The College of Business Administration recognizes its students, faculty, and staff for their enormous accomplishments and contributions to their university, college, and community and congratulates their recognition as 2007 Chancellor’s Honors.

2007 Torchbearer, the highest honor given to students for academic excellence and service. It symbolizes those who bear the Torch of Enlightenment and shadow themselves to give light to others.

SHANIKA DESHAWN SANDERS is an accounting major in the Honors Program from Huntsville, Ala. Sanders has held leadership positions in both business fraternities and her social sorority, served as an RA in the dorms, and is a member of the Orange Pride, working with potential student athletes. She also devotes her time to Project GRAD and developed the “Beautiful Young Ladies of Confidence” group among fourth- and fifth-grade girls at Beaumont Elementary. She works with the children to help them promote academic success and leadership skills and to teach them to excel as young ladies. She has been honored with the African American Achiever Scholarship, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, and the Golden Key International Honor Society. She was selected by the Chancellor’s Honors Program to offer the student retrospective at its inaugural graduation brunch and was chosen to serve as the only undergraduate member of a Chancellor’s Honors Program search committee. One of her nomination letters calls her “the total package—intelligent, well-spoken, inquisitive, motivational, and personable.” Sanders will remain at UT as a graduate student in the College of Business Administration. 

Extraordinary Academic Achievement and Scholar Athlete
TYLER DEVAULT — senior in management
BRYAN GOLDBERG — senior in management.
CHRISTOPHER HELWICK —senior in economics.

Extraordinary Professional Promise
STACY ANN MASTROLIA — Ph.D. in accounting

Top Collegiate Scholar
BEATA DEITRICK — senior in accounting.
ANNA JIRIKOVIC — senior in finance.
ALLISON PIERCE — senior in finance.
JONATHAN STEVENS — senior in business studies.
NATALYA VON MIZENER — senior in logistics.
JOSHUA T. WHITE — senior in finance
KELLY WOODRUFF — senior in accounting

Extraordinary Campus Leadership and Service
DENA MARIE WHITE — senior in finance.

Graduate Teaching Award
LAURA WALLIS — Ph.D. in business administration, with a concentration in finance.

The Alexander Prize
The Alexander Prize is named for former UT president and now Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander and his wife, Honey. It recognizes superior classroom teaching and distinguished scholarship.

This year’s Alexander Prize goes to DAVID W. SCHUMANN, PH.D. the William J. Taylor Professor of Business in the Department of Marketing and Logistics. His consistently high student evaluations and popularity as a mentor for other faculty have made him known as a “master teacher” in his department. Schumann was instrumental in developing the Marketing and Logistics Peer Teaching Review document and is a significant contributor to the peer-review process. He is a productive scholar with recent works on a wide range of topics, including a co-edited book on Internet advertising. He is director of the Interest Group for the Study of Marketing Communication in a Diverse Society, a group of students, faculty, and practitioners representing 10 social science disciplines.

Hardy Liston Jr. Symbol of Hope
Presented by the Commission for Blacks

The Hardy Liston Jr. Symbol of Hope Award goes to faculty, staff, or friends of the university who promote cultural diversity and enhance UT’s educational mission.

TERRY ESPER, PH.D. has been an instructor in the marketing and logistics department for four years. His balance between the classroom and the general campus community is proven by his participation in many minority student efforts, including a presentation at Calling All Brothers, supporting the UT NAACP, and his constant attendance at Minority Student Affairs activities. His students call him “focused, accessible, knowledgeable, an excellent role model and mentor, and a great asset to the university community.”

Ready for the World Award
This is the inaugural year for the Ready for the World Award, which is given to faculty members who have worked in exceptional ways to enhance intercultural and international awareness among undergraduates

MATTHEW B. MYERS, PH.D. has been a leader for the past two years in the global outreach efforts of the College of Business Administration and as director of the Global Business Institute. Through his leadership, the college has developed a new international business curriculum, created a Global Scholars program, and is internationalizing the full-time MBA and executive MBA programs. Myers is working to develop study-abroad opportunities expected to involve more than 80 undergraduates this summer. He also has developed partnerships with four international universities to enable students and faculty to rotate through a variety of institutions each year, including two in Europe, one in Latin America, and one in Asia.