21 June 2010

Accounting students to receive prizes as well as degrees

Photo opportunities: 2.30pm on Wednesday, June 23rd June at the Accountancy Lecture Theatre, 1 Perth Road. Presentation of prizes to School of Accounting & Finance graduates.

9.40am on Wednesday, June 23rd. Hundreds of graduands, including those from the School of Accounting & Finance will descend upon the Caird Hall to receive their degrees.

The University of Dundee's School of Accounting & Finance will later this week confer honours upon high achieving graduates at a special graduation party held to mark the culmination of their hard work.

The party, to be held at the Accountancy Lecture Theatre, will take place from 2.30pm onwards on Wednesday, June 23rd. The students will receive their degrees during the University's annual graduation ceremony at the Caird Hall that morning. The afternoon party will allow prizewinners to celebrate their awards with family, friends and classmates.

Professor Christine Helliar, Dean of the School said, 'This event enables the prizewinners to receive their awards in person in front of all their friends and relatives, before they start their professional careers.

'Many of our graduands have already found jobs in Accounting, Finance and in other sectors and we look forward to hearing from them in the future and to share their successes. We are delighted that the prize sponsors are able to join us on this special occasion - they help us encourage good performance and acknowledge the success of our students.'

One of the awards is the inaugural George Stout Memorial Prize, given in honour of Professor Stout, who recently passed away. His wife, Mrs Dorothy Stout, will present the award to Luis Alcada, the best student at Finesse, a finance game that Professor Stout helped to develop.

Angela Murphy from Servite Housing Association will present the Servite Prize for Best Student in Corporate Social Reporting to Daniel Crighton while Andrew Zimmermann, Alliance Trust Financial Controller will be presenting a number of awards, including the Alliance Trust Prize for the best Senior Honours Student in the Accounting Finance Stream, which was won by Juliette Holroyd.

Full list of winners:

George Stout Memorial Prizefor the best student in Finesse (presented by Mrs Dorothy Stout) - Luis Alcada.

Servite Prizefor the best student in Corporate Social Reporting (presented by Mrs Angela Murphy, Accountant, Servite Housing Association) - Daniel Crighton.

Presentations by Mr Andrew Zimmermann, Financial Controller, Alliance Trust:

Alliance Trust Prizefor the best Senior Honours Student in the Accounting Finance Stream - Juliette Holroyd.

School of Accounting & Finance PrizeFor the best Senior Honours Student - Daniel Crighton.

BFin/BIFin Millennium Prize - For the best Senior Honours Student on the BFin/BIFin Programme - Stephen Johnstone.

School of Accounting & Finance (Masters) Prize (January 2009 Cohort) for Outstanding Masters Student - Ernest Gyapong.

Masters in International Finance Prize (January 2009 Cohort) for best student on the MSc International Finance Programme - Ernest Gyapong and Dilshad Jahan.

The School of Accounting & Finance (Masters) Prize (September 2008 cohort) for outstanding Masters Student had already been presented in November 2009 to the two joint winners Mohammad Al Rifai and Tu-Anh Dao who are also graduating on 23 June.

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