Our Chile Trip Comes to an End
After an amazing two weeks in South America, followed by a week of intense dodgeball competition, it’s time for a quick recap of our trip. The final few days[…]
Category: Graduate Experience
Student portfolio managers engage finance community at SIAS performance review
May 27, 2011 was a big day for SFU Beedie School of Business Masters of Financial Risk Management (MFRM) candidates, especially for active members of the Student Investment Advisory Service[…]
The 2011 Q1 SIAS Performance Review
The 2011 Q1 SIAS Performance Review presentation held at the Metropolitan Hotel on May 27 focused on the past quarter, future outlook, and also featured keynote speaker Margaret Franklin,[…]
From Vancouver to New York and back to Stanley Park: The life of a financial risk management student
It’s almost been 10 months since I started the SFU Beedie Master of Financial Risk Management (FRM) program. I have been feeling a strange mixture of relief, anxiety, and depression[…]
Supply chain challenges between the Andes and the ocean: Notes from the Chile MBA trip
We landed in Santiago, Chile on Sunday, May 22, 2011 for a weeklong field study trip as part of the SFU Beedie School of Business MBA program. The first thing[…]
Chile – So far so good!
It’s Tuesday night, and the Canucks just won the conference finals. There is a group of 15 SFU MBA students in Chile, and we’re having a blast! So far we[…]
A glass of Viña Errazuriz to cap off MBA ride
And then there was one. One semester left, that is. It’s hard to believe that we are approaching the home stretch of this intensive one-year MBA program and that in[…]
Politics, business, and the U-Pass: Get to know the Graduate Student Society
After a successful campaign, I was elected to be the Operations and Finance Officer of Graduate Student Society (GSS). GSS is a student-run, not-for-profit organization, and the official representative body for all Masters and PhD students at SFU. The GSS represents over 4,400 graduate students for SFU’s decision-making bodies.
My Life as an International Student in Canada and SFU by Elif Boz (Edited by Lauren Looi)
My name is Elif Boz. I am an international student from Turkey, and I am a candidate of Master of Financial Risk Management (MFRM) at SFU.
Our program welcomes students from all around the world, which is indicative of the fact that 80% of the students are international. SFU offers an international student office on the Burnaby campus that provides mentorship programs and advisory services. You can always find a helping hand at SFU.
Business Career Expo 2011 by Michelle Au
Wow! I just got back from the 2011 Business Career Expo, and it was an amazing experience. As an MBA student, I was able to attend the luncheon before the[…]
Job finding in the financial industry; challenges and resolutions. By Sara Moghaddamjoo (Edited By Lauren Looi)
As part of the upcoming Business Career Expo on March 25, we are running special commentaries from our graduate business students on the hunt for the best jobs in the worlds[…]
Information Interviews – You gotta do it! by Michelle Au
As part of the upcoming Business Career Expo on March 25, we are running special commentaries from our graduate business students on the hunt for the best jobs in the worlds[…]
Student-Managed $10 Million Fund Soars, by Lauren Looi, edited by Derek Wong
On February 24, 2011 finance professionals and students alike gathered in the foyer of the Segal Graduate School campus in downtown Vancouver. As they walked into the building, they were greeted with[…]
MBAs make a meal out of multiculturalism by Taralyn Day
As part of the MBA curriculum, we recently completed a six-week course in cross cultural management taught by Dr. Anne Marie Francesco. The course focused on strategies and frameworks used[…]
Taking you to the front row: SIAS 2010 Performance Overview (By Meadow Wu, edited by Lauren Looi)
Starting at $7 million in 2003, the SIAS Fund has grown to over $10 million after years of hard work by SFU’s GAWM and MFRM students. On February 21st 2011,[…]