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Faculty of Business and Law awards recognise best and brightest

The Faculty of Business and Law held its annual Student Awards at the City Flinders campus on the evening of Wednesday 13 June 2012. Approximately 180 people attended, including award sponsors, student award winners, and their family and friends.

This year the Faculty handed out a record record number of awards. The majority were for academic excellence across courses, specialisations and unit. The ceremony also saw the debut of a new award category - The Executive Dean's Awards for Excellence in Leadership, in Engagement and in Research.  

Congratulations to all the award recipients, and thanks to our many prize sponsors and donors! Below is a full list of award-winners.

Executive Dean's Awards

Exec Dean Colin Clark with inaugural Exec Dean's Award recipients

Exec Dean Colin Clark with inaugural Exec Dean's Award recipients

Award for Outstanding Leadership - Subashini Wijesekara
Award for Outstanding Engagement - Cynthia Farran
Award for Excellence in Research - Yvonne Zhou-Grundy

Most Outstanding Students: Work Integrated Learning

Accounting - Oladokun Omibiyi 
Banking & Finance - Konstantina Tsimiklis
Event Management - Nicole Vaughan
Hospitality Management - Zoe Gnaden 
Human Resource Management - Elias Assaf
International Trade - Andrew Fame
Law - Taha Khan
Marketing - Anastasia Keras
Tourism Management - Megan Walendy
Music Industry - Travis Banko

Most Outstanding Students: Victoria Graduate School of Business

Master of Business Administration - Paula Scher 
Doctor of Business Administration - Andrew Carruthers

Most Outstanding Students: Victoria Law School

Award recipients celebrate their win

Award recipients celebrate their win

Dispute Resolution and Civil Procedure (BLB3127) - Paul Medi
Second Year Student, Bachelor of Laws - Robbert Roos 
Business Law - Tabitha Seiboth and Aung Ye Win 
Lawyers & Legal Ethics (BLB3131) - Cassie Heiser and Natalie Vuong 
Taxation Law BLB3134 - Joseph Carbone
Bachelor of Legal Practice Management - name removed
Contracts 2 BLB1117 - Robert Forrester
Contracts 1 (BLB1102) - Mitchell Hamblin
Booth Medal: Karina Heikkila 

Most Outstanding Students: School of Accounting and Finance

First Year Accounting - Joanne Carpenter 
Second Year Student, Bachelor of Business (Accounting) - John Ibrahim
Graduate, Bachelor of Business (Accounting) - Ao Jiao 
Graduate, Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) - Yi Tan
Accounting for Decision Making (BAO1101) Semester One - Alison Bottcher
Accounting for Decision Making (BAO1101) Semester Two - Kristen Sanseviero
Business Statistics (BEO1106) - Daniela Raicu

Most Outstanding Students: School of International Business

attendees at BusLaw Student Awards

Attendees at the awards ceremony

J Mulcahy Memorial Award , Bachelor of Business (Hospitality Management) – Keaton Male
Bachelor of Business (Hospitality Management) – Cherie Bunn
First Year Tourism Student - Laura Vella
Intro to Tourism (BHO1190) - Mary Moran
Managing Sustainable Destinations (BHO3499) - Lydia Goddard and Megan Walendy 
International Business / International Trade - Emily Rydel
Second Year Student, Bachelor of Business (Event Management) - Megan Hole 
Bachelor of Business (Marketing) - Ryan Crocker 
Bachelor of Business (Event Management) – Hayley Keegan
Postgraduate Student in Hospitality, Tourism, Events and Marketing – Daniela Wimmer 

Most Outstanding Students: School of Management and Information Systems

Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management) - Scott Gallagher
Graduate, Masters of Business (Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management) - Shruti Choudhary 
Information Systems for Business (BCO1102) - Juliana Hamit
Bachelor of Business (Global Logistics and Transport) - Ruwan De Alwis
Master of Business (Enterprise Resource Planning Systems) - Jocelyn Rao
Jane Shou Memorial Scholarship - Catherine Xiaocui Lou and David Chin
Rumpf Award for First Year Student, Bachelor of Business (Management) - Rhiannon Mazza 
Rumpf Award for Postgraduate Student, Master of Business (Management) - Paula Bantock 

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