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Undergraduate Business Students Recognized for Academic Achievement

More than 75 University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Business Administration students received awards for academic achievement at the 2016 CBA Honors Ceremony on Sunday, April 24. Dr. Donna Dudney, associate dean for undergraduate programs and associate professor of finance, and Dr. D’vee Buss, assistant dean for undergraduate programs, distributed the awards, including the William Gold Scholarship Keys, the Clifford Hicks Honor Keys, the LeRossignol Scholar Awards and the Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Keys.
 
Fifteen students were honored with the William Gold Scholarship Keys, which were first awarded in 1925 by Mr. William Gold, founder of Gold & Co. These keys are awarded to outstanding students having the highest academic standing throughout their freshman year.
 
Honors recipients gather in CBA
Honors recipients gather in CBA
The Clifford Hicks Honor Keys are named for professor Clifford M. Hicks, who served on the CBA faculty for 43 years and was chairman of the Department of Business Organization and Management from 1950 until his retirement in 1968. This year, 20 students received this honor, which has been awarded since 1971 to students with the highest academic standing throughout their sophomore year.
 
Thirty-eight students received the LeRossignol Scholar Award, named for James E. LeRossignol, the first dean of the College of Business Administration, who served from 1913 to 1941. This award has been presented since 1988 to students having the highest academic standing throughout their junior year.
 
Delta Sigma Pi is a professional fraternity organized to foster the study of business in universities and encourage scholarship, social activity and the association of students for their mutual advancement by research and practice. The Alpha Delta Chapter at UNL was formed in May 1924 and has had more than 2,000 members since its inception. The Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key is granted to students graduating in May with the highest grade point average in the college. Four seniors were honored with this recognition.
 
Following the Honors Ceremony at CBA, more than 300 business students were recognized for their cumulative academic achievement at the UNL All-University Honors Convocation, including four CBA seniors who were named Chancellor’s Scholars, the university’s highest undergraduate academic honor. Chancellor’s Scholars included: David Engel, actuarial science major from Cary, Illinois; Scott Johnson, actuarial science major from Kansas City, Missouri; Alex Kindopp, actuarial science major from Watertown, South Dakota; and Taylor Kupfer, accounting major from La Vista, Nebraska.
 
