From left: alumni Luke Briggs, Julie Barber and Randy Lawson.
On Wednesday, April 24, the Sam M. Walton Faculty of Enterprise gathered to acknowledge the formidable achievements of alumni and college students at its thirty first Annual Pupil and Alumni Awards Ceremony.
ALUMNI AWARDS
Yearly, school, employees and alumni submit nominations in service, entrepreneurship and lifelong achievement classes. Dean Brent Williams chooses the winners.
The Walton Faculty was honored to acknowledge the next alumni achievements:
Lifetime Achievement Award – Randy Lawson: Chairman/CEO, Lawco Exploration, Inc., Bentonville, Arkansas. Lawson earned a B.S.B.A. in economics from Walton Faculty in 1981.
Entrepreneur of the 12 months Award – Luke Briggs: CEO/founder, New Nexus Group, Rogers, Arkansas. Briggs earned an M.B.A. in 2010 from Walton Faculty.
Excellent Service Award – Julie Barber: EVP, common merchandise, Walmart, Bentonville, Arkansas. Barber earned a B.S.B.A. in advertising and marketing from Walton Faculty in 2004.
STUDENT AWARDS
Undergraduate and graduate college students have been honored in particular person educational enterprise disciplines and as senior students and first-ranked senior students. As well as, the school introduced the next particular person scholar awards:
- Presidential Scholar: Katherine Ford
- Beta Gamma Sigma Award: Abby Garretson
- Sam M. Walton Faculty of Enterprise Pupil Management Award: Kennedy Blair
- Doyle Z. Williams Pupil Management Award: Jackson Walton
- Excellent Graduating Senior: Allie Rosen
Please go to the official awards recognition web site for an entire checklist of scholar award winners and a video of the in-person awards celebration.
In regards to the Sam M. Walton Faculty of Enterprise: Based in 1926, the Sam M. Walton Faculty of Enterprise is AACSB-accredited and ranks among the many high enterprise colleges within the nation. The Walton Faculty is the most important school on the College of Arkansas, serving almost 9,000 undergraduate, grasp’s and doctoral college students. The Walton Faculty is acknowledged amongst U.S. Information & World Report’s 2023 “Finest Enterprise Colleges,” and its undergraduate provide chain administration program was ranked No. 1 in North America by Gartner. The school’s Grasp of Enterprise Administration program was additionally ranked No. 11 for finest return on funding by The Wall Avenue Journal. The Princeton Evaluate ranked the school’s graduate entrepreneurship program as one of many high within the nation for the primary time within the 2022-23 yr. And in partnership with the International Campus, the U of A’s on-line enterprise diploma program ranked No. 12 nationally amongst 214 establishments by U.S. Information in 2023.
In regards to the College of Arkansas: As Arkansas’ flagship establishment, the U of A gives an internationally aggressive schooling in additional than 200 educational packages. Based in 1871, the U of A contributes greater than $2.2 billion to Arkansas’ financial system by the instructing of latest data and abilities, entrepreneurship and job improvement, discovery by analysis and inventive exercise whereas additionally offering coaching for skilled disciplines. The Carnegie Basis classifies the U of A among the many few U.S. schools and universities with the best degree of analysis exercise. U.S. Information & World Report ranks the U of A among the many high public universities within the nation. See how the U of A works to construct a greater world at Arkansas Analysis and Financial Growth Information.
