Taking Care of Your Mental Health Throughout Your MBA Journey
The MBA program is a time for personal development and growth. You will stretch the limits of your capabilities and accomplish much during your time at SFU. With this in[…]
Tagged: MBA Experience
Applying Course Concepts in the Workplace
The MBA experience is all about the practical application of course concepts in a real-world environment. Managing Global Enterprises, taught by Anthony Chan, provided a unique window into the application[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
Maximize your SFU Beedie MBA Experience through the Mentors in Business Program
One of my favourite MBA experiences is the Mentors in Business (MIB) program because it is a great opportunity not only for networking but more importantly, it is an opportunity[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
Building Leadership Skills Beyond the Classroom at SFU Beedie
Doing a Full-Time MBA at SFU Beedie takes your understanding of business management and leadership to a whole new level. Although classes, daily discussions and group projects occupy a significant[…]
An Introvert’s Guide to Networking in the MBA
Leading up to the MBA, networking was one of the MBA activities I dreaded the most. I’ve always been shy and introverted, so it was hard to get excited about[…]
Leadership in Unprecedented Times: Lessons Learned Through Virtual Engagement
SFU Beedie offers many extra-curricular activities that enhance your overall experience; one of these opportunities is to be a part of a student-led club. I was privileged to have been[…]
BC MBA GAMES 2021: An Exhilarating Experience
My journey with SFU has just begun! Less than 2 months ago, I started my MBA Program at Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University. And the last two[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
Student Stories: How to Make Sustainability a Lifestyle
As we move ahead in this century, new words are being coined, and of all those, the buzzword is Sustainability. The dictionary defines it as “avoidance of the depletion of[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
Student Stories: My Journey as a Mexican International Student in Vancouver, Canada
I arrived in Vancouver at the end of September of 2019, so I was fortunate enough to know a bit of the city for 6 months pre-covid. I was excited[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
Student Stories: How to Build Community Online
As cliché as it may sound, these are unprecedented times. But as they say, time and opportunities wait for no one. In the past year, many of us have lived[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
Student Stories: Pursuing an MBA from a Non-Traditional Background
I worked at summer camps and in the outdoor education industry for nearly a decade. I started as a camp counsellor and kept working at various camps until my most[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
Pop-up Case Competition Challenge: CECU Marketing Strategy
The break between the Spring and Summer terms of our Full-Time MBA program turned out to be more exciting and challenging than we could have imagined. A pop-up case competition,[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
SFU Beedie School of Business’ Net Impact Case Competition & The Importance of Climate Justice
If you have read previous case competition reflections on this blog, you will know that competing is no small task. As a member of the Beedie School of Business’ Net[…]
Alumni Experience · Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
Career Journey Series: Life Lessons from Gurwinder Singh, SFU Beedie’s Director, Graduate Career Management Centre
The Career Journey Series is aimed at learning more about the career experience of leaders at our school. We hope to present their leadership lessons, principles and values. This would[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
Leadership Through the Decades: Lessons from CEO Gordon Keep
Carrying forward my experience of interviewing two very different CEOs, for my second blog, I am presenting the excerpts from the interview that I conducted with Gordon Keep – CEO,[…]