Senior Lunch & Awards Ceremony
Every year the department holds a senior awards celebration to honor the students who were granted honors for their senior theses, students who received the Coen, Deibler, or Eisner Awards, and students who completed the BA/MA degree.
We are excited to welcome the class of 2025 and their guests to this year's Senior Lunch & Awards Ceremony:
Date: Friday, June 13, 2025
Time: 12:00pm-2:00pm
Location: Kellogg Global Hub, White Auditorium
2025 SENIOR CELEBRATION WEBSITE AVAILABLE SOON
Please see Northwestern's Graduation Weekend 2025 page for more information on all of the celebrations happening throughout the weekend.
Information on Parking and Getting to White Auditorium (2024):
2025 parking information will be updated closer to the date of the event.
- Parking in all surface lots is free on June 10, and no permit is required.
- Free parking is also available in the North Campus parking garage, a short walk from the Kellogg Global Hub.
- Shuttles will be running between Ryan Field and campus. Here is the shuttle map.
- For more information on parking and shuttles, please see the Graduation Shuttle Service, Parking, and Maps page.
- White Auditorium is located on the second floor of the Kellogg Global Hub.
- Once you enter the building, take the large set of stairs on the right after the information desk. A registration table will be set up for you to get a nametag.
Awards
The Robert M. Coen Award for Distinguished Honors Thesis is awarded to graduating seniors who have written exemplary senior theses. Robert Coen, Economics Professor Emeritus, received his A.B. from Harvard in 1961 and Ph.D. in economics from Northwestern in 1967. He taught at Stanford from 1965-1971 and at Northwestern from 1972-2007. Coen studied estimation of demand systems for factors of production and the effects of taxes on factor demands. He developed a structural macroeconometric model of actual and potential Gross Domestic Product. His teaching focused on macroeconomics and public finance, and secondarily in comparative economic systems. Coen has been deeply involved in the development of the undergraduate curriculum at Northwestern, serving as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Affairs in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences from 1976-79 and again in 1998-2001. Coen was Chair of the Economics Department from 1985-88 and Faculty Master of the Public Affairs Residential College from 1995-98. Outside the university, Coen was a Director of the Social Science Research Council from 1988-93 and Chair in 1992-93, and he was a Director of the Trust for Credit Unions from 1987-2015, a family of mutual funds for credit union investments.
The Frederick S. Deibler Award for Excellence in Economics is awarded to graduating seniors who achieve the best performances in economic coursework. Frederick Deibler was a faculty member of the Economics Department from 1904-1942. A native of Indiana, Professor Deibler received his BA from Harvard in 1904 and his PhD from University of Wisconsin in 1909. His main research interests were labor markets and organizations, and his book “Principles of Economics” was first published in 1929. The Deibler Award was established upon Professor Deibler’s retirement from Northwestern in 1942.
The Robert Eisner Award for Undergraduate Research is awarded to the graduating senior who demonstrates superb talent in conducting Public Policy undergraduate research in economics. Robert Eisner was a member of the Northwestern faculty from 1952-1994. Professor Eisner was recognized throughout the United States for his expertise and knowledge of macroeconomics and the economics of business cycles. He served as President of the American Economic Association in 1988 and was a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune and The Los Angeles Times, primarily covering national economic policy.