Congratulations to our Awards Night winners!
Featured Events | May 15, 2015 | Gabelli School of Business
Congratulations to all of our graduating seniors, faculty members, administrators and alumni who won awards at this year’s Awards Night, held on Thursday, May 14, 2015.
Salutatorian
CHRISTINA REYES
Valedictorian
MICHELE DAUBMAN
Gabelli School of Business Alumna of the Year Award
PATRICIA DAVID
Gabelli School of Business New Alumni Award
For students who are models of what alumni should strive to be
CONSTANTINE DEMOPOULOS, STEPHEN FALZONE, ALEXANDRA FUMAI, CHRISTIAN JOSÉ, MARIELLE RIVERA, BLAKE RODRIGUEZ, JON SCHNABEL, and JENNAH SHAHID
Patricia Ramsey Honors Thesis Award
For the best independent research project in the Honors Thesis Program
GREGORY GIORDANO
Gerald Corrigan Thesis Award
For thesis excellence in the Global Business Honors Program
ROSS GARLICK, VINCENT PELLIZZI and LAUREN TESKE
International Business Award
To the seniors who represent the ideals of global business education and who participated actively in the International Business Association, a student organization.
HANI FRANCIS and LOUIS SALAUN
Public Accountancy Medal
For outstanding academic achievement in the five-year, 150-credit program in public accountancy
AGNIESKA SOZANSKA
Accounting Medal
For outstanding academic achievement in the B.S. in public accounting
MICHELE DAUBMAN
Accounting Medal
For outstanding academic achievement in the B.S. in business administration with a concentration in accounting
ISABEL LOK
Applied Accounting and Finance Medal
For outstanding academic achievement in applied accounting and finance
ERICA WILLS
Accounting Information Systems Medal
For outstanding academic achievement in accounting information systems
JONATHAN GULOTTA
Business Economics Medal
For outstanding academic achievement among students concentrating in business economics
JULIANNA BENNETT
Entrepreneurship Medal
For outstanding academic achievement among students concentrating in entrepreneurship
CHRISTIAN JOSÉ
Christopher Blake Finance Medal
For outstanding academic achievement in the B.S. in finance
JUSTINE HUMENANSKY
Finance Medal
For outstanding academic achievement in the B.S. in business administration with a concentration in finance
CHRISTINA REYES
Information Systems Medal
For outstanding academic achievement in the B.S. in information systems
CHRIS ALIMENA
Information Systems Medal
For outstanding academic achievement in the B.S. in business administration with a concentration in information systems
RACHEL MAE AGUILAR
Management Systems Medal
For outstanding academic achievement among students concentrating in management systems
JULIANNE COSTA
Marketing Medal
For outstanding academic achievement in the B.S. in marketing
ADRIANA KRASNIANSKY
Marketing Medal
For outstanding academic achievement in the B.S. in business administration with a concentration in marketing
LAUREN TESKE
Senior Gold Medal
To the senior who earned the highest grade point average for a full-time course load
MICHELE DAUBMAN
Benedict T. Harter
To the senior athlete with the highest scholastic grade point average from the Gabelli School Of Business
MICHELE DAUBMAN
Hugh J. O’Reilly Plaque
Awarded by the Catholic Accountants’ Guild of Brooklyn for outstanding work in accounting
LOU MURPHY
New York State Society of CPAs Award
A scholarship award for a senior who demonstrated outstanding work in accounting
BRIAN GUATTA
Beta Gamma Sigma Scholarship Award
A $500 scholarship for a Beta Gamma Sigma member who plans to pursue post-graduate business studies this fall
CHRISTINE WANG
Beta Gamma Sigma Bronze Medal
DEAGAN BENNISON
Angela Lopez Higher Education Opportunity Program Award
Recognizes the highest cumulative GPA attained by a Gabelli School student in the HEOP Program
CHRISTIAN JOSÉ
Senior Leadership Award
From United Student Government and the Office of Student Leadership and Community Development
CONNIE CACASE, NEVIN KULANGARA, NATALIE SALERNO, and ALICE SMYTH
Fair Trade and Microfinance Awards
Recognizes standout students in our Fair Trade courses
TIFFANY MELILLO and SHAWNA OSTIGUY
Entrepreneurship Award
Honors students who possess the entrepreneurial traits of open-mindedness, creativity, innovation, and resilience
JORDAN CATALANA, ROSS GARLICK, and JACKSON LINDAUER
Support of Entrepreneurship Award
Bert Twaalfhoven
Changemaker Award
To students who have demonstrated the potential to have a positive impact on our society and our planet
MICHAEL BILLOTTI, CONNIE CACASE, AMY DI REDA, and ADRIANA KRASNIANSKY
Nicolas Brandemarti Award
For Fordham athletes concentrating in finance who successfully balanced academics and athletics
CARLOS ORTIZ GUTIERREZ, RYAN MC NALLY, and SERENA MOROUKIAN
Evening Student Award
For exceptional students in the Gabelli School’s evening program
JOHANNA BUCKWICZ, FIONA MORAHAN, and JUDITH SAGURRO
Alumna of the Year winner
PATRICIA DAVID
Patricia David Trailblazer Award
For dedication to inclusiveness in the business world
FARZANA ALI, EMILY OSMAN, and NINA OTTAVIANO
Magis Award
For top-tier students whose excellence propelled the Gabelli School forward, academically and as a community, reflecting the Jesuit principle of doing “more”
RACHEL MAE AGUILAR, SULIMAN AL AUJAN, MICHAEL BILLOTTI, JORDAN CATALANA, and TIFFANY MELILLO
Alumni Chair Award
To a student who will serves as a leader among peers and a model of unwavering devotion and service to alma mater Fordham
NEVIN KULANGARA
Mozilo Future Distinguished Alumnus Award
To a student who has demonstrated excellence in all areas of the undergraduate experience, personifying Fordham’s mission by making excellence the focus of his or her life
ROSS GARLICK
Gabelli School of Business Dean’s Award
Recognizes one student’s remarkable commitment to the Fordham community
LOU MURPHY
Faculty and administrator awards
Gabelli School of Business Appreciation Award
To an administrator or faculty member from another part of the university who goes the extra mile for our school
PAUL REIS
Associate Vice President of Academic Finance and Planning
JULIA OLIVO-RODRIGUEZ
Provost’s Office
The Reverend Garrett J. Fitzgerald Award
For the business faculty, administration or staff member who made a significant contribution to the Gabelli School
ROSA ROMEO
Clinical Assistant Professor of Accounting and Taxation
Faculty International Awareness Award
JIM MCCANN
Lecturer in finance
Faculty Cura Personalis Award
To a faculty member who exemplifies care for the whole person
JANET DI LORENZO
Lecturer in marketing
Faculty Magis Award
Kevin Mirabile
Finance instructor and Alternative Investment Club advisor
Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence: Full-Time Faculty
JIM McCANN
Lecturer in finance
Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence: Adjunct Faculty
JOSEPH ZIRPOLO
