List of Student Prizes
Subject Prizes
The Faculty of Business and Economics awards a number of prizes to students who achieve the highest results in a subject, or a group of subjects. If more than one student achieves the highest result, the prize will be shared. (Prizes below are listed by discipline and subject level order. Graduate Prizes are listed separately.)
- Year Level Prizes
- Accounting
- Actuarial Studies
- Business Law
- Economics
- Finance
- Management & Marketing
- Honours Prizes
- Graduate Prizes
Year Level Prizes
AC Morley Prize
In 1921 Alban C. Morley donated money to establish a prize to be awarded to the candidate whose first year of the Bachelor of Commerce is adjudged to be the most meritorious. The prize is valued at the net annual income of the fundand is awarded to the best first year student. R6.72(11)
The winner of the 2010 AC Morley Prize is Elias Ross Vitsentzatos
Paton Advertising Services Exhibition
In 1954, Paton Advertising Service Pty Ltd donated money to establish a prize to be awarded annually to the best student in the second year of the Bachelor of Commerce. The prize is valued at the net annual income of the fund. R7.92
The winner of the 2010 Paton Advertising Services Exhibition is Annie Zhou
J.F. Major Memorial Scholarship
In 1962, James Perrins Major, a physician and member of the Standing Committee of Convocations, bequeathed funds to the University to be used for a scholarship in memory of his son, James Frank Major, a Commerce graduate who died on active service. The prize is valued at the net annual income of the fund and is awarded to the best third year student. R6.116
The winner of the 2010 J.F. Major Memorial Scholarship is Joshua Tan
William Noall & Son Prize
To commemorate the centenary of their firm in 1957, William Noall & Con, stock and share brokers, established a fund to provide an annual scholarship for the final year Honours students in the course for the degree Bachelor of Commerce (Honours). The prize is valued at the net annual income of the fund ($671 in 2007) and is awarded to the best Honours student. R6.100
The winner of the 2010 William Noall & Son Prize is Alexander Wiguna
The Martin Jilovsky Prize in Actuarial Studies
The donors are the wife and children of the late Martin Michael Jilovsky, BSc, FIA, FIAA, FNZSA. Mr Jilovsky graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University in 1972, majoring in Mathematics. He undertook Actuarial Studies through the Institute of Actuaries (United Kingdom) and qualified as a Fellow of that Institute in 1980.
Martins career led to employment in Australia, England and New Zealand, within several leading actuarial companies, and most of his work involved corporate superannuation clients. Martin devoted a considerable amount of time to the actuarial profession. He acted as a tutor and examiner after qualification. He was a member of the superannuation practice committee of the Institute of Actuaries from 1994, and in 1999 he was appointed chairman. He completed a three-year term on the Council at the end of 1997, and was also involved in a number of other superannuation industry bodies. Mr Jilovsky died in 1999. This prize was established in memory of Martin by his wife Cathie and their three daughters Esther, Leah and Rachel.
The prize will be awarded to the final year student in the Bachelor of Commerce who is an Australian citizen, with the highest aggregate mark in final year actuarial subjects. The prize is the Net Annual Income of the trust 6.72 (256). This prize will be awarded for the first time in 2011.
Subject Prizes
Accounting
| Subject/s | Award | 2010 Recipient/s | Sponsor |
| ACCT10003 Accounting Reports and Analysis;
ACCT10001 Accounting Reports & Analysis ACCT10002 Accounting Transactions & Analysis |
CPA First Year Accounting Prize | David Fidge | CPA Australia |
| ACCT20001 Cost Management | Charles Sindrey Prize for Cost Management | Annie Zhou | Charles Sindrey Fund (1954) R6.72(43) |
| ACCT20001 Cost Management
ACCT20002 Intermediate Financial Accounting |
CPA Second Year Accounting Prize | Annie Zhou | CPA Australia |
| ACCT30002 Enterprise Information Systems | Oracle Prize for Enterprise Information Systems | Matthew James Robinson | Oracle Corporation |
| ACCT20004 Accounting for Corporate Entities | Ernst & Young Prize for Accounting for Corporate Entities | Luke Dong | Ernst & Young |
| ACCT20006 Business Forensics & Fraud | Sothertons Prize for Business Forensics & Fraud | Mark Baldasso | Sothertons Chartered Accountants |
| ACCT30001 Financial Accounting
ACCT30002 Enterprise Performance Management ACCT30004 Auditing & Assurance Services |
CPA Third Year Accounting Prize | Jennifer Ying Zi Vivienne Jade Petroff |
CPA Australia |
