Ahmed Albrolisy is congratulated by Professor Yaw Mensah.
Slideshow: First students receive Rutgers Doctoral of Business Administration Degrees
The first seven students to complete the Rutgers Doctoral of Business Administration Program were celebrated during a traditional hooding ceremony in August.
Graduating students from the inaugural cohort of the Rutgers Doctoral of Business Administration Program and their faculty advisors file into Rutgers Business School's Bove Auditorium for a traditional hooding ceremony in August.
Dean Lei Lei welcomed the students and an audience of friends, family members and faculty advisors to the ceremony at Rutgers Business School. Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark, served as the ceremony speaker. The mayor was introduced by Jeffrey Robinson, newly appointed Rutgers University-Newark provost and executive vice-chancellor. The ceremony was also attended by program administrators, several deans and representatives of the RU-Newark Chancellor's Office.
After receiving their Doctoral of Business Administration degrees and hoods, the first seven graduates of the program: (from left) Rohit Chadha, Gabor Illes, Ainsley Reynolds, Hannibal Fleming, Kwame Adu-Gyamfi, Oluyinka Fadahunsi and Ahmed Albrolisy.
Professor Suresh Govindaraj, director of the Rutgers Doctoral of Business Administration Program, served as master of ceremony.
Oluyinka Fadahunsi, who focused his Ph.D. studies on accounting during the Doctoral of Business Administration Program, holds his son before the start of the hooding ceremony.
Rohit Chadha, who was among the first cohort of students who started the Doctoral of Business Administration Program in 2020, attended the hooding ceremony with his wife and son.
Mayor of Newark Ras Baraka addressed the graduating Ph.D. students during the ceremony.
Lei Lei, dean of Rutgers Business School, greeted students, their families, faculty and other guests attending the ceremony. The cohort represented the inaugural class of graduates in the Doctoral of Business Administration Program, which was started in 2020.
Rutgers University-Newark Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Jeffrey Robinson hooded a number of the graduating Ph.D. students. He is pictured here with Hannibal Fleming, who concentrated his studies in organization management.
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