Osram Sylvania Awards
In 2008, 15 Salem State University business students received scholarships from OSRAM Sylvania in ceremonies at the college. Since 1979, OSRAM Sylvania has annually honored upperclassmen in the college's Bertolon School of Business who have achieved the highest grade point average in their concentrations. The awards were presented at a breakfast reception for the winners hosted by the university's vice president for institutional advancement, Cynthia McGurren, SSU Foundation chair, Jacob Siegel, and Dean of the Bertolon School of Business, Dr. K. Brewer Doran. Salem State University President Patricia Maguire Meservey congratulated the recipients for their achievements and their families for their support. OSRAM Sylvania Senior Vice President of Communications and Human Resources Geoffrey Hunt presented each of the 15 students a $1,000 scholarship.
The winners, and their concentrations and hometowns, are as follows:
Peabody
Nancy Barros, Accounting and Finance
Salem
Stephanie Baez, Accounting and Finance
Freddie Camacho, Management
Saron Djeregna, Marketing and Decision Sciences
Amanda Reddington, Marketing and Decision Sciences
Haruka Tashira, Marketing and Decision Sciences
Lynn
Michael Coviello, Accounting and Finance
Demetrios Koutoulas, Accounting and Finance
Katerina Monn, Management
Saugus
Wendy Pennellatore, Accounting and Finance
Somerville
Brian McGuane, Management
Medford
Allesandra Mestari, Management
Everett
Samantha Sclafani, Management
Georgetown
Scott Holbrook, Marketing and Decision Sciences
Revere
Amina Jimoh, Marketing and Decision Sciences
Salem State University's Bertolon School of Business is a regional business school that provides undergraduate and graduate education for a diverse mixture of traditional, non-traditional, and working professional students. Over 7,700 Salem State University business alumni own or manage businesses both large and small, and use the skills and business acumen they learned at Salem State in leadership roles in a multitude of organizations.
The school is housed in a state-of-the-art complex on Loring Avenue that formerly housed the GTE/Sylvania plant. Business majors make up the university's largest undergraduate population, at nearly 23 percent, and enrollments in the master's degree program in business (MBA) are growing steadily. It is a market leader in providing management education to individuals and businesses in northeastern Massachusetts, and its programs emphasize academic excellence, practical relevance and service to the community.
For more information on the OSRAM Sylvania Scholarship, contact the Salem State University Foundation at 978.542.7588.
