Honors & Recognition
Student Honors & Recognition
Faculty Honors & Recognition
2011-2012 Student Honors & Recognition
Congratulations, Spring 2012 MBA and MSIA Graduates!
Congratulations, 2012 Student Research Colloquium Participants!
The following students participated in the Student Research Colloquium on April 17, 2012:
- Grant Amundson, Antonie Vandersteeg, and Steven Maloney sponsored by Alex Polacco from the Management Department
- Feras Al-Mansour sponsored by Dr. Mark Schmidt from the Information Systems Department
- Prabhakar Neupane sponsored by Dr. Mark Schmidt from the Information Systems Department
- Callie Dahl, Kirsten Quedens, Michael Rolfes, and Jason Stay sponsored by Alex Polacco from the Management Department
- Madina Sultanova sponsored by Dr. Dennis Guster from the Information Systems Department
Congratulations, Fall 2012 Education Abroad Scholarship Winners!
Congratulations to the winners of HBS Education Abroad Scholarships for Fall 2012:
- Derek Evenson - Management
- Eric Marshall - Marketing/Economics
- Trevor Thill - Finance
Congratulations to the winner of the Global Horizons Club Education Abroad Scholarship for Fall 2012:
- Eric Marshall - Marketing/Economics
Congratulations, Spring 2012 BSEC Scholarship Award Winners!
Congratulations to the Business School Executive Council (BSEC) scholarship award winners for fall semester 2012!
- Hanquan Cai – Accounting
- Wai Quai Chong – Marketing
- Christopher Hutton – Finance
- Ryan Krebs – Accounting & Business Economics
- Braden Moore – Accounting
- Nyankoi Solo Ngungkpan – Accounting
- Longfei Ren – Finance
- Trevor Thill – Finance
- Timothy Waaraniemi - Accounting
- Austin Bohlig – Pre-business
- Brooke Goldschmidt – Pre-business
Congratulations, Business School Executive Council!
The Business Student Executive Council is the recipient of the 2012 Student Organizations Outstanding Service Project Award! Congratulations BSEC!
Congratulations, Summer 2012 Education Abroad Scholarship Winners!
Congratulations to the winners of HBS Education Abroad Scholarships for Summer 2012:
- Julie Grover – International Business
- Kelsey Kaeding – Management
- Olivia Mayer – Management
- Katie Meemken – Management
- Tanner Meissner – Management
- Megan LeMieux – Marketing
Congratulations to the winner of the Global Horizons Club Education Abroad Scholarship for Summer 2012:
- Ashley Haeny – International Business
Congratulations, 2012 Excellence in Leadership Award Recipients!
Congratulations to the 2012 Excellence in Leadership award recipients from the HBS! St. Cloud State University Excellence in Leadership Program is a University-wide program which identifies and honors students who have made a difference in the quality of University and community life.
- Amanda Bardonner - International Business
- Tara Graham - Management (and Spanish)
- Joel Gregory - Accounting
Congratulations, Spring 2012 BSEC Scholarship Award Winners!
Congratulations to the Business Student Executive Council (BSEC) scholarship award winners for spring semester 2012!
- Colin Calvert – Accounting
- Lucas Golliet – Management/ Human Resources
- Kayla Koivisto – Marketing
- Eric Marshall – Marketing & Business Economics
- Olivia Mayer – Management
- Tu Nguyen – Finance
- Michelle Spude – Accounting
- Nathan Thorvilson – Real Estate & Finance
- Lanqiu Wu – Accounting
- Brittney Ferguson – Pre-business
- Sarah Watzky – Pre-business
Congratulations, HBS Beta Gamma Sigma Scholarship Recipients!
Congratulations to the recipients of the HBS Beta Gamma Sigma Service and Leadership Scholarship recipients:
- Travis Decker
- Jyoti Khatri
HBS Student Groups Honored at Fall 2011 Community Engagement Celebration
Two HBS student groups were recently honored at the Fall 2011 Community Engagement Celebration:
• The Marketing course 498/598 won for Most Unique Project
• SUMO won for Greatest Impact
Congratulations, Spring 2012 Education Abroad Scholarship Recipients!
Congratulations to the recipients of education abroad scholarships for spring 2012:
The HBS awarded two scholarships.
- Jamie Bucholz – Management
- Matthew Wind – Marketing
The Global Horizons Club awarded one scholarship.
- Jamie Bucholz – Management
Congratulations, Josh Jacobs!
Josh Jacobs, HBS management student and a young entrepreneur, was recently featured in SCSU Outlook magazine. Click on the link to read the story. http://www.stcloudstate.edu/news/outlook/story.asp?storyID=36448&issueID=31393
Congratulations, Digi-Key Collegiate Computing Competition Participants!
On Friday, October 21, 2011, eight Information Systems students traveled to the 12th Annual Digi-Key Collegiate Computing Competition in Thief River Falls, MN.
A record number of teams, twenty-one in all, competed on programming and word/logical problems. The teams represented Computer Science departments in 11 universities from Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. One of the HBS teams finished in 6th place. Congratulations to all of the participants and their faculty advisor, Dr. Paul Safonov!
| Team 1 | Team 2 |
| Dale Cook, Brandon Libbesmeier, Michael Biehl | Brandon Kriesch, Joel Schwarting, Neil Aymond, Ivan Okhin |
2010-2011 Student Honors & Recognition
2009-2010 Student Honors & Recognition
2008-2009 Student Honors & Recognition
Faculty Honors & Recognition
Congratulations, Professor Alex Polacco!
