College of Business Administration Annual Awards and Hall of Fame

Every year, we pause to recognize the people who raise the standard for what business leadership can look like.

Some have spent decades building organizations and strengthening communities. Others are students doing the hard work of showing up, taking on challenges and earning their confidence through performance. Faculty and staff are honored for the teaching, mentorship and behind-the-scenes investment that makes growth possible.

This page highlights the most recent honorees and provides access to past recipients.

Hall of Fame

The College of Business Hall of Fame honors alumni and former faculty whose careers reflect sustained leadership, impact and integrity and offer the kind of example that gives future business leaders a clear target to aim for.

Located in the Pranger Recognition Hallway in Grawn Hall, the Hall of Fame invites visitors to explore inductees and the stories behind their impact.

Use the links below to jump to a specific section or scroll down the page to see more.

Latest inductees
Alumni awards

Student awards
Faculty and staff awards

Latest inductees

Melanie Kalmar wearing glasses and a light blue blazer, smiling in a professional portrait

Melanie Kalmar
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Bob Oros in a gray blazer and light dress shirt, smiling in a professional portrait

Bob Oros
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Alumni awards

Our alumni awards recognize graduates who lead with purpose and use their success to strengthen organizations, industries and communities, including Central Michigan University.

Know someone whose leadership and career impact represent the highest standard of the College of Business? Submit a nomination for consideration.

Latest alumni award recipients

Lee Curtis wears a charcoal gray suit with a blue and white button down shirt. He smiles at the camera and has a clean shaven head.

Lee Curtis '90
Alumni Commitment Award
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Past recipients

Outstanding Young Alumni Award

Julia Annarino '14
Chelsea Hurst ’12
Sam Bodman ’19
Gregory Boehmer ‘03
Moneesa Credle ‘05
Steven Cullen ‘09
Mara D'Amico '10
Natalie Finn ‘02
Ryan Heeke '15, '16
Ryan Iles ’11
Victoria Makarova '08
Brittany Mouzourakis '11
Thomas Picardy ‘01
Ricardo Resio '95
Gregory Schink ’05
Michelle Szymczak '91
Matthew Wahl '06
Scott Walbrun '13
Bryan Wieferich '02

Alumni Commitment Award

Lyndell Patrick '75
Stephen Wakeling ’03 & Erin Gendron ’06
David & Penny Queller ’91
Peter Beveridge ‘75
Gregory Boehmer ‘03
Michael Bowen ‘92
Kenneth Cherry ‘90
Lynn Eady ‘84
Michael Glenn ‘73
Jacalyn Goforth ‘82
Patrick Holmes ‘69
Doug Iles '06
Brian Jones ’90, ‘94
Wayne Korson ‘71
Ira Kreft '77
Remos Lenio '82
Bruce Marble ‘75
Paul Richards ‘75
David '84 and Susan Roberts '83
Jeffrey Seeley ‘82
Charles Selinger ‘94
Daniel Smith '93
Michelle Somes-Booher ‘91
Michelle Szymczak ’91, ‘97
Craig Van Raemdonck '97

Entrepreneur of the Year

Jamison Agnello ‘03
Ronald Beebe ’71
Timothy Brockman '83
Robert Burger '71
Curt Clemens '78
Rodney Crawford '77
Bob Easterle ‘68
Cynthia Fitzgerald ‘75
James Foulds '77
James Holton ‘95
Bart LaBelle ‘64
Jerry Morey ‘69
Gregory Stevens '94
Curtis White ’67, ’68, ’14
Daniel Ward '07

Distinguished Alumni Award

Kristie Nystedt ’90
Leslie Vickrey '94
Stu Bradley '66
Alfred E. Cambridge, Jr. '56
Robert Daddow ‘73
Keith Goodwin ‘74
James Hasselback ’64, ‘66
Craig Johnson ‘81
Daniel Mahlebashian ’84
Kenneth McCarter '70
Jack McCarthy, Jr. '91
Scott Pranger '83
Joe Roebuck ‘68
Joseph Rogers, Jr. ‘65
W. Sidney Smith ‘65
Jeffrey Seeley '82
Allen Vander Laan '72

Honorary Alumni Award

Robert Barclay
Stephen Constantin
James Goodrich
Vicki Korson
Kenneth Kousky
John Kulhavi '65
Richard Levick
Michael Morris '80
John Pelizzari
Kenneth Rogers ’96
Stephen Wakeling '03
Pamela Wasko-Murray ’77, ‘83
James M. Williams

Outstanding student awards

Our student award recipients are recognized for performance, leadership and the way they show up for their teams, programs and community.

These awards highlight students who are not waiting for opportunity, but who are building it.

Latest student award recipients

Student of the year

Carolina Hernandez Ruiz smiling in a professional headshot, wearing a dark blazer in a softly lit indoor setting.

Carolina Hernandez Ruiz

Outstanding student awards

Trevor Carnovsky smiling in a professional headshot, wearing glasses and a suit with a red tie in an indoor setting.

Trevor Carnovsky

Cole Carpenter smiling in a professional headshot, wearing a suit and tie in an indoor setting.

Cole Carpenter

Carmella Cortes smiling in a professional headshot, wearing a light sweater with a maroon CMU logo backdrop.

Carmella Cortes

Holly Ireton smiling in a professional headshot, with a blurred maroon CMU backdrop.

Holly Ireton

Lindsey Nguyen smiling in a professional headshot, wearing glasses outdoors with the CMU seal in the background.

Lindsey Nguyen

Carnell Poindexter in a professional headshot wearing a black Inner City Inclusion polo, standing outdoors against a neutral wall.

Carnell Poindexter III

Koby Rhymer smiling in a professional headshot, wearing a suit and tie with a CMU backdrop.

Koby Rhymer

Savanna Stewart smiling in a professional headshot, wearing a maroon blazer against a dark background.

Savanna Stewart

Jade Walleman smiling in a professional headshot, wearing glasses and a black vest against a textured wall.

Jade Walleman

Britta Williams smiling in a professional headshot, wearing glasses and a black blazer in a bright indoor setting.

Britta Williams

Faculty and staff awards

Faculty and staff awards recognize the people who make the student experience stronger through teaching excellence, mentorship, innovation, service and daily support.