Graduation Ceremony of the Faculty of Economic Sciences, October 2011
The Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Göttingen bid farewell to Fall graduates on Friday 21, October 2011: 242 students received their degrees and 19 doctorates received their doctoral diplomas. The Faculty's Dean of Studies, Prof. Dr. Gerhard Rübel, welcomed the participants to the festive event. Vice-President Prof. Dr. Joachim Münch and Prof. Dr. Renate Ohr, member of the Board of Examiners of the Economic Sciences, then spoke as well as student representative Thomas Preiß. Five graduates were awarded prizes for excellent academic performance.
20 students graduated from the “diploma” programme that is being phased out. 168 students received degrees in the Bachelor's programmes and 54 students successfully completed a Master's programme.
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Awards for outstanding graduates from the Faculty of Economic Sciences in the amount of 1,000 Euros each were also given. For the fourth time, the internationally active laboratory and process technology provider Sartorius donated the prize for graduates that is named after the founder of the company. The "Florenz Sartorius-Preis" is awarded to the best graduates in the discipline of Business Administration, Economics, Business Information Systems, and Business and Human Resource Education.
The recipients of the graduate prizes in October 2011 are Kristina Schlüßler (Master of Science in Finance, Accounting, and Taxes), Thomas Preiß (Master of Arts in Economics), Björn Pilarski (Master of Science in Business Information Systems) and Nadine Schnoor and Cordula Häntzsch (both Master of Science in Business and Human Resource Education).
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(v.l.n.r.) Thomas Preiß, Kristina Schlüßler, Cordula Häntzsch, Nadine Schoor, Björn Pilarski, Kirsten Siedler (Vice President of Human Resources, Sartorius AG), Prof. Dr. Gerhard Rübel, Prof. Dr. Renate Ohr