The School of Information Management’s highest achievers from 2015 received awards at the Victoria Business School’s fourth annual Excellence Awards held on 16 May.

The awards recognise Victoria Business School's top graduating students across each of its disciplines, as well as its best PhD and Master’s students. A number of special awards were also presented, including the Victoria Business School and AVC (Pasifika) Scholarships.

Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Commerce, Professor Bob Buckle, says it was great to acknowledge the successes of Victoria Business School’s best and brightest ahead of graduation.

"These awards acknowledge the years of hard work and commitment our students have dedicated to their education and to being the very best they can be. This is a great achievement."

Professor Buckle expressed his gratitude to sponsors who had partnered with Victoria Business School to provide named prizes.

"We are proud of the strong working relationships we enjoy with leading New Zealand businesses and government agencies.

"Their involvement in these awards not only demonstrates their ongoing support for Victoria Business School, but for the future leaders who received the awards."

Award winners from School of Information Management

Dean’s awards for Doctoral Achievement

• Dr Edgar Pacheco Benavente — Information Systems
• Dr Matthew Lewellen — Information Systems

Top Master’s students

• Rhiannon Beolens — Information Studies
• Moses Fruean — Commerce (by coursework)
• Stacey Young — Information Management

Information Systems

• Alexander Brodie — Excellence Award for Information Systems
• Rhiannon Butler — Excellence Award for Information Systems
• Jacques Du Preez — Deloitte Award for Information Systems
• Qiyuan Liu — Excellence Award for Information Systems
• Harley Radford — Xero Award for Information Systems
• Oliver Tristram — Revera Award for Information Systems
• Caleb Withers — Excellence Award for Information Systems

Special awards

• Pouaka Parore — ISACA prize for top student INFO 301 (pictured)
• Selbi Soylemezoglu — ISACA prize for best research project INFO 301

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