At the May 2007 Commencement service, Autumn received the Department of Business's first Student Achievement Award. A statement of Autumn's qualifications as stated by the faculty follows.
"The Department of Business recognizes Miss Autumn Rose Byers as the 2007 Student Achievement Award recipient. As a Marketing Management major, Miss Byers earned a grade point average of 3.58 while maintaining an active extracurricular schedule and gaining the respect of her peers and professors. Miss Byers served as a Team Captain both in soccer and softball, participating all four years in intercollegiate athletics while pursuing her education. She serves in the music and children’s ministries at the First Baptist Church of Hartford, Wisconsin. Her fellow seniors gave her strong endorsement when senior capstone project Team Leaders were nominated. Miss Byers performed admirably in this function. The faculty is pleased to announce this year’s recipient of the Student Achievement Award, Miss Autumn Rose Byers."
The Department of Business in collaboration with The Wall Street Journal offers distinctive recognition of an exceptional business graduating senior at Maranatha Baptist Bible College. The recipient has demonstrated excellence in academics and spiritual leadership, and holds great promise as a future Christian business professional.
The graduate receives a commemorative award medallion, a one-year subscription to The Wall Street Journal, and publication with other winners in a full-page announcement in the nation’s number one business newspaper.
Jon graduated on April 25th with an MBA from Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Here's a picture of Jon with his fiancee Julane on his right and his sister Jorie in front of Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids. Jon and Julane's wedding date is June 6th and he promises some more pictures!
Jonathan and his fiance, Julane Foster, will be married on June 6, 2009. He anticipates graduating with his MBA in April.
Kristen turned 22 years old this summer (pictured with her brother here, also 22! :^))
Jotham and Shasta (Mikolowski) at Jon Maize's (2006 Business Management graduate) wedding! The sharp engaged couple is looking forward to their own Big Day soon! Jotham is now a personal banker in Michigan.
Corey Pfaffe and Jonathan met up in Grand Rapids, MI, to attend the Maranatha men's basketball regional tournament. Jonathan is working on his advanced accounting degree, taking Auditing right now. Dr. Pfaffe taught Auditing at Maranatha in the fall 2007 semester, our first offering of the new course, using the same textbook by William Messier that Jonathan is using.
Here's Joe, Beth and Joseph Benjamin (age 10 months) at Christmas. Joe says: "I am now well in to my 7th tax season (at Heemer, Klein & Co., P.C. CPA's). I have taken 3 of the 4 sections of the CPA exam. I missed the BEC (Business Environments and Concepts) section by 3 questions and plan to retake it right after tax season.
