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Undergraduate Earns Magellan Scholarship


Research with Dr. Marcus Caylor to Focus on Influence of Corporate Governance on Investment Decisions

Moore School senior Joshua Rabon has been awarded a University of South Carolina Magellan Scholarship in the amount of $1,463 to conduct research with Dr. Marcus Caylor, assistant professor of accounting. The project is titled "Does Increased Corporate Governance Lead to Better Investment Decisions by Managers?"

Rabon is an Honors College student from Georgetown, S.C., with a double major in accounting and finance.  He has consistently made the Dean’s List or President’s List during his undergraduate career.

The Magellan Scholar program is administered through the Office of Undergraduate Research and was created by the University in 2006 to support and encourage undergraduate research with the help of faculty mentors. 

Gail Crouch
December 2007