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Quick Takes May 2017 Volume 45
46th Annual SBA Awards
Banquet
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The Second Annual Widener University
Sustainability Showcase 7
SBA Students Spring into Service!
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MGT 451 Senior Projects
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Senior Send Off Lunch 12
Greetings:
I hope this message finds you all well. It is hard to
believe how fast the year has gone by and I am
looking forward to the two upcoming
commencement ceremonies at Widener University’s
main campus. The graduate commencement will be
on May 19th and the undergraduate commencement
will be on May 20th. There will be a graduation
breakfast on May 20th at 7:30 am in the Quick
Center. We invite all graduates and their families to join us for refreshments.
On March 30, 2017 we held the 46th Annual Awards Banquet at the Springhaven
Country Club. Mr. David L. Cohen, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief
Diversity Officer at Comcast Corporation was the featured speaker and recipient of
the “Distinguished Performance in Management” Award.
Dr. Steven Wilhite, Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs
received the “John C. Sevier Award for Dedication and Service to the School ofBusiness Administration.” In addition, Professor Kenn Tacchino received the
“Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award,” and Dr. Jerry Hionis received the“William J. Zahka Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award.” Dr. Michael Rosko received the “Distinguished Research Professor Award,” while Dr. Donna
McCloskey was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Professor Award.
Our dedicated faculty members continue to focus on providing real-world
experiences to our students such as attending the Phillies game and discussing the
role of statistics and business intelligence in sports. On April 28th, we highlighted
student projects, some of which resulted from our partnership with the Small
Business Development Center (SBDC) and working with small business clients.
We also hosted professional development workshops for the graduate students. On
April 20th, the Health Care Alumni Association hosted Nicole Lipkin, PsyD, MBA
’02 at the spring gathering.
Best wishes,
Dr. Jayati Ghosh
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Quick Takes May 2017 Volume 45
School of Business Administration News 46th Annual Awards Banquet
The Second Annual Widener University Sustainability Showcase
SBA Students Spring into Service
Stop Hunger Now Event
Analytics Students Visit Philadelphia Phillies
Pi Sigma Epsilon Spring 2017 Networking Event
MGT 451 Senior Projects
Healthcare Management Alumni Association
Annual Spring Gathering
Senior Send-Off Lunch
Friday, May 19th—Graduate Student Commencement Ceremony
Saturday, May 20 th—Undergraduate Student Commencement
Ceremony
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46th Annual SBA Awards Banquet
On Thursday, March 30, 2017, Dean Jayati Ghosh welcomed over 250 people to the Springhaven Club for
the 46th Annual Awards Banquet. This is the night our students, faculty and business executives are
recognized for their accomplishments. At the banquet, Mr. David L. Cohen, Senior Executive Vice President
and Chief Diversity Officer at Comcast Corporation accepted the School of Business Administration's Beta
Gamma Sigma Honor Society Distinguished Performance in Management Award and also gave the keynote
address.
Comcast executive Mr. David L. Cohen had two key messages for future Widener graduates:
truly successful business leaders focus on their communities, not just their companies.
and
the key to business success is a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Undergraduate Award Recipients
SBA Teaching Awards
Distinguished Research Professor Award
Dr. Michael D. Rosko
Distinguished Service Professor Award
Dr. Donna W. McCloskey
Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award
Dr. Kenn B. Tacchino
John C. Sevier Award
Dr. Stephen Wilhite
William J. Zahka Distinguished Undergraduate
Teaching Award
Dr. Jerry Hionis
Dr. Michael Rosko, Dr. Donna McCloskey, Dr. Kenn
Tacchino, Dr. Stephen Wilhite, Dean Ghosh, and Dr.
Jerry Hionis
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SBA Undergraduate Award Recipients
SBA Graduate Award Recipients
Outstanding Student in Master of Science in Business Process Innovation Program
Raymond J. McNulty
Outstanding Student in Master of Business Administration Program
Renee T. Marquis
Outstanding Student in Master of Business Administration Health Care Management Program
John Scott
Outstanding Student in Master of Science in Taxation and Financial Planning Program
David A. Houtz
APICS Outstanding Student
Jessica Kowalski
Outstanding Marketing Student
Chandler R. Liero
Outstanding Finance Student
Sara J. Medendorp
Outstanding Sport Management Student
David A. Atkinson
Outstanding Human Resource Management Student
Jessica P. Helwig
Outstanding MIS/Business Informatics Student
Maria C. Mattucci
Outstanding Junior Accounting Student
Rachael N. Hanak
Outstanding Management Student
Carly B. Histing
Outstanding SBA Co-op Award
Maria C. Mattucci
Sport Management Advisory Board Award
Elliot A. Snyder
Beta Alpha Psi Award for Academic Excellence
Alexandra L. Judak
Beta Alpha Psi Award for Outstanding Service
Ivy L. Platt
Pi Sigma Epsilon Award for Academic Excellence
Tejya C. Johnson
Pi Sigma Epsilon Award for Outstanding Service
Catherine E. Cleary
PICPA Ambassador Award
Molly S. McKeown
Outstanding Service in Finance Related Field
Thomas J. DiBrino
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SBA Honors David L. Cohen
See more pictures on Facebook here
President Wollman, Dean Ghosh, and David L. Cohen
David L. Cohen receiving 2017
Distinguished Performance in
Management Award from SBA
student Jared Becker
David L. Cohen receiving honorary
membership into Beta Gamma Sigma
from SBA student Jared Becker
Chris Sanchez and Jordan
Saufley
Greg McDonough, Dr. Laker, and Joe
Santone ‘16
Jennifer King, Anna Pelligra, Sara
Medendorp, and Wendy Medendorp
Tyree Nobles Jr. and Kendall Green Lauren Devita ‘11 and
Victoria Penny
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The Second Annual Widener University Sustainability Showcase
Widener University hosted its second annual Sustainability Showcase on March 29th and 30th. The two-day
event featured activities and presentations by students, faculty, and community partners that advance
sustainability.
Student volunteer, Tony Heath, Marlena Jimenez, Jessica Kowalski, Deanna Cain, Ryan Raiker, Carl Pierce,
James May, and Dean Ghosh
Norman Vossschulte, Jessica Hoopes
and Tony Heath
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On Tuesday, April 18th from 12-2 pm at Lathem Hall, students from the SBA along with our community
partners from the Chester Rotary Club, participated in a Stop Hunger Now: Meal Packaging Event. This event
helped increase awareness of hunger challenges faced by so many outside of the United States.
Along with the Chester Rotary Club, SBA student volunteers, Widener’s College Panhellenic Council,
Interfraternity Council, and Intercultural Greek Council over 10,000 meals were packaged and prepared for
shipping.
Each packaged meal contained rice, dried vegetables, soy and a vitamin pack. Once a
meal was assembled, it was sealed and prepared for shipping. These meals can be
customized at their destinations to suit local tastes and culture.
Stop Hunger Now is an international hunger relief agency that has been fulfilling its
commitment to end hunger for more than 15 years. Since 1998, the organization has
coordinated the distribution of food and other lifesaving aid to children and families in
countries all over the world.
Stop Hunger Now Event
On April 8th five students, James Feeley, Michael Garofolo, Julian
Jastrzebski, Matthew Stranix, and Daniel Whitney, held a Salute to Service
collection at the Widener Varsity Baseball game against Alvernia.
Fans were asked to donate: travel size tooth brushes, tooth paste, hand and
foot warmers, deodorant, and moist towelettes. Salute to Service was started
by USAA and the NFL to elevate military appreciation on and off the field.
Authentic “Salute to Service” wristbands were given out to each donor.
The students worked with the Phillies to host a raffle for four Phillies tickets
and a picture with the World Series trophy.
With help from Assistant Dean Hoopes and the partnership of a School of
Business alliance, Tony Heath at UPS, students were able to ship the boxes
paid for by UPS.
Together with the SBA and UPS, the students agreed to develop a fall
program to expand on their project.
The students agreed they learned valuable lessons from the
International marketing class project by displaying the following
competencies:
Marketing proficiency
Learning about a foreign country
Doing something good for humanity
Writing a memo of understanding with the client
Project management skills
SBA Students Spring into Service!
Students loading the donation
boxes for shipping with UPS
Tony Heath and Marlena
Jimenez
Julian Jastrzebski, Daniel
Whitney, Michael Garofolo,
James Feeley, and Matthew
Stranix
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Dr. Goeke and Dr. McCloskey joined a group of SBA students at
Phillies College Baseball Analytics Night on Monday, April 10th,
at Citizens Bank Park.
The event included:
Networking with Phillies executives
Tour of the broadcasting booth and new analytics suite
Discussion on the role of statistics and business intelligence
in sports
Panelists (Ned Rice, Assistant General Manager, Andy Galdi,
Director, Baseball Research & Development, Scott Freedman,
Director, Baseball Operations) provided excellent insight into
how analytics is utilized in baseball operations, and shared their
career experience and advice.
Analytics Students Visit Philadelphia Phillies
Pi Sigma Epsilon (ΠΣΕ) is a professional fraternity for students and
industry professionals in Marketing and Sales Management,
Professor Mary Shoemaker has done an exceptional job growing
the local chapter and helping students find job opportunities. At her
last meeting on April 12th she invited 40 companies to participate.
The networking event is in a “Speed Dating” format so students
rotate from table to table and interact with different company
representatives.
The networking paid off for at least two of our students. Daniel
Whitney received an offer from Power Home Remodeling company
in Chester, PA. Daniel said: “I have been involved in the Oskin
Leadership Institute which allowed me to develop my own personal
leadership skills. I look forward to practicing my leadership skills. I
will be interning at Power Home Remodeling, where I hope to get
great experience in the marketing and sales world”.
