Every year the Department of Economics invites donors, alumni, current faculty, staff, honors and graduate students and friends to a celebration of student achievement and the beginning of the holiday season. This year's event was held at the Timm's Centre on November 24, 2017. Link to the new Economics Facebook page for photos of the event.
The student award recipients for the 2017 Academic year are as follows:
The Department congratulates all award winners and extends its gratitude to all the donors who continue to support the level of excellence in all of our students. Additional student awards are adjudicated by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research and will be noted at another time.
UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS 2017
AN ANGUS SINCLAIR ABELL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT: NATALIE ENG
Endowed by: Amy Ross Cogswell Abell BSc Pharmacy '36, in memory of her husband Angus Sinclair Abello, BA Economics '37.
Awarded to a student with superior academic achievement entering the third year of study for a Bachelor of Arts with an Honours in Economics.
ARCHIBALD FORSTER McGOUN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT: SARAH BURKINSHAW
Endowed by: Mrs. IW Long of Edmonton, Alberta
Awarded annually to a student with superior academic achievement entering the second, third, or fourth year of the honors program in Economics.
BALDER VON HOHENBALKEN MEMORIAL PRIZE IN ECONOMICS RECIPIENT: MITCHELL HUGHES
Endowed by: Friends and colleagues in memory of the late Dr. Balder von Hohenbalken of Edmonton, Alberta
Awarded annually to a student with superior academic achievement entering the second, third, or fourth year of the honors program in Economics.
DR. MANMOHAN SINGH PRIZE IN ECONOMICS RECIPIENT: GRAHAM NISHIKAWA
Endowed by: Friends in recognition of Dr Manmohan Singh receiving an honorary degree from the University of Alberta in June 1997.
Awarded annually to a student with superior academic achievement in the Faculty of Arts majoring in Economics. Recipients will be selected on the basis of academic standing in Economics 213 (An Introduction to the Economics of Developing Countries).
DR. MILTON F. BAUER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT: KARIEBI ERIC
Endowed by: Friends and colleagues in memory of the late Dr. Milton F Bauer of Edmonton, Alberta.
Awarded annually, on the basis of academic merit, to a student proceeding to the fourth year of the honors program in Economics at the University of Alberta.
DUNCAN ALEXANDER MacGIBBON MEDAL IN ECONOMICS RECIPIENT: FRANK -OLIVER GARRANE
Endowed by: the late Dr DA MacGibbon of Hamilton, Ontario
Awarded annually to the student convocating with highest distinction from Honors Economics
GRADUATE AWARDS 2017
AD O'BRIEN GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP IN PUBLIC FINANCE RECIPIENT: TRANG NGUYEN
Endowed by: Colleagues and friends of AD O'Brien upon his retirement in 1999 from his position as Alberta's Deputy Provincial Treasurer
Awarded annually to a full-time student in a graduate degree program in the Department of Economics whose specialization is in Public Finance.
CORE PRIZE IN ECONOMICS RECIPIENT: JIAQIONG WU
Each year the Core Prize in Economics is awarded to a graduate student completing their Masters degree in the Department of Economics. The Core Prize in Economics is awarded to the student who achieves the highest overall GPA in the 4 core courses in their program. The 4 core courses are ECON 503 (Microeconomic Theory I), 581 (Macroeconomic Theory I), 598 (Econometric Theory and Applications) and 599 (Applied Econometrics).
ECONOMICS SOCIETY OF NORTHERN ALBERTA MA SCHOLARSHIP IN ECONOMICS RECIPIENTS: TIAN YU ZHANG, GUNSU SON, RAJA JAHANGIR
Endowed by: The Economics Society of Northern Alberta
Awarded annually to three students registered full-time in a MA degree program in the Department of Economics who achieve superior academic standing (minimum grade point average of 3.5) in the Fall term of the first year of program registration. The scholarship is intended to provide financial support to the recipients during the completion of the Directed Research Project.
MAURICE, MARY, AND MAX STEWART GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP IN ECONOMICS RECIPIENTS: GUNSU SON, RAJA JAHANGIR
Endowed through a bequest from the estate of Max Douglas Stewart in honour of Maurice Howard Stewart, born in 1889, and Mary Penn (Ritchie) Stewart, born in 1891, and their sons, Max Douglas Stewart, born in 1919 in Edmonton, Professor of Economics at the Royal Military College of Canada, the University of Alberta, and Wilfrid Laurier University, and Maurice Bruce Stewart, born in 1932 in Edmonton, winner of the Governor-General's Gold medal at the University of Alberta, and Professor of Physics at Willamette University, Salem, Oregon.
Awarded annually to a student who is registered full-time in a graduate degree program in the Department of Economics at the University of Alberta and who received the highest standing in the final year (minimum A-) of a Bachelor's degree. Preference will be given to a graduate of the Wilfrid Laurier University or a graduate of another Ontario University or a student whose permanent residence in the two years immediately preceding the end of their final Bachelor's degree examinations was in either Bruce County or Grey County in Ontario.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP - DOCTORAL RECIPIENT: SCOTT AURIAT
The Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (FGSR) awards QEII Graduate Scholarships each year. Funded by the Government of Alberta, these scholarships reward the high level of achievement of students pursuing graduate studies in Alberta.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP - MASTERS RECIPIENT: GUNSU SON
The Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (FGSR) awards QEII Graduate Scholarships each year. Funded by the Government of Alberta, these scholarships reward the high level of achievement of students pursuing graduate studies in Alberta.
RESEARCH PRIZE IN ECONOMICS RECIPIENT: MUHAMMAD SAJJAD
Each year the Research Prize in Economics is awarded to a graduate student completing their Masters degree in the Department of Economics. The Research Prize in Economics is awarded to the student who writes the best research paper in ECON 999.
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA DOCTORAL RECRUITMENT SCHOLARSHIPS RECIPIENTS: FRANCIS CHIPARAWASHA, JUNQI WU
The purpose of this scholarship is to recruit superior students at the doctoral level who have the potential to contribute to the University of Alberta's community and research.