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The Friends of Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences Association is awarding prizes for outstanding academic achievement in 2023.
The Friends of the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences (HSZG) once again awarded prizes this year for outstanding academic achievement to the best graduates and students of the HSZG, based on nominations from the faculties.
During the ceremony of disenrolment on October 7, four of the six award recipients were able to personally receive their certificates from two members of the Friends Association, Prof. Dr. Falk Maiwald and Antje Pfitzner, M.A.
Award recipient Alexandra Lucia Klein B. A. even gave a graduation speech following the certificate ceremony, in which she not only reflected on her bachelor’s degree in communication psychology at HSZG but also encouraged everyone present to follow their own path, even if it seems unconventional at first.
“It’s wonderful to be able to recognize students’ academic work with the Friends of the University Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement. Being able to award this mark of quality for our university to our up-and-coming scholars every year makes us very proud,” said Prof. Dr. Falk Maiwald, second vice chair of the Friends of the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences.
Our 2023 Award Recipients
Richard Kretzschmar capped off his academic achievements during his KIA (sandwich-style) degree course in automation and mechatronics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science with his diplom thesis on the analysis of the boundary transition in an ETCSsimulation environment based on the planned full-tunnel variant of the new Dresden-Prague railway line.
Felix Unger has not only demonstrated outstanding academic performance in the KIA Mechanical Engineering degree programme at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering but also wrote an excellent final dissertation at Siemens AG in Görlitz. In it, he examines the extent to which the currently very conservative strength design of circular condensers in industrial steam turbines can be optimized to generate more sustainable designs.
Marcel Kremser has completed his degree programme in Economics and Languages at the Faculty of Managerial and Cultural Studies and his Bachelor thesis. His final dissertation aims to improve learning outcomes in English instruction. To this end, he developed didactic and methodological approaches to address interference in foreign language acquisition. He thereby provides concrete recommendations for language instruction in schools.
Melanie Messow achieved outstanding results during her master’s program in “integrated management” at the Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences . With her Master's thesis on “Developing an Approach to Incorporating Future-Oriented Topics into (Integrated) Management Systems—Using the Examples of Climate Management, supply chain due diligence, and sustainability management,” she also made a significant contribution to the “Trend-Oriented Integrated Management Systems” project at her faculty and laid the groundwork for the first-ever empirical survey on the status of integrated management systems in the D-A-CH region.
Alexandra Lucia Klein has demonstrated outstanding academic achievement in the degree programme communication psychology at the Faculty of Social Sciences as well as the highest grade on her Bachelor thesis. In it, she examines the role of sexual shame in romantic relationships. Using a workshop format she developed herself, she was able to illustrate the protective function of shame in romantic relationships and bring about positive effects on the couple’s relationship and their constructive way of dealing with the emotion of shame.
Sophie Jeannette Bachmeier studied Business Administration at the Faculty of Business Administration and Engineering Management with great success. Her Diplom thesis on “Cost Analysis in a Medium-Sized Manufacturing Company” was conducted in cooperation with an innovative mechanical engineering firm in the Lausitz region. Ms. Bachmeier impressed both professionally and personally with her dedicated and well-founded practical work.
All six faculties have the opportunity to nominate a student for this award.
The award recognizes the best academic performance, based on the grade point average, with special consideration given to the final dissertation. A grade point average of better than 2.0 is required. The prize money is €500.
Eligible to submit nominations are the supervising faculty members, the Student Council, or the students themselves.
Information on the guidelines for awarding the prize is available on the Friends of the University website.
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