Gabelli School of Business Graduate Awards 2024

These awards are bestowed each year upon students who have excelled in and outside of the classroom, and faculty members and alumni who have made a difference in the education and careers of our graduate students.

  • The 2024 Graduate Student Award Winners represent the breadth and depth of the members of our diverse student body, their many talents, and accomplishments. They exemplify the dedication and hard work required to achieve academic, professional, and personal success, setting a standard of excellence for those who will follow in their footsteps.

    Congratulations to all of this year’s winners!

    Academic Area Awards

    This honor is bestowed upon those students who have excelled in their academic area.

    Accounting and Taxation – Catherine Adrian. Jenna Mazzone, Samuel Thomas Wilder, III
    Communications and Media Management – Kiriaki Eleftheriadis, Dimitra Manis, Bridget L. Thoreson
    Finance and Business Economics – Donald Donnelly, Thomas Hutton, Nikita Kosmachev
    Information Technology and Operations - Yuqi Chen, Carmen Luisa Yulo So, Patrick W. Wolff
    Law and Ethics – Jennifer Alvarez, Deirdre Ely, Yang Wang
    Leading People and Organizations - Christopher Bucher, Bryson Kernan Clark, Amanda McGurk
    Marketing – Matthew Burns, Radhika Chopra, Shreya Sakhuja
    Strategy and Statistics – Jennifer Alvarez, Geoffrey Baum, Louisa Brody

    Program Excellence Awards

    This honor is bestowed upon those students who have excelled in their program of study.

    M.S. in Accounting Excellence Award – Jack Engelhardt
    M.S. in Applied Statistics and Decision-Making Excellence Award – Meriem Zikara
    M.S. in Business Analytics Excellence Award – Aarushi Sharma
    M.S. in Finance Excellence Award – Abigail R Pratt
    M.S. in Finance (online) Excellence Award – Louis S. Luxenberg
    M.S. in Information Technology Excellence Award – Zixi Wang
    M.S. in Management Excellence Award – Maria Matziaris
    M.S. in Management (online) Excellence Award – Dalamu Sherpa
    M.S. in Marketing Intelligence Excellence Award - Stephanie N. Polakowski
    M.S. in Media Management Excellence Award - Millie Haffety
    M.S. in Quantitative Finance Award - Hong Hao Chen
    M.S. in Strategic Marketing Communications (online) Excellence Award - Dimitra Manis
    M.S. in Taxation Excellence Award - Thomas F. Hunter
    Executive M.B.A. Excellence Award – Jessica Franco
    Full-time M.B.A. Excellence Award - Ana Quintero
    Professional M.B.A. Excellence Award – Samuel Nodine

    Entrepreneurship Award

    This award is presented to a student who demonstrates the entrepreneurial traits of open-mindedness, creativity, innovation, and resilience needed to succeed in the competitive business landscape.

    Shoval Mizrahi

    Student Leadership Award

    This award is given to the graduate student/s who best exemplify the values of the Gabelli School and is voted on by the student body.

    Thomas Hutton   (M.B.A. Programs)
    Nithin Raj Rangaraj   (Specialized Master’s Programs)

    Exemplar Service Award

    This honor is bestowed upon those students who have made a positive impact on the Gabelli School community through their involvement and contributions.

    Walder Almeida, Han Bao, Nayara T. Bermudez, Ayesha Burnett, Delcora Campbell, Brittany Carrion, Fernanda Carvalho, Justine Chun, Derek Ben de los Reyes, Camila Bonifaz Ferreccio, Xiaoyang Guo, Jiatong Hou, Animesh Jain, Rushali Ashish Kadakia, Aparna Ravi Kadasne, Aneri Tejas Mehta, Arnold Murwira, Samuel Owusu-Ansah, Luís Pinto, Elana Price, Clayton Ross, Anany Sharma, Anvita Sharma, Deepak Mukesh Sharma, Aliza Syed, Praveen Tikmani, Maiya K. Turner, Kenan Michael Williams, Wanpeng Xu

    Dean’s List Honors

    These award is bestowed upon students who have the distinction of having earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average during their graduate business studies at the Gabelli School of Business.

    Razmik Abrahamyan, Catherine Adrian, Lida Alikhani, Christopher Bucher, Nghia N. Bui, Devaki Chaddha, Yuqi Chen, Radhika Chopra, Bryson Kernan Clark, Alexandra Mae DiBrigida. Tinglan Du, Kiriaki Eleftheriadis, Deirdre Ely, Jack Engelhardt, Jessica Franco, Jeanine Guzman, Millie Haffety, Eric Hawes, Thomas F. Hunter, Safwaan Karim, Evgeny Khlystunov, Nikita Kosmachev, Yao Li, James Lichtmann, Thomas Lichtmann, Yu-Chen Lin, Yizhen Lu, Dimitra Manis, Maria Matziaris, Jenna Mazzone, Jennifer C. McFadden, Amanda McGurk, Megan Morris, Basundhara Parasar, Alexandra R. Peck, Stephanie N. Polakowski, Abigail R. Pratt, Patrick Richards, Therese Gabrielle S. Santos, Daniel Schneider, Mausam V. Shah, Aarushi Sharma, Shuo Shen, Abhidith Nithyananda Shetty, Carmen Luisa Yulo So, Hanna N. Strawn, Masaya Sugimoto, Pratik Thakkar, Erin Torres, Maiya Turner, Patrick W. Wolff, Wanpeng Xu, Junfeng Zheng, Jianzhang Zhu

    Capstone Awards

    Dean’s Award for Excellence

    This award is bestowed upon a graduate student who has exemplified excellence in his or her academic work and demonstrates great career promise.

    Basundhara Parasar (Full-time M.B.A.)

    Dean’s Award for Service

    This award is bestowed upon a graduate student who has demonstrated outstanding support of the mission of the Gabelli School of Business.

    Meet Patel  (Full-time M.B.A.)

    International Advancement Award

    This award is given to a graduate student who has advanced the Gabelli School’s mission of “sending Fordham out into the world, and bringing the world to Fordham.”

    Nana Karikari (Full-time M.B.A.)