2018 undergraduates recognized with awards and honors

Dean Mark Taylor shared the following message with the Olin community before the undergraduate recognition ceremony on May 18, 2018.

The Olin Undergraduate Graduation Recognition Ceremony is special for many reasons. Certainly, we share and take great pride in the triumph of our exuberant graduates—now prepared and eager to step from the graduation stage into a new phase of their lives.

The ceremony is also special because it recognizes and celebrates a small number of outstanding faculty and students whose contributions truly helped define the Olin journey for this class. I am delighted and honoured to share with you this year’s 2018 Undergraduate Honors and Awards.

Seunghan Bae: Arthur M. Seltzer Accounting Award. Awarded to recognize an outstanding senior in the area of accounting. Established by Richard Wise, JD ’83, to honor his mentor, Arthur M. Seltzer, BSBA ’62, a successful accountant and financial adviser in St. Louis.

Ross Jordan Brown: Outstanding Student Athlete Award. Awarded to a graduate who exhibits strong leadership ability and sportsmanlike conduct.

Joshua Samuel Cohen: The CEL’s Taylor Outstanding Service Award. Awarded to the graduate or graduates who delivered the highest level of impact to the St. Louis local nonprofit community through the Center for Experiential Learning’s Taylor Community Consulting program. Awardees distinguished themselves with exceptional effort and leadership that resulted in demonstrated advancement of the missions and objectives of the organizations and communities with which they engaged.

Stacy Linn Curnow: Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key. Awarded to the graduate with the highest academic average. The award is given by Delta Sigma Pi, America’s foremost professional fraternity for men and women pursuing careers in business.

Hana Elizabeth Davisson: Joseph W. Towle Prize. Awarded to the graduate with the strongest academic achievement and the most potential in the area of organizational leadership. This award is named in honor of Joseph W. Towle, who was a tenured Olin management professor from 1954 to 1975 and a leader among faculty. Well known in his field, an author, and president of the Academy of Management, he established this prize to encourage excellence in the classroom.

Carolina Sarturi Feijo: Powell Niland Prize. Awarded to the graduate with the strongest academic achievement in the areas of operations and manufacturing management. This award is named in honor of Powell Niland, who was a tenured Olin operations and manufacturing management professor from 1957 to 1989 and an Olin professor emeritus from 1989 until 2009.

Zhuoqun Weber Gaowen: The CEL’s Taylor Outstanding Service Award. Awarded to the graduate or graduates who delivered the highest level of impact to the St. Louis local nonprofit community through the Center for Experiential Learning’s Taylor Community Consulting program. Awardees distinguished themselves with exceptional effort and leadership that resulted in demonstrated advancement of the missions and objectives of the organizations and communities with which they engaged.

Garris Wayne Goe: Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key. Awarded to the graduate with the highest academic average. The award is given by Delta Sigma Pi, America’s foremost professional fraternity for men and women pursuing careers in business.

Eric Andrew Magliarditi: John W. Bowyer Award in Finance. Awarded to the graduate who is considered to have the greatest potential for success in a career in finance, as judged by the finance faculty. The award is named in honor of the late John W. Bowyer, who was a legendary teacher of finance at Olin from 1951 to 1987.

Jacqueline Elise Oestreicher: Kay Roh Memorial Award. Awarded to a graduate in recognition of his or her contributions to Washington University and/or the St. Louis community through extracurricular or volunteer activities, as judged by his or her classmates. Named to honor Kay Roh, who was awarded her BSBA posthumously in 1991. The award is made possible through the generosity of her parents, Min and Jae Roh, and grandparents Ginger and Jack Woods.

Joshua Eric Rotker: Undergraduate Marketing Award. Awarded by the faculty to a graduate for outstanding achievement in the field of marketing.

Joshua Ben Schuftan: Center for Experiential Learning Impact Award. Recognizes the graduate who has delivered the highest level of impact to the business and nonprofit communities through The Center for Experiential Learning (CEL) and other Olin-sponsored experiential programs, as judged by the CEL Leadership team/Graduate Fellows supporting them. Awardees distinguished themselves with exceptional effort and leadership that advanced the missions and objectives of the organizations and individuals with whom they engaged across the globe.

