NEWS AND NOTES

1. Award-winning Students
   
2. Economics Majors on the President's and Dean's Lists
   
3. OMICRON DELTA EPSILON
   
4. Complete News and Notes

AWARD-WINNING STUDENTS

Each year, the Department of Economics recognizes the outstanding graduating students of the Bachelor's and Master's programs. The 2007-2008 recipient of the Wallace N. Atherton Award for the Outstanding Graduating Senior is Chris Bodziak. The 2007-2008 recipient of the J. Richard Powell Award of Merit for Outstanding Graduate Student is Christine Mulcahy.

Students are named to the President's List when they earn a GPA of 3.75 or above for the semester. The Department of Economics congratulates the following economics students who earned this distinction for Spring 2009 semester: Suraj Alva, Joshua Bietsch, Chih-Yao Chang, Yueh-Chien Chen, Shane Cox, Brian Felling, Alicia Garcia, Cesar Henriquez, Anna Larsson, Tyler Lopez, Wyatt Lyles, Heather Martinez, Hun Park, David Richter, Charmaine Sumner, Truong Trinh, Brian Vanderplas, Mayumi Yoshida, Liangiee Yu.

Students are named to the Dean's List if they receive a GPA of 3.50 to 3.75 for the semester. The Department of Economics congratulates the following majors for earning this distinction in the Fall 2008 semester:  Clifford Josue Gudiel, Cesar Henriquez, Erica Monique Ross, Thomas Solorio, Timothy J. Burrows, Carlos Aurelio Cabrera, Jr., Colin M. Dunbar, Matthew N. Kinsel, Anthony Paul Martignoni, David M. Richter, and Liangiee Yu. 

Omicron Delta Epsilon (ODE) is the International Honor Society in Economics. To qualify for membership, applicants must have an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher and an interest in economics. Students do not necessarily have to be economics majors, but they must have completed at least 12 units in economics with a "B" average or better. There is an initiation fee which entitles the student to a membership scroll and a one-year subscription to The American Economist, the journal put out by ODE. Information and applications for membership are available in the department office.