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WINTER GRADUATION 2013 On Friday 11 January 2013 Durham University Business School students celebrated the successful completion of their respective degrees by making their way to Palace Green, processing into Durham Cathedral and taking part in what is one of the proudest moments of a student’s University career – Congregation.
In turn each of the graduands proudly shook the hand of Professor Chris Higgins, the Vice Chancellor of Durham University, as they received their degree in recognition of their hard work. Following the formal ceremony, the Business School’s Alumni Network invited the new graduates to continue their celebrations at a drinks reception in Fisher House, Ustinov College. There presentations were made by programme directors to students who had won awards in recognition of their academic achievements.
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES MA MANAGEMENT AWARDS: Damian Grunow: Best Dissertation in MA Management Programmes BEST ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: Maria Condrea: Human Resource Management Michael Horrocks: Financial Management Tobias Mies: Management Overall Best Academic Performance in the MA Management Programmes was awarded to Michael Horrocks.
MSC FINANCE AWARDS: Shalala Bayramova: Best Dissertation in MSc Finance Programmes Fang Zhang: Joint First Prize for the DUBS Trading Challenge (StockTrak) Jinfu Sun: Joint First Prize for the DUBS Trading Challenge (StockTrak) BEST ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: Alexandros Zormpalas: International Banking & Finance Bastian Schrapel & Chang Liu: Finance & Investment Charlotte Braeken: Finance Eric Gusmaroli: Corporate & International Finance Jonathan Humphrey: International Money, Finance & Investment Kamil Heydarov & Meiko-Lars Schmidt: Accounting & Finance Moritz Weber: Economics & Finance Overall Best Academic Performance in the MSc Finance Programmes was awarded to Moritz Weber.
MA/MSC MARKETING AWARDS: Syeda Mariam Humayun: Best Dissertation Laura Molyneux: Best Academic Performance
MBA (FULL-TIME) AWARDS: Katharina Dolezil: Best Business Project/Dissertation (award sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent) Rebecca Walters: Best Academic Performance (award sponsored by SAGE) Weylin Poon: Best Business Project/Dissertation (award sponsored by Worshipful Company of International Bankers) BETA GAMMA SIGMA MEMBERSHIP was awarded to the following students in recognition of their academic achievement: MBA (full-time): David Pallash, Isabel Velasco Gamboa, Katharina Dolezil, Priya Swamikuttan, Rebecca Walters, Sebastian Wolfgarten & Weylin Poon Global MBA: Claas Siegmueller & Nikolay Gorgiev Global MA Management: Sebastian Schubert