| ACCT40003 Studies in Auditing & Assurance Services | Sothertons Prize in Auditing & Assurance Services | Abby Joan Marie Telgenkamp | Sothertons Chartered Accountants |
| ACCT40005 Research Essay in Accounting | Lou Goldberg Honours Prize | Mark Szabo Sorabh Tomar |
Department of Accounting & Business Information Systems |
Actuarial Studies
| Subject/s | Award | 2010 Recipient(s) | Sponsor |
| ACTL30003 Contingencies | Aviva Prize for Contingencies | Matthew Chan | Aviva |
| ACTL10001 Introduction to Actuarial Studies | CommInsure Prize for Introduction to Actuarial Studies | Yang Zheng | CommInsure |
| ACTL30004 Actuarial Statistics | Taylor Fry Prize for Actuarial Statistics | Leon Looi | Taylor Fry |
| ACTL40001 Actuarial Studies Research Essay | The Institute of Actuaries of Australia Honours Prize | Alexander Wiguna | The Insitute of Actuaries of Australia |
ACTL40002 Risk Theory I ACTL40003 Risk Theory II |
Towers Watson Prize for Risk Theory | Alexander Wiguna | Towers Watson |
ACTL40004 Advanced Financial Mathematics I ACTL40008 Advanced Financial Mathematics II |
ANZ Honours Prize | Alexander Wiguna Navin Ranasinghe |
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) |
ACTL40006 Actuarial Practice & Control I ACTL40007 Actuarial Practice & Control II |
Deloitte Actuaries & Consultants Prize for Actuarial Practice & Control | Navin Ranasinghe | Deloitte Actuaries & Consultants |
Business Law
| Subject/s | Award | 2010 Recipient(s) | Sponsor |
| BLAW20001 Corporate Law | State Chamber of Commerce Exhibition for Corporate Law | Annie Zhou |
State Chamber of Commerce Victoria Fund (1905) R6.19 |
Economics
| Subject/s | Award | 2010 Recipient(s) | Sponsor |
| ECON10003 Introductory Macroeconomics | State Chamber of Commerce Exhibition for Introductory Macroeconomics | David Fidge Yoon Tee Yang Zhang |
State Chamber of Commerce Victoria Fund (1905) R6.19 |
| ECON10004 Introductory Microeconomics | State Chamber of Commerce Exhibition for Introductory Microeconomics | Yinging Feng | State Chamber of Commerce Victoria Fund (1905) R6.19 |
| ECON10005 Quantitative Methods I | Francis J Wright Exhibition for Quantitative Methods I | Michael Yang | Francis J. Wright Fund (1921) R6.72b(223) |
| ECON20001 Intermediate Macroeconomics | State Chamber of Commerce Exhibition for Intermediate Macroeconomics | Annie Zhou | State Chamber of Commerce Victoria Fund (1905) R6.19 |
| ECON20002 Intermediate Microeconomics | State Chamber of Commerce Exhibition for Intermediate Microeconomics | Ellen Muir | State Chamber of Commerce Victoria Fund (1905) R6.19 |
| ECOM20001 Introductory Econometrics | State Chamber of Commerce Exhibition for Introductory Econometrics | Zhengzheng Zuo | State Chamber of Commerce Victoria Fund (1905) R6.19 |
| ECON20007 Globalisation & the World Economy | Francis J Wright Exhibition for Globalisation & the World Economy | Cameron Quinn | Francis J. Wright Fund (1921) R6.72b(223) |
| ECON20008 Australian Economic History | Katherine Woodruff Memorial Prize | Katherine Woodruff Memorial Fund (1960) R6.72(48) | |
| ECON30001 International Trade Policy | State Chamber of Commerce Exhibition for International Trade Policy | Sarah Dahlgren Allen | State Chamber of Commerce Victoria Fund (1905) R6.19 |
ECON30001 International Trade Policy ECON30009 Macroeconomics ECON30010 Microeconomics ECOM30002 Econometrics |
Wyselaskie Scholarship | Freya Carlton | Wyselaskie Scholarship Fund (1883) R6.7 |
| ECON30002 Economic Development | State Chamber of Commerce Exhibition for Economic Development | Rachael Meager | State Chamber of Commerce Victoria Fund (1905) R6.19 |
| ECON30003 Industrial Economics | State Chamber of Commerce Exhibition for Industrial Economics | Divya Goyal David Marks |
State Chamber of Commerce Victoria Fund (1905) R6.19 |
| ECON30005 Money & Banking | State Chamber of Commerce Exhibition for Money & Banking | Po Chen | State Chamber of Commerce Victoria Fund (1905) R6.19 |
| ECON30007 Agricultural Economics | Francis J Wright Exhibition for Agricultural Economics | Timothy Lau Stephanie Malon |
Francis J Wright Fund (1921) R6.72b(223) |
| ECON30008 History of Economic Thought | Ian Purves Macneil Memorial Exhibition | History of Economic Thought | IP Macneil Fund (1966) R6.72(59) |
| ECON30009 Macroeconomics | Economic Society of Australia Prize for Macroeconomics | Stephanie Malon | Economic Society of Australia |
| ECON30010 Microeconomics | Economic Society of Australia Prize for Microeconomics | Joshua Tan | Economic Society of Australia |
| ECOM30002 Econometrics | Jean Polglaze Memorial Prize | Zong AW Sarah Dahlgren Allen |
Jean Polglaze Memorial Fund (1980) R6.72(80) |
| ECOM30003 Applied Microeconometric Modelling | Jean Polglaze Memorial Prize | Barry Bashour Junxing Chay |
Jean Polglaze Memorial Fund (1980) R6.72(80) |
