Prizes

Prize Rules

2008 Awards
Awarded at the Prize Night on Thursday 19 March 2009
Hoods Room, University Club

Honours

The Environment Medal, Honours Emily Corkhill

The Graham Lawton Prize for Geography Tom Brookman

The Pauline Price Scholarship Helen Austin

Research Master’s or PhD

The Royal Geographical Society of South Australia John Lewis Silver Medal  Vigya Sharma, awarded at a gala event in May 2009 with the RGSSA.

 L-R: Miriam Wishart, Katherine Radoslovich, George        With Professor Nick Harvey and Dr Di Rudd                                   Mrs Nitschke with Miriam  
 Jeliazkov, Kirsty Arnold, Emily Corkhill (back), Erica 
Rees, Daniel Miller (back), Helen Austin, Kate Edwards 
and Nicole Pelton.

                   
    Daniel with Dr Di Rudd                Nicole with Professor Harvey          Emily with Professor Harvey               Helen with Dr Di Rudd                   Katherine with Dr Di Rudd

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2007 Awards
Awarded at the Prize Night on Thursday 30 April 2008
Hoods Room, University Club

Honours

The Environment Medal, Honours Jill Woodlands

The Graham Lawton Prize for Geography Anna Haygreen

Research Master’s or PhD

The Royal Geographical Society of South Australia John Lewis Silver Medal Julia Hinsliff (PhD)

Professor Graeme Hugo, Stephanie Wende,                        Dr Julia Hinsliff receiving the John Lewis Silver Medal from
Zoe van der Lee,  Nikki Brookman, George                         Rod Shearing, President of the Royal Geographical Society of SA. 
Jeliazkov, Erica Rees, Simone Tymukas,  Jill                                
Woodlands, Professor Nick Harvey, Gemma Weedall.        

Geographical & Environmental Studies Prizes and Awards: Rules

**NB These rules are under revision for 2009 due to changes in curriculum.

Level I

The Allison Nitschke Memorial Prize
Whereas Lynette and Terry Nitschke have provided funding to the University to establish an annual prize in the Department of Geography in memory of their daughter Allison, for the purpose of encouraging and rewarding excellence in the study of Level I Geography, the following rules are hereby made:
1. There shall be a prize called "The Allison Nitschke Memorial Prize".
2. The prize shall be in the form of a book voucher to the value of $125 and it shall be awarded annually.
3. The prize shall be awarded to the student of Level I Geography, who in the opinion of the staff of the Department of Geographical and Environmental Studies, has attained the most outstanding overall result (reflecting exceptional commitment and dedication to the subject, attributes which characterised Allison Nitschke).

The John Lewis Prize for Geography
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has accepted the offer of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia (South Australian Branch Inc.) to provide an annual prize.
1. The prize shall be called "The John Lewis Prize for Geography".
2. The value of the prize shall be $50, unless otherwise determined by the Faculty.
3. The prize shall be awarded to the student who attains the highest mark in Level I Geography courses.

The Environment Medal, Level I

Level II

The Charles Fenner Prize for Geography
This prize was founded by private subscription in memory of the late Charles Fenner, D.Sc., a distinguished educator who was Director of Education 1939 to 1946. During this time he assisted in the establishment of the Department of Geography and the study of geography as a full discipline in the Bachelor of Arts. In 2004, Emeritus Professor Frank Fenner, son of the late Charles Fenner, made a further donation of $5000, which increased the value of the prize.
1. The prize shall be called "The Charles Fenner Prize for Geography".
2. The annual value of the prize shall be $350, unless otherwise determined by the Faculty.
3. The prize shall be awarded to the student who attains the highest mark in Level II Geography courses, provided that the candidate is, in the opinion of the examiners, of sufficient merit.

The Philip Tighe Memorial Medal
Whereas the Department of Geographical and Environmental Studies has provided for an annual prize to reward outstanding performance in the field of Environmental Studies, the following rules are hereby made:
1. There shall be a medal to be awarded annually, and called “The Philip Tighe Memorial Medal Prize.”
2.  It shall be awarded for distinction in the study of Environmental Studies, and it shall not be awarded except for work of high merit.
3. Provided that, in the opinion of the Head of the Department of Geographical and Environmental Studies, the work is of sufficient merit, the medal shall be awarded each year to the student with most outstanding result in the core course for the Bachelor of Environmental Studies degree.

