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The Ali Dastmalchian Memorial Fund

Apr 8, 2022

SFU’s Beedie School of Business is pleased to announce the Ali Dastmalchian Memorial International Study Abroad Award, in memory of our late dean, Dr. Ali Dastmalchian. Ali was an avid supporter of students’ international experiences and a driving force behind SFU Beedie’s internationalization strategy. To honour his leadership and to continue his vision to strengthen SFU Beedie’s global outlook, friends and colleagues donated generously to establish an endowed award in his name. This new award, […]

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Italian fashion students learn what it means to be a Canadian

Jul 31, 2012

Business students from Italy spent July in Vancouver as part of a unique collaboration between SFU’s Beedie School of Business and the Università Bocconi – and were given a crash course in Canadian culture as part of their visit. The visiting students from Bocconi, located in the fashion capital of Italy, Milan, and regarded as Italy’s top business and economics school, were paired with SFU students from the “Business 492: Management of Fashion Companies,” class […]

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Student internationalizes Beedie experience with AIESEC

Apr 12, 2012

The following article was submitted by Beedie School of Business graduate Esther Chang: As you learn in any introduction to economics course, life has a lot of tradeoffs. So if your goals are to travel around the world to get a deeper appreciation of life and culture, you will most likely have to trade off a lot time from developing your career. By participating in an international internship with AIESEC, however, you can make the […]

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Business student lands worldly scholarship

Sep 12, 2011

Contact: Jevta Lukic (in Paris), lukic.jevta@gmail.com Marianne Meadahl, PAMR, 778.782.9017; Marianne_Meadahl@sfu.ca Link to govt release: http://at.sfu.ca/bsmefl Photo (supplied): http://at.sfu.ca/AejtnZ Simon Fraser University student Jevta Lukic is among eight B.C. post-secondary students to receive the Premier’s One World Scholarship, a provincial award that encourages international education. It’s fitting that the young business student is in Paris for the announcement.

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