The Mike Ilitch School of Business announces the 2024 Faculty and Staff Award Recipients

The Mike Ilitch School of Business has announced the winners of their Faculty and Staff Awards for the 2024 calendar year. These awards recognize faculty and staff members who go above and beyond to make the Ilitch School a place where students thrive and find their future career trajectory.  

The faculty awardees were selected by the Ilitch School Faculty Senate Teaching, Service and Research Committees. The Staff Awardees were selected by a panel consisting of a representative from the Office of the Dean, a member of the Staff Council Board, a previous honoree and a faculty member.  

Faculty award recipients  

Anand Jha, Ph.D. 
Professor of Finance, Finance Department Chair 
Distinguished Faculty Award, Research 

Tamme Quinn-Grzebyk, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor of teaching, management 
Distinguished Faculty Award, Service 

Amanuel G. Tekleab, Ph.D. 
Professor of management  
Distinguished Faculty Award, Teaching 

Matt Piszczek 
Associate Professor of management 
Sue Garr Innovative Teaching Award 

Staff award recipients 

Bianca Fielder 
University Councilor II 
2024 Staff Excellence Award 

Heather Laskos 
Academic Advisor IV 
2024 Staff Excellence Award 

The awardees will be honored at the Recognition and Awards Ceremony alongside the 25 Under 25 awardees. To learn more about these awards at their recipients, head to our website.

The Wayne State University Mike Ilitch School of Business prepares students for challenging and rewarding careers, advances the boundaries of scholarly and practitioner knowledge, and enhances the economic vitality of the city of Detroit, the state of Michigan and beyond through its programs, research and community engagement. Established in 1946, the business school was renamed in 2015 in recognition of a $40 million gift from Mike and Marian Ilitch. Thanks to this lead investment, the school moved to a new state-of-the-art building in the heart of the District Detroit in 2018, and academic programming and collaboration with city businesses are expanding. For more information, visit ilitchbusiness.wayne.edu.