A CELEBRATION OF
Student
Achievement
2015 AWARDS CEREMONY
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
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A CELEBRATION OF
Student
Achievement
2015 AWARDS CEREMONY
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
5:15 PM
Newman Vertical Campus, Baruch College
55 Lexington Avenue
New York City
Each year, a number of our graduating students achieve academic
excellence beyond the norm. The College recognizes these individuals
in this annual awards ceremony. The awards are presented through
the generosity of alumni and friends of Baruch College. The recipients
are selected by committees from the three schools, various academic
departments, and Student Affairs.
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Valedictorian & Salutatorian Awards
Joseph A. Goldstein and Jerry M. Rosenkranz Award
Presented to two graduating seniors for academic excellence, community engagement,
and oral communication skills
in Honor of David Valinsky
To a student with superior academic credentials and achievement in statistics and computer information
systems who has shown the most interest and promise in the field of marketing research
Salutatorian
Sonja Kostich
David Alter
Valedictorian
Nathaniel V. Greenberg Memorial Award of Brout and Co., Accountancy
Abhinaya Swaminathan
To a student majoring in accountancy with the best scholastic average in accountancy subjects
Nianchao Chen
Zicklin School of Business
To students who have distinguished themselves in a real-life digital marketing case competition
Sonja Kostich
Catherine Blessing
Sam De Smet
Anna Klendar
Georgia Dina Konstantopoulos
Francesca LoGiudice
Johnny Wang
Samuel S. and Lilyan Benis Award for Excellence in Accounting
George K ent Hinds Award
UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS
Herman and Pauline Abrams Award
To a student who has attained outstanding academic excellence and achievement
To the SEEK students majoring in accountancy who achieved the highest accountancy index
To the graduating senior who has the highest average in accountancy
S.M.Mizanur Rahman
Xuan Zheng
Nianchao Chen
Coppola/Greenberg Law Prize
To a senior who has been accepted to law school
Adam Gregory
Vincent Di Lorenzo Prize in International Marketing
To an undergraduate international marketing major who had the highest scholastic average for graduation in
this specialization and shows the greatest potential for success in this field
Min Lobb
Ellis Dryer Award in Accountancy
To an outstanding student majoring in accountancy and planning to attend law school
Damian Bastrzyk
Professor Stanley A. Frankel Memorial Award
To a student majoring in management for outstanding work in the area of business ethics
Jonathan Eras
Nathan Glassman Award
To the graduating seniors who have attained the highest GPA in their studies in the field of auditing
Damian Bastrzyk
Kebo Cui
Sonja Kostich
Elena Theard
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Interpublic Group Marketing Award
A aron Levenstein Labor Relations Award
To a student of labor relations in the Department of Management
who has shown the most promise in this field
Elena Maslov
Joseph Moinian Real Estate Award
To graduating seniors who have demonstrated academic excellence
in the course of studying real estate at Baruch College
Michael Kishk
Keith Stegner
Morris Robinson Prize in Business
To seniors who have a strong academic record, who demonstrate entrepreneurial spirit,
and who plan to enter the workforce after graduation
Oyin Akindele
Anthony Esposito
Jessielyn Suero
Kacey Wu
Edward Rothman Award
For a graduating senior who has demonstrated excellence and scholastic achievement
in the study of law and has been accepted for admission to law school
Yana Manevich
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Zicklin School of Business
GRADUATE AWARDS
SIE Management Honor Society Award
To a graduating senior majoring in management who has been elected and admitted to membership in Sigma
Iota Epsilon, the Management Honor Society, and who has the highest cumulative grade point average
Natalia Ledesma
American Statistical Association Award
To a graduate student who has demonstrated proficiency in statistics
Mariko Matsuyoshi
A aron Strauss Memorial Award
To an outstanding undergraduate marketing major who has completed the required marketing research
course MKT 3600 and the elective MKT 4420 (International Marketing Research)
To the MBA degree candidate in accountancy or taxation with the highest level of scholarship
Marija Flynn
Timothy Spayd
Louis S. Stroock Award
To a student who has achieved the highest average in a business concentration
Marija Flynn
Lawrence B. Wilson Award
To an outstanding graduating senior who is an accountancy major
Johnny Li
Morton Wollman Awards
For outstanding achievement in the following fields:
Auditing:
Computer Information Systems:
Economics:
Finance:
Industrial Psychology:
Law:
Management:
Marketing:
Statistics:
Elena Theard
Ruixiang Wu
Joanne Zhou
Gong Chen
Gabriel Fernandez
Michael Chin
Krystal Dong
Alexandra Chupanovskaya
Marija Flynn
