Congratulations Class of 2020!
From the Dean
As we celebrate the Class of 2020, interim dean David Souder shares how, despite these unfortunate circumstances, nothing can take away from the achievements and accomplishments of our students.
Yasmine Shwayhat ’20
Yasmine was selected by a committee of faculty and staff to give the Class of 2020's student address. She is a management major and digital arts minor from Windsor, CT. On campus, Yasmine is president of the Business Management Society, a Writing Center tutor, and has been actively involved in the W Center's Fellows program. Yasmine studied abroad at the University of Hong Kong in the fall of 2019. She cites Hong Kong-style milk tea and the vast geographical variation as her favorite parts of the city. In her free time, Yasmine enjoys playing soccer, watching an obscene amount of movies and Broadway shows, heavily advocating for the Oxford comma, and attempting to learn Hans Zimmer songs on the piano.
The Class of 2020
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Lily Abbott | Finance Jad Abo-Rabia | Business Administration Dionte Abraham | Finance Rubeena Abraham | Accounting Ryan Agro | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Iridiana Aguilar Marinaccio | Business Administration Mariam Ahmed | Management Information Systems Faisal Akhtar | Business Data Analytics Amy Alexanderowicz | Accounting Hiba Ali | Marketing Katherine Allen | Business Data Analytics Danielle Altamuro | Marketing Daniel Ambler | Accounting § Ashley Amuan | Finance Colleen Anderson | Finance Haley Anderson | Finance Adam Angelucci | Management Michael Annese | Finance Shabab Anwar | Health Care Management Omar Anwar-Krumeich | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Nikolas Apostolidis | Financial Management Yanis Aracena | Management Information Systems Kayley Armington | Accounting Timothy Askew | Marketing Francisco Astiasaran | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Mitchell Aureli | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Peter Bade | Accounting Camila Baez Paez | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Allison Bajorinas | Finance Christina Baker | Business Data Analytics Isabella Baldoni | Marketing Jennefier Banos Vale | Marketing Matthew Baroni | Finance Alexander Basil | Finance Monica Baxter | Finance ‡§ Ameliagh Beaudette | Real Estate & Urban Economic Gani Bebri | Accounting Harrison Beck | Marketing Nicholas Beckwith | Finance Matthew Becotte | Accounting Madison Begley | Accounting Kathryn Beloin | Accounting Julianne Beltz | Accounting Peter Bequary | Finance Preetam Beram | Finance Brendan Berg | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Logan Berke | Finance Samuel Berkun | Finance Benjamin Berliner | Management Justin Bernheimer | Accounting Iha Bhattarai | Marketing David Bigos | Accounting ‡H Zachary Birdsall | Finance Alexander Biron | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Elias Bitzarakis | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Andrew Blackmore | Finance Scott Blanchard | Management Information Systems Diego Blas | Marketing Avery Blaszko | Finance Harrison Block | Marketing Trevor Bolduc | Management Information Systems Jason Bopp | Accounting George Bosomworth | Finance Kahled Boustati | Business Data Analytics Lindley Bower | Accounting Emily Brault | Finance Ian Braverman | Finance Tate Breeland | Finance Evan Bresnan | Finance Barbara Bria | Business Administration John Brindisi | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Jaden Brodeur | Finance Sean Brodeur | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Matthew Brophy | Finance Nicole Brown | Management Information Systems Sean Brown | Finance Nathan Brunetti | Management Manish Budhathoki | Finance Michael Burnett | Finance Noah Burrick | Finance H Laura Byman | Marketing Marley Cadigan | Finance Chasetty Caez-Acevedo | Business Administration Christopher Calaci | Management Information Systems Axell Calero-Mendoza | Financial Management Pierce Capachione | Management Gregory Capozzi | Marketing Anna Carpenter | Marketing Jake Carrara | Digital Marketing & Analytics Paul Carvalho | Finance Michael Castanho | Accounting Daniel Castillo | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Ryan Cavanaugh | Accounting Sydney Cendana | Marketing § Joseph Ceppetelli | Accounting Brendan Cestari | Accounting Annamma Chaluparambil | Accounting Brandon Chan | Finance Susan Chang | Management Christian Chaparro | Digital Marketing & Analytics Riaz Charania | Finance Zoila Chele | Financial Management ‡ Rose Chelednik | Health Care Management |
