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STUDENT AWARDS BANQUET AGENDA Dean’s Welcome Dinner Presentation of Awards • Excellence in Leadership and Scholarship Awards • Special Recognition Awards • Sports Administration Awards • The Ralph and Luci Schey Sales Centre Awards • R. Budd and Janet Kelsey Werner Executive Service Award • College of Business Award for Achievement in Business
Closing Remarks
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EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP AND SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
MARKETING Bradley Schweikert
FINANCE Lindsay McCuen
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS Rachel Gardella
ACCOUNTING Joe Alexander
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Taylor Woodford
BUSINESS PRE-LAW Madison Oberle
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Matthew Benson
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Ella Michelich
MANAGEMENT & STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP Ryan Overton
BUSINESS ANALYTICS Alexander Schlosser
SPORTS MANAGEMENT Brian Baker
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SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS
STUDENT AWARDS BANQUET
WILLIAM DAY AWARD
Named in honor of Dr. William Day, former Dean of the College of Business, this award recognizes a student for outstanding academic achievement including multicultural experience and language proficiency.
Brandon Clark
HELLEBRANDT AWARDS
This award was established in honor of Dr. Edwin T Hellebrandt, a distinguished member of the College of Business’ management systems department for more than 50 years. The award seeks to recognize students for outstanding achievement during their undergraduate years at Ohio University.
Jaclyn Andrascik Claire Kirwen
DAVID AND RUTH RICHMOND AWARD
This award is named for Dr. David Richmond, a marketing professor who retired in 1984, and his wife, Ruth. The award is given to a senior who has displayed leadership as a marketing major and has a minimum GPA of a 3.2. In addition to GPA, students are selected based on work experience, academic activities, a written essay about the marketing major, and recommendations from marketing faculty.
Patrick Kelley
CONSUMER RESEARCH CENTER AWARD
This award goes to a CRC Fellow who has made a significant impact on the CRC Fellow program through their leadership and contributions.
Kurt Kissinger
MARKETING DEPARTMENT CITIZENSHIP AWARD
This award recognizes an outstanding graduating senior who has made significant contributions to the marketing department through scholarship, leadership and co-curricular involvement.
Lauren Krause
MIS STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD
This award recognizes an outstanding overall student - areas considered include excellence in coursework, collaboration activities with faculty and other students, involvement in research projects, involvement in projects outside of class, other awards and recognitions, community activities, and leadership in student groups.
Rachel Gardella
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SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS
ANALYTICS STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD
This award recognizes an outstanding overall student - areas considered include excellence in coursework, collaboration activities with faculty and other students, involvement in research projects, involvement in projects outside of class, other awards and recognitions, community activities, and leadership in student groups.
Alexander Schlosser
SAF ALUMNI RELATIONS SCHOLARSHIP Significant achievement in Alumni Relations
Morgan Wirt Alex Rodrignez
WOLFE SCHOLARS AWARD: JUNIOR
This award is presented to the COB junior with the highest grade point average.
Nick Byrnes
WOLFE SCHOLARS AWARD: SENIOR This award is presented to the COB seniors with the highest grade point average.
Madison Oberle Brian Baker Lindsay McCuen
THE OFFICE OF CAREER MANAGEMENT STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD Served his/her fellow students as president of COB student organization--leadership, involvement, academic success.
Russell Baldrick
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STUDENT AWARDS BANQUET OUTSTANDING STUDENT ORGANIZATION
This award goes to an organization that has made a significant impact on Ohio University and the Athens community, provided innovative programming, excellent recruitment and development of members, and actively supports the mission of the College of Business.
Ohio University Consulting Fellows President: Allie Richards
SENIOR CLASS FOR THE COB FACULTY RECOGNITION AWARD Kate Keifer, Senior Lecturer Kate Keifer has been teaching for 17 years in the College of Business and four years in the School of Accountancy. She spent 13 years teaching finance, most of which were taught in the Integrated Business Cluster. Prior to teaching, she worked in assurance and business advisory services for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Columbus, Ohio). She was the lead senior associate on her firm’s largest client and had significant involvement in spinoff, split-off, and other divestiture transactions. Kate is a licensed CPA and holds a B.S. (Commerce) and M.S. (Accounting) from the University of Virginia and a M.B.A. from Ohio University.
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SPORTS ADMINISTRATION AWARDS
LEADERSHIP IN SPORT MANAGEMENT
This award goes to a senior sport management student who has demonstrated strong leadership that made significant impact on his or her peers in the sport management program.
Douglas “Brady” Steward
DAN LOWE SCHOLARSHIP Emily Bolyard Troy Forward Kayla Zevchik
BRAD MOOREHEAD SCHOLARSHIP
This award goes to a senior sport management student that has demonstrated academic aptitude with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Scholarship applicants must participate in an essay competition, and the most compelling essay is awarded the scholarship. This award honors Brad Moorhead, a former sport management student who tragically passed away in an auto accident in 2004.
