The annual award is presented to the most outstanding graduating Â鶹ÊÓƵ MBA student.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ MBA candidate Katharine Frazier was presented with the Richard H. Behrman Award on May 18 at a dinner to celebrate the Â鶹ÊÓƵ MBA and M.S. in Management Class of 2017.
The award is named after Richard “Dick” Behrman, who was the first director of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ MBA program. Â鶹ÊÓƵ MBA faculty members choose the winner based on academic excellence, contributions to the classroom environment through active participation, and demonstrated leadership in both program and community activities.
Frazier, the general manager at SkySouth Aviation, began the Â鶹ÊÓƵ MBA program in 2013. During the past year, she was part of the winning team, participated in the to Vietnam and Thailand, and was inducted into the honor societies Phi Kappa Phi and Beta Gamma Sigma.
Frazier is active with the First Presbyterian Church of Burlington and serves on multiple community organization boards.
She received her bachelor’s degree in music theatre – design and production from Â鶹ÊÓƵ in 2005.
“Katharine exemplifies how Dick Behrman would describe the ideal MBA student,” said Bill Burpitt, associate dean for graduate programs in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business. “It is a given that Katharine is great academically, but more importantly, she has been a great citizen and contributor to the MBA program. She is the kind of person you trust if you need someone you can count on to represent Â鶹ÊÓƵ and the MBA program.”
The dinner also recognized the students who were inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi, and honor societies this year, as well as the students who received .
Associate Professor Barth Strempek, who is retiring at the end of this month, and Burpitt, who is stepping down as associate dean, were recognized for their service to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ MBA and M.S. in Management programs.
Previous Behrman Award recipients in attendance at the dinner were Marty Blevins G’11, David Fesperman G’94, Coleman Rich ’93 and Jessica Townsend ’06 G’15.