This year, 47 students are participating in the Broad Scholar Program, which offers Michigan State University Broad College of Business undergraduates the opportunity to work closely with a faculty member in their area of interest throughout the year. This is the 20th year of the Broad Scholar Program.
Broad Scholars develop experience in academic research practices in their field, while their faculty mentors benefit from additional research support.
This year’s Broad Scholars and their faculty mentors include:
• Eric Agar (BA Finance ’17) – Sophia Zhingzi Li, Finance
• Manny Alalouf (BA Finance ’17) – Nick Hays, Management
• Nicholas Albert (BA Accounting ’18) – Dan Wangerin, Accounting
• Robert Armiak (BA Finance ’17) – Jade Sims, CIBER
• Hailey Barba – Crystal Farh, Management
• Tyler Beck (BA Accounting ’18) – Sarah Singer, CIBER
• Erika Burdt (BA Supply Chain Management ’17) – Claudia Rosales, Supply Chain Management
• Jason Chen (BA Supply Chain Management ’17) – Sriram Narayanan, Supply Chain Management
• Stephen Christy – Clay Voorhees, Marketing
• Christine Colasanti (BA Accounting ’18) – Michelle Nessa, Accounting
• Anne Czerwinski – Vallabh Sambamurthy, Accounting
• Elizabeth DeVeaux (BA Marketing ’16) – Roger Calantone, Marketing
• Ellen Donabedian (BA Marketing ’15) – Hang Nguyen, Marketing
• Samuel Floyd (BA Finance ’16) – Stan Griffis, Supply Chain Management
• Meagan Flynn (BA Accounting ’17) – Sarah Singer, CIBER
• Jack Follen (BA Management ’16) – Crystal Farh, Management
• Tynan Ford (BA Management ’17) – Sarah Singer, CIBER
• Christopher France (BA Supply Chain Management ’18) – Anand Nair, Supply Chain Management
• Jason Heitzeg (BA Supply Chain Management ’17) – Tobias Schoenherr, Supply Chain Management
• Kaitlin Heigl (BA Accounting ’18) – Matt Beck, Accounting
• Jessica Hengesbach (BA Accounting ’18) – Anjana Susarla, Accounting
• Kari Jurewicz (BA Accounting ’18) – Jade Sims, CIBER
• Cara Kaye (BA Marketing ’17) – Brenda Sternquist, Marketing
• Sarah Lerche (BA Hospitality Business ’17) – MiRan Kim, Hospitality Business
• Brian L’Heureux (BA Supply Chain Management ’17) – Yemisi Bolumole, Supply Chain Management
• Megan McKee (BA Marketing ’18) – Stephanie Mangus, Marketing
• James McKillop (BA Finance ’18) – Hayong Yun, Finance
• Ashley Menning (BA Supply Chain Management ’17) – Tobias Schoenherr, Supply Chain Management
• Erik Molenaar (BA Supply Chain Management ’18) – Stan Griffis, Supply Chain Management
• Carlo Pardo (BA Marketing ’18) – Ayalla Ruvio, Marketing
• Collin Place (BA Finance ’18) – John Hollenbeck, Management
• Jason Prins (BA Accounting ’18) – Martin Holzhacker, Accounting
• Marshall Reisig (BA Finance ’18) – Miriam Schwartz-Ziv, Finance
• Kristyn Resseguie (BA Accounting ’17) – Gerry McNamara, Management
• Michael Ronayne (BA Finance ’18) – Sarah Singer, CIBER
• Christopher Ryan (BA Marketing ’17) – Chen Lin, Marketing
• Amanda Saad (BA Accounting ’17) – Ranjani Krishnan, Accounting
• Shivani Sankar (BA Management ’17) – Jade Sims, CIBER
• Scott Schwartz (BA Finance ’17) – Jade Sims, CIBER
• Barbara Selman (BA Hospitality Business ’17) – JaeMin Cha, Hospitality Business
• Zachary Terry (BA Supply Chain Management ’18) – Tobias Schoenherr, Supply Chain Management
• Eric Varghese (BA Supply Chain Management ’18) – Sriram Narayanan, Supply Chain Management
• Isaiah Walker (BA Finance ’18) – Gerry McNamara, Management
• Matthew Weddell (BA Management ’16) – Cynthia Devers, Management
• Kennedy Wilson (BA Accounting ’17) – Harrison McKnight, Accounting
• Sarah Wrase (BA Finance ’18) – Naveen Khanna, Finance
• Karlie Zuchowski (BA Supply Chain Management ’16) – John Macdonald, Supply Chain Management
Undergraduate Research Fellows receive a $1,000 stipend for the academic year and assist their faculty mentors with a variety of research-related activities, from data collection to publishing articles on results.
“Being a research assistant has taught me new skills such as data analysis and has opened up a new world of information to me. My writing skills have been honed both by writing my own research and critiquing the research of others,” Allison Kubek (BA Hospitality Business ’15) said. “Most of all, it has given me a newfound appreciation of research of all kinds and its importance.”
On April 10, 2015, the Undergraduate Research Fellows will present their work to peers, faculty, and external audiences at the annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum at the MSU Union.
This year’s 15 Undergraduate Research Fellows and their faculty mentors include:
• Colleen Anthony (BA Marketing ’15) – Hang Nguyen, Marketing
• Mike Booth (BA Finance ’17) – Andrei Simonov, Finance
• Joseph Burzych (BA Finance ’16) – Elizabeth Booth, Finance
• Chris Delbene (BA Accounting ’15) – Elizabeth Connors, Accounting
• Ryan Hemingsen (BA Hospitality Business ’15) – MiRan Kim, Hospitality Business
• Qi Huang (BA Hospitality Business ’15) – Seung Hyun Kim, Hospitality Business
• Ethan Kok (BA Supply Chain Management ’16)– Linn Van Dyne, Management
• Jeremy Kozler (BA Finance ’15) – Geoff Booth, Finance
• Allison Kubek (BA Hospitality Business ’15) – JaeMin Cha, Hospitality Business
• Emily Mielke (BA Hospitality Business ’15) – Seung Hyun Kim, Hospitality Business
• Madeline Pappas (BA Hospitality Business ’15) – MiRan Kim, Hospitality Business
• Sarah Shulman (BA Hospitality Business ’16) – Carl Borchgrevink, Hospitality Business
• Chase Skinner (BA Supply Chain Management ’15) – Tobias Schoenherr, Supply Chain Management
• Alana Wolf (BA Hospitality Business ’15) – Lu Zhang, Hospitality Business
• Shiqi Yu (BA Accounting ’15) – John Jiang, Accounting
Additional leadership and professional development opportunities are available through the Eli Broad Scholar Organization, a student group for Broad Scholars that provides ongoing programming.