The Environment Medal, Level II

Level III

The Pauline Price Scholarship
The Council having accepted a gift of $2,350 from the family of Lady Kitty Pauline Price for the purpose of establishing a scholarship to commemorate her services to the University and to its affiliated Colleges, especially St. Mark's College and St. Ann's College, the following rules are hereby made:
1. The scholarship shall be called "The Pauline Price Scholarship", shall be tenable for one year, and shall be open to candidates who have completed Level II or Level III in Geography in the University of Adelaide.
2. The value of the award shall be $1200, unless otherwise determined by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, but will not exceed the income derived during the preceding calendar year from the investment of the said sum of $2,350.
3. The scholarship shall be available for award each year to a candidate who will proceed during its tenure to the final year's work for the course Honours in Geography or in such other course or courses as the Faculty in consultation with a representative of the donors may from time to time approve, bearing in mind that the general intention of the donors is that the scholarship should normally be held for studies for geography.
4. The scholarship may be held in the University of Adelaide or the Flinders University of South Australia.
5. The scholarship be awarded by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences after consultation with the Head of the Department of Geographical and Environmental Studies.
6. The scholarship shall be awarded on the merit of the candidate's previous academic records in geography.
7.  If no award be made in any year an additional award may be made in a subsequent year provided that there is an additional candidate of sufficient merit in that year.

The Archibald Grenfell Price Prize in Geography
The sum of $220 having been given to the University by St. Mark's College Club Inc to honour Dr A Grenfell Price, Master of the College since its foundation to his retirement in 1957. Dr Price's work lay not only in the College but also in the Department of Geography, and in the University at large. The following rules are made:
1. The prize shall be known as "The Archibald Grenfell Price Prize in Geography".
2. The value of the prize shall be $200, unless otherwise determined by the Faculty
3. The prize shall be awarded annually to the student who attains the highest mark in Level III Geography courses, provided that the candidate is of sufficient merit.

The Royal Geographical Society of South Australia Prizes
Whereas the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia Inc. has approved the establishment of "The Royal Geographcal Society of South Australia Prizes" to further encourage academic excellence in the field of Geography, the following rules are hereby made:
1. Prizes shall be awarded annually to the student who attained the highest mark in level II Geography courses and to the student who attained the highest mark in level III Geography courses, provided that the candidates are of sufficient merit.
2. The prizewinner for each level shall receive a two year membership to the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia. This is to complement the existing prizes for the prizewinners of the Charles Fenner Prize for Geography (level II) and the Archibald Grenfell Price prize in Geography (level III).

The Environment Medal, Level III                                                                                                                                      

Honours

The Environment Medal, Honours
In 2000 the Department of Geographical and Environmental Studies decided to establish a prize to encourage excellence in Honours Level Environmental Studies. The following rules are hereby made:
 1. The prize shall be called “The Environment Medal, Honours”.
2. The prize shall be a medal.
3. The medal shall be awarded annually to the student with the most outstanding result in Honours Environmental Studies.

The Graham Lawton Prize for Geography
Graham Henry Lawton, B.A., B.Ed. (Melbourne), M.A. (Oxford), F.A.S.S.A., was appointed Reader-in-charge of the Department of Geography in 1951, established the Honours School of Geography in 1952, was appointed Foundation Professor of Geography in 1959, occupied the Chair until his retirement in 1977, and was awarded the title Professor Emeritus in 1978. Whereas the sum of $1000 has been paid by private subscription to the University for the purpose of providing a prize in his honour, the following rules are made:
1. The prize shall be known as "The Graham Lawton Prize for Geography".
2. The value of the prize shall be $250, unless otherwise determined by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
3. The prize shall be awarded to the student who obtains a first class Honours degree and who is placed first in the order of merit,     provided that in the opinion of the examiners the candidate is of sufficient merit.
4. If the examiners deem that two or more candidates are of equal merit, the prize shall be divided equally among those candidates.

Master’s

The Environmental Studies Medal, Masters
Wheras the Mawson Graduate Centre for Environmental Studies (Department of Geographical and Environmental Studies) has provided for an annual prize to reward outstanding research in the field of Environmental Studies, the following rules are hereby made:
1. There shall be a medal to be be awarded annually, and called “The Environmental Studies Medal”.
2.  It shall be awarded for outstanding research in the field of Environmental Studies, and it shall not be awarded except for work of high merit.
3. Provided that in the opinion of the Head of the Department of Geographical and Environmental Studies the study is of sufficient merit, the medal shall be awarded each year to the postgraduate student who submits the best Master of Environmental Studies Dissertation.

Research Master’s or PhD

The Royal Geographical Society of South Australia John Lewis Silver Medal
Whereas the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia Inc. has approved the establishment of the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia John Lewis Silver Medal to further encourage academic excellence in the field of Geography, the following rules are hereby made:
1. There shall be a medal to be awarded annually and called "The Royal Geographical Society of South Australia John Lewis Silver Medal".
2. The medal is to be awarded to the student who has made a significant theoretical or empirical contribution to Geography through the completion of a Masters degree by research or a Ph.D. in Geography at either Flinders University or Adelaide University. Students eligible for consideration for the medal will be those whose examiners’ reports are formally accepted within the calendar year.
3. Whether a student’s thesis is to be considered for the award of a medal shall be determined by the Head of the Department to which the thesis was submitted.
4. Applications for the medal shall be sought by the President of the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia in December of each year and assessment will be conducted by a panel of three consisting of the President of the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia or nominee and the Professors of Geography or their nominees from Adelaide University and Flinders University. If, in the opinion of the panel, there is not a candidate of sufficient merit, the medal shall not be awarded for that year.