School of Management Alumni Association Honors Student Leaders

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo School of Management Alumni Association has recognized 16 students with two newly established awards honoring community service and leadership.

The Community Service award recognizes a student's volunteer service with nonprofit or community-based organizations that helps improve the quality of life for individuals.

The Leadership award recognizes a student's significant contribution to student life through volunteer student representation, committee involvement, student organization leadership, residence hall leadership or athletic leadership and participation.

To be eligible for the awards, students needed to be members of one of the School of Management's recognized students clubs or organizations.

Community Service awards were presented to: first-year MBA Katrina Bytschkow of Rochester, junior Amanda Fox of Williamson, junior Samuel Huoh of Amherst, senior Christina Orlando of Clifton Park, second-year MBA Manish Chandrashekhar Sabnis of Mumbai, India, senior Dustin Scott of New York City, second-year MBA Justin Voty of Sugar Grove, Pa., and sophomore Scott Zdunczyk of Ballston Spa.

Leadership awards were presented to first-year MBA Cragg Chaffee of Hornell, senior Andrew Haskill of Tonawanda, first-year MBA Song Jingya of Shangdong, China, senior Janet Luong of Brooklyn, second-year MBA Amy Monin of Lancaster, senior Dimitri Rouskas of Bethpage, senior Christina Ventresca of Buffalo and senior Molly Wright of Brighton.

The Wall Street Journal has ranked the UB School of Management No. 9 in the nation among schools with strong regional recruiting bases. In addition, BusinessWeek has ranked the school as one of the country's top 5 business schools for the fastest return on MBA investment, and Forbes has cited it as one of the best business schools in the U.S. for the return on investment it provides MBA graduates. For more information about the UB School of Management, visit http://mgt.buffalo.edu.

The University at Buffalo is a premier research-intensive public university, a flagship institution in the State University of New York system and its largest and most comprehensive campus. UB's more than 28,000 students pursue their academic interests through more than 300 undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs. Founded in 1846, the University at Buffalo is a member of the Association of American Universities.