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Outstanding Economics Students Honored

Photo of economics undergraduate students chatting with their professors while picking up their award documents.
Economics undergraduate students Jessica Grimshaw, Gibson Russell and Daniel Harper chat with their professors while picking up their award documents at the department's drop-by informal recognition event.
Photo of Professor Lee Craig, head of the Department of Economics, with two of this year's honored undergraduate students, Thomas Gromko and Bradley Anderton
Professor Lee Craig, head of the Department of Economics, with two of this year’s honored undergraduate students, Thomas Gromko and Bradley Anderton

Faculty and staff in the Department of Economics honored 36 outstanding juniors and seniors at informal receptions this week. Recognized for their academic achievements were graduating seniors including Economics Honors Program students and 21 students who were inducted into Omicron Delta Epsilon, the international economics honor society.

“The students being recognized are outstanding,” said Dr. Bobby Puryear, teaching associate professor and director of Poole College’s undergraduate economics program. “They have performed at an exceptionally high level in their economics course work. In addition, many of these students are double majoring or minoring in a STEM discipline, and are actively engaged in research in multiple arenas.”

Outstanding Seniors

  • Maria Jahja
  • Neelam J. Modi
  • Zachary Vincent Petitjean
  • Gibson David Russell
  • Malay K. Shah
  • Zachary Lee Small
  • Jimmy Salim Tabet
  • William J. Verkerk

Senior Award for Excellence

  • Bradley Anderton
  • Weston Alexander Head
  • Matthew James Jones
  • Kara Simone Powell
  • Julia Logan Rigsbee
  • Jasmine K. Scheitler
  • Samuel Owen Webster

Economics Honors Program

  • Christopher B. Cooper
  • Daniel Quinn Harper
  • Julia Logan Rigsbee
  • Jasmine K. Scheitler
  • Zachary Lee Small
  • Dingkun Yang

Inductees into Omicron Delta Epsilon

Omicron Delta Epsilon is the International Honor Society for Economics

  • Camilo Albers
  • Bradley Anderton
  • Abigail Buonaiuto
  • Katherine Bennett Childers
  • Benjamin Clark
  • Christian A. Conrad
  • Kevin Anthony Craig
  • Hunter Davis, senior
  • Kodiak Hunter Dunsworth
  • Hannah Fennell
  • Manu-Sankara Gargeya
  • Jessica J. Grimshaw
  • Thomas R. Gromko
  • Graham M. Hitch
  • Erisa Vasiliki Kacorri
  • Sean Endler Pruszkowski
  • Nithin K. Rawal
  • Gibson D. Russell
  • Zachary Lee Small
  • Daniel Joseph Sodano
  • Jimmy Salim Tabet