Prize Giving Ceremony2006 academic year

Official Party

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Business)Professor Chris Whitaker

Dean, Research and InnovationProfessor Sinclair Davidson

Dean, InternationalAssociate Professor Colin Bent

Dean, Academic DevelopmentAssociate Professor Eveline Fallshaw

Graduate School of BusinessProfessor John Toohey

School of Accounting and LawProfessor Sheila Bellamy

School of Business Information TechnologyProfessor Brian Corbitt

School of Economics, Finance and MarketingProfessor Tony Naughton

School of ManagementProfessor Lynne Bennington

Business TAFE SchoolMr Dale Williams

Master of CeremoniesDr Con Stavros

Order of Proceedings

4.45 – 5.25pmGuests may be seated in Storey Hall Auditorium

5.30pmCeremony BeginsThe Master of Ceremonies will invite guests to stand as the Official Party enters the auditorium.

WelcomeProfessor Chris WhitakerPro Vice-Chancellor (Business)

Presentation of School PrizesGraduate School of BusinessSchool of Accounting and LawSchool of Business Information TechnologySchool of Economics, Finance and Marketing

Guest SpeakerMr Con HatziliasMelbourne inventor, entrepreneur and marketerMarketing Manager, Tennis Victoria

Presentation of Jacques Nasser Scholarships

Presentation of School PrizesSchool of ManagementBusiness TAFE School

Presentation of Portfolio Prizes

Ceremony Close and Thank YouThe Master of Ceremonies will invite guests to stand as the Official Party exits the auditorium.Sponsors and guests are invited to join prize winners for light refreshments in the foyer.

Message from the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Business)It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the RMIT Business Prize Giving Ceremony - the night where RMIT University and the broader business community recognise the outstanding achievement of business students for the 2006 academic year.

Congratulations to all our prize winners, for their important achievements in a variety of business fields. I would also like to congratulate our recent graduates – graduates who are skilled and capable individuals prepared for the business world. I wish you well in your future careers, and hope that you take the values of RMIT University – professionalism, innovation, leadership and integrity – into your chosen careers.

I believe that the achievements of all our prize winners tonight highlights that they have delivered outstanding personal bests, contributing not only to their future success but to the respect and prestige that RMIT Business holds among the business community.

RMIT Business experiences outstanding support from industry, government and the community. I would like to thank the businesses, organisations, and professional bodies for their generous, longstanding commitment towards recognising the extraordinary achievements and efforts of RMIT Business students, and the many opportunities they offer our students for work integrated learning.

Professor Chris WhitakerPro Vice-Chancellor (Business)

Australia Post Management PrizeAwarded to the student in the MBA or MBA (Executive) program with the highest mark in Managing People, Relationships and Performance Josephine Louise HornBrian Kilmartin O’Sullivan

Graduate School of Business Award for Academic Achievement (International Student)Awarded to the International student who achieves the best result in the first semester of the MBA programShikul Chadha

Graduate School of Business Student Award in Creating StrategyAwarded to the student with the highest grade in Creating Strategy (MBA City program)Pamela Joy Newton

Graduate School of Business Student Award in Creating StrategyAwarded to the student with the highest grade in Creating Strategy (MBA Ford Consortium program)Eleanor Sette

The Insight Group Leadership PrizeAwarded to the student in the MBA or MBA (Executive) program with the highest mark in Leadership and ManagementChristian Andre Taniman

Graduate School of BusinessPrize winners will be presented to the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Business) by Professor John Toohey, Head of School and Professor of Organisational Behaviour

CPA Australia PrizeAwarded to the best first year student in Bachelor of Business (Accountancy)Alison Sarah Cini

CPA Australia PrizeAwarded to the best second year student in Bachelor of Business (Accountancy)Long Tang

CPA Australia PrizeAwarded to the best final year student in Bachelor of Business (Accountancy)Lauren Angela Martello

