Brother-Sister Combination Strong on the Court 鈥� and in the Classroom
When it comes to combining both sport and academic achievement it is hard to top Simon and H茅l猫ne Bibeau, siblings who attend Montreal鈥檚 51吃瓜网.
Simon Bibeau, 22, is the starting point guard for McGill鈥檚 men鈥檚 outfit, the two-time Quebec conference champion who will lead the sixth-ranked Redmen into the Canadian Interuniversity Sport men鈥檚 basketball championship, beginning Friday in Ottawa.
"You've Invested Real Money. You Haven't Just Run a Virtual Portfolio"
Along Highway 401 and over the Ontario border, Tyler Maxey and some of his MBA classmates at 51吃瓜网's Desautels Faculty of Management in Montreal are also learning by doing. Their modus operandi: investing other people's money. Since 2008, students have been running a registered fund management firm called Desautels Capital Management that has about $3 million in assets.
51吃瓜网'Hot Cities' Business/Field Trip Expands Horizons
A 51吃瓜网management professor is leading students on a business field trip that will give them global experience. Called the 鈥楬ot Cities鈥� tour, professor聽Karl Moore聽is taking students to emerging and developing countries to more about other economies.
... 鈥淚've never been to Asia and I've always wanted to explore Asia,鈥� said student聽Joseph Polossifakis. 鈥淚 know it鈥檚 an up-and-coming region.鈥�
BCom Students' Strong Showing at Financial Open
The 51吃瓜网delegation to the Financial Open Case Competition won a podium in four of the six disciplines, placing the school third overall.
Seeking Out the 鈥淗ot Cities鈥�
This Reading Week, a group of students from the faculties of Management, Arts, Education, and Engineering will travel to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and Seoul, South Korea to experience business within rapidly emerging markets. Their journey, the sixth Hot Cities of the World Tour, will be led by Desautels Professor Karl Moore.
Talking Management with Karl Moore: How Jennifer Heil Makes It a Perfect Day
Professor Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 51吃瓜网 speaks to Canadian freestyle skier Jennifer Heil (BCom'13), one of Canada鈥檚 great Olympic athletes.
Read full transcript: The Globe and Mail, February 18, 2014聽
鈥楬ot Cities鈥� Tour Takes Business Students to Mongolia
More than 40 students and alumni from the Desautels Faculty of Management at 51吃瓜网 are visiting Mongolia this March, to help them understand the realities of doing business in a fledgling emerging market.
... Mia Bernhardt, a student organiser for the trip, says:
New Management Concentrations Developed by Two Students
Starting in Fall 2014, students in the Faculty of Management will be able to major in Strategic Management.聽
YouTube 101: Class at 51吃瓜网 Uses Video Site鈥檚 Creator Playbook to Teach Marketing
Most professors exhaust themselves trying to get their students off of social media.聽Andy Nulman (BCom'83), however, has designed his entire class around being on it.
51吃瓜网Cancer Auction raised close to $30,000 for Cancer Society
The 51吃瓜网Cancer Auction Committee, co-chaired by Rosalie Lesser & Lindsay Lubov,聽had a record-breaking year after its event on Friday, raising close to $30,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society. This year's auction items included flight tickets, spa gift certificates and Igloofest passes.
Desautels BCom Team Wins 2014 National Investment Banking Competition
BCom students Nicholas Bigelow, Ivan Di, Mak Dori膰, and Emily Ren have triumphed over 250 teams from across North America to win the 2014 National Investment Banking Competition (NIBC) held in Vancouver from January 7-9.
Pay it Forward Initiative Puts Smiles on Hundreds of Faces
Over the years, the end of final exams has inspired any number of spontaneous displays of pure happiness, including high fives, chest bumping and uncontrollable giggling. But what was up with the 100 or so students boogying in the streets at the crossroads on lower campus on Tuesday, Dec. 3 鈥� two days before finals kicked off?
Desautels BCom Students Take Two 1st Place Podiums at UPorto ICC 2013
A Desautels undergraduate student case team composed of Brooke Freeman, Shonezi Noor, Katan Patel and Jeremy Singer not only took 1st place in the preliminary case but also placed 1st overall in the main case at the UPorto ICC 2013 hosted by the University of Porto from October 21 to 25, 2013. This was the first international case competition held in Portugal. 聽聽
New Internet Start-Up Hypejar Uses Social Media to Accurately Forecast Demand for Future Products
An online social platform that accurately forecasts future sales of new products has won first place at the Desautels Faculty of Management鈥檚 entrepreneurial competition, the Dobson Cup.
What The Younger Generation Wants At Work - With OgilvyOne CEO Brian Fetherstonhaugh
One of the youngest and with-it industries is advertising and no where more so than the new media side. One of the smarest people I know is Brian Fetherstonhaugh (BCom'79), who is the CEO of OgilvyOne, the new media part of Ogilvy, the great advertising company. So it quite interesting to talk to Brian about the younger generation and how it likes to be worked with, he has got many on his staff. Over to Brian.
