Students Awarded at UNL College of Business Administration Honors Convocation

The 2011 University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Business Administration Honors Convocation was held Sunday, April 10. Students were presented with various awards for academic achievement, which included the William Gold Scholarship Keys, the Clifford Hicks Honor Keys, the LeRossignol Scholar Awards and the Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Keys.

The William Gold Scholarship Keys 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. The following students are recipients of this year’s William Gold Scholarship Keys:

Rahul Batra, Omaha, NE
Hans Christensen, Johnson, NE
William Cordwin, Papillion, NE
Brian Donohoe, Papillion, NE
Jared Froehlich, Lincoln, NE
Isaac Inungaray, Papillion, NE
Jacob Placzek, Omaha, NE
Travis Stoneman, Greeley, CO
Stefanie Weinstein, Much-Marienfeld, Germany
Carly Williams, Lincoln, NE

The Clifford Hicks Honor Keys are named for Professor Clifford M. Hicks, who served on the College of Business Administration faculty for forty-three years and who was Chairman of the Department of Business Organization and Management from 1950 until his retirement in 1968. The Hicks Keys have been awarded since 1971 to outstanding students having the highest academic standing throughout their sophomore year. The following students are recipients of this year’s Clifford Hicks Honor Keys:

Zachary Benes, Lincoln, NE
Parker Blow, Sioux Falls, SD
Megan Brooke, Stromsburg, NE
Benjamin Chandler, Bellevue, NE
Lisa Chavez, Tehachapi, CA
Liming Chen, Lincoln, NE
Morgan Densberger, Malcolm, NE
Brooke Dinsdale, Traer, IA
Ted Elliott, Omaha, NE
Matthew Hilgenkamp, Colon, NE
Joseph Hilger, Omaha, NE
Colby Honke, Lincoln, NE
Joel Jantzen, Plymouth, NE
Jifeng Liu, Suzhou, China
Giacomo Panizzolo, San Giorgio, Bosco, Italy
Rayza Ramirez, Bellevue, NE
Jordan Reinertson, Gibbon, NE
Austin Slovak, Omaha, NE
Derek Stevens, Bennington, NE
Robert Sullivan, Wahoo, NE

The LeRossignol Scholar Awards honor James E. LeRossignol, the first Dean of the College of Business Administration who served from 1913 to 1941. The LeRossignol Awards are being presented since 1988 to students having the highest academic standing throughout their junior year. The following students are recipients of this year’s LeRossignol Scholar Awards:

Jessop Adams, Ogallala, NE
Phillip Baylog, Leawood, KS
Allison Bentley, Neligh
Eric Bloomquist, McLean, NE
Kyle Boehm, Olathe, KS
Ben Bosco, Omaha, NE
Logan Brei, North Platte, NE
Kelsey Bridges, Lincoln, NE
Jordan Broekhuis, Sioux Falls, SD
Anna Buettow, Aspen, CO
Benjamin Byers, Omaha, NE
Nathan Cech, Lincoln, NE
Christopher Chia, Singapore
Ian Didier, Beaver Crossing, NE
Lindsey Dykman, Lodgepole, NE
Kiley Eisenbarth, Columbus, NE
William Finocchiaro, Omaha, NE
Sean Fisher, Omaha, NE
Kelly Flanagan, Albion, NE
Bo Fullner, Beemer, NE
Laura Green, Lincoln, NE
Chelsea Greenwald, Lincoln, NE
Todd Gulizia, Omaha, NE
Marian Hanigan, Lincoln, NE
Catrina Harris, Waverly, NE
Callie Helms, Sioux Falls, SD
Jeffrey Hicks, Omaha, NE
Laura Hirschman, Fremont, NE
Joshua Ihnen, Sheldon, IA
Connor Jensen, Aurora, NE
Jacob Jensen, Jackson, NE
Myungeun Kim, Grand Island, NE
Erica Lam, Olathe, KS
Katelyn Lewis, Lenexa, KS
Andrew Lorraine, Omaha, NE
Kathryn Lusk, Omaha, NE
Kelly Magnus, Eagan, MN
Jay Martin, Davey, NE
Shannon McCoy, Papillion, NE
Megan McKillip, Omaha, NE
Heath Miller, Omaha, NE
Lindsey Moore, Exeter, NE
Cambell Moyer, Aurora, NE
Kevin Mussman, Fremont, NE
Ryan Olson, Stillwater, MN
Cassandra Person, Sidney, NE
Jedidiah Peters, Sioux Falls, SD
Bailey Pink, Omaha, NE
Elizabeth Porath, Eagle, NE
Jared Roberts, Carroll, NE
Ryan Root, Holmesville, NE
Tyler Sadlo, Bloomington, IL
Kelly Samson, Waterloo, NE
Kyle Schnack, Omaha, NE
Carolyn Schorgl, Leawood, KS
Thomas Schroeder, DeWitt, NE
Robert Severson, Omaha, NE
Comran Sharif-Kashani, Omaha, NE
John Shurtliff, Grayslake, IL
Sara Smits, Bellevue, NE
Derek Stieren, Omaha, NE
Brett Sundberg, Lincoln, NE
Jared Thomas, Columbus, NE
Adam Vrana, Omaha, NE
Sara Watson, Alliance, NE
Alison Wedermyer, Olathe, KS
Courtney Wells, Palmer, NE
Sarah Wilson, Hershey, NE
Rui Xian, Pengzhon, China
Meng Xiao, Chengdu
Lian Xue, Suzhou, China
Cody Zavadil, Fordyce, NE
Peilin Zhang, Qingdao
Sihui Zhou, Shanghai, China

Delta Sigma Pi is a professional fraternity organized to foster the study of business in universities, to 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 2000 members since its inception. The Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key is granted to the students graduating in May with the highest grade point average in the College of Business Administration. The following students are recipients of this year’s Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Keys: