Smeal Awards 2008-2009 Doctoral Scholarships
Penn State's Smeal College of Business has awarded eight doctoral students with scholarships for the 2008-2009 academic year.
Smeal Awards 2008-2009 Doctoral Scholarships
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (June 25, 2008) – Penn State's Smeal College of Business has awarded eight doctoral students with scholarships for the 2008-2009 academic year.
Marco Rossi, a doctoral student in the Department of Finance, has been selected as the recipient of the Ossian R. MacKenzie Teaching Award. Kyle H. MacKenzie created this award in honor of her late husband, Ossian R. MacKenzie, the first dean of the Smeal College of Business.
Dan Chiaburu, a doctoral student in the Department of Management and Organization, has been selected as the recipient of the Edward and Susan Wilson Graduate Scholarship Award. The Wilson Scholarship was endowed by Edward and Susan Wilson as a result of their strong involvement in the Penn State Alumni Association and their commitment to Penn State.
Andrew Davis and Bryan Johnson, doctoral students in the Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems and the Department of Marketing, respectively, have been selected as the recipients of the Peter E. Liberti and Judy D. Olian Scholarship. Peter E. Liberti and Judy D. Olian, the previous dean of the Smeal College of Business, created this award to support the education of the next generation of business faculty.
Four doctoral students have been selected as recipients of Jean and Charles Ryder Graduate Fellowships. They are Sam Bonsall in the Department of Accounting, Kunter Gunasit in the Department of Marketing, Zheng Jia in the Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems, and Lubomir Petrasek in the Department of Finance.
The Ryder Fellowships were endowed by Jean and Charles Ryder to support the Smeal College of Business in its goal of continuing to be a top business program.
For more information on the Smeal Ph.D. Program, visit www.smeal.psu.edu/phd.
REPORTERS & EDITORS: For more information, please contact Wyatt DuBois in the Smeal College of Business Media Relations Office at 814-863-3798 or wed112@psu.edu.
Penn State's Smeal College of Business offers highly ranked undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, Ph.D., and executive education opportunities to more than 5,500 students at all levels. Featuring academic departments of accounting, finance, marketing, insurance and real estate, management, and supply chain and information systems, the college is also home to major research centers such as the Center for Supply Chain Research, the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, the Center for Digital Transformation, the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Center for Global Business Studies, and the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change.
