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SFU Beedie undergraduate overcame challenges to complete degree and launch HR career

Sep 29, 2021

There’s no such thing as a typical SFU Beedie student and no single pathway they follow to earn their degrees; that diversity of experience makes an important contribution to the school’s unique community and learning environment. Allyson Spence, who will receive her BBA with a concentration in Human Resource Management at this year’s fall convocation, exemplifies this ethos. Like nearly half of SFU Beedie’s undergraduates, Allyson was a transfer student. She joined SFU Beedie in […]

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SFU Beedie alumnus wins HR industry award

Sep 21, 2021

Ali Najaf (BBA ’18) has been named among the inaugural list of Young Influencers by Canadian HR Reporter magazine. Najaf, who is a Human Resources Specialist with construction and engineering firm Kiewit, was recognized for his outstanding involvement in the HR community, including volunteering and mentoring, writing opinion articles in the press, and his commitment to supporting diversity in HR. The award was given based on demonstrated career progression and development in HR, and experience […]

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SFU Beedie welcomes virtual international exchange students

Nov 26, 2020

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, international travel was one of the first activities to be halted. That created a challenge for the Office of International Programs (OIP) at SFU’s Beedie School of Business, which oversees international student exchange—but also an opportunity to try something new. Helping students to develop a global perspective is a core pillar of SFU Beedie’s mission, and the team wasn’t willing to give up on offering international students the experience of […]

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Rising sales for gluten free bread entrepreneur

Jun 10, 2020

Sonia Mastroianni (BBA 1992), co-founder of specialty bread company Aidan’s Gluten Free Inc., didn’t set out with the intention of becoming an entrepreneur. While studying in the undergraduate program at SFU’s Beedie School of Business, she took advantage of the opportunity to complete co-op employment terms, and one of those led to her lining up a permanent role after graduating. She worked in a corporate sales position in Calgary for three and half years, before […]

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SFU Beedie delivers record-breaking performance at top case competition 

Jan 24, 2019

A team of SFU Beedie students competing in this year’s JDC West, Western Canada’s largest and most prestigious business competition, turned in the school’s best-ever performance, winning first place in six of the 13 categories. This success led to the team also winning the prized School of the Year category for only the second time since the competition’s inception in 2006, and Academic School of the Year. These titles are based on the results of […]

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Students and alumni recognized with awards at BASS Celebration Gala

May 11, 2018

The Business Administration Student Society (BASS) at SFU’s Beedie School of Business honoured outstanding individuals in the SFU Beedie community at the first annual BASS Celebration Gala on April 26, 2018. The event was an innovation of the BASS Executive Council, building on previous years’ events. “Many SFU Beedie students work tirelessly to host numerous events and programs for members of the Beedie community,” says Annika Ng, Chair of the BASS Celebration Gala 2018 Organizing […]

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SFU Beedie students among Surrey’s Top 25 Under 25 Awards

May 2, 2018

SFU’s Beedie School of Business was once again well represented at the Surrey Board of Trade’s annual Top 25 Under 25 Awards for 2018, with six SFU Beedie students or alumni appearing in the list as well as two further students who have taken interdisciplinary programs at the school. The award winners were honoured at an event celebrating remarkable initiatives taken by young people in Surrey, who are 25 years of age or younger. The […]

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SFU Beedie student selected for entrepreneurial leadership initiative

Feb 2, 2018

Rachel Chase, an undergraduate student at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business, is among three SFU students to be selected for the 2018 cohort of The Next 36 a national initiative aimed at transforming Canada’s most promising post-secondary student innovators into leading entrepreneurs. Rachel was selected alongside Ardalan Benam,a recent MSc graduate from the School of Computing Science, and Nell Du,  an undergraduate in the School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering. With three students accepted, SFU has more students […]

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Beedie undergrad Raymond Zeng wins Governor General’s Silver Medal

Jun 6, 2017

It takes commitment to achieve the highest grades in your graduating class, and commitment is something that Raymond Zeng has in abundance.

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Beedie alumnus and MP Terry Beech named Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum

Mar 31, 2017

Burnaby North-Seymour MP and Beedie School of Business alumnus Terry Beech has been named as one of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders. The program recognizes young leaders from across 40 different countries for making positive change in their communities.

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