Saunders Business Beat!
Check out your monthly recaps covering all the exciting news from you, our Saunders community, and upcoming events. Students, alums, faculty, and staff can share their news with your Saunders community by emailing us at communications@saunders.rit.edu.
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Accomplishments from Saunders Students
- Danell Francis ‘24 (global studies) sang the black national anthem at the 4th Annual Black Graduation where Ndidi Chimah ‘23 (hospitality management and global innovation) was the student speaker. 13 Saunders students graduated.
- Three teams in dt ogilvie, Ph.D., professor of management, earned a Top 100 ranking in the worldwide simulation with 1,186 teams participating.
- Bold Graphics team members are LaCerius Cross ‘23 (global business management), Alnord Deski ‘22 (global business management), ‘23 (MBA), and Sarah Ortiz.
- CDrones R US team members are Alexis Ennis ‘23 (business management), Quan Lu, and Thomas Polochak ‘23 (international business).
- D-Glo-Big or Bus team members are Mohammed Ahmed ‘23 (management information systems), Adama Cisse ‘23 (MIS), Ashweene Hassan ‘23 (international business), and Jeffrey Iorio ‘23 (business management).
- Mohammed Ahmed ‘23 (MIS), Adama Cisse ‘23 (MIS), Ashweene Hassan ‘23 (international business), and Jeffrey Iorio ‘23 (business management) were members of a GLO-BUS team that placed within the top 100 worldwide. GLO-BUS is an online competition that simulates a company where student teams must formulate a strategy that establishes a respected brand image, generates profit, and keeps the company competitive.
- Jessie Shelton ‘26 (management information systems) received the Isaac L. Jordan Sr. Endowed Scholarship, awarded to students who demonstrate an understanding of diversity and contribute to inclusive efforts, selected by the Division of Diversity and Inclusion.
- Ruth Kaveke '23 (technology innovation management and entrepreneurship), Ndeye Rokhaya Sow '23 (MBA), and Lilian Bagenda '24 (MBA) are all students in the Fulbright Foreign Student Program that have grown their skills in creating and running new organizations in the course, Entrepreneurship and Technology Entrepreneurship.
- Austin Lamb ‘23 (accounting) received an Outstanding College Student Award from the Rochester Chapter of The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants at the Outstanding Accounting Recognition Awards Dinner.
- Professor Molly McGowan and Professor Rick Lagiewski Ph.D. classes won Best Product Idea and Best Overall Pitch in their respective classes for the Freshman Experience Biz 1+2,
providing first-year students with hands-on education through various applied-learning opportunities inside and outside the classroom. Learn more about the student projects created this year.
- Students in the classes of Professor Clyde Hull, Ph.D., Professor Ezekiel Leo, Ph.D., and Professor Stephen Luxmore, Ph.D., placed above the 90% percentile in the Capsim Capstone Business Simulation. This triannual global tournament crowns the best student teams to "run" a multimillion-dollar corporation. Learn more about our students ranking in the 90th, 94th, 97th, and 99th percentiles.
Learn more about these accomplishments and see previous months online.
Saunders Faculty and Staff Go Above and Beyond
- 13 Saunders faculty and staff members celebrate anniversaries at Rochester Institute of Technology
- Five Years
- Duygu Akdevelioglu, Ph.D., assistant professor of marketing
- Matt Cornwell, associate director of student services
- John Curran, lecturer of finance and accounting
- Melody Klein, academic advisor
- Keith Weber, senior lecturer of management information systems
- 10 Years
- Kirstin Pedersen, senior staff specialist
- Muhammet Kesgin, Ph.D., associate professor of hospitality and tourism management
- Shawn Sturgeon, Ph.D., director of accreditation and assessment
- Von Murphy, financial analyst
- 15 Years
- Mike Palanski, Ph.D., professor of management
- Bill Dresnack, JD, professor of accounting
- 25 Years
- Richard DeMartino, Ph.D., professor of management
- Rose Thomas, academic advisor
- Melissa Masline, assistant director of student services, received the outstanding staff award.
- Sandra Rothenberg, Ph.D., department chair of public policy, was recognized as a featured faculty member for research productivity over time by the RIT Faculty Scholarship Report Saunders College of Business.
- Sorim Chung, Ph.D., assistant professor of marketing, has been promoted to associate professor!
- Emi Moriuchi, Ph.D., associate professor of marketing, has received the endowed professorship of McClure Professorship in Marketing.
- Neo Bui, Ph.D., associate professor, Clyde Eirikur Hull, Ph.D., professor of management, Manlu Liu, Ph.D., professor of marketing, and Qian Song, Ph.D., associate professor of management have been selected for Summer Research Grants with the help from students.
- Ali Tosyali, Ph.D., professor of marketing, was awarded a special grant through RIT’s SRS Boot Camp for research on “Designing Explainable Artificial Intelligence Artifacts: A Computational Design Science Approach to Mental Health Screening.”