Alex Chen | Finance Ran Chen | Management Information Systems Steven Chen | Finance Xi Chen | Finance Yutong Chen | Finance Dennis Cheng | Health Care Management Joanne Cheong | Management Information Systems Tiffany Cheung | Accounting †‡ Ellen Chirikos | Management H Kyle Chirsky | Financial Management Garrett Choiniere | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Amrin Choudhury | Accounting Naha Chowdhury | Health Care Management Abigail Chromik | Management Information Systems Alexandra Chung | Finance Brendan Churns | Accounting Jason Ciabattoni | Finance Cassandra Cicalis | Real Estate & Urban Economic Grace Clancy | Accounting Matthew Clark | Finance Richard Clay | Finance Luis Cleves | Management Information Systems Jessica Co | Marketing Joshua Cohn | Finance Calvin Colby | Finance Hannah Coleman | Finance Nicholas Colino | Financial Management Julia Colliton | Finance ‡ Jovan Colon | Accounting Brian Conlon | Finance Raquel Coppola | Finance Alexandra Corcoran | Accounting ‡ Randy Cordova | Business Data Analytics Cole Crawford | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing David Crawford | Accounting Calvin Crosby | Financial Management Kailey Crothers | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Matthew Crowell | Accounting Lennix Cuffy | Accounting Kyra Cullerton | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Emily Curina | Management Liam Cutts | Financial Management Evan Cybart | Finance ‡ Jacob Czerniewski | Financial Managemen Rick Daily | Business Administration Jacob D'Alessandro | Management Rushabh Damania | Accounting †‡ Reilly Damm | Marketing Trevor Daniels | Finance Amanda D'Arbanville | Marketing Fernando Dasilva | Digital Marketing & Analytics Nicholas David | Marketing Mathew Davis | Finance Edouard De Parcevaux | Real Estate & Urban Economic Kevin Dean | Management Sarah Deehan | Accounting † Cameron DeGeorge | Finance Jack Dehler | Finance Sean Del Valle | Accounting § Mia Delgado | Management Michael Dellaporta | Finance Julia DeMarkey | Finance § Nicole Demartino | Marketing Nicholas Demaso | Accounting Katherine Dennis | Management ‡ Laura Desousa | Marketing Andre Destefano | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Ousman Diallo | Management Information Systems Meghan Diamond | Marketing Sabrina Dibble | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Bridgette Dight | Marketing Alexander Dillon | Marketing H Kristina Dimascio | Management Angelo Dimonaco | Finance ‡ Melia Dion | Marketing Mark Dirusso | Finance Eric Dishnica | Financial Management Paul Ditommaso | Accounting Samuel Donahue | Accounting Victoria Donlon | Accounting ‡ Chelsea Donnelly | Accounting Caitlyn Donohue | Finance Brandon DosSantos | Finance Lauren Dottor | Accounting Devin Dowd | Accounting ‡ Elizabeth Dowds | Finance ‡ Ashley Downs | Health Care Management Moriah Doyon | Business Administration Elena Dragun | Health Care Management Jaymee Du Plessis | Accounting Jiabei Duan | Management Elijah Dufour | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Rachael Dumais | Finance Evan Earle | Management Andrew Eastman | Management Information Systems Petar Efremov | Accounting Dante Egidio | Finance Sarina Eller | Finance Angelica Ellis | Business Data Analytics Julianna Elmasri | Health Care Management H Waleed Eltigani | Marketing Luis Encinas | Management Marcelo Erazo | Digital Marketing & Analytics |