CJ Hurley
THE DOW FINSTERWALD SCHOLARSHIP
This award honors Dow Finsterwald, AB ’52, who joined the PGA Tour shortly after graduating from Ohio University and eventually won the PGA Championship in 1958. The award recipient is an undergraduate sports management student seeking a summer internship with the PGA Tour.
Kimberly Stevens
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THE RALPH AND LUCI SCHEY SALES CENTRE AWARDS
ROBERT & JEAN AXLINE AND WILLIAM & BARBARA AXLINE SCHOLARSHIP
This award goes to a marketing student that is interested in a career of selling tangible items, rather than services. The award is named after Robert Axline, ’57, a former Foundation Board member and dedicated alumnus.
Justin Kelley Ryan Sexton
THE TOM STARR “MIRACLES FOR LIFE” SCHOLARSHIP
This award is given to an undergraduate student that is a member of the Candidate Advisory Council within the Ralph and Luci Schey Sales Centre. The award honors Tom Starr, BBA ’69, who helped found the Schey Sales Centre and made a successful career working for the Xerox Corporation before returning to his alma mater as an executive-in-residence.
Nathan Riley
JAMES A. & SUZANNE K. WYCOFF AWARD
This award is given to an undergraduate student that serves on the Candidate Advisory Council (CAC) within the Ralph and Luci Schey Sales Centre. The award honors the life of James Wycoff, BA ’71, who served on numerous OU advisory boards and was a big supporter of his alma mater.
Makayla Montgomery
THE WEIDEMER SALES CENTRE AWARD
This endowment funds the greatest areas of need for the Ralph and Luci Schey Sales Centre. The award honors Richard Wiedemer, BBA ’92, a valued member of the OU Foundation Board of Trustees.
Alexis Lowe Ross Warren
SCOTT DURCANIN SALES CENTRE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
This award is given to an undergraduate student that is also a member of the Ralph and Luci Schey Sales Centre. The award honors Scott Durcanin, class of ’85, who has had a successful professional career working for blue-chip companies like 3M, Merrill Lynch and Charles Schwaub.
Hanna Stepanic
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STUDENT AWARDS BANQUET CAROL AND HAROLD HARBEITNER SCHOLARSHIP
This award is given to a junior or senior student that is a member of the Ralph and Luci Schey Sales Centre. The award recipient must have a 2.5 GPA, minimum, as well as the intention to pursue a career in sales.
Lexi DeBord Henry Pham
MIKE CADY AND CHRIS JOHNSON “DOER” AWARD FOR PROVEN ABILITY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
This award is given to a junior student that fulfills several criteria, including serving in a leadership position within the Ralph and Luci Schey Sales Centre, serving in a leadership position for another student organization, maintaining a 3.0 GPA, as well as ten hours of community service in the past six months. Candidates will submit a professional resume and a two-page essay that explains why they are a “doer”. The award was made possible by Ohio University graduates Mike Cady, BSC ’01, and Chris Johnson, BBA ’00.
Austin Anderson
DR. RALPH E. AND LUCILLE M. SCHEY SALES CENTRE AWARD
The award is given to four senior students that are members of the Ralph and Luci Schey Sales Centre. Successful applicants will have demonstrated leadership and a commitment to the principles of the Sales Centre. The award honors the life of Ralph Schey, BSCO ’48, who served as CEO of Scott and Fetzer, as well as his wife, Luci, a lifelong OHIO supporter.
