Class of 2020: Graduate Student Awards

On behalf of Dean Malhotra and the Weatherhead family, we are pleased to recognize the following students who have been selected by their peers for demonstrating excellence over their careers at Weatherhead.

The Scott S. Cowen Student Leadership Award

This award recognizes a leader and role model who contributes to the total community and stimulates the classroom experience.

This year’s recipient is Annamarie Morino.

The Student Life Award

This award recognizes a student who participates in and encourages student engagement.

This year’s recipient is Zhongda Sun.

The Theodore M. Alfred Distinguished Service Student Award

This award recognizes a student who participates in community service inside and outside of the Weatherhead community.

This year’s recipient is  Dharani Kalyana Raman.

The Rita Kicher Award

This award is presented to a graduating part-time student at Weatherhead. The award recipient is recognized as an outstanding colleague in Cleveland's professional community.

This year’s recipient is David A.Towslee.

The Executive MBA Leadership Award

This award recognizes a student who demonstrates outstanding personal leadership. This year’s recipient is Sarah A. Sydlowski.

The Doctor of Management Scholar-Practitioner Award

This award recognizes an outstanding reflective practitioner.

This year’s recipient is Angel Lopez Mutuberria.

The Doctor of Management Student Leadership Award

This award recognizes a student who serves as a positive role model and is an ambassador for the DM program.

This year’s recipient is Joseph Miller.

The Outstanding Ph.D. Award

This award recognizes outstanding research by doctoral students.

This year’s recipients are Karlygash Assylkhan and Jacqueline Wukich.

Directors Award for Outstanding Student in Master of Accountancy

This award is awarded to two Master of Accountancy students who not only demonstrate high academic achievement but have been leaders and active participants in the Master of Accountancy program, Beta Alpha Psi, and the Department of Accountancy.

This year's recipients are Piotr Michal Kotowski and Xi Chen.

Director’s Award for Academic Excellence

This award recognizes students with high academic achievement in the Master of Accountancy program.

This year the recipients are Kathleen Wick Beck, Keith William Erichsen, Yuqing Deng, Yuqi Han, John Joseph Dorrow, Jienan Tu, and Yujie Zhao

The Master of Accountancy Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award

This award recognizes students who have performed an outstanding job as a graduate assistant.

This year’s recipients are Dharani Kalyana Raman and Nina S. Dingel.

The Federation of Schools of Accountancy Award

This award is presented annually to the most outstanding Master of Accountancy student.  The FSA is an organization of accredited graduate programs in accounting, and its mission is to promote and support high-quality accredited graduate accounting programs in the United States and abroad.  The Department of Accountancy is separately accredited and is a full-fledged and active member of the FSA.

This year’s recipient is Nicole Rena Doyle.

The MSM-Business Analytics Leadership Award

This is awarded to a student for outstanding contributions in promoting class cohesion, program excellence, and superior learning experience in the Business Analytics program.

This year’s recipients are Ming Liu and Meijing Qin.

The MSM - ORSC Student Leadership Award

This award is presented to a student(s) for outstanding contributions in promoting class cohesion, program excellence, and superior learning experience in the MSM-Operations and Supply Chain program.

This year's recipients are Yishen Cai and Lili Fu.

The MSM-Finance Student Leadership Award

This award is presented to a student who serves as a leader and role model for all students.  The recipient promotes the Weatherhead image in a positive way, contributes to the total community, and stimulates the classroom experience.

This year’s recipient is Sicheng Chen.

The Outstanding Student Award in Finance

This award recognizes a student's excellence and contributions to the discipline and profession of finance.

This year’s recipient is Wan Liu.