A Laurentian University graduate has won a spot in the highly competitive Graduate Program of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Randy Kneer, a Bachelor of Arts in Economics graduate, beat out more than 800 applicants for the position, which includes a full tuition waiver. It came after a trip where Kneer presented his original research at the Poznań Post-Keynesian Workshops . Article contentLaurentian said in a release that Kneer’s achievement highlights what it called a growing momentum within Laurentian’s Faculty of Arts to connect student research with real-world, international opportunities. “Since I’ll be teaching once I begin my graduate studies at UMass Amherst, it was good preparation for what’s ahead.”