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On May 31 2019, seven students were awarded special prizes recognizing outstanding achievement in studies within the Department of Economics.
Lingyun Wu awarded FGS scholarship for 2013-14
Angela Daley and Barry Watson have been awarded prizes for their papers they presented at the ACEA Conference at Memorial University in October 2013.
Andreas Straathof (BSc) has been awarded the Anonymous Prize in Economics for 2012-13. The prize is awarded to an Economics student or students, not in their last year, "who has (have) shown through an essay outstanding promise of successfully applying economics to the solution of human problems." Straathof was nominated by his Econometrics (Econ 3338) professor, Courtney Ward, for his paper entitled: "Using Oil Prizes to Forecast Canadian GDP Growth.”
Zachary Chartier, Victoria Joy-Warren, Lian Long Li, Qin Man Li, Yu Yun Li, Justin Mayne, Ling Chen Meng, Thomas Minshull, Stefan Phipps-Burton, Katherine Ryan, Lianwei Shan, Yu Song, Andreas Straathof, Xin Pei Sun, Leonie van Haeren, Pengyu Wang, Ziyu Wang, Wen Hui Zhang, Mengying Zhu, and Yujiao Song are recipients of a Professor W. Russell Maxwell Memorial Scholarship Award for 2013-14.
Peng Fei Li was awarded the University Medal in Economics.
Mico Schwartzentruber (MA) and Paul Spin (PhD) are this year's recipients of the Economics Teaching Award.
Justin Mayne (BSc) is this year's recipient of the Econometrics Prize.
Shannon Clamp (BSc) is this year's recipient of the Economic Theory Prize.
On May 23, some of our graduates and staff members cheerfully posed for a group shot on the front steps following graduation.