Eller Economics Student Wins Robert Logan Nugent Award

Kristijan Barnjak ’23 BA (Economics) received the 2023 Robert Logan Nugent Award at the University of Arizona’s 159^th Commencement ceremony on May 12, 2023. The Robert Logan Nugent Award goes to a student who displays a record of accomplishments that exemplifies the high ideals of Robert Logan Nugent—former University of Arizona executive vice president. 

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Barnjak graduated suma cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy, politics, economics and law, a Bachelor of Arts in economics and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy with an emphasis in ethics.

During his first year at the university, Barnjak became a part of the community at St. Thomas More Catholic Newman Center and became a student minister and served on the center’s outreach committee. He was also a member of the Daily Wildcat, serving as a reporter covering the Associated Students of the University of Arizona and the university’s efforts to mitigate COVID-19. He was then appointed editor-and-chief during the fall 2022 semester.

Barnjak’s honors thesis focused on the state anti-boycott laws passed in reaction to boycotts on the firearm energy companies as part of corporate environmental, social and governance initiatives.

A version of this article originally appeared on the University of Arizona News page. It was written by University Communications.