Student Awards in SBE

In recognition of high scholastic achievement, this scholarship — valued at $4,100 — can be applied toward a complete, four-part, live, online, or self-study course in any of our U.S. cities. 

Recipient:

• Donald Palumbo

Each recipient will receive a comprehensive package of benefits enabling them to study for and take the CMA exam at no cost. Each award is worth $1,785 for a total of $17,850 for SUNY Plattsburgh accounting candidates.

Recipients:

The recipients will receive a certificate to choose one section of Gleim CPA Review System, valued at $599.

Recipients:

• Roberto Aguiar
• Moe Dar
• Steven Ferguson
• Rebecca Katz

This award is given to an accounting graduate who has earned the highest grade point average in all accounting courses. The award winner will receive a certificate and be recognized at a NYSSCPA state event.

Recipient:

• Bailey Haner

This award is named in honor of the late professor Ray Thoren and is given to an outstanding junior accounting student who has achieved the highest cumulative grade point average with a minimum of 45 credit hours.

Recipient:

• Gregory Newman

This $500 award is given to a graduating senior with a minimum overall GPA of 3.0, minimum GPA in accounting of 3.2, and a minimum grade in ACC306 and ACC402 of a B.

Recipient:

• Paola Manrique

This $500 award is given to a student with the technical skills needed for success as a professional in the Big Data world.

Recipient:

• Jessica Ogg

This award is given to a graduating student who has the highest GPA in the online accounting program.

Recipient:

• Kevin Wang

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This award is given to a student who has received a high grade point average and who has demonstrated imagination and dedication in their studies in economics.

Recipient:

• Saugat Gautam

This award is given to a student who has received a high grade point average and who has demonstrated imagination and dedication in their studies in finance.

Recipient:

• Alex Rine

This award, valued at $2,000 is given to one or more students each year who are pursuing a major in finance and demonstrate academic excellence. Professor Gregoriou taught finance courses at SUNY Plattsburgh for over 10 years before his passing in 2018 and was widely considered an outstanding scholar in the area of finance.

Recipient:

• Tatem Cheney

This award is given to a full-time junior or senior student majoring in economics.

Recipient:

• Spencer Savage

Recipients:

• Archi Arnob
• Nagi Kamio
• Truc Thanh Nguyen
• Shamar Thomas

Recipients:

• Mildred Adjaero
• Tofig Mehdikhanli
• Truc Thanh Nguyen

Recipients:

• Jeremy Fithian
• Bailey Haner
• Elenamarie O’Connor

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This award is given to a student who demonstrates outstanding academic achievement as well as possesses the qualities and motivation necessary for success in the hospitality industry.

Recipient:

• Nina Tamburri

This award is given to the student who has demonstrated not only superior academic achievement, but in addition, has shown a multitude of talents in extracurricular activities and volunteerism.

Recipient:

• Siobhan Flanagan

The pineapple is the international symbol of hospitality. This award is given to a graduate who embodies the spirit of our program and who the department feels will act as an ambassador for SUNY Plattsburgh.

Recipient:

• Diana Gonzalez

This award is given to the marketing major who has earned the highest overall grade point average during their studies at SUNY Plattsburgh.

Recipient:

• Amanda Mersincavage

This award is given to the entrepreneurship major who has demonstrated a combination of volunteerism and community service, leadership, and personal integrity.

Recipient:

• Vladamiere Perry

This award is given to the student who has demonstrated outstanding academic performance in the marketing research course from the previous semester and has exhibited the qualities of integrity, compassion and professionalism that James M. Stiles exemplified.

Recipients:

• Tanay Gehi

This award is given to a marketing major who will be either a junior or senior in the coming academic year. The recipient must demonstrate meritorious academic performance.

Recipients:

• Marissa Perry
• Angelina Soberal

Dr. Nancy Church taught marketing for nearly four decades, served as chair of the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship for 20 years, and founded a national honor society, Sigma Nu Tau Entrepreneurship Honor Society, as well as the SUNY Plattsburgh Chapter of the American Marketing Association. This is a merit-based scholarship for which marketing and entrepreneurship majors may apply in their sophomore year. Recipients must have at least a 3.0 GPA and demonstrated involvement in campus life and a commitment to community service. 

