Faculty, Staff, Students Receive UW College of Business Awards at 75th Annual Recognition Day

The University of Wyoming College of Business celebrated faculty, staff and student excellence during its 75th annual College of Business Recognition Day Friday, April 24.

The event featured a series of activities throughout the day, including gourmet coffee, a de-stress event featuring miniature goats and recognition ceremonies honoring scholarship recipients and donors to the College of Business. The expanded format was designed to bring together students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters of the college. The 75th Recognition Day concluded with dinner in the Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center.

Faculty teaching awards, listed by name and department, were:

-- Committed Educator Award: Nontenure-track faculty member, Maria Jenks, Department of Marketing and Management.

-- Excellence in Teaching Award: Junior faculty member Tucker Davis, Department of Accounting and Finance.

-- Distinguished Teaching Award: Senior faculty member Elizabeth Minton, Department of Management and Marketing.

-- Impact Award: Tyler Kjorstad, Department of Economics.

-- MBA Teaching Excellence Award: Nick Prince, Department of Marketing and Management.

Faculty research awards, listed by name and department, were:

-- Belt Buckle Research Awards: Stephanie Cheng, Department of Accounting and Finance; Todd Cherry, Department of Economics; Nicole Choi, Department of Accounting and Finance; Jeffrey Covin, Department of Management and Marketing; David Finnoff, Department of Economics; Chuck Mason, Department of Economics; Linda Price, Department of Management and Marketing; Chase Thiel, Department of Management and Marketing; Linda Thunstrom, Department of Economics; and Kenneth Zheng, Department of Accounting and Finance.

Staff awards, listed by name and department, were:

-- Rookie of the Year: Ariel Bell, Dean's Office.

-- Student Success Above All Else, awarded to student-facing staff member in the Peter M. and Paula Green Johnson Student Success Center: Natasha Loving.

-- Consider It Done Award: Brenda Cossitt, Dean's Office.

-- Beyond the Call of Duty, the college's top staff award: Matt Coulter, Dean's Office.

Student awards, listed by department, name and hometown, were:

Department of Accounting and Finance

-- Outstanding Junior in Accounting: Adam Harakow, Edmonton, Calif.

-- Outstanding Junior in Finance: Ammon Halls, Laramie.

-- Outstanding Senior in Accounting: Sophia True, Casper.

-- Outstanding Senior in Finance: Daljit Kaur, Burns.

-- Outstanding Master's Student in Accounting: Hannah Finn, Laramie.

-- Outstanding Master's Student in Finance: Amie Lamborn, Laramie.

Department of Economics

-- Future Economist Award: Tatum Finnoff, Cheyenne; Miles Porwoll, Cheyenne; Ivan Martin, Laramie; Randall Nielson, Cody; and Benjamin Hamilton, Lander.

-- Invisible Hand in Action Award: William E. Morgan Graduate Award, Cindy Estifenes, Laramie; Undergraduate Award, Daljit Kaur, Burns.

-- Excellence in Applied Economics Award: Shelby Gerking Graduate Award, Angela True, Novy Oskol, Russia; Undergraduate Award, Cian Melker, Laramie.

-- Gerking Graduate Scholar of the Year: research, Ian Fletcher, Rock Springs, and Katelyn Tenney, Laramie; teaching, Connor Lubsen, Laramie.

Department of Management and Marketing

-- Excellence in Undergraduate Scholarship: McCoy Bush, Cheyenne.

-- Excellence in Engagement: Andrew Walters, Laramie.

-- Excellence in Principle-Based Leadership, Mia Gerig, Cheyenne.

-- Outstanding Management Undergraduate: Haley Werth, Hays, Kan.

-- Outstanding Marketing Undergraduate: Kyler Russow, Laramie.

-- Excellence in Graduate Teaching: Zahra Karami, Laramie.

-- Excellence in Graduate Research: Alessandra Lisanti, Laramie.

MBA Program

-- MBA Ethics Award, sponsored by the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program: Riley Milburn, Laramie.

-- Outstanding MBA Campus Student: Kolten Williams, Great Falls, Mont.

-- Outstanding MBA Online Student: Steven Bennett, Casper.

College-Level Awards

-- Attilio and Hedy Bedont Outstanding Graduate Student Award: Colby Jones, Farson.

-- Karla M. Vavold DDS Outstanding Senior Student Award and Undergraduate Student of the Year: Owen Fink, Powell.

-- Karla M. Vavold DDS Outstanding Junior Student Award and Undergraduate Student of the Year: Emily Donahue, Littleton, Colo.

-- Karla M. Vavold DDS Outstanding Sophomore Student: Werth, Hays, Kan.

-- Karla M. Vavold DDS Outstanding Freshman Student: Tessa Renner, Anchorage, Alaska.