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New course opens entrepreneurial avenues

Sep 15, 2014

A new course offered this fall by two SFU professors will open entrepreneurial avenues to undergraduate students in all faculties. The 200-level introductory course, BUS 238: Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation, emphasizes cooperative, team-based approaches to entrepreneurship and innovation. Available to any student who has 12 or more credits, the course will make upper-division business classes accessible.

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Shafik Bhalloo – TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award winner 2013

Aug 20, 2013

Beedie School of Business lecturer Shafik Bhalloo’s engaging teaching style has won him many admirers in the short time he has taught at the Beedie School – so many, in fact, that it has resulted in him winning the 2013 TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award. Bhalloo joined the Beedie School of Business in 2008 as a sessional lecturer, where he teaches classes in commercial law, employment law, and business ethics. Outside of teaching, Bhalloo […]

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Beedie Senior Lecturer Anne Macdonald wins SFU Excellence in Teaching Award

Feb 21, 2013

Anne Macdonald, a senior lecturer of accounting at the Beedie School of Business, has been named recipient of Simon Fraser University’s 2012 Excellence in Teaching Award, the highest honour of its kind awarded to faculty at the university. The Excellence in Teaching award is presented annually to three teachers from across the university who possess the ability to stimulate students creatively and critically, are enthusiastic about student learning and innovation in teaching, are able to […]

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Beedie named Academic School of the Year at JDC West

Jan 23, 2013

SFU’s Beedie School of Business captured the Academic School of the Year award at the prestigious JDC West case competition, held from January 18 to 20 at the University of British Columbia, edging out stiff competition from 11 other leading Canadian business schools to claim the title. The Academic School of the Year award is presented to the team which achieves the highest overall finish in the JDC West competition’s ten academic categories. In addition, the […]

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Beedie profs engage with next generation of entrepreneurs

Dec 14, 2012

A group of middle school students engaged with leading business professors from the Beedie School of Business this week to showcase some innovative new products – made entirely from duct tape, paper clips and popsicle sticks. The students – from Citadel Middle School in Coquitlam’s Middle Age Cluster Class program – visited SFU’s Segal Graduate School in downtown Vancouver to pitch their creations to a panel of guest judges, including Beedie professor Eric Gedajlovic and […]

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“Be More” campaign set to inspire Beedie BBAs

Oct 1, 2012

A new campaign launches today at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business aimed at encouraging students to make the most of their student life. The campaign challenges students to get more from the opportunities available to them both inside and outside the classroom – to be engaging, to be exceptional, and ultimately, to “Be More”. The Be More campaign aims to encourage students to seek out opportunities throughout their undergraduate degree to strengthen their […]

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Work-study abroad sets business students apart

Jul 13, 2012

The following article was published by The Globe and Mail on July 12. As a third-year commerce student at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business, Marcel Glaesser spent an academic semester at the University of Mannheim last year. After completing his studies in Germany, he decided to stay longer and landed a six-month contract with BMW in Munich. “The coolest thing is that I got to do so many things,” he recalls, citing marketing-related assignments […]

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Beedie teachers using Poll Everywhere to provoke critical thinking

Jun 5, 2012

The Teaching and Learning Group’s Interactive Polling Session took place on May 24 at 2:30pm. Andrew Gemino opened the presentation with questions about engagement and how students learn at our university. The 16 attendees were split into smaller groups to discuss more deeply the questions about how our students learn and the types of skills our School should develop. It’s clear from their discussion, that our teachers feel there is no singular technique to use […]

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