Julian Jastrzebski had a similar experience at the PSE event. He
talked to several companies and was hired by Enterprise for an
internship this summer.
Both students are looking forward to learning about the sales and
marketing world.
Pi Sigma Epsilon Spring 2017 Networking Event held on Tuesday March 21
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Katie Cleary, Victoria Byrne, Ashley
Scharadin, Anjelica Nicolas, Victoria
Penny, Emily Garofalo, and Tejya
Johnson
Ryan Boran, Andrew Krasny, Dr. Mary
Shoemaker, Dante Frezza, and Michael
Goldstein
James Givens, Thomas Rozinski, Brian
Armstrong, Blake Devine, Brady Franks,
Ryan Yost, Daniel Kelble, Jordahn
Orlena, and CJ Morrison
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MGT 451 Senior Projects
Complete Transitions Senior Move Management -
Renke He, Jennifer King, Dan McMenamin, Tyler
Schulte, Elliot Snyder, Wenqian Zhao
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Peter Hornberger
Judy’s Homemade Ice Cream - Jiacheng Mao,
Mike Mansur, Ivy Platt, Ernie Pitone, Chris
Wassmer, Caini Yang
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Peter Hornberger
WhataCrockMeals - Lauren Angelucci, Michael
Dixon, Paul Edward, Tyler Hall, Colin Reitman,
Chris Sanchez, Josh Steinberg
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael Rosko
At the School of Business Administration, we prepare students for successful careers and leadership positions
in business. Seniors presented their case study findings to Widener University faculty and staff on April 28th.
During their senior year, our students engage in semester long projects that partner groups of students with
local companies to tackle real-world business problems. To produce results, students must call upon critical
thinking, problem solving, collaboration and communication skills. In effect, they learn by doing. Management
451 helps students develop skills that employers need and they acquire competencies that give them an edge
over other applicants through a variety of hands-on learning
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The Healthcare Management Alumni Association at Widener University welcomed a robust group of alums for
a presentation given by alumna Nicole Lipkin, PsyD, MBA ‘02.
Dr. Lipkin is an organizational psychologist and the CEO of Equilibria Leadership Consulting; a leadership
and organizational development firm. She is also the founder of Equilibria Psychological and Consultation
Services. Dr. Lipkin is a speaker, consultant, and coach and has shared her expertise on NPR, NBC, Forbes,
Entrepreneur, CBS, Fox Business News, and other media outlets.
This fun, engaging keynote based on "What Keeps Leaders Up At
Night” focused on the often ignored core factors that underlie our
impact as leaders. With insight into the neuroscience, psychology and
group dynamics of leadership and business culture, guests learned the
root causes that make or break our ability to bring out the best in
ourselves and in others, thereby contributing to personal and
professional success. Dr. Lipkin’s lecture focused on the following:
Insight into the three proven factors that contribute to success or
derailment
Understand the influence that technology and stress have on
leadership impact
Learn to counteract biased thinking and resistance to change
Discover the tricks that the mind plays on every leader that can be
harnessed to help versus hinder
Healthcare Management Alumni Association Annual Spring Gathering held on Thursday, April 20
Dr. Michael Rosko and Guest Speaker
Nicole Lipkin, PsyD, MBA ‘02
Achievers of Excellence - Zachary
Cannon, Raymond Delfing, Daniel Durso,
Joseph Farrell, Vincent Marra, Michael
Potochney, Brandon Roberts, Hanyu
Zhang.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael Rosko
Equipment Trade Service Co, Inc -
Nicholas Dameo, Gianni Defrancesco, James
Feeley, Jessica Helwig, Colin McKeefery,
Michael Murr, Sean Sauder
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael Rosko
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Senior Send-Off Lunch On Monday, May 1st senior students enjoyed
lunch at the senior celebratory send-off!
Congratulations graduates!
We hope to see you soon!
Chris Sanchez, Greg McDonough, Mike Dixon,
Kendall Green, and Dan McMenamin
Jasmine Neisser and Austin
Sosnow
Alex Judak, Dr. Hargadon, and Ivy Platt
Mark Toner, Catherine Tames, Rebecca Crofton,
Alexander Derfler, Professor Shea, and Emily Wright
Rebecca Crofton and Dr. Shoemaker
Erin Brown, Kayla Jarosiewicz, and
Professor Shea
Justin Mermelstein, Dr. Larson, and Dr. Fortune
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Editor, Jessica Hoopes Layout and Design, Ryan M. Raiker
The undergraduate commencement breakfast will be held on Saturday, May 20th, 2017 beginning at 7:30 am until 8:30 am. All SBA graduating students and their families are invited to attend the Commencement Continental
Breakfast held in the Quick Center Lobby.
Families are welcome to come early to get great parking and enjoy a quick breakfast with faculty and other
guests before the Commencement ceremony.
Commencement Breakfast
Event Date Location
Graduate Student Commencement Friday, May 19
9:30am
Memorial Field
Undergraduate Student Commencement Saturday, May 20
9:30am
Memorial Field
