The following awards were presented at the business and information technology (BIT) department’s annual awards luncheon on May 4:

— Best Friend: Arlan DeKock
— Outstanding Faculty Member: Bih-Ru Lea
— Outstanding Staff Member: Chris Standifer
— Mentor: Latesha (Tesha) Humphrey
— Best Balancing Act: Dan Border
— Ambassador: Justin Kolker
— Leadership: Kelly Burnett
— IST Freshman: Parth Shah
— Business Freshman: Miller Edwards
— IST Sophomore: Joseph Pieczynski
— Business Sophomore: Stephanie Birkner
— IST Junior: Carl Schmitz
— Business Junior: Nathan Singleton
— IST Senior: Alex Silva
— Business Senior: Robert Wood
— U.S. Steel Scholarship Winners: Kiet Hang, Ryan Johnson, Joe Pieczynski and Pam Ryder
— Outstanding MBA Student: Rachel Kluesner
— Outstanding IST Master’s Student: Vedant Jain Weiner
— Outstanding IST Student: Ashley Banaszek Weiner
— Outstanding Business Student: Nathan Singleton

The department thanks Michael Fox of Accenture for making this year’s luncheon possible.