SCMA Student Achievements

Nicole Sum, ’21, learned from her failures and applied new techniques to achieve academic success at Nebraska. Currently traveling the U.S., the professional Ultimate Frisbee player graduated with a supply chain management degree in May 2021.
Nicole Sum, ’21, learned from her failures and applied new techniques to achieve academic success at Nebraska. Currently traveling the U.S., the professional Ultimate Frisbee player graduated with a supply chain management degree in May 2021.

From creating a peer well-being coaching program, to earning four promotions, and on to placing 6th out of 500 teams in a global trading challenge, our students experienced a wide variety of accomplishments. Some of these accomplishments are featured below.

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Supply chain management major, Charles Dutton, joined the 2020 Clifton Builder’s cohort and had the opportunity to grow his entrepreneurial mindset, while setting out to learn how to build himself in business and how to positively impact those around him. Selected in the spring of their first year, builders begin courses the fall of their sophomore year.
https://business.unl.edu/news/clifton-builders-stretch-and-grow-entrepreneurial-mindset/?contentGroup=home


Senior supply chain management major, Jordan Seitz, was named top strengths coach by the Clifton Strengths Institute and earned the highest feedback from the first-year business students he mentored.
https://business.unl.edu/news/achievements-for-june-2021/?contentGroup=home


Daniel Elsner, junior supply chain management major, placed 6th globally out of 500 teams and No. 1 in the U.S. in the 2020 CME Group University Trading Challenge.
https://business.unl.edu/news/achievements-for-december-2020/?contentGroup=supply_chain_management


Junior supply chain management major, Jordan Seitz, took third place in State Farm’s Business with Integrity Case Competition.
https://business.unl.edu/news/case-competition-highlights-importance-of-ethics/?contentGroup=home


Junior supply chain management major, Amjad Awland Thani, completed the inaugural Summer Career Accelerator program coordinated by the Business Career Center and Clifton Strengths Institute. The program supported students who may have not been able to complete internships due to COVID-19, and helped them to advance their career development and gain targeted skills and experiences.
https://business.unl.edu/news/achievements-for-september-2020/?contentGroup=supply_chain_management


Sophomore supply chain management major, Bailey Hanus, was named a new strengths coach for the 2021-2022 school year.
https://business.unl.edu/news/clifton-strengths-institute-welcomes-50-new-coaches/?contentGroup=home


Amjad Awlad Thani, Brian Saravia Mejia, Cameron Claborn, Jacob Feuker, Peyton Walker, William Mowery, and Amanda Fuechtmann were supply chain management majors who earned top honors in the 2019-20 school year. They were among the 196 College of Business students who received one of the following awards: Clifford M. Hicks Scholar Award, LeRossignol Scholar Award, and William Gold Scholar Award.
https://business.unl.edu/news/top-honors-presented-to-nebraska-business-students/?contentGroup=home


Samuel Stott, junior supply chain management major, was inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa. Stott was selected based on his campus leadership in scholarship, athletics, service, journalism, and speech.
https://business.unl.edu/news/achievements-for-april-2021/?contentGroup=supply_chain_management


Mohammed Sami Al Hasni, senior supply chain management major, earned his Employment Readiness Certificate, which is designed to help international students discover and develop skills to seek internship and job opportunities.
https://business.unl.edu/news/achievements-for-may-2021/?contentGroup=supply_chain_management


Sophomore supply chain management major, Elijah Merritt, served as a president of Brother2Brother, a community for students of color. He also mentored younger students and tried to help create opportunities for students to connect during the pandemic.
https://business.unl.edu/news/student-shares-coping-skills-perspectives-on-unusual-year/?contentGroup=supply_chain_management


Peyton Walker, supply chain management major, helped Huskers by co-creating the University’s peer well-being coaching program, which officially became a resource in 2018. Walker and more than 30 trained undergraduate, graduate and professional student well-being coaches began educating fellow Huskers on how to use campus resources and create the life they want to live. The program experienced steady growth during Walker’s four years on campus.
https://business.unl.edu/news/students-support-well-being-through-coaching/?contentGroup=home


Nicole Sum, supply chain management major, recapped her failures and successes from her time at the University of Nebraska. Hard work, a supportive sister, and a drive to improve pushed Sum to become a better student and a better athlete. She earned a spot on the College of Business Dean’s List for both the 2020 spring and fall semesters, and she made the women’s Professional Ultimate team in Minnesota.
https://business.unl.edu/news/dedication-leads-nicole-sum-to-ultimate-success/?contentGroup=home


