PRMIA Journey in New York
The PRMIA Risk Management Challenge (PRMC) is organized by the renowned Professional Risk Managers’ International Association each year. It provides students from different parts of the world the opportunity to[…]
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Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
The East Meets West Leadership Case Competition 2018: Making Connections & Learning to Collaborate
For those of you who have visited Calgary during the winter, you’ll know that it’s no easy task. But despite the winter storm warnings and freezing temperatures, our SFU Beedie[…]
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The McGill International Portfolio Challenge
Upon the submission of the case online, SFU’s Vinayak (Vinny) Gunda, Rongjin (Veronica) Zhang, Earendil Guitierrez & Vivien Yang were invited to compete at the final round of McGill International[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
MSc Finance Students Win 2nd Place at the International PRMIA Risk Management Challenge
On Friday, March 11, four students from the Master of Science in Finance program earned second place in Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA) Risk Management Challenge in Chicago, Illinois.[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
The 2016 “Hult Prize Competition” Experience
After countless ideas, discussions, and hours of work, our team was ready for the big weekend. We finished a marketing class in Vancouver, and then we were off to San[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
East Meets West: Collaboration & Connections from Coast to Coast
So you may be wondering, what do MBA students do with their free time on weekends? In between studying for our classes, we can be found participating in many case[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
The MBA Games: A Bucket List Experience
I totally get it, as an MBA student you’re busy. You’re tackling classes, readings, projects, work, family, kids, pets, hobbies and pretty much everything else in between. It’s not easy[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
The Inaugural BC MBA Games
Connect. Inspire. Impact. That was the theme of this year’s inaugural BC MBA games held in Nanaimo, BC, organized by Omar Karim and Vancouver Island University (VIU). Overall, the weekend[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
The Success of the Second Annual SFU Beedie Net Impact Sustainability Challenge
On April 18, 2015, the Second Annual SFU Beedie Net Impact Sustainability Challenge was held at the Segal Graduate School in downtown Vancouver. This competition is the only one of[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
SIAS Students Capture Gold at ENGAGE
On Wednesday March 25, four students from the Student Investment Advisory Service Fund (SIAS) departed Vancouver to attend the first (and likely annual) ENGAGE International Investment Education Symposium in Detroit,[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
MBA Games – More than just winning
Travelling to Hamilton to compete in the MBA Games was not just about having a great time; it had begun much earlier than that. This year’s theme for the MBA[…]
MSc Finance students attend the Rise Conference in Dayton Ohio
At first, participating in the Redefining Investment Strategy Education(RISE) competition was just an ordinary competition for us; but after spending three days at the University of Dayton, I can truly[…]
Poutine and Presentations
It is 11:58am and I am sitting in the vault trying to determine the best means of conveying my 2014 HEC Sustainability Challenge experience. My exhaustion is still present in[…]
Dragons’ Den – How to Make a Business Fly
As a business owner and an MBA student, you can imagine my joy when I was provided with the opportunity to volunteer at the Dragons’ Den auditions in Vancouver. Not[…]
The Secret Weapon of Sustain-a-thon 2014
It’s 4:20 a.m. and my alarm is buzzing me awake from a tumultuous sleep that my body didn’t commit to in the first place. My half of the Toronto Hilton’s queen-sized bed[…]