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A Night to Remember: The RBS Alumni Award Celebration 2022

Dean Lei and the Rutgers Business School Board of Advisors hosted the first annual RBS Alumni Award Celebration at The Rutgers Club, on September 29, 2022. This event was a wonderful opportunity to recognize alumni who have accomplished remarkable professional and personal achievements and made outstanding contributions to RBS and to their communities.

This special event, honoring some of our most distinguished alumni, included a moving video message from Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway, who was unable to attend: https://vimeo.com/754047627/859824c1c1.

The night also featured a cocktail reception with lovely jazz music and delicious appetizers, welcome remarks by Dean Lei, a few songs performed by the very talented and entertaining Rutgers Glee Club, followed by dinner, and the awards program itself, with Associate Dean of Alumni and Corporate Engagement, Sharon Lydon, serving as the master of ceremony.

To learn more about these prominent honorees, please visit the Alumni Award Celebration website: https://www.business.rutgers.edu/alumni-award-celebration

The evening concluded with a touching champagne toast celebrating all the RBS Alumni Award Celebration honorees. Cheers to RBS excellence!

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Fall Harvest Festival

Faculty and staff gathered to celebrate the fall season at the end of October. It was a wonderful sight to see an array of people participating in a fun pumpkin painting activity while dressed in whimsical, fun fall attire. Many thanks to the dedicated members of the Social Events Committee that helped make this and so many other events a huge success! RBS Staff and Service Awards 2022

At the end of November, staff gathered at 1 Washington Park in Newark and virtually tuned in from 100 Rock for a mini staff retreat. Dean Lei led a presentation on the success of our programs at RBS and the winners of the 2022 RBS Staff and Service Awards were announced. At both locations a potluck lunch of delicious, homemade food followed while we all enjoyed eachothers company. Congratulations to all the awards recipients!

2022 RBS Staff Award Winners

ENHANCING THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE AWARD

Audrey Louis, Administrative Assistant, Management & Global Business Kathleen Wagner, Coordinator of Student Services, Underaduate - Newark

RISING STAR AWARD Kenia Montijo, Sr. Department Administrator, PTL Office

STAFF SPIRIT AWARD Christine Yannuzzi, Admissions Officer, Undergraduate - NB

UNITY AWARD Tiffany Nelson-McCullough, Administrative Assistant, Finance and Economics Shari Rynar, Program Coordinator, RBS-HR

STAFF EXCELLENCE AWARD Brown Charles, Assistant Dean III, RBS Office of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AWARD Shabnam Baidariwal, Administrative Assistant, Finance, and Economics Charlotte Barcas, Administrative Coordinator, NJSBDC-HQPage 10

RBS Staff and Service Awards 2022

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AWARD Mala Bhola, Program Coordinator I, Acreditation and Assessment Sofia D’Rozario, Unit Computing Specialist, OTIS Jane Foss, Senior Department Administrator, Finance and Economics Valbona Koxha, Career Management Specialist, Office of Career Management Sharon Lydon, Associate Dean, Alumni & Corporate Engagement (ACE) Tiffany McCullough, Administrative Assistant, Finance and Economics Irving Roman, Unit Computing Specialist, OTIS Lisa Rossini, Senior Program Administrator, Office of Career Management Shari Rynar, Human Resources Coordinator, RBS-HR Abigail Sheehan, Marketing Specialist, Communications & Marketing Constance Sullivan, User Support Services Specialist, OTIS Dietrich Tschanz, Assistant Dean III, RBS International Programs

YEARS OF SERVICE Five (5) Years Jay Badiani, System Administrator, OTIS Kristen Beres, Administrative Assistant, Executive Education Mala Bhola, Program Coordinator I, Accreditation & Assessment Russell Clarke, Director of Information Technology, OTIS Thomas Hill, Senior Academic Program Coordinator, Master of Quantitative Finance Nicole Martinez, Student Counselor, Undergraduate - NB Tiffany Nelson-McCullough, Administrative Assistant, Finance & Economics Jenny Roberts, Manager of Academic Programs, Dean’s Office Linessa Williams, Student Counselor, Undergraduate - NB

Ten (10) Years Dijha Allen, Student Counselor, Undergraduate - NB Armanda Cerqueira, Student Counselor, Undergraduate - NWK Joshua Charles, Director of Web Strategy and Technology, Communications & Market- ing Kendra Clarke, Senior EDIT/MEDIA Specialist Communications & Marketing Jennie Fine, Manager, Executive Education DeLise (Cyndi) Geborde, Administrative Coordinator, MBA Part-Time Program Florence Herman, Career Management Specialist, UG-NB Career Management Sean Ireland, EDIT/MEDIA Specialist I, Communications & Marketing Stephan Kolodiy, Student Counselor, Undergraduate - NWK Deborah McDermott, Program Coordinator II, Executive Education

Peter Methot, Associate Dean, Executive Education Felicia Norott Assistant Dean III Spvr Undergraduate - NB Yulissa Ortiz, Senior Academic Program Coordinator, Master of Supply Chain Analytics Kathleen Price, Student Counselor, MBA Part-Time Program Josephine Sears, Assistant Dean III Spvr, Executive MBA Can Uslay, Vice Dean, Dean’s Office

Fifteen (15) Years Magda Comeau, Senior Program Administrator, OPPCP Irving Roman, Unit Computing Specialist, OTIS Dean Vera, Assistant Dean I Spvr, Graduate Career Management

Twenty (20) Years Robyn Auerbach, Program Coordinator I, Executive Education Goncalo Filipe, Assistant Dean II Spvr , PhD Program Kenia Montijo, Senior Department Administrator Spvr, Dean’s Office

Twenty-Five (25) Years Leigh-Anne Cobb, Program Coordinator I, UG-NB Career Management Nicole McCray, Business Manager II Spvr, Dean’s Office

Thirty (30) Years Tishawn Brown-Hatchett, Program Coordinator I, MBA Admissions