How SFU Business fared in the news for the week of November 7, 2008

Barack to the Future

• Andrew von Nordenflycht, assistant prof in SFU Business, was on radio station Talk 1410. “If, as rumoured, Obama makes a relatively moderate and experienced choice for treasury secretary and chooses a high profile Republican nominee for defence secretary, that may calm markets.

It will signal a moderate, let’s-work-together strategy.” (Nordenflycht is a former volunteer for Barack Obama’s campaign and was one of a pack of SFU experts who volunteered to talk to media about the U.S. presidential election.)

Education

• National Post’s Financial Post Business Magazine featured SFU’s MBA program. Business dean Daniel Shapiro was photographed, and quoted: “We have a tremendous faculty, and we complement their excellent teaching with industry people—with specialized areas of knowledge–from across Canada and around the world.”

Also quoted: Ed Bukszar, associate dean: “It’s quite different from the offerings of other business schools. Many schools offer a homogeneous MBA program, but we have five individual programs in our portfolio, each tailored to meet the needs of a particular population, and which also allow us to have smaller class sizes.”

Local Elections

• Retired business prof Gary Mauser, a veteran election-watcher, was in Metro, talking about fringe candidates. “ . . . while the Nude Garden Party will no doubt amuse voters, minor parties tend to divert votes from the bigger parties who do have a chance at winning an election.”