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Jacob Eyberse | Business Administration Raymond Fagan | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing LiLi Fan | Accounting Ben Fanucci | Management Fetie Fejzo | Business Administration Emma Feldman | Finance Diante Felton | Management Mimi Feng | Accounting Donatella Fenili | Digital Marketing & Analytics Christopher Fernandes | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Joseph Ferracane | Real Estate & Urban Economic Jake Ferraro | Marketing Cristina Ferreira | Finance Cristina Figueroa | Marketing Stavros Filippidis | Finance Kelly Finn | Finance Nick Fiore | Finance Talib Fisher | Marketing Ryang Flores Bereche | Business Administration Danielle Flowers | Accounting Sean Fluchel | Accounting Alexander Flug | Accounting ‡ Malu Foley | Marketing Benjamin Foodman | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Kiara Forbes | Management Cameron Foster | Financial Management Benjamin Freeman | Health Care Management Justin Freund | Finance Yuhan Fu | Marketing Thalia Fuentes | Management Chandler Gabagat | Accounting Zachary Galasso | Financial Management Andres Galindo | Financial Management Connor Gallagher | Finance Nicole Gallagher | Digital Marketing & Analytics Natalie Gallo | Accounting § Holly Gamer | Accounting Yilin Gao | Finance Ziyue Gao | Finance Matthew Garcia | Management Luke Garneau | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Danielle Garnelis | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Peter Garrigan | Finance Camryn Gaudett | Marketing Joseph Gauthier | Management Information Systems Amanda Gervais | Finance Leah Gervin | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Michael Giannotta | Finance Robert Gieseler | Business & Technology Chelsey Gil | Business Administration Hailey Gilbert | Accounting § Zachary Gilbert | Real Estate & Urban Economic Julia Gilliard | Accounting ‡ Alysa Giron | Marketing Michael Goccia | Management Leonardo Godoi | Business Data Analytics Connor Goldberg | Finance Nathan Goldenberg | Management Austin Goll | Finance Daniel Gomes | Accounting Andrew Goncharov | Finance Xihao Gong | Finance Alex Gonzalez | Finance Efrain Gonzalez | Accounting Isabel Gonzalez | Business Administration Sara Gorkofsky | Accounting Abigail Gosselin | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Sophia Goutr | Financial Management Mauro Gozzo | Finance Matthew Grady | Marketing Brett Graham | Finance Tyler Grant | Finance Jennifer Gravel | Accounting Tashanta Gray | Financial Management Alex Greco | Finance H Alexander Greenberg | Finance ‡ Kyle Greenspan | Accounting Emma Gromko | Accounting Shannon Guilbault | Marketing Robert Gullo | Management Matthew Guminiak | Accounting Jianghao Guo | Finance Nina Haigis | Accounting John Hall | Management Kelsie Hall | Marketing Kexin Han | Accounting Liangyu Han | Finance Lydia Hanlon | Accounting Ying Hao | Accounting Dalan Harris | Business Administration Jacob Harris | Marketing Wayne Hatch III | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing John Hauselt | Management Information Systems James Hay | Business Administration Xinyi He | Marketing Shannon Healey | Management Matthew Heath | Marketing Amanda Hermann | Accounting Katie Hernandez | Digital Marketing & Analytics Brandon Higgins | Finance Matthew Hill | Accounting Olivia Hiller | Finance Jackson Hillner | Finance Katie Rose Hillowe | Real Estate & Urban Economic H |
Monika Hlinka | Marketing Viet Hoang | Finance Wendy Holt | Business Administration Joseph Homan | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Lu Hong | Accounting Benjamin Hood | Management Alexander Hooper | Marketing Nicole Horen | Digital Marketing & Analytics Gabrielle Horton | Finance Joshua Houle | Accounting Ethan Howard | Finance Jossenka Hoyos | Financial Management Layne Hoyt | Business Data Analytics Catherine Huang | Accounting † Sam Huang | Management Information Systems Tiancheng Huang | Finance Casey Huffman | Finance Carter Hughes | Digital Marketing & Analytics Laken Hughes | Marketing Truc Huynh | Management Information Systems Sarah Ingram | Management Mohammed Islam | Finance Ashley Jacques | Marketing Nicole Jain | Health Care Management Syeda Jakera | Management Information Systems Samantha Jeannotte | Finance ‡ Mia Jensen | Accounting Eric Jha | Digital Marketing & Analytics Yilan Jiang | Accounting † Hannah Johnson | Finance Karl Johnson | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Annie Jones | Accounting Corrinne Jones | Marketing Kyle Jones | Real Estate & Urban Economic Kyle Judson | Finance Valeriya Kadysheva | Health Care Management Ryan Kaelin | Finance Michelle Kahn | Health Care Management Lucas Kamakura | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Arjun Kaneria | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Kunal Kataria | Management § Erik Katsigiannis | Accounting Kathleen Kaufmann | Finance Jeremy Keckler | Marketing Mahlee Kefor | Accounting Amanda Kelly | Marketing Amare Kelly | Management Information Systems Austin Kelly | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Noah Kelly | Business Administration Paul Kennedy | Real Estate & Urban Economic Owen Kennelly | Management Muhammad Khan | Business Administration John Kimball | Management Jade King | Accounting Steven Kleet | Finance Conner Klein | Marketing Sabina Kmiec | Financial Management Geethika Kodakara | Marketing Rabhjyot Kohli | Management Information Systems Kayla Kordish | Finance Peter Koziolkowsky | Finance Molly Kozlowski | Finance Xheneta Krasniqi | Business Administration Alexander Kraus | Accounting Daniel Krawic | Accounting Mariela Kridzelis | Management Information Systems Andre Kuhn | Finance Tenzing Kunchok | Finance Kaila Kuschman | Marketing Kacey Kwon | Digital Marketing & Analytics Matthew Labella | Digital Marketing & Analytics Kyle Lalla | Business Administration Ronald Lamontagne | Finance Ethan Landeck | Finance David Langer | Management Leylane Laquesse | Business Administration Nicholas Lattanzio | Management Grace Lauber | Accounting Nicholas Laudati | Accounting Stephan Lauer | Financial Management Brendan Layne | Finance Long Le | Accounting † Christopher Lea | Business Administration Ryan Leahy | Accounting Michael Leandri | Accounting Taylor Lemme | Finance Justin Lengvarsky | Management Jonissa Leon | Business Administration Clayton Leopold | Accounting * Daniel Levine | Management Information Systems Jenna Lewis | Finance § Maxwell Lezon | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Bing Li | Management Information Systems Chuying Li | Real Estate & Urban Economic Ray Li | Finance Sijia Li | Accounting Weihan Li | Accounting †H Zhengrong Li | Finance Zhi Li | Accounting Ruiqi Liang | Finance Jenna Light | Marketing § Binbing Lin | Marketing Jiachao Lin | Finance Rui Lin | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing |
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Riley Lindsey | Healthcare Management Julia Lindwall | Accounting ‡ Kristina Linehan | Marketing David Liu | Accounting Huijun Liu | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Huizhu Liu | Accounting Likun Liu | Finance Pingsheng Liu | Management Yujun Liu | Finance Robert Loconte | Marketing Adaleta Loga | Business Administration Braden Lohbusch | Finance Matthew Lombardo | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Jessie Lopez | Finance Sebastian Lopez | Finance Adelyn Lotito | Marketing Dayle Lower | Management Cameron Lucey | Management Paul Luchansky | Marketing Grace Luipold | Health Care Management Alicia Lungo | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Courtney Lutz | Accounting Andre Lyons | Business Administration Jennifer Lyons | Digital Marketing & Analytics Ian MacDonald | Finance H Benjamin MacNicholl | Business Administration Pranav Madan | Accounting Eric Maggi | Finance Joseph Maggi | Management Information Systems Brian Maher | Finance H Farwa Mahmud | Accounting †‡ Vijay Makayee | Accounting ‡ Mark Malchiodi Jr | Accounting Yusuf Malik | Management Information Systems Erin Malley | Accounting Peter Manfredonia | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Ruiqi Mao | Business Data Analytics Simone Marchesin | Health Care Management § Anthony Marino | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Julia Martin | Finance Marlena Martin | Marketing § Conor Maselli | Management Information Systems Alexander Massoumi | Management Information Systems Kevin Mastriano | Management Information Systems Christy Matthews | Business Administration Nicholas Mattioli | Health Care Management ‡ Darlene Maxilus | Financial Management Hector McBean | Business Administration Erin McCabe | Accounting Michael McCarthy | Accounting Peter McGlone | Accounting Brian McGonnigle | Finance Seamus McKeever | Finance Brian Mckenna | Accounting Emily Mckenna | Accounting H Henry McKenna | Finance Sean Mckenna | Accounting Stephen McLoughlin | Financial Management Michael McManus | Accounting Christopher