UB Management Students Receive Commencement Awards

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Ten graduates of the University at Buffalo School of Management received awards during the school's commencement ceremony on May 14.

The University at Buffalo is a premier research-intensive public university, the largest and most comprehensive campus in the State University of New York. The UB School of Management is ranked as one of the world's "top business schools" by The Wall Street Journal. It also has been cited by Forbes for "best return on investment." For more information about the UB School of Management, visit http://www.mgt.buffalo.edu.

The graduates and the awards they received are:

-- Preethi Govindaraj of Williamsville, the Center for International Leadership's William H. Wendel Award, presented to the graduating MBA student who best exemplifies leadership within the context of the multinational cohort of full-time program participants. Govindaraj also received the MBA Achievement Award, presented to the MBA student who, in the opinion of the faculty, has demonstrated scholastic excellence and also has rendered outstanding extracurricular service to the school and the university

-- Jonathan H. Pancerman of Amherst, the Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key, presented to the full-time undergraduate student who compiles the highest management grade-point average of all eligible graduating students

-- Sean K. O'Brien of Buffalo, the Charles H. Diefendorf Award in Finance, presented to the student who has made the greatest contribution to the finance discipline

-- Tina Pavlovec of Buffalo, the Sidney N. Kahn Memorial Award for Excellence in Sales and Marketing, presented to the MBA student who has made the greatest contribution to the field of sales and marketing

-- Jason R. Toy of Lancaster, the Undergraduate Achievement Award, presented to the undergraduate student who has demonstrated scholastic excellence and has rendered outstanding extracurricular service to the school and the university

-- Lindsay A. Rabitz of Buffalo, the Adriana Ilyse Thaler Memorial Senior Award in Marketing, presented to the senior marketing student who best demonstrates academic excellence, leadership, marketing professionalism and personal motivation

-- Jeffrey T. Hassler of Williamsville, a University at Buffalo Accounting Association Michael S. Dockery Memorial Senior Award, presented to the senior accounting students who have contributed in a superior way to the Institute of Management Accountants and the accounting profession, fellow students and to the School of Management

-- Sara R. Musial of North Tonawanda, a University at Buffalo Accounting Association Michael S. Dockery Memorial Senior Award, presented to the senior accounting students who have contributed in a superior way to the Institute of Management Accountants and the accounting profession, fellow students and to the School of Management

-- Clinton F. Ivins III of Buffalo, a Wall Street Journal Award for Academic Excellence by an MBA student, presented to the full-time MBA student who compiles the highest grade point average of all eligible graduating students

-- Kurt K. Kiener of Grand Island, a Wall Street Journal Award for Academic Excellence by an MBA student, presented to the full-time MBA student who compiles the highest grade point average of all eligible graduating students