Congratulations to the Vancouver School of Economics Undergraduate Awards Winners for 2015: Jiuyun Zhang, Fangzhu Zhou, Prapon Wongsangaroonsri, and Dongxiao Zhang. These students were nominated for the awards by the School, based on their academic performance.
“VSE Undergraduate Programs attract a large number of very high quality students. These four award winners have excelled in all their terms here at UBC,” says Professor Hugh Neary, VSE Associate Director and BA (Econ) Program Coordinator. “We are very proud to be able to recognize them in this way.”
- Economics Undergraduate Scholarship: awarded to Jiuyun Zhang, a fourth-year economics honours student. This award is endowed by alumni and friends of the VSE for undergraduate students in VSE programs.
- Robert Mills Clark Memorial Scholarship: awarded to Fangzhu Zhou, a fourth-year economics honours student, who is also doing a minor in mathematics. This award is endowed through a bequest by Robert Mills Clark for an undergraduate student entering the fourth year of a major or honours program in economics. The award is made on the recommendation of the School.
- Dal Grauer Memorial Scholarship: awarded to Prapon Wongsangaroonsri, a fourth-year economics honours student, who is also doing a minor in commerce. This scholarship is endowed as a memorial to Dr. Albert E. (Dal) Grauer, who was Chancellor of the University of British Columbia from 1957-1961 by Frank M. McMahon. The award is made to a student in economics and is open to both graduate and undergraduate students.
- Hector Gordon Munro Scholarship in Economics: awarded to Dongxiao Zhang, a fourth-year economics majors student, who is also doing a major in mathematics. This scholarship is endowed by the late Blanche Bailey (BA ’27) in memory of her husband, Hector Gordon Munro (BA ’27), President of Arts ’27, who died in 1957. In her freshman year, Blanche Bailey was Vice-President of Arts ’27. The award is made on the recommendation of the VSE to a student in economics, entering his or her final year in the BA program.
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