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Undergrads manage $5 million BEAM fund to portfolio success
Nov 26, 2012
A group of undergraduate students at the Beedie School of Business have been immersed in the finance world recently, starting with a trip to Toronto to view the city’s finance sector first-hand, and ending with their third quarter presentation as managers of the Beedie Endowment Asset Management fund. The Beedie Endowment Asset Management (BEAM) fund was established in 2011 and is the largest undergraduate-run investment fund in Canada, with $5 million invested in Canadian equities, more »More...
BBA graduate Stephanie Wong: SFU ‘enriching experience’ for leadership award winner
Oct 11, 2012
The following story was published on SFU News on September 27, 2012. By Ross MacDonald-Allan When Stephanie Wong collects her degree in business administration this month, no one will be able to accuse her of not making the most of her SFU experience. Passionate about diversity and equality, Wong’s list of achievements is long and distinguished. Among them is the SFU chapter of Young Women in Business she founded in 2009. “When I first arrived more »More...
“Be More” campaign set to inspire Beedie BBAs
Oct 1, 2012
A new campaign launches today at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business aimed at encouraging students to make the most of their student life. The campaign challenges students to get more from the opportunities available to them both inside and outside the classroom – to be engaging, to be exceptional, and ultimately, to “Be More”. The Be More campaign aims to encourage students to seek out opportunities throughout their undergraduate degree to strengthen their more »More...
Ryan Beedie: Independent Spirit
Sep 21, 2012
A historic and record-setting $22 million gift from alumnus Ryan Beedie and his father Keith underscores Ryan’s longstanding relationship with Simon Fraser University and the Beedie School of Business. — On February 11, 2011, when Ryan Beedie and his father Keith made a record $22 million gift to Simon Fraser University’s business school, a bold statement was made not only about the future of the newly-named Beedie School of Business, but also about the school’s more »More...
2012 TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award winners announced
Aug 31, 2012
Professor Sudheer Gupta and recent PhD recipient Todd Green have been announced as the winners of this year’s TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award. The prestigious award is the highest teaching honour of its kind in SFU’s Beedie School of Business. Since 1990, Beedie School of Business students, faculty and alumni have nominated teachers from both undergraduate and postgraduate programs for the award. The nominations are then scrutinized by the Teaching Effectiveness Committee, who select more »More...
Students Pluck Management Case from Vancouver Hockey Riot
Jun 22, 2012
Undergrads parlay business lessons from post-Stanley Cup mayhem into victories at global ethics competition. For British Columbia hockey fans and observers of civic affairs, 2011 will be remembered for the troubling Stanley Cup riots in the aftermath of the Vancouver Canucks’ Game 7 loss to the Boston Bruins. The event is something many of the city’s residents would like to forget. But for a team of students from the Beedie School of Business, the riots more »More...
Bridging the Digital Divide
Jun 21, 2012
Beedie App Brings Software Engineers, Business Professionals – and the World – Closer Together. In 2010’s hit film The Social Network, a young Mark Zuckerberg knows he has just launched something special when – out of the blue – a fellow Harvard student asks him to “Facebook me.” Simon Fraser University’s Justin Lee, a fourth-year accounting student in the Beedie School of Business who helped develop the pioneering new Beedie iPhone app, hasn’t quite experienced more »More...
Beedie School of Business announces Co-op Global Careers Program
Jun 6, 2012
A new initiative at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business will give its CGA co-op students the chance to participate in a co-op work term on the sunny island of Barbados. The Beedie School of Business & CGA Co-op Global Careers Program is part of a new partnership between the Beedie School of Business, CGA-BC and CGA Caribbean. It will allow for one SFU CGA co-op student to be placed in a work term more »More...
Beedie teachers using Poll Everywhere to provoke critical thinking
Jun 5, 2012
The Teaching and Learning Group’s Interactive Polling Session took place on May 24 at 2:30pm. Andrew Gemino opened the presentation with questions about engagement and how students learn at our university. The 16 attendees were split into smaller groups to discuss more deeply the questions about how our students learn and the types of skills our School should develop. It’s clear from their discussion, that our teachers feel there is no singular technique to use more »More...