and recipient of the Bucheri, McCarty and Metz Scholarship

• Effie Jones of Flora, accounting major and recipient of the Fingleton Accounting Scholarship

• Megan Mathew of Fairmount, finance and economics major and recipient of the Patricia Pencek Endowed Scholarship and the Business and Economics Accounting Scholarship

Jones was recognized as the Outstanding Accounting Student of 2005–2006.

Four students in the Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) program received scholarships:

• Whitney Porter of Noblesville, recipient of the Brad Stansbury Memorial Scholarship

• Bill Colwell of Greentown, recipient of the Pendse Outstanding M.B.A. Scholarship

• Sonja Burton of Kempton, recipient of the Sita C. and C.L. Amba-Rao Service M.B.A. Scholarship

• Scott Voorhis of Greentown, recipient of the William G. McGowan Award

Robert C. Jones of Elwood, a senior in finance and economics, was named the Outstanding Business Undergraduate of 2005–2006. Bill Colwell was recognized as this year’s Outstanding Business Graduate Student.

Annette Russell, president and CEO of Security Federal Savings Bank in Logansport, spoke as guest of honor at the scholarship luncheon. Russell earned a Bachelor of Science in Business at IU Kokomo in 1994.

For more information about School of Business programs at IU Kokomo, visit http://www.iuk.edu/business or call (765) 455-9465.


School of Business scholarship and award winners are, left to right, front row, Megan Mathews, Sonja Burton, Rebekah Kinney, and Whitney Porter; back row, Scott Voorhis, Robert Jones, Effie Jones, and Bill Colwell.
School of Business scholarship and award winners are, left to right, front row, Megan Mathews, Sonja Burton, Rebekah Kinney, and Whitney Porter; back row, Scott Voorhis, Robert Jones, Effie Jones, and Bill Colwell.