OMIS Student Awards A number of honor societies and awards exist to recognize and celebrate significant achievements by OMIS students. OMIS majors are encouraged to learn more about these opportunities early in their careers at Santa Clara. The table below describes each respective award and lists honorees. | OMIS Department Award | | This is awarded to the major judged by the OMIS faculty to be most outstanding in scholarship and executive potential. The winner is announced at the OMIS awards ceremony in May of each year, and receives a cash prize. | 2002-2003: David Zimbra | | Accenture Scholastic Achievement | | This is awarded to the junior major judged by the OMIS faculty to be most outstanding in scholarship and executive potential. The winner is announced at the OMIS awards ceremony in May of each year, and receives a cash prize. | 2001-2002: Willa Lin
2000-2001: Arsen S. Ovanessoff
1999-2000: Casey A. Lewis
1998-1999: Leopold Pivk
1997-1998: Tin B. Tran
1996-1997: Karen Cheng
1995-1996: Jefferey B. Calado
1994-1995: Jeffrey Caesar | | Distinguished Student Service | | This is awarded to students deemed to have provided extraordinary service to the OMIS department. Winners are announced at the OMIS awards ceremony in May of each year, and receive a cash prize. | 2002-2003: Christine Burton, Mark Kraft, Mike Louer, Arsen Ovanessoff, Brian Papay, Ryan Poscharsky, Pati Ruiz, Aditi Sood, Jennifer Wilt.
2001-2002: Mike Louer, George Mitsopoulos, Arsen Ovanessoff, Jason Schroth, Aditi Sood
2000-2001: Alicia Hew, Landyana Kweh, Mike Louer, Arsen Ovanessoff, Camille da Silva
1999-2000: Cortney Bui, Albert Chang, Donovan D'Anna, Eriko Nakano, Leopold Pivk Jr., Brianna Sorenson
1998-1999: Amelie Glon, Anita Lee, Sarah Patanroi, Clement Wong
1997-1998: Aki Tonami, Daniel Hutchins, Anita Lee, Ryan Spencer
1996-1997: Anna Tang
1995-1996: Toral Mehta | | The Charles J. Dirksen Prize | | This award was founded by Dr. Eliot Jones in honor of Charles J. Dirksen, dean emeritus, and honors juniors in the Leavey School of Business deemed most outstanding in scholarship. | 1999-2000: Landyana Kweh | | Beta Gamma Sigma | | This is the national honor society for students of business, founded in 1913. It currently holds more than 160 chapters and a total membership exceeding 100,000, and holds a position analogous to that of Phi Beta Kappa in the arts and Sigma Xi in the sciences. Membership is limited to students who give promise of success in the field of business and who rank in the upper 7 percent of the junior class or the upper 10 percent of the senior class. Inductees are selected by the LSB administration each May. | 2001-2002: Arsen Ovanessoff
2000-2001: Landyana Kweh, Bing Zhou 1999-2000: Cortney Bui, Cynthia T. Pham, Leopold Pivk Jr., Martin Ba Tran
1998-1999: Aruba Lawai, Lorraine Leavitt, Sarah Patanroi, Tan Yung Yih
1997-1998: Vinicius Brasil, Marie-France Broenen, Karen Cheng, Mark Lim, Aki Tonomi
1996-1997: Jeffrey Calado, Gerard Goh, James Kojo, Kelly Lim, Seow Lark Lim, John Liska, Elisabeth Niemeier
1995-1996: Jeffrey Caesar, Jason Greenfield, Kong-Fung Lam, Toral Mehta, Stacy Takiguchi
1994-1995: Michelle Mariano, Nyok Wee Ong | | Upsilon Pi Epsilon | | This is the honor society for the computing sciences. The society was founded at Texas A&M University in 1967 to promote high scholarship and original investigation in the computing sciences. The Santa Clara Lambda chapter was established in 1990. Members must be computing majors (OMIS, Computer Engineering, or Math/CS), should have been in residence at SCU for at least one quarter, must have completed 96 units (with at least 20 from computing courses), and earned a 3.30 GPA in computing courses and a cumulative grade point average of 3.35. | 2003-2004: Diego Avalos, Heather Bagwell, Andrea Craig, Etsuko Labur, Diane Tiu
2002-2003: Jennifer Wilt, Genevieve Hokanson, Christine Burton, Marko Buric, Diana Nguyen, Veasna Chea, Colin Barceloux, Kim Nhan, Catherine Doan, Mark Kraft
2001-2002: Ellena Bondesson, Lora Chiem, Peter DeRego, Leah Flores, Cindy Fong, Willa Lin Carol Lu, Laura Lu, Karl Montemayor, Rose Nguyen Daniel Soon, Phung Tran, David Zimbra
2000-2001: Scott Bauer, Brandon Philip Carbullido, Landyana Boediono Kweh, Khanh-Vy Tran Nguyen, Arsen Stephen Ovanessoff, Robert Roley
1999-2000: Leopold Pivk , Jimmy Suanthie, Vadim Khavinson, Martin Ba Tran | |
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