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Beedie students raise over $25,000 for Canadian Cancer Society

Jan 25, 2017

A group of Beedie students raised $25,800 for the Canadian Cancer Society last semester, in an initiative run as part of a project management class at the school.

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Beedie undergraduate parlays student engagement into national television role

Oct 9, 2015

BBA graduate Edwin Hendrawan has a unique claim to fame amongst this year’s crop of SFU graduates: he has been the host of a national television show.

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Beedie lecturer Kamal Masri awarded Canadian Cancer Society honour

Sep 21, 2015

Beedie School of Business lecturer Kamal Masri has been awarded the Canadian Cancer Society’s Community Champion Award, in recognition of his remarkable fundraising efforts for the Society.  

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MOT MBA alumna reaches new heights for BC Children’s Hospital Foundation

May 1, 2015

Beedie School of Business alumna Dora Vanourek is setting her sights high in her latest fund raising adventure.

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MBAs partner with Five Hole for Food to fight hunger

Dec 12, 2012

MBA students from the Beedie School of Business put their studies on hold in favour of some street hockey recently, at the SFU MBA Five Hole for Food charity street hockey event. The event was organized by SFU’s full-time and Management of Technology MBA students in partnership with Five Hole for Food, and took place at the Jack Poole Plaza (near the Olympic cauldron) in downtown Vancouver on 15 December. Five Hole for Food is […]

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Undergrads parlay business acumen into United Way fundraising

Nov 1, 2012

A group of Beedie School of Business first year students will put their business innovation skills on display next week in the third annual SFU Market on the Mezz. The event, part of the BusOne program at SFU’s Beedie School of Business, will see the students utilizing their newfound business acumen by promoting and selling a product or service of their own creation in order to raise funds for the United Way. The Market on […]

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Beedie Olympics brings home gold for SFU community and Right to Play

Jul 20, 2012

The inaugural Beedie Olympics that took place on July 7 at the Burnaby Campus of Simon Fraser University represented a first-ever student engagement initiative aimed to strengthen the Beedie community through the power of sport, as well as to raise money for the international humanitarian organization Right to Play.

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Beedie Olympics delivers SFU spirit and funds for Right to Play

Jun 22, 2012

BURNABY, BC– As the world gears up for the forthcoming London Summer Games, a new Olympics tradition is also coming to SFU’s Beedie School of Business. The Beedie Olympics is a new student engagement initiative aimed to strengthen the Beedie community – and raise money for the global sporting charity Right to Play. The unique on-campus event will be the first of its kind to bring together faculty, alumni, and undergraduates through friendly competition. Through […]

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