Student Awards
Departmental Award Honorees
Senior Economics undergraduate award winners Trevor Fultz and Hunter Feagans with Professor Thomas Osang
Hunter Feagans received the Wallace F. Lovejoy Memorial Award, given annually to a senior Economics major on the basis of academic excellence, creativity, motivation, responsibility, and an attitude of helpfulness toward other students. Nominations for this award were made by the faculty and final selection among the top nominees was made by a vote of all Economics majors. Bryan graduated in Spring 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Economics with Financial Applications.
Toria Mullen received the Josef Hadar Award, given annually to a senior Economics major on the basis of academic excellence and creativity, especially as it relates to mathematics and research-oriented courses in Economics. Toria graduated in Spring 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Economics with Financial Applications.
Trevor Fultz received the Award for Excellence in Economics, given annually to a senior Economics major on the basis of excellence in academic achievement in Economics and the University, who has completed a broad set of the department’s most rigorous courses. Trevor graduated in Spring 2018 with a degrees in economic.
Andres Giraldo was selected by the Economics faculty to receive the Melody Rice Memorial Award. Selection is based on excellence in academic achievement in Economics and in the University. Andres graduated in May 2018 with a Ph.D. in Economics.
Priyanka Chakraborty was awarded the Dean's Award for the Department of Economics, Graduate Research Day 2018.
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honor society in the liberal arts and sciences, founded in 1776. Senior SMU students selected are in the top 10 percent of their class; juniors selected are in the top one percent.
2018 Phi Beta Kappa Economics Majors
Elizabeth DeTrempe
Toria Mullen
Kelsey Shipman
2017 Phi Beta Kappa Economics Majors
Terisha Kolencherry
Robert Andrew Schmidt