Casey Christensen talked about how her analytical skills took her far. From her time in the business analytics graduate certificate program through completing her Master of Science in Business Analytics, Christensen worked her way up from analyzing customer returns to analyzing Spreetail’s cost of goods sold, as well as taking on more responsibilities at the company. She has now received four promotions and currently works as a senior cost of goods sold analyst.
https://business.unl.edu/news/christensen-takes-analytics-skills-to-next-level/?contentGroup=home


Graduate student, Sgt. Joshua Johnston, utilized his supply chain certificate to advance his career in the Air Force and to contribute to the efficiency of logistics operations in the military. Using the certificate as a stepping stone, he has now enrolled in the MS in Supply Chain Management program and rolled the certificate credits into the master’s program.
https://business.unl.edu/news/johnston-puts-supply-chain-certificate-to-work-in-air-force/?contentGroup=home


Supply Chain Management major, Brian Saravia Mejia, discovered his career path during an informational interview he completed in BSAD 333. His personality shined in the interview, and he was offered a summer internship with Honeybee Robotics. After successfully completing his internship, Honeybee offered him a part-time job while he finishes his degree, and he has a full-time position waiting for him upon graduation. Honeybee Robotics is a research and development/manufacturing engineering company for earth and space.
https://business.unl.edu/news/supply-chain-graduate-fulfills-childhood-goals/?contentGroup=home


Basher Ahamd Atayi, accounting major, serves as team leader at Kawasaki Rail Car. He attributes his understanding of pacing and bottlenecks to the supply chain courses he completed. As a current student in the Master of Professional Accountancy (MPA) program, he already has a job lined up after graduation.
https://business.unl.edu/news/atayi-to-graduate-prepped-for-success/?contentGroup=home


Supply chain management majors Samar Adbulla Mubarak, Mohamed Abdullah Yahya, Abdul Rahman Khalid, Ryan Arnett, Ryan Auer, Amajad Khamis Muhanna, Jessie Benefee, Logan Cate, Cameron Claborn, Cade Crowell, Ethan Domsch, Charles Dutton, Daniel Elsner, Amanda Fuechtmann, Jonathan Grauman, Hannah Headley, Shannon Hicks, Trent Hoeft, Kara Kugler-Wright, Nhi Le, Anna Lockhart, William Mowery, Ellie Murphy, Caitlin Piening, Laurn Riepma, Andrew Stephens, Jarded Suelflow, Jia Yue Sum, Samuel Tauke, Patrick Taylor, Samuel Thomas, Rong Xiang Ting, Khondamirkhon, Alex Von Seggern, Peyton Walker, Camden Witucki, Ian Woolway, and Hyaiyu Yan were named to the fall 2020 dean’s list.
https://business.unl.edu/news/nearly-1-400-business-huskers-named-to-fall-dean-s-list/?contentGroup=supply_chain_management


Supply chain management majors Zainab Mohamed Ibrahim Al Balushi, Samar Adbulla Mubarak Al Foory, Majid Al Harthy, Mohamed Abdullah Yahya Al Hussaini, Balaquis Rashid Ali Al Saeedi, Malik Ali Mohammed Al Waail, Zakariya Abdallah Mohammed Al Zadjali, Jacob Andersen, Nick Anderson, Ryan Arnett, Ryan Auer, Saliman Bazzi, Jessie Benefee, Alexander Breidenbach, Vy Thi Thanh Bui, Logan Cate, Cade Crowell, Andrea Curnes, Ethan Domsch, Charles Dutton, Zack Edwards, Daniel Elsner, Jake Feuker, Jayla Froman, Amanda Fuechtmann, Samantha Gates, Hannah Headley, Gunner Hellstrom, Stephanie Herridge, Rebecca Koppelman, Madeline Masker, William Mowery, Gunnar Mozal, Ellie Murphy, Gavin Peterson, Catlin Piening, Kyle Price, Lauryn Riepma, Brian Saravia Meija, Xunqi Shen, Andrew Stephens, Jared Suelflow, Samuel Tauke, Patrick Taylor, Samuel Thomas, Anders Thomassen, Rong Xiang Ting, Grace Vande Griend, Alex Von Seggern, Peyton Walker, Carter Wilken, Huaiyu Yan, and Timothy Yetzer were named to the spring 2021 dean’s list.
https://business.unl.edu/news/spring-dean-s-list-recognizes-more-than-1-400/?contentGroup=current_students