In April, our Department of Management hosted a luncheon in Barsema Hall’s Haribo Commons to recognize our students, faculty and staff, including some high-achieving award winners.
Faculty and staff winners were honored with special department and university awards, including:
FACULTY AND STAFF
Rising Huskie Award
- Nichole Jackson, office manager.
Business Admin MVP Award
- Devaki Rau, professor.
Excellence in Teaching Award
- Eric Michel, assistant professor.
- Russ Page, instructor.
Department Service Award
- Steph Horgan, former academic advisor for the Department of Management.
Department Service Award
- Jon Briscoe, chair of the Department of Management.
ALUMNI
Our Outstanding Alumnus Award was given to management alumnus Zach Alesandrini, ’07, who has worked for Epic in international as well as domestic executive roles. Alesandrini has generously given back to our Department of Management, gifting scholarships and well as mentorship to the next generation of Huskies.
STUDENTS
The luncheon also honored dozens of students who received scholarship awards, including the following:
Randal N. Beck Memorial Scholarship
- Ashley Cubas.
- Arianna Fuchs.
William and Eileen Breitzke Endowed Scholarship in Business
- Kait Davis.
- Kathlyn Iskrev.
Herb Eldean Scholarship Fund
- Ryan Kramer.
Lois V. Hobart Endowed Scholarship
- Kevin Sanchez.
Don and Kaval Larson Scholarship
- Rylie Haskell.
Peter and Corinne Magnoni Endowed Scholarship in Business
- Ashley Olson.
Scott R. Mitchell Vision Award
- Spencer Scott.
David and Linda Nelson Endowed Business Scholarship
- Logan Barthlow.
NIU Executive Club and YPN Endowed Scholarship in the College of Business
- Maya Eatman.
Dan Parmenter Memorial Endowed Scholarship in the College of Business
- Malachi Ball-Alexander.
Rita C. Patti Student Endowment for the College of Business
- Jasmine Ajagbe.
- Neil Viejon.
Sigma Iota Epsilon Scholarship
- Solaya Sirivong.
- Allie Sobczak.
- Rita Zhao.
Carol Coyle Memorial Scholarship
- Ana Sifuentes.
Nick and Olga Rakuc Memorial Scholarship in Management
- Taleen Ghazal.
- Lilly Klassen.
- Jessica Olson.
Robert and Catherine Rothkopf Endowed Leadership Scholarship
- Anna Campbell.
- Jose Castro.
- Jonnie Kullens.
Social Impact Leaders Scholarship
- Edith Escorza.
Barsema Social Entrepreneurship Scholar Award
- Edith Escorza.
Barsema Social Entrepreneurship Scholar Award
- Joshua Miguel Juarez.
Barsema Social Entrepreneurship Scholar Award
- Olivia Collier.
- Ahmia Edwards.
- Claire Meyer.
- Alex Moreno.
- Annika Salchert.
- Jada Samuels.
- Nesean Smith.
Kevin Casebolt Scholarship
- Jada Samuels.
Carrie M. and John T. Travers Scholarship
- Senyo Awoundi.
- Annika Salchert.
Robert M. Youngmeyer Endowed Scholarship
- Caitlin Pruitt.
Sara Obenchain Passion for Leadership Scholarship
- Caitlin Pruitt.
Gladys Bahr Memorial Fund Scholarship
- Damian Hacz.
Mike O’Connor Scholarship
- Laura Meyer.
Golden Hearts Scholarship
- Laura Meyer.
Bill Mathews Scholarship Award
- Shalin Shah.
Department of Management Achievement Award
- Mac Heelein.
Alesandrini Family Scholarship in Management
- Joseph Heckelsmiller.
Positive Impact Award
- Ian Rabanal.
Management and Business Administration Student Advisory Board (MBSAB) Graduates
- Bella Alfaro.
- Rachel Espinoza.
- Mckayla Fitzpatrick.
- Nuam Kim.
- Ian Rabanal.
To learn more about our NIU College of Business’ Department of Management, go to go.niu.edu/management.