Professor Alex Polacco received the 2011/2012 HBS Faculty of the Year Award, sponsored by the Business School Executive Council (BSEC). Students nominate faculty members for the award, and then a BSEC student committee blind reviews the nominations and selects the winner. Mr. Polacco is a faculty member in the Management Department. He also received the HCoB Faculty of the Year Award for 2008/2009 and 2009/2010.
Congratulations, Dr. Jim Weber and Dr. Paula Weber!
Dr. Jim Weber and Dr. Paula Weber recently won the Best Paper Award presented at S-BPM ONE 2012 April 4, 2012, in Vienna. The paper was entitled, "Using Social Network Analysis and Derivatives to Develop the S-BPM Approach and Community of Practice."
Congratulations, Dr. Dennis Guster!
Dr. Dennis Guster, a professor in the Information Systems Department, was recently featured in the SCSU Outlook magazine for his leading edge work on information assurance. To read to the complete article, please go to http://www.stcloudstate.edu/news/outlook/story.asp?storyID=38139&issueID=33012.
Congratulations, Dr. Adesegun Oyedele!
Dr. Adesegun Oyedele received the 2010/2011 HCoB Faculty of the Year Award, sponsored by COBEC. Students nominate faculty members for the award, and then a COBEC student committee blind reviews the nominations and selects the winner. Dr. Oyedele is a faculty member in the Marketing and Business Law Department.
Congratulations, Dr. Dien Phan!
The Information & Management journal, a top research journal in the Information Systems area, recently cited Dr. Dien Phan's publication, "A model of customer relationship management and business intelligence systems for catalogue and online retailers," (Volume 47, Issue 2, March 2010), as the second most downloaded article.
The full list of most downloaded articles can be found at the Information & Management journal website.
Congratulations, Professor Alex Polacco!
Professor Alex Polacco received the 2009/2010 HCoB Faculty of the Year Award, sponsored by COBEC. Students nominate faculty members for the award, and then a COBEC student committee blind reviews the nominations and selects the winner. Mr. Polacco is a faculty member in the Management Department. He also received the HCoB Faculty of the Year Award for 2008/2009.
Congratulations, Dr. Kate Mooney!
Kate Mooney was recently appointed to the Issues in Accounting Education Editorial Board for 2010 through 2012. Issues in Accounting Education is one of the three primary publications of the American Accounting Association. The mission of the journal is publish research, commentaries, instructional resources, and book reviews that assist accounting faculty in teaching and that address important issues in accounting education.
Congratulations, Professor Mary Soroko!
Professor Mary Soroko earned the Certified Etiquette Professional (CEP) Certification from the International Society of Certified Protocol and Etiquette Professionals (ISPEP). ISPEP administers the only internationally recognized exam-based certification in the world. To earn the certification, applicants must pass a four hour exam and demonstrate that they have taught etiquette skills for three or more years.
Congratulations, Dr. Orn Bodvarsson!
Dr. Orn Bodvarsson, Management Department Chair, co-authored a book on the economics of immigration with Hendrik F. Van den Berg of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The book, "The Economics of Immigration. Theory and Policy," was published in May 2009 by Springer and covers the economic theory of immigration, which explains why people move across borders and details the consequences of such movements for the source and destination economies. The book also describes immigration policy, providing both a history of immigration policy in a variety of countries and using the economic theory of immigration to explain the determinants and consequences of the policies.
Congratulations, Professor Alex Polacco!
Professor Alex Polacco received the 2008/2009 HCoB Faculty of the Year Award, sponsored by COBEC. Students nominate faculty members for the award, and then a COBEC student committee blind reviews the nominations and selects the winner. Mr. Polacco is a faculty member in the Management Department.
Congratulations, Dr. Paul Safonov!
Dr. Paul Safonov received the 2008/2009 Outstanding Faculty Support Award at the BCIS Club Banquet on April 26, 2009. This is the second time Dr. Safonov has received the award.
Congratulations, Dr. Elaine Davis and Dr. Janell Kurtz!
Drs. Davis and Kurtz along with co-author Dr. Yu received the best research paper award for their article entitled, "Medical Tourism to India: The Growing U.S. Patient Market." The award was presented at the Eleventh Annual International Business Summit, INBUSH, organized by Amity International Business School in Noida, India.
Congratulations, Dr. Elaine Davis and Dr. Janell Kurtz!
Drs. Davis and Kurtz received the best research paper presentation award for the presentation of "Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Compliance in India," an article co-authored by Drs. Kurtz and Davis. The award was presented at the Eleventh Annual International Business Summit, INBUSH, organized by Amity International Business School in Noida, India.
Congratulations, Dr. Changsoo Sohn!
The Journal of Total Quality Management & Business Excellence recently announced that Dr. Changsoo Sohn and his co-author Suresh K. Tadisina are the winners of the 2008 Gopal Kanji Best Paper Prize, for their article "Development of e-service quality measure for internet-based financial institutions."
Congratulations, Dr. Paul Safonov!
Dr. Paul Safonov received the best paper award for his presentation, "Information Systems on the Service of Sustainable Development: Business Perspective," at the Applied Business Research (ABR) Conference in Honolulu, HI, on January 5-8, 2009.
Congratulations, Dr. Dennis Guster and Dr. Richard Sundheim!
Dr. Dennis Guster and Dr. Richard Sundheim, along with co-author Liangjun You, received the 2008 best paper award from the Journal of Informatics Research for their article, "Using the Packet Analysis Method to Teach Secure Communications in Client/Server Computing."
