Class of 2020 graduates, faculty and staff have been selected for honors by the Weatherhead School of Management.
Graduates
Members of the Class of 2020 were selected for awards by their peers.
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.
- Annamarie Morino
The Student Life Award
This award recognizes a student who participates in and encourages student engagement.
- 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.
- Dharani Kalyana Raman
The Rita Kicher Award
This award is presented to a graduating part-time student at the Weatherhead School. The award recipient is recognized as an outstanding colleague in Cleveland’s professional community.
- David A. Towslee
The Executive MBA Leadership Award
This award recognizes a student who demonstrates outstanding personal leadership.
- Sarah A. Sydlowski
The Doctor of Management Scholar-Practitioner Award
This award recognizes an outstanding reflective practitioner.
- 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.
- Joseph Miller
The Outstanding PhD Award
This award recognizes outstanding research by doctoral students.
- Karlygash Assylkhan
- 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.
- Piotr Michal Kotowski
- Xi Chen
Director’s Award for Academic Excellence
This award recognizes students with high academic achievement in the Master of Accountancy program.
- Kathleen Wick Beck
- Keith William Erichsen
- Yuqing Deng
- Yuqi Han
- John Joseph Dorrow
- Jienan Tu
- Yujie Zhao
The Master of Accountancy Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award
This award recognizes students who have performed an outstanding job as a graduate assistant.
- Dharani Kalyana Raman
- 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.
- 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.
- Ming Liu
- 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.
- Yishen Cai
- 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 School image in a positive way, contributes to the total community, and stimulates the classroom experience.
- Sicheng Chen
The Outstanding Student Award in Finance
This award recognizes a student’s excellence and contributions to the discipline and profession of finance.
- Wan Liu
Faculty
Faculty members selected for honors are recognized for being exemplars in research, teaching and service.
The WSOM Enduring Impact Award
This award recognizes scholarly contributions with an enduring impact in their area of research.
- Youngjin Yoo, the Elizabeth M. & William C. Treuhaft Professorship in Entrepreneurship & Professor, Design & Innovation
The WSOM Emerging Impact Award
This award recognizes scholarly contributions that represent an emerging impact in their area of research.
- Qi Wu, assistant professor, Department of Operations.
The Doctoral Teaching & Mentoring Award
This award recognizes a professor who exemplifies excellence in teaching and mentoring selected by PhD and DM students.
- David Aron, adjunct faculty of DM program
Graduate Faculty Teaching Excellence Award.
The graduate teaching award committee reviewed numerous nominations by students and recognized one faculty for this award.
- RL Shankar, assistant professor, Department of Banking & Finance
Weatherhead Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award
The undergraduate teaching award committee recognized one faculty member for this award.
- Karen Braun, professor, Department of Accountancy
Staff
Marjorie S. Feldman Staff Service Award
- Suzanne Healey, director, online learning
Unsung Hero Staff Service Award
- Stacey Lotz, project manager