Honors & Recognition
Student Honors & Recognition
Faculty Honors & Recognition
Student Honors & Recognition
Congratulations, Spring 2010 Study Abroad Scholarship Recipients!
Congratulations to the recipients of scholarships for spring 2010 study abroad programs:
- Maysie Czech - Management and Public Relations major, International Business minor – Alnwick, England
- Kimberly Nowack - Management-HR major, International Business minor – Thailand
Also, congratulations to the Global Horizons Club study abroad scholarship winner for spring 2010:
- Charlie Bice – Pre-Business – Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in South Africa
Target Corporation awards students $4,000 in Case Study Competition
Target Corporation awarded a $4,000 case study grant to Dr. Olivia Lee for her Spring 2009 Strategic Marketing course. Twenty-six students competed for four $1,000 awards by preparing and presenting strategies to help Target meet its changing demographic needs. The winning team, Zen Marketing, was comprised of G.R. Herberger College of Business students Matthew Jensen, Tarek Kotby, Makenzie Hannine, and Michael Watrud. Congratulations, Team Zen Marketing!
Congratulations, Marketing and Business Law Scholarship Winners!
Congratulations to the following Marketing and Business Law scholarship winners:
Robert Calhoun Scholarships
- Cheri Koecher
- Ashlee Anvik
Storms Agency Scholarships
- Jana Schaumberg
- Jessica Lee Brooks
- Michael Roeder
- Brent Erik Kaslow
Dr. Rose Reha Scholarship
- Ben Brendler
Congratulations, Student Research Colloquium Award Winners and Participants!
Congratulations to BCIS students Corey Hemminger, Joseph Meunier, and Christopher Schroeder and their advisor, Professor Dennis Guster, for their honorable mention in Student Research Colloquium paper competition. For their efforts, they received a cash prize and an award certificate.
The following students also participated in the colloquium:
- Michael Condon, Sabina Dangol, Debjani Das, Rekha Guragain, Tian Hou, and Aneeqa Khan sponsored by Dr. Mark Schmidt from the BCIS Department
- Kristen Faidley, Melissa Sanoski, Katherine Thielen, and Jessica Wendland sponsored by Dr. Elaine Davis from the Management Department
- Ritu Shrestha sponsored by Dr. Adesegun Oyedele from the Marketing and Business Law Department
Congratulations, Fall 2009 COBEC Scholarship Recipients!
Congratulations to the recipients of COBEC scholarships for fall 2009:
- Ashley Beier - Accounting & Finance
- Ashley Hillyer - Finance
- Chad Dahlman - Accounting
- Amanda Pionke - Accounting
- Shanna Seidel - Management
- Colleen Alan - Real Estate
- Danielle Meservy - Finance
- Pratikshya Uprety - Finance
- Amber Hall - Pre-Business
- Wenjia Pu - Pre-Business
Congratulations, Fall 2009 Study Abroad Scholarship Recipients!
Congratulations to the recipients of scholarships for fall 2009 study abroad programs:
- Michelle Bechtold - Finance - Ingolstadt, Germany
- Michael Wilson - Finance and Economics - Ingolstadt, Germany
Also, congratulations to the Global Horizons Club study abroad scholarship winner for fall 2009:
- Christina Brown - International Business and Spanish - Concepcion, Chile
Congratulations, 2009 Beta Gamma Sigma Inductees!
Congratulations to the 2009 Beta Gamma Sigma Inductees. Beta Gamma Sigma is an honor society for students enrolled in business and management programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International.
Congratulations, Summer 2009 Study Abroad Scholarship Recipients!
Congratulations to the recipients of $500 scholarships for summer 2009 study abroad programs:
- Allison Erickson – Accounting – Chile/Argentina
- Thuy Le - International Business – Chile/Argentina
- Tamara Madsen - Management – Chile/Argentina
- Kimberly Nowack - Management – Chile/Argentina
- Hieu Nguyen – Finance – Alnwick, England
- Gretchen Seubert – Marketing – Chile/Argentina
Also, congratulations to the Global Horizons Club $300 study abroad scholarship winners for summer 2009:
- Jonathan Brenny – Marketing – Chile/Argentina
- Thuy Le – International Business – Chile/Argentina
Congratulations, 2009 Excellence in Leadership Award Winners!
The following G.R. Herberger College of Business students have been awarded the 2009 Excellence in Leadership award:
- Bretta Edwards, Business Management
- Ben Hansen, Business Management
- Rodney Heit, Finance
- Saurav Pandey, Accounting
- Kyle Swanson, Entrepreneurship
- Matthew Weber, Masters of Business Administration
The University Award for Excellence in Leadership identifies and honors students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership while at St. Cloud State University. The program recognizes students who, through their leadership efforts, have made significant contributions to St. Cloud State University and their communities based on an evaluation of their academic commitment and their leadership experiences.
Faculty Honors & Recognition
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."
