Southeastern College of Business honors students
Thursday, May 23, 2024 
by: Tonya Lowentritt
SOUTHEASTERN STUDENTS WOW IN PROGRAM - Southeastern Louisiana University’s College of Business held its semi-annual awards ceremony for the Written Works of Excellence and Distinction Program, honoring 17 outstanding students who excelled on papers written for class assignments during the spring 2024 semester. Front row, from left, are Gracee C. Lefort, Morgan Martinez, KeyRon Smith, Sophia Nastasi, Brooke Williamson, Liam P. McCauley, and Tanner J. Hebert. Back row, from left, are Presley Dronet, Logan Whittington, Cameron Meier, Greyson Boudreaux, Brett Barrios, Raynard Roberts Jr., Hailee Fernandez, Tanner Hebert, and Merritt Professor of Management David C. Wyld. Not pictured are Keyshawn Kevin Casnave and GiGi N. Marks.
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University’s College of Business held its semi-annual
awards ceremony for the Written Works of Excellence and Distinction Program honoring
17 outstanding students who excelled on papers written for class assignments during
the spring 2024 semester.
The WOWED Program was created in 2019 to recognize students who have created
the “best of the best” written individual and group projects, works or papers each
semester. Established by former Dean Antoinette Phillips, the program seeks to advance
the College of Business’ learning goal in regards to continually working to improve
students’ written communication skills. This program is directed by Merritt Professor
of Management David C. Wyld, who also helped create it.
Professor of Marketing and College of Business Dean Tará Lopez commended the
students on their commitment to their projects.
“We had an outstanding group of students nominated for the WOWED program this
semester. They represent the best of our students, and this program is a wonderful
way to celebrate their work,” she said.
The semester’s WOWED honorees included the following: Brett John Barrios, a marketing
major from Marrero; Greyson Teylor Boudreaux, an accounting major from Hammond; Keyshawn
Kevin Casnave, a business administration major from Lacombe; Presley Dronet, a supply
chain management major from Mandeville; Hailee Fernandez, an accounting major from
Covington; Tanner J. Hebert, a finance major from Gonzales; Gracee C. Lefort, a business
administration major from Cutoff; GiGi N. Marks, a business administration major from
Franklinton; and Jillian Martin, a marketing major from Covington.
Additional honorees included Morgan Martinez, an English (creative writing) major
from Madisonville; Liam P. McCauley, a mathematics major from Mandeville; Cameron
Meier, a double major in business administration and supply chain management from
Denham Springs; Sophia Rose Nastasi, a marketing major from Mandeville; Raynard Roberts,
Jr., a business administration major from New Orleans; Keyron Smith, a computer science
major from Donaldsonville; Logan Whittington, a finance major from Denham Springs;
and Brooke Williamson, a business administration major from Madisonville.
Praising the students for their efforts that earned them this distinction, Wyld
said the 17 students perfectly exemplify the excellence students in the College of
Business can achieve in producing high-quality communications.
“These students truly represent how the faculty in the College of Business are
trying to provide our business students with high-quality educational opportunities
that make an impact on their future careers. The students honored for their works
in the WOWED awards program show how our College of Business students can deliver
effective oral presentations and produce exemplary written works,” Wyld said. “Mastering
communication skills is absolutely critical for career success in today’s world -
and tomorrow’s, and these students exemplify the fine work that our students are doing
in the College of Business across the board.”
For more information, contact Wyld at dwyld@southeastern.edu or 985-789-2127.
