Congratulations to all who graduated with a degree in Economics on Sunday, June 12, 2011!

The Economics Department conferred 19 students with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Economics, 17 Master of Arts degrees and 120 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Arts and Science degrees.  We want to mention the undergraduate students who won awards for their honors theses.  The two University Firestone Medal awardees were  Valentin Bolotnyy and Stephanie Lee.  The Anna Laura Meyers awardees were  Matthew Cook, Gregory Hirshman and Nikhil  Joshi.  The John G. Sobieski Award for Creative Thinking in Economics went to Alissa Bonneau and Christine Kang.  Michelle Gumport and Elizabeth Xiao were awarded the University’s Award for Excellence in Honors Thesis Presentation.

Pete Klenow, the Landau Professor in Economic Policy, gave the Economics Department commencement speech, which encouraged the students to take full advantage of their education and to remember that the quality of life is as important as income.