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International Student wins NZ Prime Minister’s Prize
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
An international student from Uruguay is among the winners of the Prime Minister's Prize for the top students from Victoria University of Wellington's School of Government.
The Prime Minister’s Prizes are awarded to the students with the highest grade point average in their overall Master’s Programme.
Diego Gonnet Ibarra, who came to Victoria University from Uruguay on an NZAID Scholarship, is donating his prize money for being the top Public Policy student to the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal to show his gratitude to New Zealand for funding his scholarship.
Diego graduated in 2005 with a BA in Political Science (Hons) from Universidad de la República, Uruguay. He worked as a researcher for his ‘alma mater’ university between 2004 and 2008, investigating democracy and civil-military relations, defence policy, United Nations peacekeeping operations and military law. He completed the Master of Public Policy programme between 2009 and 2010 at Victoria University with support from NZAID.
The awards were given out at Victoria University on September 6.
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