Business Students Honored for Academic Achievement

Nine Buena Vista University business majors have been selected for the Clifford A. Rae Academic Achievement Award for the 2015 calendar year. The award is given to three pre-qualified, academically high-performing BVU business majors in each of the second, third and fourth years of school.

Nine Buena Vista University business majors have been selected for the Clifford A. Rae Academic Achievement Award for the 2015 calendar year.

The awards, which range up to $5,000, were created by a $750,000 endowment from the foundations established by Dr. Harold Walter Siebens and named after the long-time advisor and counsel to Siebens and the foundations.

The endowment supports annual awards for three pre-qualified, academically high-performing BVU business majors in each of the second, third and fourth years of school, a total of up to nine students per year. The program is distributing $30,000 in awards this year.

Fourth year student recipients are: Callie Hoffman, a business major with marketing concentration from Schaller; Alec Sindelar, a business major with marketing concentration from O’Neill, Neb.; and Lan Nguyen, an accounting, business, and corporate mathematics major from Storm Lake.

Third year student recipients are: Colin Hansen, a business and computer science major from Winside, Neb.; Mai Chee Yang, an accounting and business major from Storm Lake; and Sean Morgan, an accounting major from Dike.

Second year student recipients are: Keely Bycroft, a business major from Bondurant; Nyajime Jangjuol, a business major with entrepreneurship concentration from Storm Lake; and Alexandra Wahlert, a business major with marketing concentration from Bondurant.

The competitive program, which rewards business majors who excel in their academic pursuits, is open to students who live in Iowa or adjacent states and who qualify for financial aid. Students may receive the award more than once during their years at BVU.

In addition to academic excellence, the program encourages quality learning experiences for students outside the classroom, such as internships, study abroad, international and domestic travel during BVU’s January interim, and individual academic research. Fourth-year students can also use the funds for graduate school applications, entrance/exam costs or professional certification. Upon graduation, students can also use remaining Award funds to help pay down student loans.

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