September 27 - MBA Student Wins Wall Street Journal Award

Courtney J. Herrick of Robbinsville, a Rider MBA student and May 2005 graduate with a dual degree in finance and accounting, has been named one of The Wall Street Journal's 2005 Student Achievement Award winners. For more than 60 years, The Wall Street Journal has honored students with this prestigious award.

The Journal announced the student achievement award winners in its September 21, 2005 edition.

Herrick, who maintained a 3.99 GPA overall and a 4.0 in accounting and finance throughout her undergraduate career, was named an Andrew J. Rider Scholar three straight years - an award that goes to the top one percent of students at the University. She was also the recipient of the George and Marianne Battista Scholarship in 2004 and Larry P. Bailey Memorial Scholarship in 2005.

In addition, she earned membership in the Alpha Epsilon Zeta Honor Society for her academic excellence, was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, an honor society for business schools that hold AACSB International accreditation, and was named to the Alpha Lambda Delta freshman honors society.

Business faculty selected Herrick to participate in a student group business activity in The Johnson & Johnson Business Case Competition for which she gave oral and written presentations. The group had to identify a product and prepare statements to compare financial capabilities between two countries.

The College of Business Administration is one of a handful of schools that has formed an academic partnership with the Wall Street Journal. The partnership began in fall 2003 allowing Rider to join the ranks of Case Western Reserve, Harvard Business School, Texas Christian University, University of Pittsburgh, Villanova University and Wake Forest University, who are some of the WSJ's other partners.

Due to this pairing, CBA students, faculty and staff receive the Wall Street Journal, are entitled to a WSJ online account and will have access to support materials. This affords the CBA the opportunity to better integrate across functional disciplines and stay current in today's rapidly changing environments.