Jack Just Memorial Award sponsored by Taxpayers Australia IncAwarded to the final year Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) student who receives the highest mark in Taxation Law 2Sarah Louise Munday

LexisNexis PrizeAwarded to the best student in Company LawLong Tang

LexisNexis PrizeAwarded to the best student in Employment Law 1Patrick Vincent Reilly

LexisNexis PrizeAwarded to the best student in Taxation 1Kylie Ann Grieve

National Australia Bank and Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia PrizeAwarded to an outstanding Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) studentbased on academic performance and who displays exceptional promise forthe futureAnila Anthony

National Institute of Accountants PrizeAwarded to the top Accountancy student in Corporate AccountingYoke-Ching Tan

School of Accounting and LawPrize winners will be presented to the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Business)by Professor Sheila Bellamy, Head of School, and Professor of Public Sector Accounting

National Institute of Accountants PrizeAwarded to the top Accountancy student in Cost Management and ApplicationsBetty Bozinov

National Institute of Accountants PrizeAwarded to the top Accountancy student in Accounting TheoryJocelyn Naomi Lewis

RSM Bird Cameron Partners Excellence AwardAwarded to the best second year Accountancy student in Auditing 1, semester 1Betty Bozinov

RSM Bird Cameron Partners Excellence AwardAwarded to the best second year Accountancy student in Auditing 1, semester 2Ciara Megan Kathleen Shaw

Thomson PrizeAwarded to the best student in Commercial LawStephanie Megan Daniel

UHY Haines Norton Chartered Accountants Excellence AwardAwarded to the student in the Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) who has submitted the best assignment in the Co-operative Education YearOmar Hammam

School of Accounting and Law Centenary ScholarshipAwarded to the student in the Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) who has shown the most promise for the future at the end of the Co-operative Education YearSam Rabba

School of Accounting and Law Prize for Excellence in the Master of Business in Accountancy DegreeAwarded to the graduating student who has achieved outstanding academic results in the Master of Business (Accountancy) degreeBrent Patrick KilkellyPaul Sammut

School of Accounting and Law Prize for Excellence in the Master of Professional Accounting DegreeAwarded to the graduating student who has achieved outstanding academic results in the Master of Professional Accounting degreeLemuel Cheong

School of Accounting and Law cont.

ALIA AwardAwarded to the graduating student with the highest academic performance in the Bachelor of Business (Information and Knowledge Management)Adam McHardy Fraser

ALIA AwardAwarded to the graduating student with the highest academic performance in the Master of Business Information Technology - Information Management StreamRobin Margaret McComiskey

ALIA AwardAwarded to the graduating student with the highest academic performance in the Graduate Diploma in Information ManagementPenelope Margaret Jose

Business Information Technology Co-operative Education Assignment Award sponsored by Scouts Australia (Vic)Awarded to the student who authors the best Professional Business Report about their Co-operative Education employmentStephanie Huynh

Dimension Data Information Technology PrizeAwarded to the top student in the Bachelor of Business (Business Information Systems) who obtained excellent results in first year, specifically in Hardware and Operating SystemsChristopher Alan Lawson

Dimension Data Information Technology PrizeAwarded to the top first year student in the Bachelor of Business (Business Information Systems)Raghav Tandon

School of Business Information TechnologyPrize winners will be presented to the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Business) by Professor Brian Corbitt, Head of School and Professor of Management Information Systems

Dimension Data Information Technology PrizeAwarded to the top student in the Bachelor of Business (Business Information Systems) who obtained excellent results in second year, specifically in Networking and Operating SystemsLauren Michelle Furlong

Dimension Data Information Technology PrizeAwarded to the top second year student in the Bachelor of Business (Business Information Systems)Kirrily Hite

VALA Student AwardAwarded to the most outstanding postgraduate student in the Information Services stream of the Graduate Diploma in Information ManagementAnna Therese Farrell

School of Business Information Technology Borchardt PrizeAwarded for an outstanding Australian Bibliography or Information Management ProjectJulia Helen Church

