Marketer, mentor, legend: Ken Wong inducted into the Marketing Hall of Legends
Digital nomad: Vanessa Cotlar, BCom'15
Smith School of Business Announcement
Young Urban Farmers: Chris Wong, BCom'07
Student Spotlight: Shirley Lin, BCom'18
Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (and Centre for International Management) are established.
Two new centres are established
Student Spotlight: Kanak Nagee, BCom'18
Student Spotlight: Hannah Gardner, BCom'18
Big League CFO: Erin Crowe, BCom'93
Celebrating Dan Monieson
Fun in the craft brewing scene: Ryan Peterson, BCom'13
Teaching award winner "energized": Peggy Cunningham
“A single course in Commerce by visiting professor Vladimir Popov inspired a lifelong fascination with Russian history and culture in Jeremy Estabrooks, BCom'98.”
A Russian detour
437 Swimwear: Hyla Nayeri and Adrien Bettio, BCom'17
Commerce Alumni: Smith staff and faculty
Going global
Across the continents: Rahim Lalani, BCom'11
A master of reinvention: Gord Ray, BCom'93
“Jonathan Suter, BCom'05: I believed there had to be a better way.”
SimpleTax
The Gist: making sports inclusive
“David was given the opportunity to choose one of three 'once in a lifetime' experiences.”
Gold Business Winner
“One of Gannon Jones', BCom'94, proudest accomplishments was SunChips' involvement in rebuilding the sustainable community of Greenburg, Kansas, after a devastating tornado in 2008.”
Working for the greater good
Career Mashup: Vanesa Cotlar, BCom'15
Remembering Bill Miklas
Pursuit of happiness: Neil Pasricha, BCom'02
Goodes Challenge kicks-off
MobyTrip travel app: Misha Plotkine, BCom'10
Concussion recovery technology: Colin Harding, BCom'17
Marilyn Shurtleff and Marjorie Peart retire
“Time Auction makes it 'more enticing for people to get involved and help others.'”
Time Auction
Student Spotlight: Bonnie Zhang, BCom'19
Flight to freedom: Miriam, Humaira and Trina Ghiacy
“Nancy Jenkinson, BCom'82: I’d never really lost the dream that I was going to end up in the mountains.”
Reigniting career passion
Hayley Rushford, BCom'15, and Prof. Kate Rowbotham
Frosh week changes
Student Spotlight: Paul Vollmershausen, BCom'18
Dean, teacher, researcher, leader: John Gordon on over 25 years at the School
Capitalize for Kids: Jeff Gallant & Kyle MacDonald, BCom'11
Goodes Hall Expansion
COMMitment dinner 2005
AutoShare: Kevin McLaughlin, BCom'89
Parallel paths at Loblaw
Student Spotlight: Dakota Lavery, Comm'20
“One of the highlights of Peter McConaghy's, BCom'07, work was seeing directly how the people of Tajikistan benefited from the bank’s microcredit activities.”
A year in Tajikistan
Bella bikes: Helen Vasilevski, BCom'92
Up and away: Doug Wightman, BCom'04
A vintage summer
Lloyd & Co. Bespoke Tailoring: Talon Lloyd, BCom'15
A gap year in Africa: Clarisse Lau, BCom'09
The Lawrence legacy
An unexpected career move: Eva Wong, BCom'00
Frosh week cheer
Queen's Small Business Consulting wins big
Student Spotlight: Aysha Tabassum, Comm'22
Getting an edge: Emmanuel Genene, BCom'20
Making waves: Janet Longmore, BCom'79
Unata: Chris Bryson, BCom'06
“His on-air talent combined with his business acumen eventually attracted the attention of producers for the Oprah Winfrey Network.”
Ready for his close-up
Chefs Plate finds success: Patrick Meyer and Jamie Shea, BCom'11
Better medicine: Carolyn Snider, BCom'96
“Bram Warshafsky and Rachel Zimmer, BCom'10: Marketers were being asked to do more with less.”
5Crowd Inc
“Douglas Peters, BCom'63, a future cabinet minister, did not go to university directly out of high school.”
Better late than never
The evolving news business: Michael Nowlan, BCom'82
Student Spotlight: Heather Evans, BCom'16
Vacation Fund: Erica Pearson, BCom'14
Change agent: Tanya van Biesen, BCom'91
Games that teach: Jane Wu, BCom'12
CBC's Next Great Prime Minister Competition: Robert Marsh, BCom'07
Niu Body's natural, vegan skincare: Connie Lo, BCom'15
“Chris Labelle, BCom'14: Winning the pitch competition validated all of our hard work.”
Mosaic
Student Spotlight: Zain Safdar, BCom'18
Student Spotlight: Erin Palmeter, BCom'18
Open for business: moving into Goodes Hall
“Inspired by his time working for his dad in real estate after graduation, Sam Battista, BCom'16, launched PropertySpark with two friends, including Matt Graves, BCom'18.”
PropertySpark
“When she heard Jeremy proclaim that electric bikes were the next big thing, she immediately got to work.”
Amego Electric Vehicles
“Though it originally started as a fun side project, Derek Szeto, BCom'05, ran RedFlagDeals.com throughout his undergraduate degree and decided to pursue it full time after finishing school.”
Group buying power
Time capsule dedication
“Within six weeks, Michael Organ's, BCom'88, website had more online traffic than the United Way.”
Helping busy people make a difference
Foodies without borders: Erin Maynes, BCom'07
On October 1, 2015, the School adopts a new name – Smith School of Business.
Smith School of Business
Halfpipe hopeful: Jeff Batchelor, BCom'12
“Its innovation, CNC Assembly – a flexible, high-speed assembly technology – was the subject of an episode of ‘How It’s Made’ on the Discovery Channel.”
Transformix, from humble beginnings to manufacturing success
Goodes Hall opens, named to recognize benefactor Mel Goodes, BCom’57, LLD’94.
Goodes Hall opens
Ecovention: Jennifer Wright, BCom'93
From accounting to the CFL: Danny Brannagan, BCom'09
Canadian Art Magazine’s Top 10: Scott Lyall, BCom'87
The great British bake shop: David Caldana, BCom'99
RateHub on Dragon's Den
“Commerce students were encouraged to vote in a referendum asking students to support the levying of an optional fee that would raise $1.2 million in support of the Goodes Hall building expansion.”
Commerce students support Goodes Hall building expansion
What women want: Joanna Griffiths, BCom'05
In and out of hot water: Dave Jackson, BCom'91
Considering different perspectives: Stephani Kingsmill, BCom'88
“I found that once I started thinking about how economic growth can transform societies, it was difficult to think of anything else.”
International changemaker
Queen's Entrepreneurs' Competition (QEC) celebrates 25 years
Student Spotlight: John Sibbald, BCom'18
“The difference with the 30% Club is that it’s a campaign.”
A seat at the table
Frosh week chorus line