Spears School’s Daniel Asamoah honored with 2014 Phoenix Award

Monday, April 7, 2014

Daniel Asamoah, a doctoral student, research associate and instructor in the Spears School’s Management Science and Information Systems program, was recently honored with the 2014 Phoenix Award, presented annually to one outstanding master’s student, one doctoral student and a faculty member at Oklahoma State University.
 
Asamoah becomes only the second OSU business doctoral student to receive the Phoenix Award since its inception in 1983. The only other business student to be recognized over the years was Bill Hardgrave, also an MIS doctoral graduate, who was honored in 1993.
 
Each spring, the OSU Graduate and Professional Student Government Association selects an outstanding master’s student, doctoral student, and faculty member to present with its highest honor: the Phoenix Award. The Phoenix Award recognizes exemplary achievement in leadership, scholarship, professional involvement including teaching and/or research, and university and community service.
 
“The department is proud of Daniel's accomplishments and this is a great honor for him,” said Rick L. Wilson, head of the Spears School’s Management Science and Information Systems Department. “Daniel has tremendous work ethic and has unlimited potential in his future academic career.  His successes can be attributed to his own efforts, as well as the exceptional mentoring done by the MSIS faculty, especially his advisor Dr. Ramesh Sharda.”
 
The student award winners each receive a $350 monetary award from the GPSGA and the Graduate College, and all winners have their names engraved on the Phoenix Awards plaque located outside the Graduate College offices in Whitehurst Hall.
 
Asamoah will be presented his award at a reception at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Starlite Terrace of the Student Union.