Department News

Student Awards Ceremony at the Department's Semester-End Party

The department extends many congratulations to our students who have had their achievements recognized at the end of this school year.


Professor Byron Gangnes presents Yao Li, the recipient of this year's Hung Family Scholarship.	Undergraduate Advisor Gary Kikuchi (middle) standing with Clement Mulalap (left) and Aaron Koga (right), recipients of Wytze and Barbara Gorter Awards for Best Students.

A list of winners and more photos can be found below.

Congratulations to our 2006-2007 UH Manoa Economics Award Winners!

Award Name	Recipient(s)
Hung Family Scholarship	Yao Li
Burnham O. Campbell Award	Porntawee Nantamanasikarn
Wytze and Barbara Gorter Awards - Best Students (2)	Aaron Koga Clement Mulalap
Wytze and Barbara Gorter Awards - Leadership	Russell McGuire
Hawaii Economic Association Award	Kevin Okumura
Chris Grootaert Scholarship	Chace Moleta
Wall Street Journal Outstanding Student Award	Austin Bunag
2006-2007 AAPSS Junior Fellow nominee	Clement Mulalap
Omicron Delta Epsilon (International Honor Society of Economics)	Garet-Devyn Akiyoshi Austin Bunag Takahito Iida

Following the awards ceremony, the department hosted a semester-end party.


Undergraduate Advisor Gary Kikuchi standing with Russ McGuire, recipient of the Wytze and Barbara Gorter Award for Leadership.	Undergraduate Advisor Gary Kikuchi presenting the Wall Street Journal Outstanding Student Award to Austin Bunag.

Also honored at the ceremony was Sarah Takemoto (shown here with Department Chairman and Professor Jim Mak), who was awarded a 2007 URC Summer Undergraduate Research Grant from the University Research Council.	Enjoying fun, food, and aloha at the Spring 2007 Department End-of-Semester party!

Additional photographs from this year's department party, all graciously donated by Professor Sumner La Croix, can be found on our department centennial website's photo gallery, under "Department Parties."

Congratulations to all those honored! For those interested in learning more about these awards, please visit our listings for graduate and undergraduate student awards. The University of Hawaii Foundation also has made many of these awards possible.