Beedie MBA class to lead first charity climb
The following article was published by Climbforchange on June 16, 2013 I love it when people step up to the plate and use their personal passion and skill to help[…]
Yearly Archive: 2013
MBA Students Battle for the Segal Cup
Management, as we are taught repeatedly, is all about making decisions within confined spaces – having limited cash, time, and capabilities. To make things worse, you are never sure whether[…]
MBA Cross Cultural Study Trip to Chile and Argentina
Last month, over half of the SFU MBA and MBA-MOT cohorts embarked on a trip to Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina. The purpose of the trip was to expand[…]
MBA Students Victorious at Ethics Competition in San Diego
Last week, myself and 4 other students had the honour of representing the Beedie School of Business at the International Business Ethics Case Competition in San Diego. For this case[…]
MBA Career Networking Breakfast
On March 25, MBA students and recent alumni from SFU Beedie School of Business and UBC Sauder gathered at the annual breakfast recruiting reception to network with peers and meet with[…]
SFU Beedie’s Mentors In Business Program
The Mentors in Business Program is one of those amazing initiatives that reconfirms why one would enroll in a top MBA program. I was paired with an industry professional that[…]
Whitman Case Competition
March 21-23rd Syracuse, New York. I was recently asked, what defines me as an MBA Student? I replied that I am not defined by the tests I take or the[…]
First Nations Cultural Trip
Although I was aware of the importance of First Nations relations to the success of businesses in British Columbia, prior to this extraordinary trip, I never had the opportunity to[…]
1st Place in Montreal. We are the Champions!
And the winner is… Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University (team Bora)! My heart stopped pumping blood for a second; we WON the HEC Sustainability Challenge! We are at[…]
SFU Students design a social media plan in MBA classes to help give back to our community.
Who would’ve thought, attending Marketing and Management Information Systems classes in term 2 of my SFU MBA Program would be so intrinsically rewarding? It was February 2013, and two elite[…]
2013 HASKAYNE 24-Hour Case Competition
March 6th-9th, Calgary, Alberta Calgary. Cold. Competition. Cowboys. I had spent some of my youth growing up in Calgary before moving to Vancouver many years ago. Our team of Amir[…]
SFU MBA at Acumen Case Competition
“Knock, Knock” “Who’s there?” “Beedie” “Beedie who” “Be dee one who went to the Acumen case competition final.” All bad jokes aside, I (farthest to the right) recently had the[…]
Beyond The Classroom – MBA Social Life
While we do, inevitably, have a lot of work to do here at Beedie, there is still some time for fun. As VP Social Events, it is important to me[…]
Feedback isn’t for the faint of heart
by Laura Anderson | Read more at MBA Late B(l)oomer So, which do you prefer: giving feedback or receiving it? Actually for most of us, the answer is probably neither. Giving[…]
Time to Network- An MOT MBA Student’s Experience at the MBA Games
by Kathy McKay I have to admit that I wasn’t too sure about attending the MBA Games. Although I love to participate in events, I’m not the most social person[…]