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Alumnus gives the valuable gift of study abroad experiences to SFU Beedie undergrads

Jan 29, 2024

The Beedie School of Business is thrilled to announce a $1.5 million donation commitment from alumnus Allan Merrill (BBA ’00) to support new study abroad opportunities for undergraduate students. This generous gift lays the foundation for the Merrill Family Global Campus Experience that will provide support for students to take courses in small groups led by a Beedie instructor at an international partner institution. The new initiative will complement our existing international exchange programs and […]

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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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