| ECON30011 Environmental Economics | KPMG Prize for Environmental Economics | Freya Carlton Amy Mylius |
KPMG |
| ECON30016 Economics of Taxation | State Chamber of Commerce Exhibition for Economics of Taxation | Erin McManus Craig Michaels |
State Chamber of Commerce Victoria Fund (1905) R6.19 |
| ECOM30004 Time Series Analysis & Forecasting | Jean Polglze Memorial Prize | Zi Low | Jean Polglaze Memorial Fund (1980) R6.72(80) |
| ECON40001 Economics of Financial Markets | Australian Finance Conference Prize for Economics of Financial Markets | Australian Finance Conference | |
| ECOM40001 Microeconometrics | DEEWR Honours Prize for Microeconometrics | Craig Michaels | Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations (DEEWR) |
| ECON40002 Advanced Microeconomics | Economics Prize for Advanced Microeconomics | Simon Mongey | Department of Economics |
| ECON4001 Advanced Macroeconomics | Economics Prize for Advanced Macroeconomics | Simon Mongey | Department of Economics |
| ECON40011Public Economics | Wilfred Prest Prize for Public Economics | Christopher James Duan Wu |
Department of Economics |
| ECON40015 Financial Economics | Desmond J Cleary Memorial Prize | Samuel Broder | Desmond J. Clearly Fund R6.72(157) |
| ECOM40006 Econometric Techniques | Economics Prize for Econometric Techniques | Adam Spencer | Department of Economics |
| ECON40016 Economics Research Essay | Jean Polglaze Memorial Prize | Simon Mongey | Jean Polglaze Memorial Fund (1980) R6.72(80) |
Finance
| Subject/s | Award | 2010 Recipient(s) | Sponsor |
| FNCE10001 Finance 1 | FMAA Prize for Finance | Yoon Siang Tee | Financial Management Association of Australia |
| FNCE20002 Management of Financial Institutions | Finsia Prize for Management of Financial Institutions | Amina Ali | Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) |
FNCE30001 Investments FNCE30002 Corporate Finance FNCE30003 International Finance |
Deutsche Bank Finance Exhibition | Vivienne Jade Petroff | Deutsche Bank |
| FNCE30002 Corporate Finance | Booz & Co Prize for Corporate Finance | Shaoqing Qi | Booz & Co |
| FNCE30004 Asian Capital Markets | State Chamber of Commerce Exhibition for Asian Capital Markets | David Xu | State Chamber of Commerce Victoria Fund (1905) R6.19 |
FNCE40001 Advanced Corporate Finance FNCE40002 Advanced Investments FNCE40004 Research Methods in Finance FNCE40006 Finance Research Essay |
Deutsche Bank Honours in Finance Exhibition | Joshua Ng | Deutsche Bank |
| FNCE30004 Asian Capital Markets | Qiao Jia Prize in Capital Markets | Adam Wasylkowski Yi Li Jemma Xu Yoni Cukierman |
Mr Steve Qiao |
Management & Marketing
| Subject/s | Award | 2010 Recipient(s) | Sponsor |
| MKTG10001 Principles of Marketing | Commercial Travellers' Exhibition in Marketing | Lynn Tze Fiona Phoon | Commercial Travellers' Association |
| MKTG20008 Strategic Marketing | Bain & Company Prize for Strategic Marketing | Edward Smith | Bain & Company |
| MKTG20010 Managing Conflict in the Workplace | JE Isaac Prize | Eliza Joan Renouf Melissa Kate Kirby |
Faculty of Business & Economics |
| MGMT30008 Organisations, Ethics & Society | State Chamber of Commerce Exhibition for Organisations, Ethics & Society | Gregory William McCallum | State Chamber of Commerce Victoria Fund (1905) R6.19 |
| MGMT40002 Advanced Human Resource Managment
MGMT40007 Advanced Employment Systems |
Australian Chamber of Manufactures Honours Prize | Michael David Trucano | Australian Chamber of Manufactures Fund (1972) R7.93 |
Honours Prizes
Accounting & Business Information Systems Honours Medal
Awarded to the student/s with the best overall result in the Department of Accounting & Business Information Systems Honours program.
The winner of the 2010 Accounting & Business Information Systems Honours Medal is David Raffa
Actuarial Studies Honours Prize
Awarded the the student/s with the best overall result in the Bachelor of Commerce Actuarial Studies Honours program.
The winner of the 2010 Actuarial Studies Honours Prize is Alexander Wiguna
Economics Honours Prize
Awarded to the student/s with the best overall result in the Department of Economics Honours program.
The winner of the 2010 Economics Honours Prize is Simon Mongey
Finance Honours Prize
Awarded to the student/s with the best overall result in the Department of Finance Honours Program.
The winners of the 2010 Finance Honours Prize is Cheng Xun Ng
Management & Marketing Honours Prize
Awarded to the student/s with the best overall result in the Department of Management & Marketing Honours program.
The winner of the 2010 Management & Marketing Honours Prize is Margaret Lee
Graduate Prizes
| Subject/s | Award | 2010 Recipient(s) | Sponsor |
| BISY90008 Information Processes & Control | Protiviti Prize for Information Processes & Control | Yuyu Li | Protiviti |
