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 spring 2009 end of semester department party, which was held on May 6, 2009.


Professor Jerry Russo with Si Chen, winner of the Hung Family Fellowship	Katie Tangtipongkul (left), winner of the Burnham O. Campbell Award, with members of the Campbell family

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

Congratulations to our 2008-2009 UH Manoa Economics Award Winners!

Award Name	Recipient(s)
Burnham O. Campbell Award	Katie Tangtipongkul
Hung Family Fellowship	Si Chen
Pearson Award for Outstanding Student	Nicholas Kwock, Megan Chock
Pearson Award for Leadership	Amy Blackwell
Hawaii Economic Association Best Student Award	Wayne Liou
Christiaan Grootaert Scholarship	Rowena Ahia Courtney Goodness Dane Costa John Worthington, Jr. Kanoelani Takitani-Smith

Congratulations to everyone who was honored at our awards ceremony!

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

Additional photographs from this year's department party, many graciously donated by our own graduate student Melinda Podor, 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 has made many of these awards possible.