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LAMBDA ETA CHAPTER – AUTHOR EXCELLENCE AWARD

 The Delta Mu Delta International Honor Society in Business – Lambda Eta Chapter is proud to announce the “Lambda Eta Chapter Author Excellence Award”. This award is designed to recognize chapter members who have demonstrated excellence in authorship of original work while pursuing a business related degree, publishing in a business journal, or presenting at a business society conference. The basic requirements for each type of award are listed below. This year were .pleased to announce that up to $2,000 worth of Author Excellence awards were presented (each award is $200) to award winners who have a qualifying paper or presentation.

Award Details

Each year the Delta Mu Delta International Honor Society in Business – Lambda Eta Chapter provides recognition to members who demonstrate, by outstanding authorship, a significant contribution to the field of business. This award is open to Lambda Eta Chapter members only (but not currently serving officers), and awards are presented in one of three categories.

1) Student Author Excellence

Chapter members who are current students at Northcentral University, in a business degree program at any level may submit a Capstone Project, Thesis, or Dissertation Manuscript for consideration for this award. Papers will be scored by three currently serving chapter officers using the criteria listed in Appendix A, and rank-ordered within their associated program (for example, B.B.A., M.B.A., PH.D-B.A., etc.). The top papers in each category, based on the number of available awards, will be recognized with a Student Author Excellence Award.

2) Publishing Author Excellence

Chapter members who are not current students at Northcentral University may submit their journal or book (or book chapter) publications accepted from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, in .pdf form for consideration for the Publishing Author Excellence award. Manuscripts will be scored by three currently serving chapter officers using the criteria listed in Appendix A, and rank-ordered. The top manuscripts, based on the number of available awards, will be recognized with a Publishing Author Excellence award.

3) Presenting Author Excellence

Chapter members who are not current students at Northcentral University may submit their conference proceeding presentation manuscript accepted from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, in .pdf form for consideration for the Presenting Author Excellence award. Conference proceeding presentation manuscripts will be scored by three currently serving chapter officers using the criteria listed in Appendix A, and rank-ordered. The top presentations or proceedings, based on the number of available awards, will be recognized with a Presenting Author Excellence award.

The winners for 2014 are:

Earl W. Burress, Jr., PhD – 2014 Student Author Excellence Award

Mark Dale Mathes, PhD – 2014 Student Author Excellence Award

Stephen F. Odumosu, PhD – 2014 Student Author Excellence Award

Daniel Udo-Akang, PhD – 2014 Student Author Excellence Award

Ghassan Faraj Hanna, PhD – 2014 Publishing Author Excellence Award

Stephen Thomas Paulone, DBA – 2014 Publishing Author Excellence Award

Richard P. Payant, DBA- 2014 Publishing Author Excellence Award

Alfred Miller, PhD – 2014 Publishing Author Excellence Award

Jeremy K. Hodges, PhD – 2014 Presenting Author Excellence Award

Valerie Wallingford, PhD – 2014 Publishing Author Excellence Award