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Congratulations to the Class of 2008!

Monday, May 12, 2008

Our undergraduate, master's degreeand Ph.D. students have accomplished great things at the KU School of Business. We congratulate all of ourstudents, and wish them the best of luck in the future.

The list below includes some of the honors received by our outstanding students this spring:

2008 Student Speakers at Graduation
Mark Randall Best
Emily Bloom

Beta Gamma Sigma Frank T. Stockton Key Award
Jeffrey William Daniels

B.L. Trillich, Jr. Memorial Award
Ken Chang

Dean's Certificate in International Business
Dustin E. Alkire
Linda Wang-Ullman

Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key Award
Rachel Katherine Miles
Matt Schippers

Graduate Business Council Outstanding Member Award
Ric Rosenfield

Max E. Fessler Award
Mark Randall Best

R.E.S.P.E.C.T Award
Mark R. Best
Kimberly L. Elliott
Jake Messersmith
Kirk C. Smith
David Wise

Wall Street Journal Award
Ryan Peschka

2008 Chancellor's Award
Peter Curzon, Finance Major

2008 Graduating Multicultural Business Scholars
Michael Gu, Beta Gamma Sigma, Finance Major
Israel Interiano, Accounting Major
Marcus Roque, Alpha Kappa Psi Treasurer and Pledge Trainer, Accounting Major
Lillie Sanchez, Honor Roll, Management & Leadership Major

2008 Graduating KU Scholars
Bryan John Adams, Solon E. Summerfield Scholar, Accounting Major
Carlie S Bittel, Elizabeth M. Watkins-Emily Berger Scholar, Accounting Major
Dustin Thomas Curzon, National Merit Scholar, Marketing Major
Israel F Interiano, Endowment Merit Scholar, Accounting Major
Bryan Kenneth Haeusser, National Merit Scholar, Finance Major
Melissa N Luiso, Elizabeth M. Watkins-Emily Berger Scholar, Accounting Major
Rachel Miles, Elizabeth M. Watkins-Emily Berger Scholar, Accounting & Business Admin. Major
Chad Thomas Morley, Endowment Merit Scholar, Finance Major
Rebecca A Olson, National Merit Scholar, Finance Major
Bryce W Rea, National Merit Scholar, Accounting Major
Dustin Brent Redger, Solon E. Summerfield Scholar, Finance Major
Mark David Robinson, Solon E. Summerfield Scholar, Finance Major
MatthewSchippers, Solon E. Summerfield Scholar, Accounting & Business Admin. Major
Meredith Jayne Seibel, Elizabeth M. Watkins-Emily Berger Scholar, Marketing Major
Anish Singh, Endowment Merit Scholar, Finance Major
Lucas James Thompson, Solon E. Summerfield Scholar, Finance Major

Graduating Finance Scholars
Allie Atwood
Bill Beck
Alex Earl
Christopher Eckard
Matt Erhart
Tom Grutzmacher
David Holzman
Kalem Kopf
John Krenger
Phil Linville
Alex Mack
Julieanne Murray
Hitomi Nakamura
Brian Reynolds
Joshua Schoenfelder
Charles Shreve
Annie VanAllen
Peter Wazlawik

2008 Finance Advisory Board Scholarships
Paul Gregory, MBA student
Thomas Sanford, MBA student
Alex Mack, Finance and Accounting Major
Beilei Wang, Finance and Information System Technology Major

2008 Outstanding Finance Graduate Student Awards
Ryan Peschka, M....


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