Student News
Departmental Award Honorees
Madeline Battalio received the Josef Hadar Award. Madeline graduated in Spring 2022 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics.
Changhui Han and Alex Gisquet received the Award for Excellence. Changhui graduated in Spring 2022 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics with Finance Applications. Alex graduated in Spring 2022 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics with Finance Applications and a Bachelor of Science degree in Statistical Science.
Spencer Brooks and Colton Fontenot received the Wallace F. Lovejoy Memorial Award, given twice a year to a senior Economics major. Nominations for this award were made by the faculty and the final selection among the top nominees was made by a vote of all Economics majors. Spencer graduated in Fall 2021 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics with Finance Applications and a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy. Colton graduated in Spring 2022 with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics, History, Philosophy, and Public Policy.
Anna Curtin received the DFW Association of Business Economists Award. Anna graduated in Spring 2022 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.
Ding Liu was selected by the Economics faculty to receive the Melody Rice Memorial Award. Ding graduated with his PhD in Spring 2022. He is now an Associate Economist at The Analysis Group in Dallas.
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honor society in the liberal arts and sciences, founded in 1776. Senior SMU students selected are in the top 10% of their class. Junior SMU students selected are in the top 1% of their class.
2021-2022 Phi Beta Kappa Inductees:
Madeline Battalio
Nicholas Beecher
Natalie Browne
Emily Ebel
Colton Fontenot
Madison Geiger
Austin Hickle
Yeongbin Lee
Batul Shakir
Michelle Solarczyk
JuliaGrace Walker
Omicron Delta Epsilon (ODE)
Omicron Delta Epsilon (ODE) is an international honor society in Economics with more than 560 chapters located in the U.S., Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Egypt and France. The purpose of this society is to recognize outstanding achievements in Economics as well as excellence in overall scholastic attainment. The SMU Chapter of ODE requires completion of at least 18 hours of Economics while attaining a minimum 3.0 GPA overall and a 3.5 GPA in Economics courses, for undergraduates, and completion of 9 hours with a 3.5 cumulative GPA for graduate students.
Spring 2022 Undergraduate Inductees:
Sarah Breithaupt
Anthony Farhat
Conner Packebush
Spring 2022 Master's Inductees:
Priyanka Asnani
Christian Le Doux
Ethan Schneider
Nanjing Wang
Spring 2022 PhD Inductees:
Tiffany Cho
Javier Jose Gonzalez Rodriguez
Ayus Mitra
Fangzhou Sha