Alumni Awards presented at 2017 Undergraduate Awards Banquet

Awards and scholarships were presented at the 2017 Undergraduate Awards Banquent on May 4, 2017. Due to the generous support from alumni and friends of the Department of Economics, the following alumni awards and scholarships were included:

 

Michelle Moreno Leadership Award

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Recipients: Michael Hebert and Namitha Somayaji

 

Brian Marshall Service Award

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Recipients: Shaun Majeed and Hannah Gruen (not pictured)

 

Convocation Speaker GPA Scholarships

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Dr. Lars Stole 2017 Convocation Speaker Scholarship Recipient: Siqi Chen
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Dr. Maria Otoo 2016 Convocation Speaker Scholarship Recipient: Anqi Yuan
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Justice Rita Garman 2015 Convocation Speaker Scholarship Recipient: Yanxuan Wang

 

Robert L. and Amelia Louise Rivers Scholarship

Recipients:  Huiyi Chen and Collin Schumock (not pictured)

 

Michael and Christine Kolbuk Undergraduate Scholarship

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Kornelia Chyla 2017 Recipient
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Emily Schroeder 2016 Recipient

 

Department Sponsored Awards

 

Economics Academic Scholarship, Postgraduate and Undergraduate Education Scholarships

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Economics Academic Scholarship Recipients:

Yunmin Wu, Mary Grace Bedalov, Mingxuan Chen, Huan Tan, Nicholas Brown, Tomas Dilnyy, Yue Ao (pictured second from right), Jingyi Nie (pictured second from left), Nicholas Ruble, Lucas Mendonca Capoia

 

 

Postgraduate Education Scholarship Recipients: Nicholas Brown, Ramiro Sugranes, Collin Schumock, Mingrui Zhang, Chengzheng Yu, Yuqi Li (not pictured)

 

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Undergraduate Education Scholarship Recipients:  2017: Damian Margarites, Veronica Glowacki, Dino Petrov (pictured second fromleft), Natalia Plichta (pictured second from right)   2016: Xi Lin, Ji Yoon Jung, Huanhuan Yue, Fan Wu, Zachary Herr

 

Honors Research Scholarship

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Recipients: Huiyi Chen and Timothy Chin (not pictured)

 

Economics Community Award

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Recipients: Chengzheng Yu and Michael Hebert

 

Diversity and Inclusion Award

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Recipients: Huiyi Chen (pictured), Zaolin Chen (not pictured), Hiroki Arai (not pictured)

 

Peer Recognition Award

Recipients: Mark Brisske and Zihe Wang (not pictured)

 

More photos can be found in the Economics Department photo album

Interested in creating a scholarship or award for graduate students? Contact hatchel@illinois.edu