ESU students recognized at School of Business Honors Banquet

School of Business Honor Students

Fifty senior honor students were recognized at the annual School of Business Honors Banquet held recently in the Memorial Union ballroom. To receive the designated "Honor" by the School of Business a student must have earned a 3.5 or better cumulated grade-point average.

Jennifer Remmereid, President of Pi Omega Pi, served as Toastmistress of the dinner. Dr. John Schwenn, Vice President for Academic Affairs, welcomed the attendees, followed by greetings from Dr. Robert Hite, Dean of the School of Business.

Brett Henry, a Capitol Federal Scholar, introduced invited guests and Brett Bruner, President of Phi Beta Lambda introduced, Calvin T. Roberts, the keynote speaker.

Roberts graduated from Emporia State University with his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.

In 1980, Roberts became President of National Capital Corporation where he launched the new company to form broker mortgages, equities and joint ventures.  He moved back to Kansas in 1981 to work for Jones & Company Real Estate and Mortgages.  His first position at the company was Senior Vice President of the Real Estate Investment and Finance Department; he later became the Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman. 

He moved to Columbian Trust Company in 1982 where he became the Senior Vice President of the Commercial Real Estate Mortgage Banking Department.  In 1991, he formed Cal Roberts & Associates, Inc., with a mission to provide commercial real estate financing, brokerage, consulting, and secure financing for start-up companies.  Roberts sat on the Kansas Board of Tax Appeals as one of five members judging tax cases.  He is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer for Brotherhood Bank & Trust.

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
The following students were presented with scholarships traditionally at the banquet by the School of Business: Beta Gamma Sigma Scholarship, Courtney Stevens; Business Faculty Endowed Student Scholarship, Enilda Romero; Charles D. and Marjorie L. Freeman Scholarship, Melony Moore;                               

Information Systems, L. Richard Hansen; Financial Executives Institute, Andrew Emch;    

Marketing, Melissa Stevens; Stephen J. Butcher MBA, Amy Smith; National Business Education Association, Shannon Neal;  and Wall Street Journal, Beth Dains.

SENIOR HONOR STUDENTS               

Natalie Arndt, Marlene Goentzel, Stephanie Pape,   Jason Bledsoe, Laura Gregory, Paige Patterson, Ronald Blood, L. Richard Hansen, Duane Purtell, Brandie Booth, Ashley Heaton, Jeremy Richard, Linsey Boyd, Rachel Hoopes, Jennifer Robertson,  Shane Brown, Shawnda Ivy, Jeremy Rusco, Brett Bruner, Sherri Jesnowski, Mary Schroeder, Fredrick Bush, Beth Korpinen, David Shapiro, David Cahoone,  Lyndsey Kratzberg, Brandy Shepherd, Heather Collins,  Paul LaPota, Janelle Shoup, Beth Dains, Rachelle Laymon, Melissa Stevens, Andrew Dunn, Jennifer Mann, Kristen Sutton, Andrew Emch, Zachariah Massey, Megan Tate,  Blake Fiene,  Murad Moqbel,  Zachary Teske, Matthew Fulks, Amanda Morningstar, Megan Tulloch, Amanda Garrison, Veronica Murphy, Sarah Weber,

Susan Gibler and Melissa Ogleby.   

PI OMEGA PI NATIONAL HONOR SOCITEY INDUCTEES
The Pi Omega Pi national business teacher education honor society announced its 2006 inductees: Samantha Hintz, Megan O'Dell, Shannon Neal and Jennifer Remmereid.

CAPITOL FEDERAL SCHOLARS
The Capitol Federal Scholars were recognized. The Capitol Federal Savings scholarship program recognizes students in the ESU School of Business who have graduated from a Kansas high school and have a minimum 3.25 grade point average. This scholarship is renewable and is awarded in addition to other university scholarships. The annual awards range from $1,000 for freshmen to $2,000 for graduate students. Those students include:

Ashley Boczek, Brenda Hughes, Jacob Walker, Brett Bruner,  Margaret Miller, Brady Webb,  Jana Clark, Jonathan Moomey, Alex Weed, Regan Dyro, Nathan Owsley, Amy White, Blake Fiene, Colby Rainey, Derek Young, Brett Henry, Janelle Shoup, Kimberly Zahner, Rachel Hoopes, Mitchell Spencer and Harmonie Zdanek.

BETA GAMMA SIGMA BUSINESS HONOR SOCIETY
The Beta Gamma Sigma national business honor society announced its 2006 inductees:

Calvin T. Roberts, Honorary Inductee, Kevin Johnson, Honorary Inductee,                    

Natalie Arndt, Nathan Owsley, Jason Bledsoe, Jennifer Robertson, Ronald Blood,

Enilda Romero, Ashley Boczek, Janelle Shoup, Regan Dyro, Mitchell Spencer, Amanda Garrison, Courtney Stevens, Susan Gibler, Kristen Sutton, Marlene Goentzel, Zachary Teske, Laura Gregory, Guihong Wang, Sarah Yu-Shan Hsu, Sarah Weber, Sherri Jesnowski,

Honglian Wu, Sarah Kenyon and Derek Young.                                     

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