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BBA graduate Fahad Yasin: Continuing a family tradition
Jun 18, 2012
The following story was published on SFU News on June 7, 2012. By Ross MacDonald-Allan When undergrad Fahad Yasin collects his degree in business administration this month, his family’s association with Simon Fraser University will have returned to where it started. His father, Mohammed, graduated 30 years ago after leaving his home country, Fiji, to study at SFU. His two older sisters also attended SFU, one of whom will join him at convocation when she more »More...
Students help Vancouver reach zero waste goals
Jun 15, 2012
Students at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business are using their sustainability-in-business acumen to help the City of Vancouver and other B.C. jurisdictions reach their zero waste goals. Annually, SFU’s MBA students undertake real-world sustainability projects for clients across Canada. This year, they are working with the Recycling Council of British Columbia (RCBC) and the city in a project that is also being supported by the packaging division of Walmart Canada. Both RCBC and the city have mandated zero-waste goals, at a time when the province is moving towards “extended producer responsibility” — which puts the onus of waste disposal on product manufacturers and retailers. Students in the MBA sustainability class and the undergraduate course Managing for Sustainability (Bus 489), both taught by Stephanie Bertels, a Beedie School assistant professor, are designing companies or processes that close existing gaps in the consumer recycling landscape – from discarded computers and electronics to take-out food packaging.More...
Beedie students to help Vancouver reach zero waste goals
Jun 4, 2012
VANCOUVER– As British Columbia moves to have manufacturers and retailers take increasing responsibility for the recycling and responsible disposal of consumer products, opportunities are being created for new businesses and products to facilitate this environmental and social trend. To this end, students at SFU’s Beedie School of Business are using their sustainability in business acumen to help the City of Vancouver and other BC jurisdictions reach their zero waste goals. Annually, SFU’s MBA students undertake more »More...
Beedie student and alumnus recognized by Surrey Board of Trade’s Top 25 Under 25
May 29, 2012
Surrey, BC – On Tuesday, May 29th from 5:30-8pm at Eaglequest Golf Course, the Surrey Board of Trade will award 25 winners in their second annual Surrey’s Top 25 Under 25 Awards event. The event will celebrate the incredible initiatives of Surrey’s youth under the Age of 25. The winners were chosen based upon a subjective analysis of their business or community achievements, leadership ability, community involvement, professional achievements and uniqueness of their business or more »More...
Beedie students in podium finish at APEX
May 24, 2012
Students from SFU’s Beedie School of Business finished amongst the top three teams at the recent APEX Biz-IT Global Case Challenge. The competition, hosted by Singapore Management University from 29 April to 3 May, featured 19 teams from top universities across the globe. Each team was tasked with developing working strategies for growth for Brand Karma, a tech start-up company based in Singapore. The Beedie team finished in third place in this year’s competition and more »More...
Business Career Passport launched for undergrads
May 18, 2012
The Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University will this fall launch a new career preparation program for undergraduate students – Business Career Passport. The program will focus on career management and preparation and is intended to help students successfully launch their careers upon graduation. Students admitted to the BBA degree at the Beedie School of Business from fall 2012 and thereafter will be required to complete a series of six mandatory workshops focusing more »More...
Project managers project positive community change
May 8, 2012
Hands-on experience in project management is now delivered with community impact through social engagement and sustainability at SFU’s Beedie School of Business. And in one case it has meant the advent of recycling robots. In Beedie Professor Blaize Reich’s project management class, undergraduate students were asked to take on a project of any shape or size to develop the project management skills taught in the class. After being split into groups, the students were given more »More...
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 more »More...
SIFE Simon Fraser lands ACE Western Canada regional awards
Mar 6, 2012
Students from Simon Fraser University recently showed the Vancouver community what they “dared to do” to create social, environmental and economic impact throughout the Lower Mainland – and picked up some awards along the way. Members of the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) chapter from SFU, along with 16 other universities from as far as Manitoba, attended the 2012 ACE Western Regional Exposition at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The two-day event focused on the impact more »More...
Spring Soirée networking night connects HR students with industry leaders
Mar 5, 2012
The Human Resources Students’ Association (HRSA) at Simon Fraser University is to host its first annual professional networking night, Spring Soirée 2012, on March 21. Held at the Coast Coal Harbour Hotel in downtown Vancouver from 5:30pm to 8:30pm, Spring Soirée provides an opportunity for Beedie School of Business students in the HR field to network with experienced HR professionals. With support from title sponsors HSBC and Angus One, the Spring Soirée will be attended by more »More...