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Welcome Melanie Rakitovan

November 3, 2025

Welcome Melanie Rakitovan

Melanie Rakitovan

Melanie Rakitovan has joined the Statistics Department as a Student Assistant this October. Melanie is a second-year Finance student with minors in Financial Planning and Accounting from Queens, New York. 

Melanie is involved in the Delta Sigma Pi-Nu chapter, the premier professional business fraternity at Ohio State, Buckeye Capital Investors, and is a member of the CFA Undergraduate Research Challenge Team. 

Her favorite part of her academic experience at Ohio State is the diverse groups of people that she get to learn with and interact with as a student, along with the various professional opportunities that Ohio State offers its students. 

Welcome Melanie Rakitovan!