McNally | Finance Ethan McRae | Real Estate & Urban Economic Jesus Medina | Management Information Systems Amanda Mei | Finance Julia Merani | Management Bryant Mercado | Management James Mercaldo | Management Information Systems Anthony Meschino | Real Estate & Urban Economic Zachary Metviner | Finance Michael Michonski | Finance Brandon Milich | Finance Maxwell Miller | Finance ‡ Ricky Milliner | Business Data Analytics Umaid Mirza | Accounting Joann Mobarak | Finance Matthew Mocarsky | Management Brian Mok | Accounting Laura Molano | Finance Samuel Molitoris | Accounting Sean Monaghan | Management Information Systems Jessica Monahemi | Marketing Gianna Montanaro | Financial Management Benjamin Moore | Business Administration Jack Moore | Finance Silvanna Moran-Vargas | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Jacques Morency | Business Administration Noah Morin | Management Joseph Morris | Management Irfan Mridha | Business Administration Pirro Muchollari | Management Dzenan Mujic | Financial Management Zalan Mumtaz | Business Data Analytics Justin Murad | Finance Shreya Murthy | Finance Julia Musto | Accounting Ryan Mutz | Management Allyson Myers | Finance Jack Myers | Finance Victoria Myers | Accounting *†‡ Matthew Naarden | Finance Michael Nanfito | Accounting ‡H Alexander Naoum | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Deepa Naraine | Business Data Analytics Christopher Narkon | Finance |
Nivedha Natchiappan | Health Care Management Alexander Nemphos | Accounting Dylan Nenadal | Management Jack Nepomuceno | Finance Nicholas Nero | Finance Jason Ng | Marketing Dalena Nguy | Management Michelle Nguyen | Health Care Management Nhi Nguyen | Finance Zeen Ni | Digital Marketing & Analytics Michael Nicolo | Finance Timothy Noto | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing John O'Connor | Finance Timothy Oliveira | Financial Management Peter Oliveri | Business Data Analytics Bret Olson | Accounting Berina Orucevic | Finance Mike Pabon | Financial Management Mareglen Pacani | Real Estate & Urban Economics Kyle Page | Real Estate & Urban Economic Alexander Pajusovs | Finance Kathryn Palinkos | Marketing Meghan Palumbo | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Zesen Pan | Management Information Systems Julia Pangallo | Finance Andreas Paolino | Management Christopher Papa | Management Nicholas Paravalos | Finance Connor Parsch | Accounting Daniel Parzych | Finance Sophia Pascon | Marketing § Matthew Pateiro | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Param Patel | Finance Rashmi Patel | Business Data Analytics Vinit Patel | Accounting Vishal Patel | Health Care Management Yash Patel | Finance Bridget Patterson | Accounting † Dasha Pavlenko | Marketing Tanner Pearl | Finance Belma Pehratovic | Management Information Systems Nicholas Peixoto | Finance Morgan Peniston | Marketing David Perez | Accounting Marcos Perez | Finance Dean Perkins | Management Adriana Perkovic | Business Administration Richard Perret | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Elizabeth Perry | Management *‡ Santiago Persano | Finance Caitlyn Pesavento | Finance H Elisavet Petridis | Marketing Isabella Petrini | Management Chinh Phan | Accounting ‡ Alyssa Pietro | Marketing Aliana Pilao | Management Information Systems Andrew Pirner | Marketing Andrew Pizzoferrato | Accounting Daniel Podelko | Finance Ryan Polistena | Finance Nicholas Porebski | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Jason Post | Health Care Management Peter Poulin Jr | Business Administration Kathryn Preston | Management Cecil Pringle | Accounting Alexey Prokharchyk | Financial Management Shemuel Prudhomme | Marketing Carly Puckett | Marketing Franklin Pulla | Digital Marketing & Analytics Richard Pye | Finance Kashif Qadri | Accounting Hu Qin | Accounting Douglas Quagliato | Finance Kelly Quinn | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Emma Radack | Management Information Systems Joshua Radko | Management Jacob Raggon | Finance Khushil Rana | Health Care Management Nicholas Randle | Accounting Damani Rashadeen | Financial Management Achal Ray | Accounting Shlok Ray | Accounting Kira Raymond | Accounting Jessica Reed | Accounting Emily Reid | Marketing Haley Reierson | Management Information Systems Brian Reilly | Finance Jeanette Rendon | Marketing Victoria Reynolds | Real Estate & Urban Economic Shawn Rice | Finance Noah Richards | Management Information Systems § Caroline Richman | Accounting Lauren Rivard | Marketing ‡ Cesar Rivera | Financial Management Emily Robertson | Marketing Abigail Rodden | Marketing David Rodriguez | Finance Gleimy Rodriguez | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Michelle Rodriguez | Business Administration Monica Rodriguez | Marketing Rachel Roncaioli | Accounting Duo Rong | Finance Craig Rossi | Finance § Michael Roy | Business Data Analytics |
