Spring 2022 Honors and Awards Recipients

Each year the Maine Business School and Graduate School of Business honors students and faculty for their achievements. Each honoree receives a certificate, blue cords to wear at graduation, and a locally-crafted paddle to commemorate their award. We’re elated to announce the honorees of our Spring 2022 awards:

Student Honors and Awards

Academic Achievement
This award is given to one student in each of our four majors and our MBA program for having the highest GPA.

Grace Graham, Accounting
Grace Bennett, Finance
Kendall Szumilas, Management
Aubrey Duplissie, Marketing

Faculty Award 
This award is chosen by the faculty in our majors, concentrations, and our MBA program based on criteria determined by each faculty group.

Gabrielle Benson, Accounting
Alexander Marcktell, Finance
Caitlyn Beaulieu, Management
Kira Kutzinski, Marketing
John Wolfington, Entrepreneurship
Gabrielle Sands, Business Information Systems
Siobhan O’Connor, International Business
Meagan Richard, MBA
James Huff, GSB Dean’s Award

Outstanding Undergraduate Student
This award is given to the Maine Business School undergraduate student with the highest GPA. This award is recognized by the Office of the President.

Grace Graham, Accounting, Finance, and Financial Economics

Outstanding Undergraduate Student Athlete
This award is given to the Maine Business School undergraduate student athlete with the highest GPA.

Alexander Drobot, Finance

Outstanding International Undergraduate Student
This award is given to the Maine Business School international undergraduate student athlete with the highest GPA. This award is recognized by the Office of the President.

Jakub Sirota, Management and Marketing

Citizen Scholar Award
This award is given to a student who exemplifies a spirit of outreach and uses what they’re learning in the classroom to improve the world around them.

Victoria Roman, Finance

Spirit of Maine Award
This award is intended to honor a student who consistently lifts our spirits and makes us think of a more positive future.

Joy Cartwright, Marketing
David Meth, MBA

MBS Faculty Honors and Awards

Excellence in Teaching Award
This award is given to a faculty member in the Maine Business School who demonstrates excellence in teaching. A faculty committee of recent award recipients makes a recommendation to the Dean based on nominations by students.

Sebastian Lobe, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Finance

Excellence in Research Award
This award is given to a faculty member in the Maine Business School who demonstrates excellence in research and scholarship. A faculty committee of recent award recipients makes a recommendation to the Dean based on self-nominations and nominations from Discipline Area Coordinators.

Yonggang Lu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Business Analytics

Dr. Carol B. Gilmore Memorial Service Award
The Dr. Carol B. Gilmore Memorial Service Award was established in 2015 by an anonymous donor. This fund was established in honor of Dr. Gilmore, to reward a Maine Business School faculty member for outstanding service to the community, the University, and the School. Dr. Gilmore taught at UMaine and the Maine Business School from 1977 until the end of the Fall 2011 semester. In 2006, she received the university’s prestigious Presidential Public Service Achievement Award, recognizing a lifetime of service to the university and the communities of Maine.

Grant Miles, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management