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May 20, 2010

College of Business Administration honors academic excellence at banquet

The College of Business Administration at the University of Louisiana at Monroe held its 42nd Annual Honors Banquet on May 7, in the ULM Conference Center to spotlight the college’s outstanding students.

Seth Hall of West Monroe won the 2009-2010 Dean’s Award of Excellence, the highest award given by the CBA, which comes with a prize of $1,000. Hall also won the Wall Street Journal Award, which includes a one-year subscription to the WSJ, and the Outstanding Graduate in Marketing award.

Katie LaDelle Sanford of Jonesboro won the 2009-2010 Distinguished Scholar Award, which includes a $750 prize, and the Beta Gamma Sigma Outstanding Undergraduate Award.

Lindsey Eickman of Garland, Texas, won the 2009-2010 Outstanding Scholar Award, which includes a $500 prize.

Vanessa Doherty of Avignon, France, won the Award of Commendation, which includes a $250 prize, and the Outstanding Graduate in Construction Management Award.

Outstanding awards by program included:

• Zita Zalai of Hungary, 2009 Outstanding Master of Business Administration Graduate
  
• Joel Foret of Plaucheville, Outstanding Graduate in Accounting Award.
  
• Julia Lee Sharplin Ashley of Sterlington, Outstanding Graduate in Computer Information Systems Award.
  
• Jason Clint Dycus of West Monroe, Outstanding Graduate in Computer Science Award.
  
• Carlie Turner of Monroe, Outstanding Graduate in Entrepreneurship Award.
  
• Elizabeth Lauren Ragland of Simpson, Outstanding Graduate in Finance Award and Outstanding Graduate in Risk Management and Insurance Award.
  
• John Heath Sullivan of Rayville, Outstanding Graduate in General Business Award.
  
• Sonya Naresh Patel of Monroe, Outstanding Graduate in Management Award.

Graduating senior awards went to:

• Julia Lee Sharplin Ashley of Sterlington, computer information systems
  
• Carl Patton Bernstein of Doyline, computer information systems
  
• Kathryn Cormier of West Monroe, general business
  
• Vanessa Doherty of Avignon, France, construction management
  
• Jason Clint Dycus of West Monroe, computer science
  
• Lindsey Eickman of Garland, Texas, construction management
  
• Joel Foret of Plaucheville, accounting
  
• Seth Hall of West Monroe, marketing
  
• Alexis Hope Krigbaum of New London, Mo., marketing
  
• Amber Munholland of Crowville, accounting
  
• David Andrew Parker of Monroe, finance
  
• Sonya Naresh Patel of Monroe, management
  
• Elizabeth Lauren Ragland of Simpson, finance and risk management and insurance
  
• Katie LaDelle Sanford of Jonesboro, risk management and insurance
  
• John Heath Sullivan of Rayville, general business
  
• Carlie Turner of Monroe, entrepreneurship
  
• Matthew H. Williams IV of Monroe, management

Beta Gamma Sigma, the national honorary fraternity for collegiate business students, also selected its outstanding students:

• Abigail DeSoto of Pleasant Hill, the Beta Gamma Sigma Outstanding Junior Scholarship, which includes a $1,000 scholarship for 2010-2011
  
• Katie LaDelle Sanford of Jonesboro, Beta Gamma Sigma Outstanding Undergraduate
  
• Amanda Strope of Longmont, Colo., Beta Gamma Sigma Outstanding MBA member
  
• Joseph D. Jacobs, Jr., president of Gasmasters of America, Inc. and adjunct instructor at ULM, Chapter Honoree

Juniors initiated into Beta Gamma Sigma were:

• Abigail DeSoto of Pleasant Hill
  
• Michael Shane Goleman of Bastrop
  
• John Laing of Bastrop
  
• Caitlin Herrock of Monroe
  
• Jacob Johnson of West Monroe
  
• Ashley Kirby of Harrisonburg
  
• Lauren Noble of Rayville
  
• Whitney Smith of Haughton
  
• Emily Swart of Pineville

Seniors initiated into Beta Gamma Sigma were:

• Inwon Byun of South Korea
  
• Seth Hall of West Monroe
  
• Matthew Hendricks of West Monroe
  
• Ruslan Hemed of Israel
  
• Alexis Krigbaum of New London, Mo.
  
• David Parker of Monroe
  
• Cynthia Sheehan of Monroe
  
• Christopher Price of Eros

Master of Business Administration students initiated into Beta Gamma Sigma were:

• Valeriya Posylnaya of Blagoveschensk, Russia
  
• Jarrod Sellar of West Monroe
  
• Amanda Strope of Longmont, Colo.
  
• Salman Tahsin of Bangladesh, who also received second Recognition Masters

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