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Ms. Ling Deng, a graduate student in applied statistics and operations research, has received that department’s outstanding graduate award as well as the top graduate award for the College of Business Administration overall.

Ms. Ling Deng was awarded the Dr. Ronald V. Hartley Award which recognizes the outstanding graduate student in the College of Business Administration. The Hartley award is named in honor of Dr. Ron Hartley, Professor Emeritus in Accounting, a former chair of the Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems, and a former associate dean for graduate studies in business for the College. The award recognizes a graduate student in one of the College’s graduate programs for demonstrating superior scholarship and participation, leadership, and service in college, campus, and/or community activities. Dr. Sue Mota, associate dean for graduate and executive programs in business, presented this prestigious award to Ms. Deng.

In addition to the Hartley award, Ms. Deng was also awarded one of two Jim A. Sullivan Outstanding Graduate Student Awards, along with fellow student Ziqian Geng. The Sullivan Award was established by the Department of Applied Statistics and Operations Research (ASOR) to honor Dr. James Sullivan, who served as chair of that department and subsequently as the dean of the College until he retired. The selected students must show superior scholarship and demonstrate participation, leadership, and service to the ASOR department. The scholarships are funded using a portion of the contributions made by the departmental alumni to the ASOR Foundation. ASOR Chair Dr. Arthur Yeh presented the Sullivan Awards.

A few weeks prior, Ms. Deng also was awarded the 2009 Master Scholarship given by the American Society for Quality Toledo Section. Each year, the ASQ Toledo Section sponsors a quality competition open to four-year and two-year colleges and universities in the area. The Master Scholarship is the highest award of the competition given to the best applicant. Ms. Deng was recognized for her superior academic performance and her leadership role as the president of the student branch of the ASQ Toledo Section.

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