Wai Ho
Mark L. Berenson and David M. Levine Award
For Excellence in Statistics in the MBA in Healthcare Administration Program:
Randall Holcombe
Xiang (Grace) Qiu
Vincent Di Lorenzo Prize Scholarship in International Marketing and Business
To an MBA student in international marketing and international business with the highest scholastic average
in these specializations and showing the greatest potential in these fields
Sallina Yung
FSA Student Award
To the outstanding graduate student majoring in accountancy
Miroslava Sikurova
Joseph A. Goldstein and Jerry M. Rosenkranz Award in Honor of
Data Development Corporation
To the MS or MBA graduate in statistics who achieved academic excellence and has demonstrated a strong
interest in the application of statistics to market research
Raj Kochhar
Joel B. Zweibel Pre-Law Honors Award
Oscar Lasdon Memorial Award
To a graduating honors student in the Zicklin School of Business with a minimum 3.5 GPA who was or is
currently active in community service and plans to attend law school after graduation
To the best doctoral dissertation in the field of finance or investment
Yana Manevich
A aron Zweifach Memorial Award
To a graduating senior in the Zicklin School of Business who had the best academic record
and made the greatest contribution to the school
Maxwell Michael
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Harry Beck Memorial Award
Richard Herron
Frances & Edward Murphy MBA Award
To a graduating part-time MBA student with a minimum GPA of 3.2 who has demonstrated outstanding
service to the Zicklin School and Baruch College by taking an active part in on-campus activities and
leadership and volunteer opportunities.
Aracelis Torres
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Mildred and George Weissman School of Arts and Sciences
SIE Management Honor Society Award
Award for Excellence in Investigative Economic Journalism
To a graduate student majoring in management who has been elected and admitted to membership in Sigma
Iota Epsilon, the Management Honor Society, and who has the highest cumulative grade point average
To a student who has demonstrated proficiency in investigative journalism in the field of economics
Alfonso Yau
Trudy Knockless
Benjamin Balinsky Excellence in Psychology Award
Jan Stackhouse Award
To a senior majoring in psychology for excellence in the field
To a graduating student in the Executive MS Program in Industrial and Labor Relations for outstanding
service to others and academic excellence
Elianna Kaufman
Catherine Cleaver
Baruch College A lumni Association Award in Arts and Sciences
To a student for outstanding efforts in the area of arts and sciences
Ana De Leon
Jerry Bornstein Prize for Journalism Research
To the undergraduate who produces the best research project in or about journalism
Hayley Bifulco
Excellence Awards
For excellence in the following fields:
Art: Erica Ly
Black and Latino Studies: Monique Croft
Communication Studies: Meeckel Beecher
Kathryn Linberger
Economics: Abhinaya Swaminathan
English: Osagioduwa Agbonlahor
History: Anum Afzaal
Journalism: Jason Javaherian
Music: Janae Haynes
Natural Sciences: Ana DeLeon
Philosophy: Miriam Blaustein
Political Science: Lara Marelly
Sociology and Anthropology: Joanne Johnson
French Embassy Award
To a student who has achieved overall excellence in French and has demonstrated a
capacity for independent study
Jasmine Mingo
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Guardian Life Actuarial Science Awards
Arnold Picker Excellence Awards
To outstanding graduating students who have passed the actuarial exam
For excellence in the following fields:
Elena Bronson
Zhiying Chen
Kaiqiang Fan
Johanna Go
Ratmir Gorelik
Fanyuan Guan
Nafyal Ibrat
Kunalajit Kang
Helen Li
Shi Ji Li
Bogdan Nikitin
Amr Ouda
Marina Raderman
John Scanlon
Felipe Su Li
Shixu Zheng
Harman Family Foundation Student Nonfiction Writing Awards
To students who have distinguished themselves in the Harman Nonfiction workshops
Fall 2014
First Prize: Daphne Palasi
Second Prize: Karmen Wolf
Third Prize: Emma Green
A lfred Iacuzzi Award in Romance Languages
To students who are outstanding in the most advanced courses taken in French, Italian, and Spanish
French: Saman Khazraei
Italian: Phuong Pham
Spanish: Denisse Roca
Black and Latino Studies: Kristi-Anne Gonzalez
Terrance Neal
Communication Studies: Nadiya Dyakiv
Jessica Saltzman
English: Sarah Spry
Fine and Performing Arts: Michael Blaine
History: Jeffrey Camp
Journalism: Brad Williams
Mathematics: Pandush Nasto
Modern Languages: Jesse Silverberg
Christine Urban
Natural Sciences: Lukasz Bogdan
John Scalise
Philosophy: Isaac Lati
Political Science: Laila Metjahic
Psychology: Renee Cotsis
Sociology or Anthropology: Aliya Brown
John B. Post, Jr. Memorial Award in Romance Languages
To a graduating senior for excellence in Romance Languages
Diana Deleon
Psi Chi Psychology Award in Memory of Professor Bernard Locke
To the student who has the highest average in psychology and has given the most service to the Department of
Psychology and ancillary psychology service to the community.