Brody Gilliand Cole Powers Jennifer Vance Kristin Kawecki
THE SCHEY SALES CENTRE ALUMNI SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP Courtney McKenna
THE STEVE AND SHARON ROWLEY SCHOLARSHIP Kelly Thaxton
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STUDENT AWARDS BANQUET R. BUDD AND JANET KELSEY WERNER EXECUTIVE SERVICE AWARD Steve Krebs earned a B.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering, with honors, from the Ohio University Russ College of Engineering and Technology in 1992. While attending Ohio University, Steve was very active in campus life. He played trumpet for five seasons in the Marching 110, was a member of Theta Tau professional engineering fraternity, served on the Engineering Student Council and the Homecoming Committee, and held officer positions in Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and Mortar Board Honor Society. Upon graduation from OHIO, Steve joined Houston, TexasSteven Krebs based Cooper Industries in their rotational Manufacturing Training Program. When he left Cooper after six years of engineering and operations to attend graduate school full time, Steve was a Business Unit Manager in Cooper’s Crouse-Hinds Division (now Eaton Corporation). Upon earning an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2000, Steve joined Dell in Austin, Texas. He gained tremendous functional breadth at Dell, working in Engineering, B-2-B Marketing, Finance, Audit, and Business Operations, including integrating the $4 billion acquisition of IT services provider Perot Systems in Dallas, Texas. In 2014, Steve decided to take a different course by entering the private equity space. His first opportunity was working for TPG Capital after their equity infusion at Chobani, leading transformational cost-out programs. He then served as the Vice President of Operations in Frisco, Texas at Cornerstone Automation Systems, followed by becoming the Chief Operating Officer of Control Company in Houston Texas. Control Company was sold in late 2017 to a strategic buyer and Steve led the integration efforts and subsequently departed in 2018. Later in 2018, Steve accepted a position as the Vice President of Global Operations, Supply Chain and Engineering at Emerson’s Valve Actuation business unit in Houston, Texas. He currently has global responsibility for 10 manufacturing plants producing pneumatic, hydraulic, and electric actuators for the oil and gas, chemical, and waste water industries. Steve has been an active supporter of Ohio University, presenting and providing business overviews and tours to the OHIO Business Fellows and Select Leaders programs, and recruiting interns and graduating seniors from the College of Business. He joined the College of Business Executive Advisory Board in 2011 and currently serves as Chairman. In 2017, the Krebs proudly established the Steven & Patricia Krebs scholarship within the College of Business. Steve and his wife Tricia (a 1994 graduate of Ohio University) currently live in Friendswood, Texas, with their two children. 21
AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN BUSINESS Ron Calhoun received his B.B.A. from Ohio University in 1972 and is current President of Beta Theta Pi’s Ohio University Beta Kappa Chapter House Corporation. Currently Ron serves as President and CEO of The Palmer Donavin Manufacturing Company, a distributor of building materials, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
Ron Calhoun
Ron currently serves his industry as Board Chair for National Association of Wholesalers Institute for Distribution Excellence, and current board member of Nemeon, an industry buying group, and a past President of National Building Material Distribution Association. He also serves his community as board member for The Columbus Chamber of Commerce, and serves as board member for I Am Boundless, a nonprofit servicing the needs of the developmental disabled. He and his wife Laura (a 1973 graduate of Ohio University) reside in Dublin, OH. They have a son, Patrick, and daughter, Katie (a 2004 graduate of Ohio University).
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STUDENT AWARDS BANQUET FORMER ACHIEVEMENT IN BUSINESS WINNERS 1983 Lewis Carlton Davis John Galbreath Dean Jeffers Stanley Liss Eugene F. Rinta 1984 Stephen H. Fuller Edwin T. Hellebrandt Alan E. Schey Ralph E. Schey
1992 Paul J. Dunphy Robert C. Hughes Thomas M. Nies Jeanna L. Warner
2000 Robert J. Ondercik J. Patrick Campbell Daniel A. Carp 2001 Robert J. Koepke
1993 James D. Reigle Stephen K. Rowley John A. Winfield 1994 William C. Byham Jerome S. Mann Michael J. McMennamin Philip F. Muck
1985 Clarence P. Bryan Edwin L. Kennedy Devere L. Sheesley, Sr. Claude F. Turben 1995 Richard H. Brown 1986 Charles R. Emrick, Jr. George R. Evans Brandon Tad Grover, Jr. Ichiro Seto R. Budd Werner 1987 J. Warren McClure Malcom M. Prine Lee Rich Fritz J. Russ
1996 John B. Gerlach Robert W. Litter Melanie R. Sabelhaus F. Dean Taylor
1988 Vernon R. Alden Wifred R. Konneker Robert D. Walter
1997 David L. Burner Dr. Paul Hersey John D. Ong Robert M. Russell, Jr.
1989 James E. Daley Daniel Shao 1990 Cruse W. Moss Robert E. Mercer 1991 Robert P. Axline, Jr. Jeffrey J. O’Hara
2002 Fredrick L. Bollerer Douglas E. Fairbanks David P. Lauer Lawrence E. McHale
2017 David W. Pidwell 2018 Karen Bailey
2003 Wendell E. (Jock) Spears John G. Stoneburne 2004 Kenneth H. Blanchard C. Daniel DeLawder 2006 Gary L. Davis Richard J. Hawkins 2007 Glenn E. Corlett Tan Sri Ani bin Arope 2008 Howard Stevens 2010 Larry Schey
1998 Claudia Brandenburg Kotcha 2011 Michael P. Kress John Swofford C. David Snyder Vincent A. Digiralamo 2013 Vincent C. Bird 1999 William A. Dillingham 2014 Ashok Trivedi Larry Ellerbrock William R. Bryan William Sheeskey 2015 Frank P. Krasovec Pam Carson
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2016 Andy Dolich
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