School of Business Information Technology Business Information Systems AwardAwarded to the student with the highest overall performance in the Bachelor of Business (Business Information Systems)Fabian Sultana

School of Business Information Technology Master of Business Information Technology Award for ExcellenceAwarded to the student in the Master of Business Information Technology whose minor thesis is judged to be the most outstandingJames Angus Shoobridge

School of Business Information Technology Staff Prize Awarded to the student who displays academic excellence in any of the School’s programs and who has the most potential to contribute to the professions of library and information managementShannon William Sweeny

School of Business Information Technology cont.

DST International PrizeAwarded to the top performing student over the business finance sequence - Business Finance, Investment and Empirical Studies in Equity MarketsJohn Steven Versace

Economic Society of Australia PrizeAwarded to the student who displays excellence in economic studies based on results in the Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance)Nguyen Ngoc Bao Phuong

FINSIA - Financial Services Institute of Australasia PrizeAwarded to the student who achieves excellent academic results in the Master of Finance program Barry Patrick Quinn

Jack Just Memorial Award sponsored by Taxpayers Australia IncAwarded to the best student in Superannuation Retirement Planning 1Trevor John Caruana

McGraw-Hill Australia PrizeAwarded to the best first year Prices and Markets studentHae Yeon Jo

Pearson Education Australia AwardAwarded to the best first year Macroeconomics studentAdam Christopher Fedrizzi

Pearson Education Australia AwardAwarded to the best second year Macroeconomics studentMilena Zlatkova Gursztyn

School of Economics, Finance and MarketingPrize winners will be presented to the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Business) by Professor Tony Naughton, Head of School and Professor of Finance

Vanguard Investments Financial Planning AwardAwarded to the most outstanding graduating student in the Bachelor of Business (Financial Planning)Nicole Patricia Mileto

The Gerald Walsh AwardAwarded to the student who displays excellence in the Co-operative Education Assignment (Economics and Finance)Neha Sandher

School of Economics, Finance and Marketing Co-operative Education Assignment Award Awarded to the student who displays excellence in the Co-operative Education Assignment (Financial Planning)Joseph Manariti

School of Economics, Finance and Marketing Co-operative Education Award Awarded to the student who displays excellence in the Co-operative Education Assignment (Marketing)Kezeng Liao

School of Economics, Finance and Marketing PrizeAwarded to best full-time student in Economics and Finance based on results in first year of the Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance)Jacob John Sherry

School of Economics, Finance and Marketing PrizeAwarded to the best part-time student based on results in the first two stages of the Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance)Lily Kong

School of Economics, Finance and Marketing PrizeAwarded to the best final year student in the Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance)Doryan Gowty

School of Economics, Finance and Marketing cont.

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Con HatziliasMelbourne inventor, entrepreneur and marketerMarketing Manager, Tennis Victoria

Con Hatzilias is a Melbourne inventor, entrepreneur and marketer. A Bachelor of Business (Marketing) graduate from RMIT, and with a passion for sport, he has worked in various sales, product, brand and marketing management roles in the sports industry.

Con is inspired by creativity, personal growth and contributing to the community. Inventing the ‘zygo’ football boot technology, where he applied the principles of biometrics to footwear, Con has appeared on the ABC New Inventors, SBS World Sport,and in international and local press.

Whilst the challenges of launching a new technology in a market dominated by the multinationals are significant, Con is actively working on its commercialisation in both local and overseas markets. He is committed to seeing the idea evolve from “my study to the international playing fields”.

In his ‘day job’ as Marketing Manager at Tennis Victoria, he established and has been running a marketing internship program for the last five years. Mentoring tomorrow’s marketers with “real work in real time” has been a source of enjoyment and fulfilment.

Con also created the Sustainaball project, perhaps the world’s first structured tennis ball reuse and recycling program. Promoting a sustainable future, health and connecting communities, the project received State Government funding and featured on the front page of The Age and at the Sustainable Living Festival.