Roz – Zy
Daisy Rozario | Marketing |
Anne Trager | Marketing Samuel Trainer | Management Steven Tran | Business Administration Victoria Trautman | Management Information Systems Kahli Travers | Management Information Systems Aaron Trelease | Management Jason Trieu | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Brian Triglione | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Andrew Tripp | Management Information Systems Tara Troy | Marketing Brianna Tsui | Finance Lucas Tuccinardi | Financial Management Susan Twiss | Marketing Timothy Umphrey | Finance Maximilian Urbahn | Financial Management Alexandra Urban | Accounting Daniyal Usman | Business Data Analytics Victoria Usmanova | Marketing Emmanuel Valdovinos | Finance Gina Valenti | Business & Technology Morgan Van Liew | Finance ‡§H Nikhil Vasthare | Finance Andres Velastegui | Financial Management ‡ Fatima Velic | Business & Technology Kevin Venanzi | Accounting Nathaniel Vereen | Finance Joseph Vernieri | Management Ethan Vieira | Finance Mia Vigener | Marketing Martin Villanueva | Finance Valbona Vinca | Health Care Management Vasu Viroja | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Dhvani Visaria | Finance Shivang Vora | Finance Kristen Waddington | Marketing Nikolas Wagher | Accounting Justin Wagner | Finance Anna-Lena Wakefield | Business Administration Sydney Walgren | Marketing Michael Walters | Finance Cunzhu Wang | Management Information Systems Jiaqi Wang | Marketing Jinduo Wang | Management Lijiao Wang | Marketing Ilissa Webb | Accounting Nicholas Wehrle | Finance Jingyi Wei | Accounting † Brendan Weller | Finance H Rui Wen | Accounting Yibo Wen | Marketing Jabari Weste | Finance Casey Whalen | Finance * Tara White | Marketing H Gina Wierzbicki | Marketing Andrew Willard | Finance Aduke Williams | Business Administration Joanna Williams | Accounting Julia Wilson | Finance Michael Windover | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Christopher Winkel | Finance Nicholas Winslow | Management § Hollis Wivell | Finance Sydney Wojeski | Management Adrian Wojtun | Finance Shin Woo | Marketing Charles Wood | Finance Kathryn Wood | Financial Management Xinyi Wu | Accounting Yanheng Wu | Management Information Systems Zhiqiang Xie | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Haoran Xu | Finance Haozhe Xu | Finance Ruofan Xu | Finance Adam Yaeger | Management Yue Yan | Accounting Ziwen Yan | Real Estate & Urban Economic Qingya Yang | Accounting † Xiaohan Yang | Marketing Xinyan Yao | Accounting ‡ Enrique Yaya | Business Administration Mingqi Yin | Accounting Michael Yip | Finance Machuan Yu | Finance Michael Zanca | Management Qi Zang | Finance Benjamin Zekowski | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Andrew Zemantic | Accounting Carlos Zepeda Jr | Digital Marketing & Analytics Guanchen Zhang | Finance Simin Zhang | Accounting † Zeen Zhang | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing Zian Zhang | Marketing ‡ Karina Zhao | Accounting †H Yadi Zhao | Finance Grace Zheng | Marketing Wenlin Zheng | Marketing Weicong Zhou | Finance Shanlai Zhu | Accounting Matthew Zikovich | Finance Rose Zimmerman | Management Information Systems § Angelina Zollo | Management Ajshe Zulfi | Health Care Management Kristina Zumpano | Accounting Michal Zyla | MGMT & ENGR for Manufacturing |
*=BCLC Scholars, †=Beta Alpha Psi, ‡=Beta Gamma Sigma, §=Delta Sigma Pi, H=Honors
Honors Theses
The University of Connecticut Honors Program recognizes outstanding students who have successfully completed honors courses of unusual breadth and depth, as well as a thesis or service project in their major field.
