(Newark, N.J., July 16, 2007) -- During recent convocation celebrations, the Rutgers Business School recognized outstanding undergraduate and graduate students.

 

Several students from the MBA and other graduate programs received individual awards, while others were acknowledged for their membership in the prestigious business honors society, Beta Gamma Sigma. Acceptance into Beta Gamma Sigma is highly competitive; new members must rank in the upper 20 percent of those receiving the masters degree during the year.

Students completing the B.S. program received a variety of awards and scholarships.

The following MBA and masters program students received individual awards or were inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma; undergraduate honorees appear on pages 2-5.

BERGEN COUNTY

Englewood: Seth Leiman, Beta Gamma Sigma

Ramsey: Michael Carey, Beta Gamma Sigma

Waldwick: Jason Algor, Beta Gamma Sigma

BURLINGTON COUNTY

Mt. Laurel: Phillip A.Hodes, Beta Gamma Sigma Key

HUDSON COUNTY

Harrison: Konstyantyn Shcherbakov, Beta Gamma Sigma

Jersey City: Yu Lam, Beta Gamma Sigma; Daniel Vilato, Beta Gamma Sigma Key

Weehawken: Geoffrey Ray, Beta Gamma Sigma

HUNTERDON COUNTY

Flemington: Lynn C. Buscarini, American Marketing Association Award (NJ Chapter)

MIDDLESEX COUNTY

Avenel: Mark Mendonca, Morris Schoenwald Memorial Award in Financial Management and Beta Gamma Sigma

Dayton: Saagar Sahdev, Honors

East Brunswick: Linda N. Chu, Merrill Lynch Award and Beta Gamma Sigma

New Brunswick: Laju Mehta, Beta Gamma Sigma

North Brunswick: Nishchal Sehgal, Beta Gamma Sigma

Parlin: Payal S. Jain, Rutgers Business Finance Advisory Board Award

Perth Amboy: Jamaal Stanton, High Honors

Piscataway: Jeanette B. Susino, Sales and Marketing Executives Club Foundation Award

Christopher A. Winnyk, Rutgers Business School Alumni Association Prize (MBA Evening Program)

MORRIS COUNTY

Morris Plains: Ajit Nimbvikar, Beta Gamma Sigma

PASSAIC COUNTY

Bloomingdale: John Procaccio, Beta Gamma Sigma

Wayne: Brian Halligan, Beta Gamma Sigma

SOMERSET COUNTY

Franklin Park: Bhumika Patel, Beta Gamma Sigma

Somerset: CarrieBeth Dellarosa, Beta Gamma Sigma; Michael P. Heraghty, Rx Award

Watchung: Vandhana Sinha, Beta Gamma Sigma

UNION COUNTY

Rahway: Aisha N. Thomas-Petit, Edmund L. Houston-Alfreda P. Robinson Award

OUT-OF-STATE

Brooklyn, NY: Michael Capobianco, Alumni Association Prize (MBA Day Program)

Below is a list of RBS undergraduates and their awards.

BERGEN COUNTY

Elmwood Park: Nishit Patel, Honors

Fort Lee: Jason Chung, Honors; Sergey Pustelnik, High Honors

Garfield: Gerard Mazi, Honors; Lav Milutinovic, Honors

Hackensack: Ina Galan, Honors

Hillsdale: Juli-Ann Truppi, High Honors

Paramus: Uzair Sarmast, High Honors

Teaneck: Tamir Luria, High Honors

Wallington: Daniel Motyka, Honors

BURLINGTON COUNTY

Willingboro: Ediomi Utuk, Highest Honors

ESSEX COUNTY

Belleville: Shanza Akbar, Honors

Bloomfield: Joanna Fodero, Honors; Tina Ho, Honors; Halyna Khomyak, Honors

East Orange: Jovari St. Victor, Honors

Irvington: Judith Maxwell, High Honors

Livingston: Lauren Goldfarb, Honors

Newark: Kolawole Adeyami, Highest Honors and Department of Accounting, Business Ethics and Information Systems Award; Divine Gawuah, Honors; Yuefeng Ma, Honors and the Judith Faye Ross Scholarship; Michael Pereira, High Honors; Chendan Zhao, High Honors and the Judith Faye Ross Scholarship

Nutley: Vannessa Cavaleiro, High Honors

Orange: Conroy Harrison, Honors

West Orange: Ryan Fregans, Honors

HUDSON COUNTY

Harrison: Mohamed El-Banhawy, Honors and the Judith Faye Ross Scholarship; Jeffrey Ortiz, High Honors; Christine Salcedo, High Honors

