Southeastern honors top business students

Advocate staff report

Photos provided by RANDY BERGERON -- Enkhsanaa Erdene-Ochir, right, of Hammond, was among the Southeastern Louisiana University students honored at the College of Businesss annual honors convocation May 3. Erdene-Ochir received the Outstanding Academic Award in Economics. Congratulating him is Dean Randy Settoon.

Southeastern Louisiana University’s College of Business honored its top students at the college’s annual honors convocation May 3.

Award recipients from Livingston and Tangipahoa parishes were Enkhsanaa Erdene-Ochir of Hammond, Outstanding Academic Award in Economics; Jeremy Gill of Denham Springs, Distinguished Graduate in Supply Chain Management; and Alicen Holden of Denham Springs, Distinguished Graduate in Marketing.

The college named David Winkler its 2012 Outstanding Alumnus. He received his bachelor’s degree from SLU in 1978 and has been in the accounting industry for more than 30 years. He is a founding member and managing partner of the CPA firm Faulk and Winkler of Baton Rouge.

The college honored inductees of the 13 Club and Beta Gamma Sigma honor societies and presented departmental awards and scholarships to:

AMITE: Cody Bankston, Alexander J. Berey Endowed Scholarship in Business; Megan Remy, Julius Prokop Presidential-Level Scholarship.

DENHAM SPRINGS: Baylen Fontenot, Alexander J. Berey Endowed Scholarship in Business; Alicen Holden, Dallas LaRoy & Helen Calmes Memorial Scholarship; Mitchell Carter, Entergy Scholarship in Accounting.

HAMMOND: Asish Poddar, Frances A. Payne Endowed Scholarship in Business; Forrest Guedry, Harry & Audrey Gabriel Endowed Scholarship in Business; Enkhsanaa Erdene-Ochir, John & Beverly Manzella Scholarship in Business Administration; Sara Smira, National Association of Purchasing Managers, Baton Rouge Affiliate Award; and Justin Daniel, Patrick & Gail Ponder Endowed Scholarship in Business.

HUSSER: Alexi Ingraffia, Dallas LaRoy & Helen Calmes Memorial Scholarship and the John and Mary Costanza King Endowed Scholarship in Marketing.

LIVINGSTON: Courtney Harper, Association of Government Accountants Endowed Scholarship; Daisy Grotsma, Audrey & Nicholas Tournillion Endowed Presidential Level Scholarship; and Tracy K. Durham, National Association of Purchasing Managers, Baton Rouge Affiliate Award.

MAUREPAS: Jolie Cornay, Althouse Nesser K-Team Printing & Imaging Endowed Scholarship.

PONCHATOULA: Douglas Doescher, Dorothy R. Lee Excellence in Business Endowed Scholarship; Larissa Graves, Accounting Faculty & Alumni Scholarship; and April Piper, Ragan & Massey Entrepreneurship in Distribution Award.

SPRINGFIELD: Baylie Babin, Patrick and Gail Ponder Endowed Scholarship in Business.

WALKER: Chris Crochet, Ragan & Massey Entrepreneurship in Distribution Award.