Postgraduate Cloete medal shared
Announced at the annual departmental postgraduate ceremony on 29 March, Johann Pfitzinger (Honours, right) and Lewis McLean (Masters, left) shared the prestigious Cloete medal awarded to the best postgraduate student in 2016. Both achieved an exceptional mark of 84%.
Several other prize winners were also recognised, including prizes for the best first-year, second-year and third-year Economics students. Willem Wilken received the undergraduate Cloete medal for the best undergraduate performance.
The ceremony was kindly sponsored by Economic Research Southern Africa, and prizes to the best performing students were also awarded by Genesis Analytics and Bain Consulting.
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