Dean's Award winners 2007. From left: Abe Herzberg, Paul Kalfadellis, Colin Rich, Greg van Mourik, Katharina Hauck, Gill Palmer (Dean), Melissa Dibben, Phillip Lipton, Don Poskitt, Mike Ewing, Colin Jevons.

Professor Gill Palmer - giving the formal welcome to the Celebration of Achievement.

Motif of the Wedged-Tailed Eagle
- this kicked off the theme of the evening: "Soaring Towards Global Excellence"

Deputy Dean Research, Professor Jayne Godfrey
- announcing the 2007 Dean's Awards for Research

Accounting and Finance Student Services Team: Amy Deang, Loretta Bellew, James Lenihan, Shane Kendrick, Owen Hughes, Deputy Dean Education, Kim Miller, Sheila Scheibel

Professional staff commendation awardees:
[Back row left to right:] David Jackson, Lim Wong, Tommy Fung
[Front row left to right:] Clare Klejman, Professor Gill Palmer, Dean,
Merilyn Harris, Faculty Manager, and Colin Rich.

Vice-Chancellor Richard Larkins speaking on the future and the 50th Anniversary of Monash University.

Excellence acknowledged during Celebration of Achievement

It was a celebration of achievement with the winners of the 2007 Dean’s Awards recognised for their hard work and commitment. Awards and Commendations were presented to staff in three diverse and equally important areas of professional staff, research and teaching across the faculty. 

With a team of outstanding academic staff and a high level of national research funding, the faculty offers the highest quality research and teaching across an extraordinary range of disciplines.

An extensive nomination and selection process was undertaken and a total of 13 Dean’s Awards for Excellence, 59 individual Commendations and three team Commendations across the three categories were awarded.

The gala event held at the Park Hyatt featured fine food, music and entertainment. The awards night was shared with alumni and partners from within the business community.

The following staff received Dean’s Awards:

Research - exceptional achievement in research by an Early Career Researcher.

Dr Katharina Hauck (Centre for Health Economics)
Dr Giovanni Forchini (Econometrics and Business Statistics)

Research - exceptional achievement in research quality and impact.

Professor Don Poskitt  (Econometrics and Business Statistics)
Professor Mike Ewing   (Marketing)

Teaching - lifetime of teaching excellence award.

Associate Professor Mike Knowles (Management)

Teaching - exceptional contribution to the student learning experience

Paul Kalfadellis  (Management)
Greg van Mourik (Accounting and Finance)
Dr Colin Jevons (Marketing)
Abe Herzberg (Business Law and Taxation)
Phillip Lipton (Business Law and Taxation)

Professional staff - exceptional contribution to the professional administration of the faculty.

Melissa Dibben (Office of the Dean)
Colin Rich (Curriculum Data Team)
Michael Scorgie  (Department of Accounting and Finance)

COMMENDATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFF 2007

Tommy Fung (Management)
David Jackson (Technology Services Group)
Clare Klejman (Accounting and Finance)
Lim Wong (Technology Services Group)

Accounting and Finance Student Services Team
Shane Kendrick (Team Leader)
Amy Deang
Sheila Scheibel
Loretta Bellew
Angela Celent
James Lenihan
Kim Miller
Kate Sharp
Chris Ingram

Caulfield Undergraduate Student Services Team
Tanya Pelle (Team Leader)
Carol Nahal
Leonie Garlepp
Ross Engelbrecht
Wendy Forbes
Adrian Fernando
Leah Holmes
Daniel Harrison
Cassandra Murray
Shirley Gorrie
Lisa Greaves
Christine Clinton

Faculty Research Office Support Team
Simon Liddle (Team Leader)
Raylee Pasalis
Maree Biggar
Maria McKeown
Dian Skully
Claire Crewe
Leanne Reddan

COMMENDATIONS FOR EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH PUBLICATION

Associate Professor Peter Carey (Accounting and Finance)

Dr Balasingham Balachandran (Accounting and Finance)

Professor Robert Faff (Accounting and Finance)

Associate Professor Keryn Chalmers (Accounting and Finance)

Professor Rob Chenhall (Accounting and Finance)

Professor Francis In (Accounting and Finance)

Mr Mathews Thomas (Business Law and Taxation)

Mr Francesco de Zwart (Business Law and Taxation)

Associate Professor Helen Anderson (Business Law and Taxation)

Dr Brendan Sweeney (Business Law and Taxation)

Associate Professor Vince Morabito (Business Law and Taxation)

Mr Phillip Lipton (Business Law and Taxation)

Ms Chenxia Shi (Business Law and Taxation)

Dr George Athanasopoulos (Econometrics and Business Statistics)

Dr Duangkamon Chotikapanich (Econometrics and Business Statistics)

Professor Brett Inder (Econometrics and Business Statistics)

Dr Xibin Zhang (Econometrics and Business Statistics)

Professor Max King (PVC Research and Training)

Dr Sivagowry Sriananthakumar (Econometrics and Business Statistics)

Dr Giovanni Forchini (Econometrics and Business Statistics)

Professor Don Poskitt (Econometrics and Business Statistics)

Professor Russell Smyth (Economics)

Professor Pushkar Maitra (Economics)

Professor Dietrich Fausten (Economics)

Professor Harmen Oppewal (Marketing)

Dr David Stewart (Marketing)

Professor Mike Ewing (Marketing)

Dr Ingrid Nielsen (Management)

Professor Jayne Godfrey (Deputy Dean Research)

COMMENDATIONS FOR EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH QUALITY AND
IMPACT THROUGH NATIONAL COMPETITIVE GRANTS SCHEMES

Associate Professor Bruce Hollingsworth (Centre for Health
Economics)
Professor Jeff Richardson (Centre for Health Economics)
Dr Katharina Hauck (Centre for Health Economics)
Dr Duangkamon Chotikapanich (Econometrics and Business Statistics)
Associate Professor Mark Harris (Econometrics and Business
Statistics)
Professor Pushkar Maitra (Economics)
Ms Joanna Chen (Office of DVC, International)
Professor On Kit Tam, Deputy Dean (International)
Professor Jayne Godfrey, Deputy Dean (Research)
Professor Gill Palmer, Dean

COMMENDATIONS FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE 2007

Dr Robyn Moroney (Accounting and Finance)
Assoc Prof Keryn Chalmers (Accounting and Finance)
Mr Dean Hanlon (Accounting and Finance)
Mrs Ellinor Allen (Accounting and Finance)
Dr Michaela Rankin (Accounting and Finance)
Mr Andrew Child (Accounting and Finance)
Dr Natalie Oh (Accounting and Finance)
Dr George Wong (Accounting and Finance)
Dr Aldonio Ferreira (Accounting and Finance)
Dr Carla Wilkin (Accounting and Finance)
Dr Tissa Galagedera (Econometrics and Business Statistics)
Dr Jill Wright (Econometrics and Business Statistics)
Dr Catherine Forbes (Econometrics and Business Statistics)
Mr Andrew Field (Business Law and Taxation)
Mr Daniel Khoury (Business Law and Taxation)
Mr Paul Sugden (Business Law and Taxation)
Ms Vanitha Karean (Business Law and Taxation)
Mrs Cathy Fletcher (Economics)
Assoc Prof Christis Tombazos (Economics)
Dr Andrea Howell (Management)
Mr Glen Croy (Management)
Dr Tui McKeown (Management)
Mr Bill Pickett (Marketing)
Mr Kimble Montagu (Marketing)
Mr Terry Grant (Marketing)
Ms Jane Carroll (Marketing)
Dr Malcolm Kennedy (Marketing)