Brandon Keay Guan See: Powell Niland Prize. Awarded to the graduate with the strongest academic achievement in the areas of operations and manufacturing management. This award is named in honor of Powell Niland, who was a tenured Olin operations and manufacturing management professor from 1957 to 1989 and an Olin professor emeritus from 1989 until 2009.

Adam Gideon Taitz: International Business Student Award. Awarded to the graduate who shows the greatest potential for a career in international business. Loeb Prize in Leadership. Awarded to a graduate who has shown leadership in undergraduate activities related to Olin Business School and who maintains excellence in scholastic achievement, as judged by his or her classmates. This award is named in honor of Isidor Loeb, who was dean of Washington University’s School of Business and Public Administration (now known as Olin Business School) from 1925 to 1940.

Cole Rashad West: Dean’s Special Service Award. Awarded by the dean to recognize students who have rendered extraordinary service to Olin.

Ellen Siyi Wu: The CEL’s Taylor Outstanding Service Award. Awarded to the graduate or graduates who delivered the highest level of impact to the St. Louis local nonprofit community through the Center for Experiential Learning’s Taylor Community Consulting program. Awardees distinguished themselves with exceptional effort and leadership that resulted in demonstrated advancement of the missions and objectives of the organizations and communities with which they engaged.

Summa Cum Laude: Awarded to the top 5 percent of the undergraduate Class of 2018 as established by the end of their final semester.

• Seunghan Bae
• Stacy Linn Curnow
• Jared Ryan Dauman
• Peter Good Dissinger
• Garris Wayne Goe
• Jacob Mason Klein
• Eric Andrew Magliarditi
• Chloe Naguib
• Marisa Lynn Parnes
• Joshua Eric Rotker
• Maximilian Sassouni
• Joshua Ben Schuftan
• Brandon Keay Guan See
• Jamie Alexandra Semler

Magna Cum Laude: Awarded to the top 6 to 15 percent of the undergraduate Class of 2018 as established by the end of their final semester.

• Joshua Ryan Bircoll
• Tess Eliza Citron
• Jameson Engel Cook
• Andrew Harrison Eichen
• Carolina Sarturi Feijo
• Monica Elaine Hellmer
• Emily Nicole Holtzclaw
• Jessica Huang
• Yong Suk Kim
• Devin Janette Kuokka
• Jessica Bingqi Lin
• Andy Z. Liu
• Yuchen Liu
• Jiangnan Meng
• Deepika Nagarajan
• Arya Vishnu Narasimhan
• Timothy Insun Park
• Adam Joel Regent
• Emily Marie Romanow
• Dani Scherl
• Ethan Bruce Schueler
• Jingyi Tan
• Siddharth Vanamamalai
• Kiersten Elizabeth West
• Daniel Won
• Ellen Siyi Wu
• John D. Wu
• Zhou Yu

Honors in Management: Awarded to graduating seniors who have completed the honors program.

Hana Elizabeth Davisson: “So You Think You Can Negotiate? The Effect of Individual Differences on Initiating and Conducting Negotiations”

Zhuoqun Weber Gaowen: “Follow the Money – Analyzing Montgomery County Crime Statistics Based on Income, Race and Age at the Census Tract Level”

Ji Hyun Hur: “Follow the Money – Analyzing Montgomery County Crime Statistics Based on Income, Race and Age at the Census Tract Level”

Patrick Thomas Koenig: “The Economic Impact of Policy Incentives in Eliminating Bad Habits: Mandatory Drug Testing for TANF Recipients”

Benjamin Irwin Kugelman: “So You Think You Can Negotiate? The Effect of Individual Differences on Initiating and Conducting Negotiations”

Kiran Maria Kuttickat: “Females in CEO Positions: The Impact of Gender on Company Performance and Market View”

Ethan Bruce Schueler: “The Economic Impact of Policy Incentives in Eliminating Bad Habits: Mandatory Drug Testing for TANF Recipients”

Emma Mae Turnbull: “So You Think You Can Negotiate? The Effect of Individual Differences on Initiating and Conducting Negotiations”

Harry Jack Varon: “Females in CEO Positions: The Impact of Gender on Company Performance and Market View”

Pictured above: A scene from the 2017 undergraduate recognition ceremony.