Building The Isenberg Advantage Building The Isenberg Advantage

The Isenberg Advantage: Highlights of the Year
Alumnus of the Year and New
Scholarships Highlight
Annual Awards Banquet
“In the early 1970s I was a decent student in
a winning program (accounting),” Isenberg
School Alumnus of the Year Jaime Pereira ’76
told a packed Student Union Ballroom at the
Isenberg School’s Annual Awards Banquet in
April. “I got a great education and some polish, Jaime Pereira ’76
which, combined with a strong work ethic and
some luck, were powerful ingredients in my career,” continued the veteran
Ernst & Young partner, who has worked for the public accounting firm since
graduation. During the past year, Pereira helped the Isenberg School secure
a $500,000 grant from the Ernst and Young Foundation that will support
student diversity at the School through scholarships and other resources.
“Because Isenberg students graduate with a solid education and a great work
ethic, Ernst & Young views the Isenberg School as one of its national priority
schools in recruiting,” Pereira told the gathering.
The banquet’s scores of awards included five new scholarships:
• The Robert Morrisson Atwater Scholarship—for an international
internship or overseas study by an undergraduate
• The Thomas Gerraty Memorial Scholarship—for an HTM student
focusing on recreation resource management
• The John F. Kennedy Family Scholarship—for a student in
financial need with a 3.2+ grade point average
• The Sheryl L. Rosenbaum Memorial Scholarship—for accounting
students who exemplify Sheryl’s spirit and sense of community.
• The Lance Corporal Eric Paul Valdepeñas Scholarship—for an
undergraduate with a 3.0+ grade point average who participates
actively in his or her community
• The Stanley Young Memorial Award—for a graduate student
whose outstanding work reflects the originality and high standards
of the late Isenberg School Professor Stanley Young’s own
academic contributions to management and labor relations.
Isenberg School to Strengthen
Student Diversity with $500,000
Ernst & Young Grant
The $500,000 grant from the Ernst & Young
Foundation University Fund described
on the left by Alumnus of the Year Jaime
Pereira ‘76 will help the Isenberg School to
strengthen its commitment to students from
African-American, Latino, Native American,
and Cape Verdean backgrounds. Four-fifths
of the grant funding the initiative—The Ernst
& Young Partners in Education Program—
will provide scholarship support for
undergraduates during the academic years
2008 through 2013.
The remainder of the grant will support
student programming and services,
including tutorial assistance and mandatory
one-credit seminars devoted to academic
success and career transitioning. Each
student will work with a peer mentor from
the Isenberg School and a professional
mentor from Ernst & Young. The students
will also visit Ernst & Young’s offices in
Boston and New York.
“The new program will open doors to our
increasingly competitive school for a larger
pool of strong academic performers from
underrepresented backgrounds. We are
grateful to the Ernst & Young Foundation
for its support of this important initiative,”
emphasizes undergraduate dean Carol
Barr, who adds that the first Young Partners
group of 11 students have begun their
freshman careers on campus.
See inside back
cover for a list
of scholarships
established during
2007-2008.
J. Brian Palmer ’95 presents the first
Valdepeñas Scholarship.
The Ernst & Young Partners Program will help
the Isenberg School to create a more diverse
student body.
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