Recipient:

• Palden Sherpa

This award is given to the entrepreneurship major with the second highest grade point average among graduating seniors.

Recipient:

• Jared Guski

This award is given to the marketing major with the second highest grade point average among graduating seniors.

Recipient:

• Naomi Tegybelu

Recipients:

• Gabriella Cassidy
• Kamille Dawkins

This award is given to an international business student with the highest cumulative grade point average.

Recipient:

• Naomi Tegybelu

This award is given to the student who has earned the highest overall grade point average within the global supply chain management major.

Recipient:

• Paola Alba Jimenez

The APICS Scholarship for Global Supply Chain Management (GSCM) is given to a sophomore, junior or senior who is continuing to study at the college and majoring in global supply chain management (GSCM) with a minimum GPA of 2.5, both overall and within the GSCM major. In addition, to be eligible, students must be official members of the student chapter of APICS at the college for a minimum of one year.

Recipient:

• Matthew Hernandez

This award, following his untimely death in April 2016, remembers Dr. Chaiyutha Lertpachin, a vice president in supply management for Shell Oil serving in various international locations.

In retirement, Dr. Lertpachin helped establish a graduate program in international business at Lampang University in northeast Thailand, and brought students to the Plattsburgh campus for a summer seminar in 2013, working with the business faculty of SUNY College at Plattsburgh.

This award is given to a graduating student majoring in global supply chain management who demonstrates a passion for and has a keen interest in the field of international supply chain management.

Recipient:

• Pierce Steinberg

Recipient:

• Naomi Tegybelu

Recipients:

• Jenna Leanza*
• Amanda Mersincavage
• Nicole Unsworth

*SUNY Plattsburgh at Queensbury 

Recipients:

• Paola Alba Jimenez
• Pierce Steinberg

This scholarship is given to sophomore and/or junior-level students (57-84 credits) who are academically talented and are meritorious economics and/or marketing majors.

Recipients:

• Breanah Bracy, Marketing
• Matthew Decker, Economics

This scholarship supports meritorious students majoring in economics and marketing.

Recipients:

• Abdulraqeeb Sayed, Economics
• Angelina Soberal, Marketing

The recipient of this annual scholarship is given to a student with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher in any major.

Recipient:

• Uday Sheth, Business Administration

This scholarship is given to a meritorious student in the School of Business and Economics who demonstrates academic excellence.

Recipient:

• Shemar Thompson, Accounting

This award recognizes a graduating student athlete in the School of Business and Economics who have excelled both academically and in their sport.

Recipients:

• Matthew Araujo, Men’s Hockey, Finance
• Nicole Unsworth, Women’s Hockey, Business Administration

This award is given to the graduating students who have achieved the highest overall grade point average in the School of Business and Economics.

Recipient:

• Bailey Haner, Main Campus, Accounting
• Donald Palumbo, Online, Accounting

This award is given to the graduating student with high academic achievement and major involvement in activities that support the mission, vision, and goals of the School of Business and Economics.

Recipient:

• Connor Case, Finance

This award is given to the graduating student with high academic achievement and major involvement in activities that support the mission, vision, and goals of the School of Business and Economics.

Recipient: 

• Jenna Leanza, Business Administration

This award is given to the graduating student with high academic achievement and major involvement in activities that support the mission, vision, and goals of the School of Business and Economics.

Recipient:

• Nguyen T. Nguyen, Data Analytics

This award is given to the graduating student who has continuously demonstrated their commitment to the SBE by playing pivotal roles in numerous academic experiences for students and the community.

Recipient:

• Pierce Steinberg, Global Supply Chain Management

*SUNY Plattsburgh at Queensbury

• Kamille Dawkins
• Samantha Mazza
• Amanda Mersincavage
• Naomi Tegybelu

• Archi Arnob
• Connor Case
• Alex Rine
• Naomi Tegybelu