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Beedie School maintains AACSB accreditation
Apr 11, 2012
The Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University is pleased to announce that it has maintained its accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) for a period of five years. The business school, with campuses in Burnaby, Surrey and downtown Vancouver, is home to Canada’s first Executive MBA program and one of Canada’s largest undergraduate programs. It was first accredited by AACSB in 2006. Since that time, it has continued to grow its reputation as one of the country’s leading teaching and learning settings, and for producing global-class research for the knowledge economy.More...
SIAS students garner top returns at RISE investment portfolio competition
Apr 10, 2012
MSc in Finance students from the Beedie School of Business have won a major award at the prestigious RISE investment competition hosted at Dayton University, Ohio. The students won first place in the Balanced Investment Style category for their work on the Student Investment Advisory Service (SIAS) fund, the student-run investment fund which sees Beedie students managing over $10 million of the university’s endowment portfolio. Bill Dennis, Jared Wolk, Mehdi Saedi and Jon Lo attended more »More...
Students engage community with social media
Apr 5, 2012
A course that was launched less than a year ago at SFU’s Beedie School of Business has provided students with unprecedented focus on analyzing and optimizing the value of social media for organizations and businesses. Through community-building projects, undergrad students applied the social media lessons of the course to new and established not-for-profits and social agencies on a wide range of issues, from life-saving transplants to disability in sport. The course, Social Media & Business, was taught at SFU's Surrey campus by assistant professor Jan Kietzmann and instructor Ashish Gurung. Students used Facebook and the Twitter hashtag #BUS450 to engage with each other and their teachers, and to collaborate on assigned projects and readings. Throughout the semester, Kietmann and Gurung invited industry thoughts leaders, entrepreneurs and businesses to share their insights and expertise in social media.More...
Undergrads’ start-up focuses on fast fruit
Apr 4, 2012
A group of undergrad students from the Beedie School of Business have taken it upon themselves to feed their fellow students – with a focus on healthy eating. The Fruit Dealers are providing hungry staff and students with healthy and nutritious fruit cups delivered throughout SFU. Each fruit cup is priced at $4, contains three portions of fruit, and is made with the team’s special secret sauce for added flavour. The team consists of BBA more »More...
Opportunity Fest showcases BBA new ventures
Apr 4, 2012
An upcoming event at Simon Fraser University Surrey and hosted by the Beedie School of Business will enable entrepreneurially-minded students to present their venture ideas to industry experts. The second annual Opportunity Fest will be held on Wednesday April 11 from 6pm to 9pm in the Mezzanine of SFU’s Surrey Campus. Building on the success of last year’s event, over 100 students from seven different Beedie School of Business classes will participate in the marketplace-style more »More...
Visiting Netherlands researcher at crucial intersection of Internet and health promotion
Apr 3, 2012
Rik Crutzen, a researcher from the Department of Health Promotion at the CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care in the Netherlands, is a visiting scholar at the Beedie School of Business this year. He is working with award-winning Beedie School of Business faculty member Dianne Cyr on e-loyalty and website content issues in the context of health care and health promotion and marketing.More...
Special Presentation: Using Professional Development to Support Organizational Change
Mar 30, 2012
The Teaching and Learning Center is sponsoring Ann E. Austin, a leading US scholar on organizational change in higher education and faculty development to speak at SFU on Monday, April 16. The presentation will take place at the Halpern Centre on Burnaby Campus, but will also be webcast and archived for those who wish to participate at Surrey and Segal. This presentation is relevant to Beedie faculty because Austin’s research and frameworks could inform the School’s forward-looking efforts more »More...
MBA alumna and reality TV winner profiled on CNN
Mar 29, 2012
CNN | Stars Of Science – Watch more Politics Videos at Vodpod. SFU MBA alumna Wahiba Chair was featured in a recent CNN article discussing reality television shows on Arab television after winning the first season of the Arab docu-reality television show Stars of Science. Stars of Science is the first Arab television program to create a worldwide competition where contestants competed for the commercial launch of a product of their own design. It features 16 young more »More...
Financial Post: MBA helps SMEs grow globally
Mar 29, 2012
The following article was published by the Financial Post on March 27, 2012 as part of their MBA issue. BY REBECCA WALBERG, FINANCIAL POST Most business students realize the future holds more options than Bay Street and the FP500. While multinational corporations and the business world elite get the most attention, the scope and importance of Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make them vitally important to the domestic economy, the export sector, and current more »More...
Financial Post: MBA programs take practical route
Mar 27, 2012
The following article was published by the Financial Post on March 27, 2012 as part of their MBA issue. BY MARY TERESA BITTI, FINANCIAL POST Jocelyn Ball knew she wanted to get her MBA sooner rather than later in order to give herself more control over her career. She also knew that she wanted to be able to hit the ground running after graduating. That’s why shortly after earning her undergraduate degree she joined the more »More...