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BBA Chantelle Buffie wins national entrepreneurship competition

Mar 28, 2014

A new student venture that will provide a dedicated communications channel for residential property managers and tenants has won the Newcomers category at the National Business & Technology Conference entrepreneurship competition.

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Tamara Hombrebueno honoured with Dean’s Student Service Award

Mar 26, 2014

Beedie School of Business undergraduate student Tamara Hombrebueno has been honoured with the 2013 Dean’s Student Service Award in recognition of her contribution to the Beedie community through extra-curricular activities.

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BBA Ravneet Dhaliwal receives BASS Student Impact Award

Mar 21, 2014

The following article profiles Beedie School of Business undergraduate student Ravneet Dhaliwal, who this week received the BASS Student Impact Award at the 2014 BASS Banquet, the Beedie School of Business’ signature undergraduate networking event. Ravneet was profiled as part of the Beedie Engaged campaign, a celebration of the Beedie School of Business’ outstanding BBA students.

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Beedie student female leaders named Women of Promise

Mar 12, 2014

On the same day that Hillary Clinton delivered an impassioned speech in Vancouver about the role of women in business, five Beedie School of Business students were honoured by the Vancouver Board of Trade (VBOT) for their contributions as female leaders in the community.

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CaseIT competition marks 11 years at the top

Feb 3, 2014

Schools from across the globe will gather in Vancouver this week to compete at CaseIT, the Beedie School of Business’ annual undergraduate Management Information Systems (MIS) case competition. The competition will be held from February 5 to 8, and will encompass a corporate networking event, a discussion panel, and a 24-hour case deliberation. This year’s case will focus on the topic of “Big Data”, a collection of data sets so large and complex, that it […]

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Beedie undergraduate innovation showcased at I-3 competition

Jan 13, 2014

BBA students at the Beedie School of Business demonstrated their entrepreneurship and innovation skills in front of a guest panel of some of BC’s top business minds at the annual I-3 competition. The I-3 competition, formerly known as the Ken Spencer Competition, is held in conjunction with the Business 477: New Venture Planning class. Each year, students are asked to design a new product or service and a viable business plan to commercialize their venture, […]

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BBA graduate Alain Ndayishimiye: from refugee camps to business degree

Oct 16, 2013

The following story was published by SFU News on October 10, 2013.  When Alain Ndayishimiye collects his Bachelor of Business Administration this week, he can afford a moment to reflect upon the journey that led him to SFU. Growing up in Africa, Ndayishimiye lived in a number of refugee camps in Rwanda, Tanzania and Malawi, although he identifies as Burundian, the country his parents are from. He came to Canada through the World University Services […]

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Anthony Chan – TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award winner 2013

Aug 23, 2013

Anthony Chan’s long-term affiliation with the Beedie School of Business has given him a unique insight into the needs of the students – one that not only benefits those he teaches, but as the winner of the TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award for 2013, has undoubtedly benefited him too. Chan, a lecturer in Beedie’s Management Information Systems (MIS) area, actually studied for his undergraduate degree at Simon Fraser, where he majored in MIS. After […]

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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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BBA student Matt Hallat takes shot at Paralympic glory

Aug 16, 2013

The Beedie School of Business has a tremendous number of students and alumni with impressive résumés, but few can rival undergraduate student Matt Hallat’s claim of being an Olympian.

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