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“Aspire” advances autism in the workplace
Jun 6, 2011
Contact: Robbie Hsieh, 778.231.6888; robbie_hsieh@sfu.ca Shawn Smith, 778.385.5552; ssmithe@sfu.ca Marianne Meadahl, PAMR, 778.782.9017/3210; Marianne_Meadahl@sfu.ca June 2, 201 A Simon Fraser University student project aimed at providing meaningful employment opportunities for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is heading out of the classroom and into the community. “Aspire” was created by a team of fourth-year students in the Beedie School of Business for their course on Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Their goal was to leverage the characteristics of autism as a competitive more »More...
Business of hockey and Vancouver Canucks garners extra attention from Beedie profs
May 31, 2011
By Jevta Lukic As the Vancouver Canucks hockey franchise continues to succeed on the ice, it is the business stories around their march to the Stanley Cup finals that have caught the attention of Beedie School of Business professors, who have weighed in with national media outlets such as the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star on the team’s on- and off-ice rise. While most fans are preoccupied with game-day strategy and the performance of more »More...
MBA Maxim Doroshenko checkmates global competition
May 30, 2011
by Jevta Lukic Maxim Doroshenko, a full-time MBA student at Simon Fraser University, finished first in the 2011 Paul Keres Memorial Chess Tournament held in Vancouver from May 20-23, cementing his position as British Columbia’s reigning chess champion, and one of the elite chess players in North America. The 36th annual chess tournament – hosted both in Vancouver, Canada at the River Rock Casino and in Tallinn, Estonia – drew 35 players in the open more »More...
From classroom to community: Student business venture benefits individuals with Autism
May 30, 2011
by Jevta Lukic When five undergraduate students — Alice Chen, Matt Armstrong, Joanne Chen, Robbie Hsieh, and Justin Findlay — enrolled in the fourth year class “Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation” at the Beedie School of Business, they had little idea that their final class project would propel them onto the real-world business stage. As part of their class assignment, the students started an innovative, market-oriented social venture with a goal to providing people with Autism more »More...
SFU hosts information session for acclaimed Management of Technology MBA program
May 26, 2011
Contact: Jeffery Nehajowich, Simon Fraser University grad-business@sfu.ca – 778.782.5013 An upcoming information session hosted by Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business at the Segal Graduate School on June 7 will showcase the business school’s acclaimed Management of Technology MBA program to prospective students. The Management of Technology MBA is a focused MBA program that serves two sectors, technology and biotechnology. By design, the program blends current academic theory with practical application. Core courses, taken more »More...
Beedie students present award-winning SIAS Fund at the Metropolitan Hotel
May 26, 2011
The Beedie School of Business’s Student Investment Advisory Service (SIAS) fund, Canada’s largest student-run fund, is hosting a public showcase highlighting SIAS’s first quarter performance, as well as the fund’s current economic and market outlook. The fund’s performance review will be held on Friday, May 27, 2011 at 3:00 PM at the Metropolitan Hotel in Vancouver. The SIAS presentation will be followed by a keynote address from one of the recently named Top 100 Most more »More...
Colin Campbell receives SFU’s Dean of Graduate Studies Convocation Medal
May 25, 2011
Colin Campbell, who recently completed his doctorate in business administration at the Beedie School of Business and is now a marketing lecturer at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, has been selected as the 2011 recipient of the prestigious Simon Fraser University Dean of Graduate Studies Convocation Medal. The Dean’s Medal recognizes the graduating students from each faculty that place in the top five percent of their class based on their cumulative grade point averages. Campbell, more »More...
PhD student Pooria Assadi receives SSHRC doctoral fellowship
May 24, 2011
Pooria Assadi, a doctoral student at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business, is the 2011-2012 recipient of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) doctoral fellowship. The SSHRC fellowship is for $20,000 during the current academic year and $20,000 for 2012-2013. Pooria completed his Bachelor of Science program in Industrial Engineering at Iran University of Science and Technology. He then completed his Master of Applied Science program at the University of British Columbia. more »More...
Join SFU for breakfast at upcoming infosession for our Executive MBA and EMBA for the Americas
May 24, 2011
An upcoming breakfast information session hosted by Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business on June 2 will give would-be EMBA students detailed information about the flagship business program, as well as the school’s new stream of the program, the Executive MBA for the Americas. Starting in August 2011, the two-year degree program provides 60 students with the opportunity to study management issues in each of the four largest economies in the Americas. In addition more »More...
Beedie students find the podium at International Case Competition in Maastricht
May 18, 2011
by Jevta Lukic MAASTRICHT, The Netherlands — A team of Beedie School of Business undergraduate students — Flora Lee, Darren Moens, Jaspreet Singh, and Larisa Topalo — has garnered a notable Top-3 placing at the prestigious International Case Competition, recently held at the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics. The SFU team competing under the name Audacia (meaning “daring, audacious, and bold”) earned an impressive top divisional spot and an overall bronze placing among more »More...