The SFU Beedie MBA Team wins gold in Dodgeball
Congratulations to the SFU Beedie MBA Team for winning the gold medal for dodgeball at the Corporate Champions Vancouver 2011! Here is an excerpt from the Official CCV Blog about[…]
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[…]
Beedie finance students RISE to challenge at world’s largest investment forum
Redefining Investment Strategy Education (R.I.S.E) is the world’s largest student investment forum. Four students from the Master of Financial Risk Management program, Milton-Andres Bernal, Amy Lin, Simon Hutchison and[…]
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[…]
A little bird named Twitter a key to digital job hunt
Spring is here and before you know it we’ll be soaking up the summer sun during our last semester of the MBA program. As part of our degree we must complete an[…]
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.
SFU Makes a Strong Presence at the Haskayne 24 Hour Case Competition
For the second year running, the Haskayne 24 Hour Case Competition took place in Calgary from March 10-13, 2011. Four SFU MBA students, Kelvin Chiu, Kathleen Williams, Timothy Charles and[…]
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[…]
The Haskayne 24 Hour Case Competition by Kathleen Williams
On Thursday March 10, a team of four from the Beedie Graduate School of Business headed to Calgary for the Haskayne 24 Hour Case Competition. It promised to be a[…]
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[…]