HKUST Business School presented awards to recognize five outstanding teachers at a ceremony held on Friday 9 March 2001. This was the first time the School had given such awards.
The awards, entitled "HKUST Business School - The Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence", were set up with the support of the generous donations from the Larry and Mei Kwong Franklin Endowment Fund. From Fall Semester, 2000-01, five awards will be presented each semester, one each for an undergraduate year and one for MBA required courses and one for MBA non-required / MSc courses.
The first five outstanding teachers recognized are
- Undergraduate year one: Jong Hag Choi, Assistant Professor of Accounting
- Undergraduate year two: Lydia Price, Assistant Professor of Marketing
- Undergraduate year three: Haresh Gurnani, Assistant Professor of ISMT
- MBA Required Courses: T J Wong, Associate Professor of Accounting
- MBA Non-Required / MSc Courses: Andrew Carverhill, Assistant Professor of Finance