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Beedie students strike gold at APEX Global Case Challenge
May 13, 2016
Beedie School of Business undergraduate students continued their impressive form at global case competitions in 2016, earning the gold medal at the prestigious APEX Business-IT Global Case Challenge, one of the world’s premier management information systems case competitions.More...
Beedie MSc Finance team qualifies for PRMIA Risk Management Challenge finals
Feb 11, 2016
Four students from the MSc Finance program at the Beedie School of Business emerged victorious over three teams from Western Canada to win the regional round of the prestigious PRMIA Risk Management Challenge.More...
Kamal Masri’s teaching bring community engagement into the classroom
Feb 3, 2016
Beedie School of Business lecturer Kamal Masri has never been afraid to take chances.More...
Kathleen Burke awakens students through classroom engagement
Feb 1, 2016
Beedie School of Business senior lecturer Kathleen Burke’s first teaching position was an awakening – both figuratively and literally.More...
Globe and Mail: Bookstore challenge opens new chapter in learning for SFU undergrads
Jan 8, 2016
Hands-on learning is increasingly a staple of business school education, with students expected to apply theory from the classroom to real-world situations.More...
SFU Beedie School of Business students raise $30k for Canadian Cancer Society
Dec 9, 2015
Students at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business this semester leveraged a project management class project to raise funds for cancer – and after narrowly failing to reach their ambitious $30,000 target, dipped into their own pockets to make up the shortfall.More...
Globe and Mail: Programs give startups a ‘hedge against failure’
Nov 12, 2015
The following is an excerpt from an article published in the Globe and Mail on November 4, 2015. By Jennifer Lewington, Globe and Mail.More...
Speakers on Campus brings real-world perspectives to the classroom
Nov 5, 2015
The Beedie School of Business’ Speakers on Campus program this month celebrates one year of successfully connecting business education with real world industry experience.More...
Beedie pilots new crowd funding platform to boost JDC West
Nov 2, 2015
In 2013 when the SFU JDC West team was named Academic School of the Year, the scenes of euphoria among the victorious students were both heartwarming and inspirational in equal measure. Now a new crowd-funding initiative at the Beedie School of Business is aiming to make such scenes an annual occurrence.More...