In memory of Professor Bernard Locke, founder of Baruch’s Psi Chi chapter.
Anastasia Martinova
Professor Julius Rosenthal Memorial Award in Hebrew Literature
To two outstanding graduating students who excelled in the study of Hebrew literature
Institutional Investor Award in Journalism
For recognition of an undergraduate journalism major
Stephanie Sica
Abel Tavarez
Eliane Cohen
Irene Mendelevich
Miguel Santos Award
For a SEEK student who has excelled in the physical or natural sciences
Journalism Prize for Excellence in Arts and Culture Reporting
To a graduating senior majoring or minoring in journalism for the best reporting in arts and culture
Bassem Ahmed
Johanna Mattsson
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SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS
Marshall Schneider Award
To a graduating senior for excellence in studies of foreign language and literature
Bryan DiBuono
A aron Zweifach Memorial Award
David and Lillian Swerdlow Award
To the student specializing in public administration who has achieved the best academic record
and participated significantly in the activities of Baruch College
To a student who shows exceptional promise in theatrical arts
Tatyana Hldaki
Francine Pinheiro
Walter Wang Excellence in Actuarial Science Award
To the graduating senior majoring in actuarial science who best exemplifies excellence in the field.
Helen Yuan
Morton Wollman Medal
For outstanding achievement in political science
Dean’s Excellence Awards
Given to students graduating with a bachelor of science in public affairs, who have earned a GPA of 3.4 or
higher and have a proven commitment to the best practices of public policy advocacy and analysis
Tatyana Hladki
Steven Huang
Julieth Ortiz
Oleg Shvetsov
Anum Afzaal
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SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS AWARDS
GRADUATE AWARDS
Baruch College A lumni Association Graduate Award in Education
Baruch Citizenship Award
To recipients of an MS in education degree with the highest cumulative average
To a senior who most nearly typifies the model citizen in the College community
Divine Leonardo
Michael Tanney
Connor Levens
Baruch College A lumni Association Student Activities Award
K alina P. Bichova MPA `05 Award
To a student for service to the College and the College community
To outstanding graduating MPA students with the highest GPA specializing in nonprofit administration
Christopher Eubanks
Maria Jose Romero
Deborah Grossman
Joanna Helou
Dean’s Excellence Awards
Given to students graduating with a master of public administration, MSEd in higher education administration, or executive master of public administration, who have earned a GPA of 3.4 or higher
Adam Albanese
Christopher Daversa
Deborah Grossman
Christina Guros
Ashtian Holmes
Andrew Lane
Jennifer Morano
Rebecca Telzak
Louis and Rose Leinwand Award
To the graduate student who has completed the master’s degree program in educational administration and
supervision, who has experience as a teacher, and who is judged to have the highest qualities of integrity,
character, scholarship and potential
Heather Wilson
Baruch College A lumni Association/Honorable Richard A. Goldberg Award
To a student who, through special action, has gained recognition for himself or herself and the College
community and thereby upheld and enhanced the image of Baruch College
Lalit Kumar
Baruch Women’s Committee Award
To a student whose record establishes his or her contribution to an
understanding of racial or gender-based issues
Joshua Altamirano
John Bauer Award
To a student who demonstrates the same personal characteristics and qualities as those of
Psychology Professor John Bauer: leadership, unselfish devotion to the service of others,
compassion, candor, courage and strength of conviction
Michael Harris
Joyce Brown Class of 1991 Award
To a student who distinguishes himself or herself by providing help and support to fellow students
Ana Gomez Flor
Class of 1981 Award
To a student who has at least a 3.2 grade point average and an outstanding record of
service and extracurricular activities
Dan Tran
Class of 1984 Activities Award
To an undergraduate student who made outstanding contributions to fellow students
Anum Afzaal
Cecilia S. Cohen Award
