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College of Commerce honors top students

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The College of Commerce and Business Administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign honored its outstanding students at its annual Awards Banquet April 28 in the Illini Union in Urbana.

The recipients and their awards (EDITORS: See list):

Recognized as one of the leading business schools, the college has outstanding programs in accounting, business, economics and finance. The college has more than 3,000 undergraduates, 700 MBA and masters students and 175 doctoral candidates. All states and more than 30 nations are represented in the college student body.

The awards banquet is sponsored by the college Office for Alumni and External Affairs and the Council of Presidents, a student group.

COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AWARD WINNERS

ADDISON Cathy Bierowiec, James Newton Matthews Scholar, Albert and Mildred Vondenbosch Scholarship

AURORA Adam Freda, James Newton Matthews Scholar, FMC Award of Excellence Scholarship; Katherine Laughlin, Marvin and Susan Moses Scholarship, Steven B. Hahn Scholarship; Stephen LeRoy, Steven B. Hahn Scholarship; Ryan Pierceall, Robert P. Reuss Scholarship

BATAVIA Stephen Hopkins, Russo Scholarship

BUFFALO GROVE Michael Gutfraynd, Kenneth W. Perry Scholarship

CARBONDALE Amanda Sheffer, Leiby S. Hall Scholarship

CHAMPAIGN Timothy W. Carter, Barent and Jessie Springsted Scholarship; Adam Evans, Cozad Entrepreneurship Scholarship; Fernanda Toros, Leonard J. and Sharon Crowley Santow Award for Teaching Excellence, 2001-02 Laura L. Fraley Award, 2002 Undergraduate Excellence-in-Teaching by a Teaching Assistant Award; Christine LaTriece Wade. Caterpillar Excellence Award, Generation to Generation Scholarship

CHICAGO (17) Guadalupe Hernandez, James J. and June D. Gustat Award

(37) Krystal Blake, Seymour Smidt Scholarship

(38) Carina Ortega, Deans List, Moms Day Scholastic Award, Ken Perry Scholarship

(43) Sean K. Hunter, Honeywell Award

(45) Vimal H. Prajapati, Hiram H. Belnap

COLONA Scott Rokis, Presidents Award

DECATUR William Wingard, Kenneth P. Santee Graduate Fellowship

DEKALB Matthew Brown, Paul C. Fulton Scholarship, Deans List; Michael Brown, FMC Award of Excellence Scholarship; Sandra Kim, Walgreen Retail Bridge Scholarship

DOWNERS GROVE Kent J. Evans, Caterpillar Excellence Award

DUNDEE Amanda Patrick, Senior 100 Honorary

EAST ST. LOUIS Lavon Singleton, Cozad Entrepreneurship Scholarship, Deans List (Spring 2001), Steven B. Hahn Scholarship, Moms Day Scholastic Award

EDWARDS Jennifer Kim, James Newton Matthews Scholar, Leiby S. Hall Scholarship

EL PASO Jeff Schmitt, Ford Undergraduate Business Scholarship, Beta Gamma Sigma

ELK GROVE Michael Grygo, William T. Cameron Banking Scholarship

ELLERY Laura Mann, Leiby S. Hall Scholarship

FRANKFORT John M. Pascarella, IDM General Scholarship

GENESEO Steven Harper, Harry Gray Fellowship

GLEN ELLYN Kevin B. Mammoser, Education Foundation of CCIM Institute Scholarship

GLENDALE HEIGHTS Nikita Andrews, Camelia Mannings Scholarship

GLENVIEW Al Goldstein, Senior 100 Honorary, Beta Gamma Sigma, CFA Scholarship, Deans List, Alpha Lambda Delta, Golden Key, Phi Kappa Phi; Todd C. Johnson, Marie E. Madigan Scholarship, Leiby S. Hall Scholarship

HAVANA Steven Emme, Mead Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship, Top Ten Seniors Award, Senior 100 Honorary

LACON Mackenzie Breen, Senior 100 Honorary

LANSING Mark T. Padjen, Leiby S. Hall Scholarship, Senior 100 Honorary, Top Ten Seniors Award