He is also presently driving the development of a Tennis Victoria Foundation, to contribute to the creation of welcoming and quality tennis facilities for the benefit of present and future generations, and the development of Victoria’s young players.

Guest Speaker

Jacques Nasser Business Start-up ScholarshipAwarded to students who have established the top second year businesses in the Bachelor of Business (Entrepreneurship) programAndrew Kenneth RangerCindie Sassons

Jacques Nasser Entrepreneurship Travel ScholarshipAwarded to Bachelor of Business (Entrepreneurship) students who demonstrate entrepreneurial and leadership qualities, academic excellence and a collegial attitude to the Entrepreneurship programSandra Elisa AricoPatrick Jonathon HoranNicholas Steven KormasKate Elise O’HalloranWesley Derek PettitJames William SandersLaurence Leib Savin

Jacques Nasser Rural and Regional BursaryAwarded to a Bachelor of Business (Entrepreneurship) student who has previously lived outside a 100 kilometre radius of the Melbourne CBD, has achieved Distinctions in all courses completed in the previous semester, and who intends to establish a businessCameron Everest McGrane

Presentation of Jacques Nasser Scholarships

ANZ Achievement AwardAwarded to the best graduating student (full-time) in the Bachelor of Business (International Business)Laura Tania Kuzmicky

Australian Human Resources Institute PrizeAwarded to the best final year student in the Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management/Industrial Relations)Bronwyn Susan Williams

Australian Institute of Management PrizeAwarded to the best final year student in the Bachelor of Business with a Management specialisationStephanie Lisa Clarke

CILTA Bill Harris OAM AwardAwarded to the most outstanding graduating student in the Master of Business (Logistics Management)George Edward Hodgson

CILTA Victorian Section H J Lawrence PrizeAwarded to the most outstanding graduating student in the Bachelor of Business (Transport and Logistics Management)Kieran Zhe-Jian Yee

School of ManagementPrize winners will be presented to the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Business) by Professor Lynne Bennington, Head of School

Dr Stewart Cameron Joy AwardAwarded to the most outstanding first year student in the Bachelor of Business (Logistics and Supply Chain Management)Tai Yuan Ng

East Gippsland Institute of TAFE AwardAwarded to the most outstanding first year student in the Bachelor of Commerce program undertaken at BairnsdaleKaren Jane Vernon

GSI - Gippsland Secured Investments AwardAwarded to the student who achieves and displays excellence in the Bachelor of Commerce program undertaken at BairnsdaleAmy Jessica Blackwood

James Yeates and Sons (Printing) Award Awarded to the most outstanding second year student in the Bachelor of Commerce program undertaken at BairnsdaleBenjamin Josef Rupert

Logistics Association of Australia AwardAwarded to the highest achiever in the second year of the Bachelor of Business (Logistics and Supply Chain Management)Paul Robert Wilkie

Patties Foods Pty Ltd AwardAwarded to the most outstanding third year student in the Bachelor of Commerce program undertaken at BairnsdaleAmy Jessica Blackwood

School of Management cont.

Pearson Education Australia AwardAwarded to the most outstanding graduating student in the Bachelor of Commerce Online programIris Wai Kuen Tong

Toll Holdings PrizeAwarded to the student with the highest mark in Distribution ManagementKieran Zhe-Jian Yee

School of Management Co-operative Education Prize (Logistics)Awarded to the student who displays excellence in the Co-operative Education Assignment for the Bachelor of Business (Logistics and Supply Chain Management)Anthony James Hounsell

School of Management cont.

