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COBA Hosted Spring Honors and Awards Ceremony

From left: Frank J. Mendelson and Bradley Lucas, lecturers in the College of Business Administration,  and junior management student Sherrae’la Ray, recipient of  the Dean’s Merit Scholarship.

COBA Hosted Spring Honors and Awards Ceremony
Savannah State University’s (SSU) College of Business Administration (COBA) recently held its spring Honors and Awards Ceremony to recognize outstanding business student scholars. Speakers at the ceremony included SSU Interim President Cynthia Robinson Alexander, J.D. and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Richard Miller. Mr. Frank J. Mendelson, COBA lecturer and a 2024 UGA Governor’s Teaching Fellow, served as host.
The spring 2024 COBA awardees are:
  • Destinee Daniele Langston is the recipient of the Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key
Accounting Honors Graduates
  • Shakia Holder, Dwayne McGruder Jr., and Dajah Scrutchins
  • Destinee Daniele Langston, highest overall GPA
  • Destinee Daniele Langston, highest GPA in major
Computer Information Logistics Systems (CILS) Honors Graduates
  • Josh Christie, Jordan Sampson, and James Ward IV
  • Jason Miller, highest GPA in major
Management Honors Graduates
  • Cassandra Davis, Kahlil Franklin, Monique Akins, Joy Allen, Nyla Allen, Ronie Bryant, Aysia Foreman, Jessee Grubesic, Joseph Hale, Kobe Sewell, Natalie Snead, Steven Wakefield, Jr., and Kelise Wilder 
  •  Elizabeth Guinchard, highest GPA in major
Honors Graduates in Marketing
  • Veronique Dupree and Ivy Karangu
  • Chase Brazier, highest major in major
COBA Scholarship Awards
  • Dean’s Merit Scholarship, Sherrae’la Ray
  • James R. Smith Marketing Scholarship, Zaire Williams and Alicia Scott
  • Zelda James Memorial Scholarship, Quadresa Cunningham
  • COBA Advisory Board Scholarship, Na’Kira Lawrence
  • COBA Faculty Scholarship, Le’miyah Bordas and Destiny Wrenn
  • Dean’s Rising Freshman Book Scholarship, Ryan Dixon
It was announced during the ceremony that students who have achieved the academic requirements for membership in Beta Gamma Sigma, the International Business Honor Society, have been invited to accept.

 

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