School’s Outstanding Faculty and Graduate Students Recognized
December 17, 2008
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Anuj Mehrotra is presented with Outstanding
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“She effectively communicated the relevance of the subject matter. She also did a great job including real-life experiences in the classrooms.”
“This professor is amazing – great professor!”
Those were just a few of the accolades directed at the School’s faculty during the Fall 2008 Graduate Programs Award Ceremony held Dec. 16. Students graduating from the School’s Full-Time MBA, Executive MBA and MBA for Working Professionals programs presented awards to their favorite professors at the ceremony which was held just a few days before commencement. Members of each class voted for an award, which was presented to the professor who made the most impact during their graduate program.
Students themselves also received awards during the ceremony. Linda Neider, vice dean for undergraduate business programs and a professor of management, inducted 13 students into the Beta of Florida Chapter of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honorary Business Scholarship Society. Those invited achieved a grade point average of 3.9 or higher during the program. Also presented during the ceremony – one each in each class – was a Valedictorian Award, a Leadership Award and a Super Glue Award.
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Libia Delgado received the Leadership Award
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The special ceremony, the first of what is expected to become a school tradition, was developed to celebrate the achievement that the successful completion of a graduate business program represents.
“Along with your family and friends, I had no doubt you would make it,” said Neider, recalling how at the start of the program, commencement seemed so far away.
“To your spouses and your families, we officially return your weekends,” said Mehrotra, referencing the weekend schedule of the Executive MBA and Working Professionals programs.
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Winners of the Glue Award and faculty members (left to
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I hope you consider your relationship with the School of Business Administration a lifelong learning relationship,” said Dean Kahn. She told the audience that as alumni, they will have development opportunities available to them and said their support is critical in the School’s strategy to achieve global preeminence.
The following evening, an awards ceremony and recognition dinner was held for students graduating from the School’s Executive MBA program in the Bahamas. That class’s top professor and valedictorian were honored during the ceremony.
OUTSTANDING FACULTY AWARDS BY CLASS |
| Full-Time MBA Program-Required Courses |
| Karen Turner, Lecturer, Business Law |
| Full-Time MBA Program-Elective Courses |
| Howard Gitlow, Professor, Management Science |
| MBA for Working Professionals (July 2006) |
| Ram Krishnan, Professor, Marketing |
| MBA for Working Professionals (Jan 2007) |
| Arun Sharma, Chair, Marketing |
| EMBA - Health Sector Management and Policy (2007) |
| Steven Ullmann, Professor and Director, Programs in Health Sector Management and Policy |
| EMBA - Management (2007) |
| Linda Neider-Vice Dean, Undergraduate Business Programs and Professor, Management |
| EMBA for International Business (2007) |
| Anuj Mehrotra-Vice Dean, Graduate Business Programs and Professor, Management Science |
OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARDS BY CLASS
| Full-Time MBA Program | MBA for Working Professionals (Jan. 2007) | |||
| Leadership | Andres Arteaga | Leadership | Robert Castro | |
| Super Glue | Andres Arteaga | Super Glue | Robert Castro | |
| Valedictorian | Eric Base | Valedictorian | Laura Rodriguez | |
| EMBA-Health (2007) | EMBA - Management (2007) | |||
| Leadership | Tom Koulouris | Leadership | Wayne Anderman | |
| Super Glue | Dr. Fred Moffat | Super Glue | William Amick | |
| Valedictorian | Dr. Louis Pizano | Valedictorian | Vince Rubiera | |
| EMBA - International Business (2007) | ||||
| Leadership | Libia Delgado | |||
| Super Glue | Jose Otero | |||
| Valedictorian | Chris Burgess | |||