To foreign-born students for scholarship, character and academic achievement
Leandro Meneses
Andres Pazmino
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Barry Epstein Memorial Award
To graduating SEEK seniors who have the highest academic average
To a student who demonstrates significant involvement in student activities
Angelus Chen
Jackson Liang
Abraham Albarracin
Graduate Service Endowment Award
Florence Roswell Academic Achievement Award
To a graduate student for outstanding leadership and service
To students who began college with two or more remedial courses and
persevered to achieve junior or senior status
Jake Froelich
Irving Greger Student Leadership Award of the Class of 1985
To an undergraduate or graduate student who demonstrates characteristics of caring and sensitivity for others
and a commitment to the furtherance of the well-being of the College
Monique Croft
Louis Greenbaum Award
To a graduating senior who has a meritorious scholarship, good character and extracurricular activity
Nicholas Nehaul
Ronald Harrison Award
To a student who has overcome tremendous obstacles in the pursuit of educational achievement
Joseph De Jesus
Tiffany Silva
Kong and Mui Peers for Careers Award
To an outstanding continuing student who has served in the Peers for Careers program for at least one full
academic year and who has demonstrated personal and professional growth
Mahir Khan
Rita Leeds Award
To students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership abilities
through involvement in campus and community service
Brenda Moz
Dan Tran
Farrah Zhao
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Vidal Perez Award
Mona Elfar
Dian Liang Jiang
Naomi Morales
German Moya
Desiree Nunez
Eduardo Otero
Sharnice Ottley
Christian Sanchez
Jingjing Yang
Andy Yuan
Farrah Zhao
Betty Schoenberger Memorial Award
To a student who distinguishes himself or herself by providing help and support to fellow students
Nina Thomas
Elias Schonberger ’42 Student Leadership Award
To graduating students at the undergraduate or graduate level who have demonstrated consistent leadership
in their student activities and who are the progeny of or members of the uniformed services
Eric Goldberg
Zhou Jiang
Jack Sillivan
Senior Class Endowment Award
For academic excellence
Abhinaya Swaminathan
Li-Auyueng Award Peers for Career Services
Dr. Robert Aitey Stevens Memorial Award for the Class of 1988
To the student who has demonstrated personal and professional growth
from participation in Peers for Careers
To a graduating senior displaying a high level of scholarship, who through leadership and vision in extracurricular activities, has successfully sought to bring students together
Jubi Gauchan
Lina Garzon
Karina Williams
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ATHLETIC, HEALTH, AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION AWARDS
Student Media Services Award
To a student who has advanced the quality of the College’s student media
Hao Lai
Henry Wollman Prize
For outstanding contributions to student life and the ideals of service
Lewis Abreu
Camille Burke
Allen Chavez
Omar Gonzalez
Mohammad Hossain
Hanying Jiang
Harleen Kaur
Carlos Ledesma Rodriguez
Richard Lee
Michelle Liu
Jeffrey Reynoso
Antonio P. Viveros
Jingjing Yang
Baruch College A lumni Association Athlete-of-the-Year Award
To the best all-around athletes
Granville Gittens
Sally Lim
Sheridan Taylor
Baruch College A lumni Association Athletic Team Award
To the outstanding team of any sport sponsored by Baruch College
Men’s Basketball
Ira B. Zasloff Award
To students who demonstrated outstanding leadership in athletic activities sponsored by Baruch College
Kareem Carrington-Allette
Reid Packer
OFFICE OF THE PROVOST AWARDS
Abraham J. Briloff Prizes in Ethics
To students who have submitted a paper, deemed outstanding by a faculty committee, that addresses
contemporary issues in ethics
Celia Kerr
Hanna Utkin
Susan A. Locke Award
To students who are Baruch, Macaulay, or Provost Scholars and who embody qualities that characterize Dr.
Locke: selfless service to the Honors Program, Baruch College, and/or broader community; and full and
enthusiastic engagement in the learning process
Emma Green
Daphne Palasi
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