Students

Student Awards

Over the years the Department of Economics has attracted some of the most accomplished students at HSU to our major. Consequently we have developed a number of awards in recognition of our students' accomplishments:

  • The Adam Smith Award is given annually to an Economics student in recognition of achievement and professional promise in the field of Economics.
  • The Academic Achievement Award is given annually to an Economics student in recognition of top academic achievement.
  • The Excellence in Academics Award in Economics is given annually by the College of Professional Studies to an Economics student in recognition of their academic performance.
  • The Excellence in Community Service Award in Economics is given annually by the College of Professional Studies to an Economics student in recognition of outstanding community service.

Student Award Winners

Please join the Economics faculty in congratulating the following HSU Economics majors who received departmental, college, and campus-wide awards and scholarships:

2008-2009
Steven Dixon was awarded a Jesse M. Unruh Assembly Fellowship for the State of California.
Louis Pavia, Adam Smith Award, Department of Economics
Casey O'Neill, Academic Acheivement Award, Department of Economics
Scholarship Recipients: Teri Gruenthaner (Kittleson Scholarship Award) and Vivian Helliwell (Balabanis Scholar)
2007-2008
Carmen King, Humboldt State University Award for Excellence in an Academic Discipline, College of Professional Studies
Christopher Byfield, Adam Smith Award, Department of Economics
Carmen King, Academic Acheivement Award, Department of Economics
Scholarship Recipients: Casey O'Neill (Kittleson Scholarship Award), Blair Foulds and Nanette Yandell (Kittleson Project Award), and Jason Robo (Balabanis Scholar)
2006-2007
Julia French & Yuko Iwata -- COPS Awardees 06-07
Julia West, Excellence in Community Service Award, College of Professional Studies
Carmen King, Excellence in Academics Award, College of Professional Studies
Omar Avendano, Adam Smith Award, Department of Economics
Scholarship Recipients: Garrett Perks (Kittleson Scholar), and Chad St. John (Balabanis Scholar)
2005-2006
Rio Anderson, Amber Jamieson, Haley French, & Yuko Iwata -- Awardees 05-06
Rio Anderson, Adam Smith Award, Department of Economics
Amber Jamieson, Excellence in Academics Award, College of Professional Studies, and Academic Acheivement Award, Department of Economics
Rebecca Cady, Excellence in Community Service Award, College of Professional Studies
Scholarship Recipients: Haley French (Kittleson Scholar), and Yuko Iwata (Balabanis Scholar)
Rebecca Cady -- Awardee 05-06
2004-2005
Amber Jamieson
Amber Jamieson, Excellence in Academics Award, College of Professional Studies

Andrea Walters, Greg Konopasek, and Thomas Engel
Andrea Walters, Adam Smith Award, Department of Economics
Scholarship Recipients: Greg Konopasek (Kittleson Scholar), and Thomas Engel (Balabanis Scholar)
Amber Jamieson, Academic Achievement Award, Department of Economics
2003-2004
Jessica Digiambattista, Alisande Evans, Yuliis Imel
Jessica Digiambattista, Adam Smith Award, Department of Economics
Alisande Evans, Academic Achievement Award, Department of Economics
Yuliis Imel, Homer Balabanis Memorial Scholarship in Economics Awardee
2002-2003
John Manning
John Manning, Award for Achievement in an Academic Discipline for the College of Professional Studies.
Lara Remke
Lara Remke, Homer Balabanis Memorial Scholarship in Economics Awardee.
Cynthia Salazar, Academic Achievement Award, School of Business and Economics.