LINCOLN Sarah Hahn, Ken and Betty Hughes Scholarship

LONG GROVE Seema Joglekar, Philip Morris Scholarship

MAROA Lindsey Daggett, Leiby S. Hall Scholarship; Scott Wentworth, Leiby S. Hall Scholarship, University Honors (Bronze Tablet Scholar)

MATTESON Veronica Uwumarogie, John L. and Ruth B. Morton Scholarship

MATTOON Nathan Saegesser, Senior 100 Honorary, William T. Cameron Scholarship

MOLINE Karlie Bert, Goldie Maxine Cord and Marcus Franklin Cord Scholarship

MONMOUTH Cory Hill, Hobart L. and Mary K. Peer Award, University Honors (Bronze Tablet Scholar), Senior 100 Honorary

MORRIS Chip Jorstad, College of Commerce and Business Administration and the Council of Presidents Student Leadership Award

MOUNT CARMEL Joseph R. Dee IV, University Honors (Bronze Tablet Scholar), Senior 100 Honorary

MUNDELEIN Jennifer Ochab, George Huff Award, Academic All-Big Ten Team, Chi Alpha Sigma – National College Athlete Honor Society

NAPERVILLE Brian John Jeselnick, Senior 100 Honorary; Tracey Miller, Leiby S. Hall Scholarship, Caterpillar IDM Scholarship

NASHVILLE Lisa Dinkelman, Leiby S. Hall Scholarship

NILES Salvatore Galati, FMC Award of Excellence

OAK BROOK Courtney Collins, Russo Scholarship, CIBER Scholarship, National Society of Collegiate Scholars

OKAWVILLE Andrea Hasheider, Leiby S. Hall Scholarship, Top Ten Seniors Award

OREGON Teri Taylor, Ken Perry Scholarship

OSWEGO Judy Barocio, Steven Hahn Scholarship Award

PALATINE Meghan J. Richards, George H. and Gertrude J. Schiff Scholarship

PALOS HILLS Valerie Stefanski, Leiby S. Hall Scholarship

PARK RIDGE Mark Wojteczko, Albert and Mildred Vondenbosch Scholarship

PEORIA David P. Walden, Senior 100 Honorary

PONTIAC Aaron J. Wahls, George Huff Award Winner, Academic All-Big Ten, Nominee to the 2002 NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference

QUINCY Amina Hafez, Kenneth P. Santee Graduate Scholarship

ROCHELLE Alison Tolan, Russo Scholarship

ST. CHARLES Samantha Peterson, Senior 100 Honorary

ST. JOSEPH Amy Franzen, Leiby S. Hall Scholarship

SCHAUMBURG Jeffrey Behrens, James Newton Matthews Scholar, Leiby S. Hall Scholarship

SKOKIE Angela Park, Leiby S. Hall Scholarship

STERLING Joanna L. Rodgers, Commerce Council Outstanding Teaching Award

TINLEY PARK James Tuton, FMC Award of Excellence Scholarship

URBANA Prentice D. Barbee, Michael K. Magill Scholarship, Senior 100 Honorary

VALMEYER Alison Garleb, Leiby S. Hall Scholarship

WATSEKA Amanda Bossong, Steven B. Hahn Scholarship

WESTERN SPRINGS Erica Johnson, James Newton Matthews Scholar, Russo Scholarship

WHEATON Peter S. Sizgoric, Top Ten Seniors Award, Senior 100 Honorary, Robert Matz Honorary Scholarship

OUT -OF-STATE

CALIFORNIA, National City Nino Rey Deleon, George H. and Gertrude J. Schiff Scholarship

IOWA, Davenport Jennifer McGaffigan, George Huff Award, Deans List

MASSACHUSETTS, Walpole Sean Hannigan, Kenneth P. Santee Graduate Fellowship

NEW YORK, Pittsford Jason Singh Badesha, Leiby S. Hall Scholarship, John W. Queenan Scholarship, University Honors (Bronze Tablet Scholar)

Schenectady Roland Gau, Kenneth P. Santee Graduate Fellowship, MBA Leadership Grant, ODonnell Foundation Internship

TENNESSEE, Johnson City Samantha Courtney Davis, Emmerson Cammack Undergraduate Scholarship

OUT-OF-COUNTRY

TAIWAN, Taipei Jannet Chang, Robert E. Demarest Award

(EDITORS: Those students’ whose complete street addresses were omitted requested that that information not be included in the release.)

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