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Award double for graduate

2 July 2008

Leisa McGuinness received the highest achieving graduating student and highest achieving overall undergraduate student awards.

A Monash Information Technology faculty manager has been rewarded for her efforts to combine work and study, taking out two awards at a recent Faculty of Business and Economics awards night.

Leisa McGuinness, the school manager for the Clayton School of Information Technology and a recent Bachelor of Business/Commerce graduate, received the highest achieving graduating student and highest achieving overall undergraduate student awards at this year's Department of Management's annual awards night.

Ms McGuiness completed her double degree in 2007, juggling part-time study and full-time employment.

Ms McGuiness said she was proud to receive the award and cited support from home, organisational and time management skills, as keys to completing her degrees.

"It was extremely challenging but Monash has fabulous provisions in place to support professional development," Ms McGuiness said.

A total of 36 prizes and awards were presented to management students who excelled in their studies at the annual awards night, held at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne earlier this month.

Other multiple winners include:

Stephanie Vickers who won the highest achieving overall Masters prize and the prize for the highest achieving student in the Master of Management. Stephanie is a partner in the Encore Group, an international consulting firm that specialises in financial services.

Zubin Nawaz shared the prize for the highest achieving student in the Master of Human Resource Management and was also the highest achieving student in the category managing work/family life. Zubin is a financial accountant with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) in Geneva.

Recently appointed head of the Department of Management Professor Ian McLoughin congratulated all the award recipients.

"Leisa has set a wonderful example to other Monash staff who wish to combine work and study, and show us that it is possible to achieve beyond your expectations."

For more information visit the Department of Management's website.

For more information about combining work and study at Monash visit the staff study support program website.