Recipients of awards within the first Finest in Enterprise Awards Ceremony embrace (left to proper), with Dean Kaustav Misra: Armand Petri, Sage Brandt, Aaron Mendez, Sarah State, Jenna Leid, Dr. Lisa Walters, Dean Kaustav Misra, George Simmons, Jason Becker and Dr. Reneta Barneva. (Lacking from picture are Stuart Shapiro, Robyn Reger and representatives from associate Fastenal.)
The inaugural Finest in Enterprise Awards Ceremony was launched in high-quality vogue by the State College of New York at Fredonia College of Enterprise, highlighted by the presentation of pupil awards, school awards and particular person awards for greatest alumni, greatest business associate and greatest workers.
Dean of the College of Enterprise Kaustav Misra presided over the ceremony, held Nov. 9 within the Williams Middle Multipurpose Room, that attracted over 90 friends. President Stephen H. Kolison Jr. prolonged a welcome to the viewers and Provost David Starrett supplied remarks.
“These awards and the ceremony had been created by the SUNY Fredonia College of Enterprise to create a firmer sense of belonging for our school, workers, and college students and to formally acknowledge the thrilling ways in which the College of Enterprise and the area people companions have been collaborating,” Dr. Kolison stated.
“I supply my sincerest due to these long-standing industries in our space who’ve been supporting SUNY Fredonia and congratulations to these being acknowledged tonight,” he stated.
Recipients of the scholar Enterprise Administration awards:
≤ Sarah State, senior, double main in Public Accountancy and Enterprise Administration: Administration, with a minor in Historical past, from Marion, NY. She is president of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, vice chairman of the Enterprise Membership and a member of the Accounting Society.
• Jenna Leid, senior, Public Accountancy, Fredonia, NY. After graduating in December, she plans to relocate to Buffalo, NY, and start a profession with Brock, Schechter & Polakoff, an accounting agency in Buffalo. She had accomplished a profitable internship with the agency.
Recipient of the Utilized Skilled Research award:
• Sage Brandt, senior, double main in Music Trade and Enterprise Administration: Administration, Newark, NY. She is a volunteer on the Garment Gallery in Dunkirk, NY; a member of the campus eSports group and an occasion coordinator with the scholar file label HAIL! Fredonia Information.
Recipient of the Economics award:
• Aaron Mendez, double main in Utilized Arithmetic and Economics, Kenmore, NY. He’s COO of the campus chapter of the student-run entrepreneurial group Enactus, a volunteer on the Tutoring Middle and was a member of the monitor & discipline and cross-country groups.
Recipients of school awards:
• Dr. Lisa Walters – College Analysis Award. She teaches programs associated to operations administration that embrace Operations Administration, Utilized High quality Operations, Provide Chain Administration and Challenge Administration. She researches and publishes with an emphasis on operations administration and had beforehand labored within the biomedical business, in testing, regulatory affairs and high quality compliance.
• Dr. Reneta Barneva – College Service Award. She has served in academia for over 35 years and has printed greater than 100 journal articles and convention papers and has co-edited 19 books. She is the recipient of a number of nationwide and worldwide awards, in addition to the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Scholarship and Artistic Actions and was named a Robert W. Kasling Lecturer.
• Armand Petri – College Instructing Award. He’s a producer, engineer, composer and musician and head of the Music Enterprise program. He has toured Europe, as a drummer, produced a gaggle signed by a file label, was a producer at Pure Metallic Information and has directed music movies. He has labored with Western New York recording artists that embrace The Goo Goo Dolls and 10,000 Maniacs.
• Stuart Shapiro – Engagement Award. He’s a practising legal professional with over 30 years of expertise in leisure legislation, in addition to an award-winning songwriter and musical performer. He teaches higher stage programs within the areas of copyrights, emblems and rights of publicity and music enterprise contracts, in addition to modern programs in up to date points and monetary planning, and is a textbook creator.
• Jason Becker – Adjunct Instructing Award. He has been an teacher at SUNY Fredonia since 2009 as an adjunct school member for the Sport Administration Program within the College of Enterprise.
Recipient of the Finest Alumni Award:
• George Simmons – A 1975 graduate, Mr. Simmons has over 30 years of expertise within the know-how business and has experience in software program, {hardware}, medical companies and industrial automation sectors. He has managed progress at private and non-private corporations, holding almost all govt stage positions in tech startups. He has been the senior associate at Derby Administration for the final 20 years.
Recipient of the Trade Associate Award:
• Fastenal – A partnership with the College of Enterprise started with a go-to-market technique presentation it gave in Dr. Walters’ Operations class and led to a semester-long venture that was applied as a result of synergy of Fastenal’s each day operations in provide chain administration and the course. The coed venture led to a partnership the place the Fastenal group is educating a course through the fall semester.
Recipient of the Finest Workers Award:
• Robyn Reger – She joined SUNY Fredonia in 2001 within the Finance and Administration division and was promoted to Administrative Assistant II in Educational Affairs, the place she works within the dean’s workplace within the College of Enterprise.
Friends invited to the ceremony included school, workers and pupil leaders within the College of Enterprise, members of the College of Enterprise Advisory Board, business companions and group leaders.
The Finest in Enterprise Awards ceremony was sponsored by the Richard and Michele (’73) Johnson Household Endowment held on the Fredonia School Basis, and the Northern Chautauqua County Neighborhood Basis.
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