INSPIRED | 2022 ANNUAL REPORT
JAMES PIOT (B.A. FINANCE ’22) DRIVES AT THE 2022 MASTERS. | PHOTO COURTESY OF MSU ATHLETICS
FROM STAFF TO STUDENTS, BROAD SPARTANS ARE EXCEPTIONAL MSU Recognitions /////////////////////////////////
insourcing and outsourcing plan to optimize competitiveness and profitability while minimizing supply chain risks. Also in supply chain management, Broad junior Syed Zaidi was one of six students across the country to earn the R. Gene Richter Scholarship Award in June 2022 from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The scholarship provides recipients $10,000 in tuition assistance, plus mentorship and networking opportunities. Zaidi also participated in the ISM World Annual Conference , where he met with chief procurement officers for Fortune 500 companies. Zaidi is the 27th MSU student to earn this prestigious scholarship and one of only 125 total recipients nationally since the program began in 2004. Within the MBA student community, students also excelled in collaboration. In March 2022, first-year MBA students Claire Wixted, Gursimran Singh, Neha Aggarwal, Dilavar Goyal and Rajat Srivastava together placed first at the 30th Big Ten MBA Case Competition , hosted virtually by the Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business. This marked the Broad College’s third top-three finish in the last four consecutive events. The team participated in a live case, conducted by executives from Indian Hotels Company Limited (ICHL) of the Tata Group of Companies. The case focused on ICHL’s food delivery mobile app, Qmin, and the team created strategies for increasing its customer base and revenue streams. Though the team had never worked together before the competition, all five were able to quickly jump into the case and leverage one another’s strengths to develop a three-pronged approach that they shared with the judges. Broad Spartans continue to apply their educational experiences beyond the classroom, going on to make an impact in their own communities.
Awards and honors are more than opportunities to celebrate our students, staff, faculty, and alumni — they are a testament to continued dedication. In November 2021, four Broad alumni were recognized at MSU’s 75th Alumni Grand Awards for their accomplishments in their respective fields, paired with their engagement in their local communities, their state, their nation or the world. April Clobes (B.A. Marketing ’94), president and CEO of MSU Federal Credit Union, and Toichi Takenaka (MBA ’68), honorary chairman of the board of Japan’s Takenaka Corporation, both received the Distinguished Alumni Award for their accomplishments in their industries and continued commitment to MSU. Kyle Welch (B.A. Hospitality Business ’09), co-founder and president of Chicago Scoops, was awarded the Young Alumni Grand Award , celebrating his entrepreneurial mindset as the largest Cold Stone Creamery franchisee nationwide. Also as part of the Alumni Grand Awards, Robert Schaberg (B.S. Accounting ’64) and Anna Lou Schaberg were honored with the Philanthropist Award for their community advocacy and philanthropic efforts. The Schabergs created the Ernest W. & Robert W. Schaberg Endowed Chair in Accounting, and they supported the Edward J. Minskoff Pavilion’s Welcome Plaza and the Broad College’s first full- time director of student engagement. For the Spring 2022 semester, a record 181 graduating seniors received MSU Board of Trustees Awards , with 19 seniors representing the Broad College. This designation recognizes students who graduate MSU with a 4.0 GPA. Broad staff also earned honors, with Matthew Jackson , managing director for the Management Education Center in Troy, receiving the Jack Breslin Distinguished Staff Award . The award recognizes six MSU support staff who exemplify excellence in job performance, a supportive attitude and contributions to their unit and MSU as a whole. Jackson has served in various capacities with the facility for more than 40 years and provides outreach, engagement and conference center services to the Detroit area business community on behalf of the Broad College. For her exceptional work with international students, Shinta Shintawati , associate director for global education and outreach for the Palmer Career Center , received the Special Recognition Award for Promoting International Understanding as part of MSU’s 2022 International Awards.
EXCELLENCE ACROSS STUDENT COMMUNITIES Student Achievements
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At the Broad College, our student communities provide spaces for future business leaders to explore, collaborate and refine their skills beyond the classroom. It was a major year for 2021 U.S. Amateur Champion and Broad finance senior James Piot. In August 2021, he became a national golf champion , advancing through nine days of competition. Piot was the first Spartan (and Michigan-born player in general) to win the U.S. Amateur, winning four straight holes on the last nine of the championship match — a feat that hadn’t been achieved since 2008. As a result, he automatically qualified for The Masters and U.S. Open. Piot’s student experience incorporates a number of different communities, from the men’s golf team to the Broad College to the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
His experience on and off the course exemplifies the breadth and variety of the Spartan experience — and the enduring truth that, with persistence and hard work, Spartans Will succeed. The college’s top-ranked supply chain management program also saw outstanding student work this year. In April 2022, four undergraduate supply chain management students — Jeoffrey deSpelder, Kevin Wang, Alyssa Neamos and Jennifer Fealk — represented the Broad College in the National Undergraduate Supply Chain Case Competition , going on to win first place and a $4,000 grand prize. The prestigious event, hosted by the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, brought together students from 18 universities, giving teams 24 hours to analyze, address, and make recommendations for a case. These Broad Spartans created an
Shintawati has hosted student career treks to Asia and created the Palmer Career Center’s Ambassador Program. Broad academic advisor Samantha Sliwa earned the Outstanding New Advisor Award as part of MSU’s Advising Excellence Awards, which recognizes the accomplishments of an academic advisor who has been in the field for three years or less. Chris Hogan was honored with MSU’s Outstanding Supervisor Award for her leadership as chairperson of the Department of Accounting and Information Systems . Fixed-term faculty of finance Antoinette Tessmer and Iskandar Arifin received MSU’s AT&T Faculty-Staff Instructional Technology Award for their innovative teaching style for FI 355: Financial Modeling. The two adopted a flipped pedagogy style, relying on collaborative, hands-on group activities that transformed the classroom into an Excel learning lab and earned the Best Blended Course Award. We congratulate all of the 2021-22 award recipients for their cross-industry achievements, and we celebrate all of the lives they have impacted through this work. KYLE WELCH (B.A. HOSPITALITY BUSINESS ’09) AND ALEX CLARK (B.A. HOSPITALITY BUSINESS ’10) CELEBRATE TOGETHER AT THE 75TH ALUMNI GRAND AWARDS.
In April 2022, student-run consulting firm Spectrum Consulting Group announced the Vedaant Garg Memorial Scholarship : a $20,000 fund dedicated to supporting promising incoming first-year students who want to pursue a business-related degree at MSU. The scholarship honors Vedaant Garg, who was a junior studying supply chain management when he passed away in January 2021.
Honoring a legacy, giving back
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