ACP Publishing AwardAwarded to the best second year student in Creative Concept DevelopmentAnjuli Kiran Pandita

Australian Institute of Export AwardAwarded to the best first year Advanced Diploma of Business (International Trade) student in: Use Trading Documents; Perform Barrier Clearance; Plan Financial Security in International Trade Sannia Azeemi

Australian Sales & Marketing Institute AwardAwarded to the most outstanding graduate in the Advanced Diploma of Business (Marketing) programLea Marielle Sunderland

Cummins & Partners Melbourne Award Awarded to the best first year student in Creative and Production Elements in AdvertisingAlice Chien

DDB Melbourne AwardAwarded to the best first year Advertising student in Consumer BehaviourSuzie Elyse Coulson

Ellen Dickeson Memorial Fund AwardAwarded to the best graduating student of the Advanced Diploma of Business (Legal Practice)Danielle Louise Stevenson

Grey Worldwide AwardAwarded to the best second year student in Advertising Campaign ManagementFrances Lea Beacom

Business TAFE SchoolPrize winners will be presented to the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Business) by Mr Dale Williams, Head of School and Associate Director Business TAFE

Hagemeyer Australia AwardAwarded to the best second year Advertising student in Marketing CommunicationsEloise Kristy Tams

Hamburg Sud AwardAwarded to the most outstanding graduate in the Advanced Diploma of Business (International Trade) program Nicholas Shiells

Hamburg Sud Leadership AwardAwarded to a graduating student of the Advanced Diploma of Business (International Trade) who excelled in the areas of leadership shown throughout the entire programKellie Anne Mortimer

Herald Sun AwardAwarded to the best first year student in Advertising MediaTony Quoc-Su Le

Initiative Media AwardAwarded to the best second year group in Evaluate Campaign EffectivenessAmber Jane JohnsonSimon Kim SchoenJessica Michelle Topelson

John Clemenger Memorial AwardAwarded to the most outstanding first year student in the Advanced Diploma of Business (Advertising) program Tony Quoc-Su Le

John Sexton Memorial AwardAwarded to the student who displays excellence in a Media Planning projectAthan Dimitri Didaskalou

Business TAFE School cont.

Leap Agency AwardAwarded to the best second year student in Copywriting and Art DirectionEloise Kristy Tams

Leo Burnett (Melb) AwardAwarded to the best first year student in Introduction to Copy and DesignMandy Ryan

NINE Network & the Advertising Institute of Australasia AwardAwarded to the most outstanding graduate in the Advanced Diploma of Business (Advertising) program Amber Jane Johnson

Peter Gallucci Memorial Award for Advertising Media ResearchAwarded to the best first year student in Advertising Media ResearchKristyn Margaret Heywood

Teamworks AwardAwarded to the most outstanding first year student in the Advanced Diploma of Business (Marketing) program Nicole Stephanie Pace

3AW Southern Cross Broadcasting AwardAwarded to the best second year student in Advertising Campaign PresentationAmber Jane Johnson

Business TAFE School cont.

Pro Vice-Chancellor’s Award – RMIT Metropolitan College Twinning ProgramAwarded to the full-time student who has completed the academic requirements of the course at Metropolitan College and has shown the most promise for the futureOng Say Ling Poh Chia HueiTee Lu Fen

RMIT Business Co-operative Education Assignment AwardAwarded to the student with the best overall Co-operative Education AssignmentAnthony James Hounsell

RMIT Business Professional Development PrizeAwarded to the top performing student in the Professional Skills Program yearVonny Hamdani

RMIT Business Encouragement AwardAwarded to the best student in the first semester of the first year of an undergraduate degreeNominees:Alison Sarah CiniAaron Sahadev Soans

RMIT Business MedalAwarded to a graduating student in any award program who demonstrates outstanding ability measured in terms of both academic distinction and community leadershipNominees:Paul Thomas HolmquistKellie Anne MortimerXiao WangBronwyn Susan Williams

Portfolio AwardsPrize winners will be presented to the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Business) by Associate Professor Eveline Fallshaw, Dean, Academic Development

Thank YouRMIT Business thanks the companies, professional bodies and individuals

who have generously supported the RMIT Business Prize Giving Ceremony.

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