David J. Bigos, Accounting
Thesis Advisor: David Webber
“The Effect of SOX 404(b) on Large Non-Accelerated Filers’ Earnings Per Share Rounding Behavior”
Noah H. Burrick, Finance
Thesis Advisor: Yaacov Kopeliovich
“Dissecting Convertible Bonds: How Debt and Equity Combine to Valuate a Company”
Ellen M. Chirikos, Management
Thesis Advisor: Kyoungjo Oh
“Being Emotionally Savvy at Work: How Stress Affects Job Satisfaction as a Function of Emotional Labor”
Alexander P. Dillon, Marketing
Thesis Advisor: Heidi Bailey
“Developing a Sustainable Marketing Approach for Connecticut Environmental Action Day”
Julianna S. Elmasri, Healthcare Management
Thesis Advisor: William Pace
“The Impact of Obesity on the United States Economy”
Alex R. Greco, Finance
Thesis Advisor: Paul Gilson
“The Effect of Mergers and Acquisitions on the Profitability of Firms in the Banking Sector”
Katie L. Hillowe, Real Estate & Urban Economics
Thesis Advisor: Jeffrey Cohen
“The Rise of Transit Oriented Development”
Weihan Li, Accounting
Thesis Advisor: Steven Utke
“The Effect of 2017 New Tax Law to Federal Government”
Ian C. MacDonald, Finance
Thesis Advisor: Alexander Amati
“Does FinTech make the Gambling Industry More Competitive?”
Brian T. Maher, Finance
Thesis Advisor: Michel Rakotomavo
“A Study of the Green Bond Market and the Potential for U.S. Corporates to Enter as Issuers”
Emily McKenna, Accounting
Thesis Advisor: Arthur Schmeiser
“An Industry on the Rise: Accounting and Auditing of Cannabis”
Michael V. Nanfito, Accounting
Thesis Advisor: Todd Kravet
“Stock Buybacks and the Intentions of Executives”
Caitlyn L. Pesavento, Finance
Thesis Advisor: Paul Gilson
“Trusting the System: The Impact of SEC Insider Trading Complaints on Stock Prices”
Robert W. Saraco, Accounting
Thesis Advisor: Alina Lerman
“Market Reaction to the Level of Detail in Initial Earnings Calls”
Yasmine M. Shwayhat, Management
Thesis Advisor: Kevin Thompson
“The Recovery Files: An Original Text-Based Game Created for Training at the CT Community for Addiction Recovery”
Priyanka Thakkar, Management Information Systems
Thesis Advisor: Jonathan Moore
“Ápplication of Technical Solutions for the Betterment of Student and Campus Life”
Morgan Van Liew, Finance
Thesis Advisor: Alexander Amati
“Does Changing Investor Sentiment Drive ESG Performance?”
Brendan Weller, Finance
Thesis Advisor: Alexander Amati
“CLOs: A Nightmarish Scenario Ahead?”
Tara R. White, Marketing
Thesis Advisor: Heidi Bailey
“Developing a Sustainable Marketing Approach for CEAD”
Karina S. Zhao, Accounting
Thesis Advisor: Ying Zhou
“Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: The Case of the Fashion Industry”
Four Years of Memories
- We came in as the most diverse class in UConn’s history, filled with valedictorians, salutatorians, enthusiastic students, agents of change and overall great people.
- August 2017: UConn opens new Hartford campus!
- August 2017: UConn Stamford debuts its first student housing with some 260 students excited to move in to state-of-the-art apartments.
- The #MeToo movement began during our college years.
- In December 2017, entrepreneur Peter J. Werth pledged $22.5 million for entrepreneurship and innovation at UConn.
- Students in the newly formed BCLC in Stamford visited Vineyard Vines, “Shark Tank’’ and other prominent businesses. The New York Yankees invited 34 School of Business students (from Storrs and Stamford) to an April 2018 game and to learn more about job opportunities with the club.
- Basketball remained a UConn Husky obsession. How could we forget these players?
- We said goodbye to President Susan Herbst and hello to President Tom Katsouleas
- We celebrated the opening of the best Rec Center anywhere!
- We said goodbye to some of our favorite retiring professors and hello to some new faces.
- No one was sledding down Horsebarn Hill in January of our senior year…it was more like flip-flop weather. On Jan. 12, the high temp was 69 degrees!
- We mourned the loss of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi, who dreamed of playing basketball at UConn.
- Huskython 2020, our grand finale, raised a record-breaking $1.5 million for the kids at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.
- The Dairy Bar served up “You Matter Cake Batter’’—cake batter with brownie pieces and mocha fudge swirl-- as the senior scoop.
- Every business student is adept at the strong handshake, but by March we were also versed in the ‘elbow bump’ greeting and had embraced “social distancing.’’
- March 30, 2020: Spring Break winds up and due to COVID-19, classes switch to an online format for the rest of the semester.
- Throughout our time at UConn, we won awards, we helped other people, we celebrated our success, we studied (a lot), we laughed, we cried, we changed the future, we traveled the world and we became stronger than before.