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Jackson, Roesler named top business students
May 12, 2005 | ||||||
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KOKOMO, Ind.—Erica Jackson of Greentown, a management and human resources major, has been recognized as IU Kokomo's Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Business for 2005. Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) candidate Brandy Roesler of Kokomo has received the Outstanding Graduate Student in Business award. Both women were honored May 6, during the School of Business's annual Scholarship Luncheon at Pastarrific Restaurant in Kokomo. Scholarships recipients were announced for the 2005–2006 academic year. Jackson received two scholarships: the Bucheri, McCarty and Metz Scholarship and the Sita C. and C.L. Amba-Rao Service Scholarship for undergraduates. Roesler earned the Pendse Outstanding M.B.A. Scholarship. Robert C. Jones, an accounting major from Elwood, was named Outstanding Accounting Student of the year and the winner of three undergraduate scholarships: the Fingleton Accounting Scholarship, the Business and Economic Accounting Scholarship, and the William G. McGowan Scholarship. The latter is a one-year, full-tuition grant from the McGowan Charitable Fund. Megan Mathews, a Fairmount resident studying in the pre-business program, received the Particia Pencek Endowed Scholarship. Other scholarship recipients in the M.B.A. program included Dennis Pensyl of Noblesville, winner of the Brad Stansbury Memorial Scholarship, and Kelly Scher of Marion, winner of the Sita C. and C.L. Amba-Rao Service Scholarship for graduate students. During the luncheon, Sam M. Walton Fellow Joan Hoch presented service awards to members of the IU Kokomo Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) chapter, recognizing more than 100 hours of community service through the chapter. Recipients were Jessica Arnold, Kokomo; Andy Earl, Kokomo; Richard Schwartz, Flora; Nathaniel Stout, Tipton; and Brian van Camp, Bunker Hill. The SIFE chapter earned its fifth consecutive regional title in the SIFE U.S. collegiate competition in April. The chapter will advance to the national competition May 22–24 in Kansas City, Mo. Brian Shockney, CEO and president of Logansport Memorial Hospital, addressed the awards luncheon audience. A member of the School of Business Advisory Board, Shockney earned a bachelor's degree in business administration and management at IU Kokomo in 1990. He received a master's degree in health administration at IUPUI in 1994. “The School of Business is pleased to support its students by providing them scholarships, awards, and other tangible and intangible incentives to succeed in their chosen programs,” said Dean Niranjan Pati. Ph.D. “While saluting these individuals who represent our students' success stories, I would like to congratulate the donors of these scholarships that made a difference in our students' lives.” For more information on scholarships available through the IU Kokomo School of Business, call (765) 455-9275.
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