Students Recognized for Academic Achievements, Community Service, Leadership and More

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

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

Directors Award for Outstanding Student in Masters of Accountancy is awarded to two Master of Accountancy students who not only demonstrate high academic achievement, but they 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: Kaitlyn Mackenzie Gorski and Yucui He

Director’s Award for Academic Excellence recognizes students with high academic achievement in the Master of Accountancy program. This year the recipients are:

  • Stephen Paul Aber
  • Andrew Joseph
  • EvansPawel
  • Jan Kotowski
  • Ruirui Shen
  • Larry Wang
  • Dan Wu
  • Xinyi Xie
  • Lixin Zhang

The Doctor of Management Scholar Practitioner Award recognizes an outstanding reflective practitioner. This year’s recipient is Robert Alexander Warren.

The Master of Accountancy Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award recognizes students who have performed an outstanding job as a graduate assistant. This years recipients are Weishan Chen and Lisi Yu.

The Executive MBA Leadership Award recognizes a student who demonstrates outstanding personal leadership. This year’s recipient is Mary K. Miller.

The Federation of Schools of Accountancy 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 Timothy Alexander Mayer

The Outstanding PhD Award recognizes outstanding research by doctoral students. This year’s recipient is Varun Nagaraj.

The Outstanding Student Award in Finance recognizes a student's excellence and contributions to the discipline and profession of finance. This year’s recipient is Jingjing Jia.

The MSM - ORSC Student Leadership 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 Maria Daniela Aguilera Mercado and Sai Venkata Dinesh Babu Bommireddy.

The MSM-Finance Student Leadership 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 Jilong Liu.

The Rita Kicher 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 recipients are: Rishabh Bahel & Matthew Richard Zenker.

The Scott S. Cowen Student Leadership Award recognizes a leader and role model who contributes to the total community and stimulates the classroom experience. This year’s recipient is Harsh Ranjan.

The Student Life Award recognizes a student who participates in and encourages student engagement. This year’s recipient is Gaoming Guan.

The Theodore M. Alfred Distinguished Service Student Award recognizes a student who participates in community service inside and outside of the Weatherhead community. This year’s recipient is Shanelle Lacole Smith.

Congratulations to this year’s award recipients.