Top: Economics Department head, Ehsan Ahmed, left, congratulates Validslav Kassiyev, recipient of the Outstanding Senior in Economics award. Below, Dr. Ahmed congratulates Nima Maher, recipient of the Faculty Award for Academic Excellence in Economics.
Spring 2010 ECON Scholarship Award Recipients:
Howard M. and Jane S. Wilhelm Scholarship in Economics
JARED SCOTT ANDERSON
J. Barkley Rosser, Sr. Memorial Scholarship in Economics
BROOKE RAY BEAL
Sara C. Yakovac Memorial Scholarship in Economics
KELLY JEMISON
Howard M. and Jane S. Wilhelm Scholarship in Economics
VLADISLAV ADILIEVICH KASSIYEV
J. Barkley Rosser, Sr. Memorial Scholarship in Economics
NIMA NEIL MAHER
Sara C. Yakovac Memorial Scholarship in Economics
KELLY MEREDITH JEMISON

Longtime JMU Economics Department Head Howard Wilhelm congratulates
Vladislav Kassiyev, 2009 winner of the Howard M. and Jane S. Wilhelm
Scholarship in Economics.

Vladislav Kassiyev, left, joins Diana Bazarbayeva at the College of Business
Scholarship Dinner. Kassiyev is the 2009 winner of the Howard M. and Jane S.
Wilhelm Scholarship in Economics. Kassiyev and Bazarbayeva both have double
majors in Economics and Public Policy and Administration.

Nima Neil Maher, left, is the winner of the J. Barkley Rosser, Sr. Memorial
Scholarship in Economics for 2009. Representing the family is Dr. Marina V.
Rosser, professor of economics at JMU. Her husband is J. Barkley Rosser,
Jr., also professor of economics at JMU. The scholarship is given in memory
of Rosser, Sr., who was a leading figure in American mathematics, computer
science and space science.

Kelly Jemison, center, is honored as the 2009 recipient of the Sara C.
Yakovac Memorial Scholarship in Economics. At left are her parents and at
right are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Yakovac. The scholarship is named for their
daughter, a JMU Economics honors graduate who was lost to leukemia in 2001.

Kelly Jemison is the 2009 winner of the Sara C. Yakovac Memorial Scholarship
in Economics. Kelly is a double major in economics and international affairs
and runs cross-country, indoor track and outdoor track for JMU.
Outstanding Senior in Economics
JEFFERSON FELTON LIVERMON III
Faculty Award for Academic Excellence in Economics
MATTHEW SCOTT SPENCER

Spring 2009 College of Business Awards Ceremony
Top, Economics department head, Ehsan Ahmed, right, congratulates Jefferson F. Livermon III, recipient of the Outstanding Senior in Economics award and, below, Matthew S. Spencer, recipient of the Faculty Award for Academic Excellence in Economics.