Jersey City: Hazel Mae Agbuya, Highest Honors, the Judith Faye Ross Scholarship, RBS School of Advisers Scholarship and the Department of Management and Global Business Award; Dolly Dave, High Honors; Davina Khatri, High Honors and the Judith Faye Ross Scholarship; Ravin Patel, Honors and the Sidney Handler Endowed Scholarship; Ryan Radhay, Honors; Cristian Rodriguez, Honors; Ronnesha Warren, Honors

Kearny: Nubia Castro, Honors; Yuyan Chen, Honors; Indar Rampersad, Highest Honors

North Bergen: Pedro Figueroa, Honors

West New York: Christine Keenan, Wall Street Journal Award

HUNTERDON COUNTY

Flemington: Joseph Kempe, High Honors and the Ethel Taub Marketing Award

MERCER COUNTY

Hamilton: Malgorzata Trzuskot, Highest Honors

Princeton: Snezana Mucibabic, Honors

MIDDLESEX COUNTY

Avenel: Lorraine Gadallah, Honors and the Judith Faye Ross Scholarship

Dayton: Saagar Sahdev, Honors

Dunellen: Angela Pekalski, Honors

Edison: Michelle Eng, Honors

Fords: Ankita Pathak, Honors and the Judith Faye Ross Scholarship

Iselin: Devyani Vig, Honors

North Brunswick: Rodolph Mazraani, High Honors

Perth Amboy: Jamaal Stanton, High Honors

Piscataway: Brian Mabutas, Honors and the Judith Faye Ross Scholarship

MONMOUTH COUNTY

Howell: Nicholas Gallicchio, High Honors; Viktor Zhadanov, Honors

Leonardo: Michael Donlon, Honors

Oakhurst: John Spiewak, Highest Honors

Red Bank: Eva Danielli, Honors

MORRIS COUNTY

Boonton: Nicole Benning, Highest Honors and the Ethel Taub Marketing Award; Tayyab Mohammad, High Honors

Lincoln Park: Farhan Randhawa, Honors

Millington: John Conover IV, Highest Honors; Michelle Temple, Highest Honors and the Louis Gluck Memorial Award in Management

Parsippany: Hamad Khalil, Honors; Sneha Pendse, Highest Honors and the Judith Faye Ross Scholarship

PASSAIC COUNTY

Clifton: Nihal Maasri, High Honors

Oak Ridge: Sean Sullivan, Honors and the Department of Marketing Award

Passaic: Hector Collado, Rutgers Business School Alumni Association Prize

Paterson: Bindya Rana and Hermant Rana, High Honors

Wayne: Yevgeniy Spevak, Honors and the Judith Faye Ross Scholarship

SOMERSET COUNTY

Watchung: Angela Docarmo, Honors

UNION COUNTY

Clark: Kathryn Kenny, High Honors and the Ethel Taub Marketing Award

Cranford: Gregory Perez, High Honors; Sergio Sciancalepore, High Honors, Department of Management Science & Information Systems Award, the Sidney Handler Scholarship and the Judith Faye Ross Scholarship

Elizabeth: Eliette Lopes, High Honors; Kristina Carla Lopez, Highest Honors, the Dept. of Finance Award, the Judith Faye Ross Scholarship and the RBS-Undergraduate Newark Deans Award; Anthony Mazza, Honors; Katherine Ore, Honors; Jeana Redmond, Honors

Linden: Maria Bochenska, Highest Honors; Dawid Dynak, Honors; Theresa Stanley, Highest Honors

Mountainside: John Punsal, High Honors

Plainfield: Michael Morgan, High Honors; Ellen Smith, High Honors and the Ethel Taub Marketing Award

Rahway: Jowita Wtorek, Highest Honors and the Judith Faye Ross Scholarship

Roselle Park: Fabiana Passeado, High Honors, the Judith Faye Ross Scholarship and the John R. H. Gilmour Public Accounting Award

Summit: Daniel Doster, High Honors

Union: Melissa Chung, Honors; Suellen Dymitryszyn, High Honors; Si Li, High Honors

Westfield: Elena Baker, Highest Honors and the Judith Faye Ross Scholarship; Adrienne Bogatko, Newton D. Becker C.P.A. Scholarship Award

OUT-OF STATE

New York State

Malverne: Meridyth Bergman, High Honors, Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship

Staten Island: Ifeoluwa Orioke, Honors

North Carolina

Huntersville: Rashad Anthony, Highest Honors and the Verizon Scholarship