Presidential Scholars

Lidya KartikaLidya Kartika, 2023 Presidential Scholar in integrated supply management  

Lidya Kartika of Jakarta, Indonesia, is an integrated supply management and food and consumer package goods marketing major with a minor in business analytics. Graduating spring of 2023, Kartika has been on the dean’s list each semester at Western.

While working full time, Kartika has been involved in the Supply Chain Management Association and has competed in the WMU Business Analytics Competition in November 2022 and the 2023 WMPMI Project Management Competition. She has received multiple scholarships from WMU. After graduation, she will be moving to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to start a full-time job in a supply chain rotational program with Regal Rexnord and plans to obtain her MBA in the future. 

Best advice: “Always push yourself and be open to try new things, you’ll be surprised at how much you can achieve!”

  • 2022: Miranda McNiven
  • 2021: Darrin Hobson
  • 2020: Joy Goldschmidt
  • 2019: Kathryn Bules
  • 2018: Edward Mulford