OCOB Ann Rep 07-08 - Orfalea College of Business - Cal Poly San ...

ACADEMICSCollege celebrates achievement at Annual Awards BanquetThe Orfalea College of Businesscelebrated the end of academic year2007-08 with the annual awardsbanquet, an “Evening Under theStars,” in May.The evening celebrates studentswho are selected as outstanding intheir concentrations, faculty membersselected by students to behonored as outstanding, and studentswho have excelled scholasticallyduring their Cal Poly careers.Honored for scholastic achievementby graduating summa cumlaude with a GPA of 3.85 or abovewere Daniel Avneri (Finance),Jacob Booth (Accounting), LauraFeatherstone (Finance/Accounting),Laura Ilsley (Accounting), TheresaJewell Duncan (Finance), KristinLendvay (Marketing), AndreaMuntzel (Accounting), EwelinaOboza (Accounting), Skylar Olsen(Economics), Brenna Peters (InternationalBusiness), AnnetteRietkerk (Accounting), MichelleRodriguez (Finance/Accounting)and Diane Zaida (Economics).The student honored for highestacademic excellence in the OrfaleaCollege of Business for 2007-08, andpresented with the Delta Sigma PiScholarship Key, was AnnetteRietkerk (Accounting).Each year, the faculty in eachconcentration select one graduatingsenior as their outstanding student.This student is not necessarily thehighest academic achiever in theconcentration; the selections arealso based on professionalism,volunteerism, and collegiality. Theoutstanding graduating seniors ineach concentration for 2007-08 areAnnette Rietkerk in Accounting;Skylar Olsen in Economics; TheresaJewell Duncan in Finance; JustinMiller in Industrial Technology;Matthew Maclachlan in InformationSystems; Brenna Peters in Interna-Dean Dave Christy (top) congratulatesAnnette Rietkerk (Accounting) foracademic excellence. Larry Gorman(left) was named DistinguishedTeacher of the Year and Lee Burgunderreceived the Faculty Emeritus award.tional Business; Katharine Dawsonin Management; and Jaclyn Reganin Marketing.The Faculty Awards Committeealso selects five students for awardsbased on services to the community,college and university. The award forContributions to the Objectives andPublic Image of the Orfalea Collegeof Business went to marketing seniorSarah Riviere; for Contributions tothe Objectives and Public Image ofthe University, the award was givento marketing senior Jessica Gibbons.For Outstanding Service to the SanLuis Obispo community, managementsenior Joshua Burroughs wasrecognized. Stephen Dinh, Accountingsenior, received the DistinguishedService award as the studentwho has participated in communityservices that benefit the collegewhile maintaining a high level ofacademic excellence. The finalstudent award of the evening waspresented to the student who hasparticipated in activities that havecontributed positively to the imageand improvement of the OrfaleaCollege of Business while maintaininga high level of academic excellence.The honor went to JamesHuang (Accounting).Faculty honors followed, withthe Faculty Emeritus award going toAccounting and Law Professor LeeBurgunder. Distinguished Teacher ofthe Year honors went to FinanceProfessor Larry Gorman. Eachhonoree received a cash stipend anda plaque, and their pictures will beon display in the college’s awardsshowcase for one year.Orfalea College of Businessstudents vote online each year foroutstanding faculty in each concentration.Voted outstanding by thestudents for 2007-08 in their concentrationswere: Tad Miller, Accounting;Dan Villegas, Economics;Sanjiv Jaggia, Finance; Cliff Barber,Industrial Technology; Barry Floyd,Management; and Norm Borin,Marketing.Voted by the students as outstandinglecturers in their concentrationsfor 2007-08 were: ChrisPerello, Accounting; Solina Lindahl,Economics; David Distad, Finance;Richard Carter, Industrial Technology;Jere Ramsey, Management; andSharon Dobson, Marketing.The banquet was co-hosted bythe college, the Business StudentCouncil, and several companies whohelped to make this year’s event anextraordinary success. Our thanks to:Blakeslee & Blakeslee, Deloitte,Hewlett-Packard, Lockheed Martin,Nestlé and Northrop Grumman.ORFALEA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ❚ 35