News release Contact: Angey Saucier Date: 9/12/03   SOUTHEASTERN HOLDS THIRD ANNUAL MBA PINNING CEREMONY        HAMMOND –  Southeastern Louisiana University’s Master of Business Administration program recently held its third annual pinning ceremony for 35 summer graduates.       Held in the lobby of the R. Norval Garrett College of Business and Technology Building, 35 MBA students from 19 countries celebrated their graduation with friends, family and mentors from the program.       “The pinning ceremony was designed to honor students who complete their MBA studies at the end of the summer semester,” said Josie Walker,  director of the Executive MBA program. “This is the college’s way of honoring them since many are international students or have careers that hinder their attending winter convocation where summer graduates are recognized.”       Pins and gifts were presented by Walker and Michael Budden, dean of the College of Business and Technology.         Receiving pins were Chinwe Anuku, Nigeria; Benji J. Arboneaux, Prairieville; Seth Bassingthwaite, Hammond; Swapnil Bhatnagar, India; Patrick Bouadoumou, Ivory Coast; Gregory J. Bravata, Baton Rouge; Nga Hong Bui, Vietnam; Andrew S. Burns, Covington; Laurent Charbonnel, France; Anamika Chauhan, India; Irma Fabiola Fajardo, Honduras; Jenny Deanne Gill, Baton Rouge; Mary Anne Ginn, Walker; Autumn R. Goodfellow, Baton Rouge; Christian A. Gottschalk, Germany; Diane W. Johnson, Mandeville; and Collins Kgoadi, South Africa.       Also, Anna Claudia Kolm, Brazil; Armelle Aguemon Kouton, Benin; Jodi Michelle LeBlanc, Ponchatoula; Amber Cheramie Matherne, Greenwell Springs; Kylea J. McKay, Hammond; Petra Meissner, Germany; Joanna Vasileva Michailova, Bolgaria; Sergio Pena, Columbia; Suriani Purnomo, Indonesia; Sascha R. Rinder, Austria; Jason A. Simcoe, Baton Rouge; Karl Gustaf Strombom, Sweden; Shezad Suhootoorah, Mauritius; Henrik Martin Swartling, Sweden; Patrick F. Thistlethwaite, Plaquemine; Natalie Veith, Germany; George Yuan-Pei Wong, Taiwan; Yener Yardim, Turkey.       Southeastern’s Master of Business Administration program was established in 1969 and was accredited by the International Association for Management Education in 1987. Currently, more than 250 students from around the world are enrolled in the program. In addition to the United States, the most represented countries in Southeastern’s MBA program are Germany, France, Colombia, Venezuela, India, Taiwan, China and Indonesia.  Return to News Releases