Student accolades

Several outstanding achievements by students were acknowledged during recent graduation ceremonies in the faculty. One such achievement was the awarding of the 2008 Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal for the most outstanding theses submitted by a Monash University PhD student.

The Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal was awarded to Dr Helene de Burgh-Woodman from the Department of Marketing for her innovative and unusual work in the marketing discipline for her thesis, titled Sailing through Subculture: understanding the historical and cultural influences on the discursive cohesion and consumption practices of the sailing subculture.

Her thesis paves the way for an exploration of the implications of subcultures for marketing and consumer research. Dr Helene de Burgh-Woodman was supervised by Dr Jan Brace-Govan and she has already published five refereed journal articles from her thesis.

The Mollie Holman Medal for Excellence takes its name from Emeritus Professor Mollie Holman, who held a personal chair as professor of physiology at Monash from 1970 until her retirement in 1996.

Medals were also awarded for:

Monash Academic Medal for Excellence in Graduate and Postgraduate Coursework Study: Ms Worapree Maneesoonthorn - Master of Applied Econometics

Monash Academic Medal for Excellence in Graduate and Postgraduate Coursework Study: Mr Shen Liu - Master of Applied Econometrics,

Sir John Monash Medal and University Medal for Undergraduate Academic Excellence: Miss Katherine Anne Sykes - Bachelor of Business (Honours)

University Medal for Undergraduate Academic Excellence: Mr John Charles Webster - Bachelor of Commerce (Honours)

University Medal for Undergraduate Academic Excellence: Ms Natalie Kooi Sim Ooi - Bachelor of Business and Commerce (Honours).