
Southeastern Louisiana University’s College of Business held its semi-annual awards ceremony for the Written Works of Excellence and Distinction Program honoring 17 outstanding students who excelled on papers written for class assignments during the spring 2024 semester.
The WOWED Program was created in 2019 to recognize students who have created the “best of the best” written individual and group projects, works or papers each semester. Established by former Dean Antoinette Phillips, the program seeks to advance the College of Business’ learning goal in regards to continually working to improve students’ written communication skills. This program is directed by Merritt Professor of Management David C. Wyld, who also helped create it.
The semester’s WOWED honorees included the following: Brett John Barrios, a marketing major from Marrero; Greyson Teylor Boudreaux, an accounting major from Hammond; Keyshawn Kevin Casnave, a business administration major from Lacombe; Presley Dronet, a supply chain management major from Mandeville; Hailee Fernandez, an accounting major from Covington; Tanner J. Hebert, a finance major from Gonzales; Gracee C. Lefort, a business administration major from Cutoff; GiGi N. Marks, a business administration major from Franklinton; and Jillian Martin, a marketing major from Covington. Additional honorees included Morgan Martinez, an English (creative writing) major from Madisonville; Liam P. McCauley, a mathematics major from Mandeville; Cameron Meier, a double major in business administration and supply chain management from Denham Springs; Sophia Rose Nastasi, a marketing major from Mandeville; Raynard Roberts, Jr., a business administration major from New Orleans; Keyron Smith, a computer science major from Donaldsonville; Logan Whittington, a finance major from Denham Springs; and Brooke Williamson, a business administration major from Madisonville.
For more information, contact David Wyld at dwyld@southeastern.edu or 985-789-2127.