NEBRASKA
 
ALBION: Emily Carder, management and marketing major, LeRossignol Scholar Award                              
BEATRICE: Hunter Zarybnicky, actuarial science major, William Gold Scholarship Key                  
BENKELMAN: Michaela Lutz, business administration major, LeRossignol Scholar Award                         
BLAIR: Amy Demers, accounting major, LeRossignol Scholar Award                                                           
DAVID CITY: Samantha Ketteler, economics major, LeRossignol Scholar Award                            
EAGLE: Shannon Ronhovde, marketing major, LeRossignol Scholar Award                                                 
ELKHORN: Alan Davis, finance and agribusiness major, Clifford M. Hicks Honor Key; Alex Kindopp, actuarial science and finance major, Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key; Andrew Nelson, accounting and finance major, LeRossignol Scholar Award                                                    
FIRTH: Thomas Docter, accounting major, Clifford M. Hicks Honor Key                                         
GRAND ISLAND: Shayne Arriola, marketing major, William Gold Scholarship Key; Max Camey, economics, management and supply chain management major, LeRossignol Scholar Award; Julia Kruger, business administration and management major, LeRossignol Scholar Award; Alexander Wirth, actuarial science and finance major, LeRossignol Scholar Award                
HENDERSON: Ashley Quiring, accounting major, Clifford M. Hicks Honor Key                                         
LA VISTA: Taylor Kupfer, accounting major, Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key                                             
LINCOLN: Jessica Baker, management major, LeRossignol Scholar Award; Robin Everts, marketing major, William Gold Scholarship Key; Amena Goodding, actuarial science major, William Gold Scholarship Key; Chase Gorham, accounting and agribusiness major, LeRossignol Scholar Award; Colleen Jareske, accounting major, LeRossignol Scholar Award; Carter Johnson, accounting major, Clifford M. Hicks Honor Key; McKenna Kime, accounting major, Clifford M. Hicks Honor Key; Caitlin Kunz, management and marketing major, Clifford M. Hicks Honor Key; Taylor Montgomery, accounting major, LeRossignol Scholar Award; Suruj Pal, finance major, LeRossignol Scholar Award; Ellen Peterson, accounting major, LeRossignol Scholar Award; Yi Xie, accounting major, Clifford M. Hicks Honor Key; Chen Zhan, accounting, economics and finance major, LeRossignol Scholar Award; Yuwei Zhang, accounting major, LeRossignol Scholar Award; Xiaoou Zhao, finance major, LeRossignol Scholar Award
MALCOLM: Brittany Kelly management major, William Gold Scholarship Key                                            
MILLIGAN: Jennifer Pribyl, actuarial science major, Clifford M. Hicks Honor Key                         
NORFOLK: Christopher Deuel, accounting and finance major, LeRossignol Scholar Award; Jared Maguire, economics and finance major, Clifford M. Hicks Honor Key                                    
OGALLALLA: Phoebe Lockhart, economics major, William Gold Scholarship Key                         
OMAHA: Christopher Ames, economics major, LeRossignol Scholar Award; Jessica Bober, international business major, LeRossignol Scholar Award; Madison Coleman, finance major, LeRossignol Scholar Award; Adam Froendt, economics, finance and management major, Clifford M. Hicks Honor Key; Ethan Kroymann, supply chain management major, LeRossignol Scholar Award; Justin Lytle, actuarial science major, William Gold Scholarship Key; Kate Quandahl, accounting major, LeRossignol Scholar Award; Allison Schlender, accounting and actuarial science major, Clifford M. Hicks Honor Key; Michael Sempek, accounting major, LeRossignol Scholar Award; Benjamin Smith, business administration major, William Gold Scholarship Key; Erin Suntken, actuarial science major, William Gold Scholarship Key; Scott Ward, actuarial science major, LeRossignol Scholar Award; Katelyn Williams, marketing major, LeRossignol Scholar Award
PALMYRA: Makenzie Reynoldson, economics major, LeRossignol Scholar Award                                      
PAPILLION: Jennelle Jarrett, accounting and finance major, Clifford M. Hicks Honor Key; Andrew McIntosh, accounting and finance major, LeRossignol Scholar Award; Daniel Woodworth, finance major, Clifford M. Hicks Honor Key                                            
PLATTSMOUTH: Eric Nielsen, accounting major, LeRossignol Scholar Award                                            
SIDNEY: Connor Kilmurray, actuarial science major, LeRossignol Scholar Award; Calder Rosdail, finance major, William Gold Scholarship Key                                    
VALLEY: Chloe Dana, economics major, William Gold Scholarship Key                                         
WAKEFIELD: Hannah Paxton, marketing and advertising and public relations major, Clifford M. Hicks Honor Key
 
ELSEWHERE                       
 
PARKER, COLORADO: Joseph Dembowski, finance major, William Gold Scholarship Key
GLENWOOD, IOWA: Angela Cuadros, management and marketing major, Clifford M. Hicks Honor Key
SIOUX CITY, IOWA: Carson Leiting, actuarial science major, LeRossignol Scholar Award
BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS:  Claire Coppersmith, actuarial science major, Clifford M. Hicks Honor Key
CARY, ILLINOIS: David Engel, actuarial science major, Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key                
SOUTH ELGIN, ILLINOIS: Katlyn LaCroix, actuarial science major, Clifford M. Hicks Honor Key
WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS: Stewart Montgomery, accounting and finance major, LeRossignol Scholar Award
OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS: Rachel Sutcliffe, management major, LeRossignol Scholar Award  
SALINA, KANSAS: Emily Wood, management major, Clifford M. Hicks Honor Key                                  
MINNETONKA, MINNESOTA: Sierra Koehler, economics major, LeRossignol Scholar Award
WOODBURY, MINNESOTA: Alex Johnson, accounting and finance major, William Gold Scholarship Key
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI: Scott Johnson, actuarial science major, Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key
CAMP HILL, PENNSYLVANIA:  Cynthia Fatula, supply chain management major, LeRossignol Scholar Award
BRANDON, SOUTH DAKOTA: Brendan Gallo, finance major, LeRossignol Scholar Award                       
HURLEY, SOUTH DAKOTA: Justin Eisenbeis, actuarial science major, William Gold Scholarship Key
SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA: Lillian Breukelman, economics major, William Gold Scholarship Key; Lauren Witte, accounting major, William Gold Scholarship Key                                            
SUGAR LAND, TEXAS: Tanner McKerlie, actuarial science major, Clifford M. Hicks Honor Key  
SUSSEX, WISCONSIN: Michael Courchaine, actuarial science major, LeRossignol Scholar Award   


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Published: April 29, 2016