SACL’s Achievements Ceremony - top students’ Awards for Excellence and Prizes night
Top students in the School of Accounting and Commercial Law were recently honoured at the School’s Achievements Ceremony held on Tuesday, 10 March with Awards for Excellence in Accounting, Commercial Law and Taxation. A number of students were also commemorated for prizes they had won in a number of sponsored courses in the School.
The ceremony was held in the Memorial Theatre, Student Union Building in the presence of family and friends of the award winning students, SACL staff members and representatives from the sponsoring firms and organisations, and friends of SACL.
The keynote speech was given by Tony Dale, Chief Executive of the External Reporting Board and an alumnus of the School. Mr Dale addressed the students, congratulating them on their achievement and encouraging them to aim high, consider further study and appreciate the high quality of the accounting, commercial law and taxation courses they were studying.
The Prize Winners received their certificates from senior management in private and public sector organsiations while the Excellence Award winners were the best academic performers in their second and third years of study in Accounting, Commercial Law and Taxation courses.
Prize Winners
Liam Beattie, Elizabeth Goggin, Matthew Lunny, Carolyn Palmer, Timothy Paterson, Dawn Richardson, Arushi Sharma and James Van Dissen with Shuhua Chen and Nicole Sullivan receiving their prizes in absentia.
Certificate of Excellence in Accounting
Zoe Brandon, Cory Dixon, Ursula Inder, Nadeeja Liyanage, Alicia McQuade, Shane Philipsen, Derek Snow, Brittany Stewart and Andrea Tarelli. Kelly David and Akmal Idris received their certificate in absentia.
Certificate of Excellence in Commercial Law
William Lower, Rosie Murphy and Alice Niland-Williment. Receiving their certificate in absentia were: Peter Childs, Evelyn Elisara, Robert Holland, Michael Nelson and George Spittle.
Certificate of Excellence in Taxation
Jonathan Jeevaraj, Harneet Kalra, Davina Lach and Alison Snellen with David Wing receiving his certificate in absentia.
There were also ten students who achieved Excellence in two disciplines:
Samuel Barr, Siobhan Bassett, Sarah Burr, Youh-Chern Lin and Alex Tunstall (with Shuhua Chen and Harriette Moore in absentia) who received Certificates of Excellence in Accounting and Commercial Law; and Elizabeth Goggin, Zoe Goodwin and Caroline Young who received Certificates of Excellence in Accounting and Taxation.