- 15 Saunders professors received certificates for exemplary teaching performance:
- Faculty Certificates “Outstanding Teaching Effectiveness”
- Hao Zhang, Ph.D., professor of finance
- James Huang, Ph.D., associate professor of finance
- Archana Jain, Ph.D., associate professor of finance
- Emi Moriuchi, Ph.D., associate professor of marketing
- Ezekiel Leo, Ph.D., assistant professor of management
- Faculty Certificates “Exceptional Student Impact”
- Lorraine Hems, senior lecturer of hospitality
- Andy Lawrence, lecturer of management
Philip Gelsomino, CPA, senior lecturer of finance
- Michael Caceci, lecturer of marketing
- Rick Mislan, Ph.D., professor of information systems of cybersecurity
- Faculty Certificates “Exemplary Adjunct Teaching”
- Laura Segave, adjunct faculty of marketing
- Chris Zoellick, adjunct faculty
- Anthony Testa, director of commercialization training programs for the Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Tim Hungerford, adjunct faculty
- Dave Ballard, director of technical services
- Rose Thomas, academic advisor, was the Class Address Speaker at the 4th Annual Black Graduation. 13 Saunders students graduated.
- Sorim Chung, Ph.D., assistant professor of marketing, has been awarded the 2023-24 Ronald D. Dodge Memorial Faculty Grant for her research project: Assistive Technology for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH).
- Clyde Eirikur Hull, Ph.D., professor of management, published research on “Innovativeness, digital entrepreneurship, and female entrepreneurs” in the Journal of the International Council of Small Business.
- Zhi Tang, Ph.D., professor of management, Clyde Eirikur Hull, Ph.D., professor of management, and Ezekiel Leo, Ph.D., assistant professor of management published the paper “When consumers lose power: An examination of the stakeholder dynamics in the pharmaceutical industry” in Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility.
- Clyde Eirikur Hull, Ph.D., professor of management, arranged a lecture with Pooja Kapoor, managing director of corporate strategy at Google, for his technology strategy class.
Learn more about these accomplishments and see previous months online.
Alumni News and Recognitions
- Chrysa Charno ’03 (physician assistant), ‘09 (MBA) opened a second office on Monroe County's west side, Acute Kids Pediatric Urgent Care. On-site services are available to patients up to 21 years old.
- Peter Bilzerian ‘20 (management information systems) was mentioned in the New York Times “Hearing Aids are Changing. Their Users Are, Too.”
- Tara Bharadwaj ‘21 (management information systems) ran the Boston Marathon for the second time, beating her 2022 time by 19 minutes and 19 seconds, all while fundraising for Family Promise Metrowest.
- Lindsay Connelly ‘11 (marketing), ‘18 (MBA) won TechRochester's Emerging Technology Woman of the Year Award, designed to recognize, celebrate, and make visible the achievements of women in high technology fields.
Learn more about these accomplishments and see previous months online.
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Recap of Events
Check out the photos of graduation taken by Ethan Bissinger. Congratulations to our Commencement Delegates:
RIT Rochester Campus Delegates
- Undergraduate Delegate, Maggie Dempsey '22 (management information systems), '24 (MBA)
- Graduate Delegate and Convocation Graduate Speaker, Alena Pischuk '23 (MBA)
RIT Global Campus Delegates
- RIT China Delegate, Weihai Campus, Yongzhe Liang '23 (management information systems)
- RIT Dubai Delegate, Supreeta Olivera '23 (finance)
Congratulations to E. Philip Saunders and Fiona Ma '88 (accounting) for receiving honorary doctorate degrees.
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Upcoming Events
- 12 p.m. on Tuesday, June 6
Mastermind Virtual Leadership Seminar
- 8 a.m. on Wednesday, June 7
Step It Up Leadership
- 5:30 p.m. on Monday, June 12
MBA & Graduate Chat: Ask Me Anything
- 12 p.m. on Tuesday, June 13
Mastermind Virtual Leadership Seminar
- 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 14
Meet with Venture Capitalist, Denny DeLeo
- 12 p.m. on Tuesday, June 20
Mastermind Virtual Leadership Seminar
- 8 a.m. on Wednesday, June 21
Step It Up Leadership
- 12 p.m. on Tuesday, June 27
2023 Vanden Brul Awards Ceremony and Luncheon
- 11:59 p.m. on Friday, June 30
Promotion Deadline for Captivating Rhine Wine Cruise with Wine Host, Lorraine Hems
- 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 13
Women & Business: Managing People, Processes, and Careers
- 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 25
Academic Advisor Meet & Greet
- 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 27
A backstage glimpse at the business of hospitality: How managers & entrepreneurs create world-class experiences
See these and upcoming events online.
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