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MBAs connect fellow students with leading women executives
May 30, 2012
Two graduate business students at Simon Fraser University are putting their business acumen to work for the benefit of young women hoping to make positive strides as future leaders, managers and entrepreneurs. Alannah Cervenko and Alice Longhurst, graduate students in the MBA program at Simon Fraser University, created the Graduate Business Women’s Council for the Beedie School of Business in 2011. To date, their primary focus has been raising awareness amongst the membership about upcoming 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...
New award to honour the memory of Cecelia Suragh
May 29, 2012
A new award honouring the memory of a greatly-admired Management of Technology MBA student will provide financial support for graduate students at SFU’s Beedie School of Business. The Cecelia Suragh Memorial Graduate Award in Business will provide support to individuals with an undergraduate degree in life sciences who are pursuing graduate degrees at the Beedie School of Business. The award has been established in the memory of Cecelia Suragh, a Management of Technology (Biotechnology) MBA candidate, who more »More...
Announcing the Dr. Rick Iverson Memorial Fund
May 28, 2012
The Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University has announced the establishment of the Dr. Rick Iverson Memorial Fund. The fund has been set up to honour the memory of a very special faculty member at the business school. Rick Iverson, a Professor of Human Resource Management at SFU’s Beedie School of Business, passed away this past May. Joining SFU’s Faculty of Business Administration in 2001 from the University of Melbourne, Rick become an admired and 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...
Call for Nominations for 2012 SFU Nancy McKinstry Awards for Leadership in Diversity
May 18, 2012
The 2012 SFU Nancy McKinstry Awards for Leadership in Diversity is issuing a call for nominations for the Corporate Diversity Award. Nominations are open to all companies with operations in British Columbia, and recognizes one that excels in the area of diversity. The winner of the Corporate Diversity Award will be announced at the awards breakfast on September 19. Nominations and finalists will be confidentially held and resubmitted with future nominations for a period of 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...
Beedie professor engages with alumni in Shanghai
May 17, 2012
Beedie School of Business Professor and former MBA program director Judy Zaichkowsky took advantage of a recent trip to Shanghai to reconnect with a group of MBA alumni. Zaichkowsky was visiting Shanghai to explore the possibility of hosting an SFU undergraduate field school at the EMLyon Asian campus at East China Normal University. While there, she took the opportunity to engage with several of her former students now based in China. Beedie alumni Sven Gebhard, more »More...
New program accelerates social ventures
May 16, 2012
Contact: Shawn Smith, Beedie School, 778.782.9262, ssmithe@sfu.ca Derek Moscato, Beedie School, 778.782.5038, derek_moscato@sfu.ca Chantelle Buffie, 604.763.7211, clb14@sfu.ca Sonam Swarup, 604.809.5477, slswarup@sfu.ca Lorraine Wilson, 778.837.0394, mediarelations@vancity.com Students at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University can further their social venture ideas with the launch of the new Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator (SEA) program, starting this semester at the SFU Surrey campus. The program provides students with the resources to generate feasible business models, meet with clients to discuss project details, and gain an more »More...
Remembering Rick Iverson, 1959-2012
May 8, 2012
Rick Iverson, a Professor of Human Resource Management at SFU’s Beedie School of Business, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly last Thursday . Born Roderick Dale Iverson on September 3, 1959, Rick received his PhD in Industrial Sociology from the University of Iowa in 1992, and eventually joined SFU’s Faculty of Business Administration in 2001 from the University of Melbourne. Rick would go on to become an admired and highly-respected scholar, teacher and colleague within the business faculty more »More...