Every spring, College of Business faculty and administration select and recognize our outstanding students. Please join us in celebrating the recipients of our 2024 Student Awards listed below by department by posting a congratulatory message on our College of Business Facebook and LinkedIn feeds.

Valedictorian

Mya Kathryn Gonzales 

Accounting

Outstanding Undergraduate in Accounting

Spencer Hamilton Brooks

Outstanding Graduates, Masters of Science in Accounting 

Catherine Leigh Baker
Olivia Glennamae Davis
Justin Paul Demchak
Sara Elizabeth McCoy

Business Management

Outstanding Student in Business Management 

Mya Kathryn Gonzales

Business Management Faculty Awards for Excellence

Alba Fernández Almagro
Joaquin Sungahid Dela Cruz
Miette Veldman
Grace Anne Whitehead

Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics

Outstanding Senior in Computer Information Systems

Jessica Shamloo

Outstanding Junior in Computer Information Systems 

Briana Nicole Turner

Computer Information Systems Consulting Excellence Awards

Anna Marie Brascia
Tomas Castro-Albano
Ethan Michael Dillon
Colin Francis Tonry 

Todd Perry ('92) Aspiring Analytics Endowed Scholarship

Griffin Frederick Imlay

Economics

Faculty Award for Academic Excellence in Economics 

Kaitlyn Marie Marro

Executive Advisory Board Outstanding Senior in Economics 

Matthew Jonathan Kendig 

Finance and Business Law

Outstanding Senior in Finance

Jabril Khalid Al-Hamdy

Faculty Awards for Excellence in Finance 

Brendan Joseph Hess
Joshua David Lipscomb

Outstanding Senior in Quantitative Finance

Sigurður Bjarki Blumenstein

Faculty Awards for Excellence in Quantitative Finance

Kendall Amanda Gabao Divers
Demitri Alexander J. Turner

Gilliam Center for Entrepreneurship

Zane Showker Entrepreneurship Award

Ryan Keen Degaraff

Hart School of Hospitality, Sport and Recreation Management

Outstanding Senior in Hospitality Management

Alex Jerold McMillen

Outstanding Senior in Sport and Recreation Management

Patricia Ann Rodgers

International Business

Outstanding Senior in International Business 

Kseniia Kozlova

Degesch America Award

Meredith Kaleigh Peters

Marketing

Outstanding Student in Marketing 

Zoe Georgia Kopidis

Marketing Faculty Award for Excellence 

Adrianna Makenzie Rippon

Outstanding Student in Professional Sales 

Faris Mina Hreish

Outstanding JMU Digital Marketing Student Award presented by Workshop Digital

Caitlin Ann McGeehan

Master of Business Administration

Outstanding Student in MBA Program

Stacey Autumn Miller

School of Strategic Leadership Studies

Outstanding Dissertation

Dr. Guy Bennet deBrun

"Developing and Establishing Validity Evidence for a Measure of Situational Leadership in an Outdoor Leadership Context"

Honors Thesis Recognitions
Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics

Thesis: "Are phishing email tests from companies effective at teaching employees how to spot them?"

Advisor: Dr. Puzant Balozian, assistant professor

Thesis: "Clicksteam Data and Personalized Advertisements Website"

Advisor: Laura Atkins, lecturer

Thesis: "Experiential Learning of ERP Systems in Undergraduate Business Studies"

Advisor: Shawn Lough, lecturer and assistant AUH

Thesis: "Exploring the Double-Edged Sword of Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity"

Advisor: Leigh Mutchler, assistant professor

 

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