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“When she heard Jeremy proclaim that electric bikes were the next big thing, she immediately got to work.”

Amego Electric Vehicles

A gap year in Africa: Clarisse Lau, BCom'09

“I found that once I started thinking about how economic growth can transform societies, it was difficult to think of anything else.”

International changemaker

Canadian Art Magazine’s Top 10: Scott Lyall, BCom'87

COMMitment dinner 2005

Chefs Plate finds success: Patrick Meyer and Jamie Shea, BCom'11

A master of reinvention: Gord Ray, BCom'93

Frosh week changes

“Jonathan Suter, BCom'05: I believed there had to be a better way.”

SimpleTax

Digital nomad: Vanessa Cotlar, BCom'15

The Gist: making sports inclusive

Goodes Challenge kicks-off

The evolving news business: Michael Nowlan, BCom'82

Making waves: Janet Longmore, BCom'79

“Chris Labelle, BCom'14: Winning the pitch competition validated all of our hard work.”

Mosaic

Frosh week chorus line

“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

“Bram Warshafsky and Rachel Zimmer, BCom'10: Marketers were being asked to do more with less.”

5Crowd Inc

Student Spotlight: Heather Evans, BCom'16

Student Spotlight: Erin Palmeter, BCom'18

Career Mashup: Vanesa Cotlar, BCom'15

Student Spotlight: Kanak Nagee, BCom'18

Young Urban Farmers: Chris Wong, BCom'07

Frosh week cheer

Going global

Pursuit of happiness: Neil Pasricha, BCom'02

Celebrating Dan Monieson

Queen's Small Business Consulting wins big

“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

The Lawrence legacy

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

Student Spotlight: Shirley Lin, BCom'18

AutoShare: Kevin McLaughlin, BCom'89

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Commerce Alumni: Smith staff and faculty

“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

“David was given the opportunity to choose one of three 'once in a lifetime' experiences.”

Gold Business Winner

The great British bake shop: David Caldana, BCom'99

Games that teach: Jane Wu, BCom'12

Change agent: Tanya van Biesen, BCom'91

An unexpected career move: Eva Wong, BCom'00

MobyTrip travel app: Misha Plotkine, BCom'10

Parallel paths at Loblaw

“Douglas Peters, BCom'63, a future cabinet minister, did not go to university directly out of high school.”

Better late than never

“Time Auction makes it 'more enticing for people to get involved and help others.'”

Time Auction

Niu Body's natural, vegan skincare: Connie Lo, BCom'15

CBC's Next Great Prime Minister Competition: Robert Marsh, BCom'07

Queen's Entrepreneurs' Competition (QEC) celebrates 25 years

“Within six weeks, Michael Organ's, BCom'88, website had more online traffic than the United Way.”

Helping busy people make a difference

Better medicine: Carolyn Snider, BCom'96

“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

Student Spotlight: Dakota Lavery, Comm'20

Lloyd & Co. Bespoke Tailoring: Talon Lloyd, BCom'15

Marilyn Shurtleff and Marjorie Peart retire

“Nancy Jenkinson, BCom'82: I’d never really lost the dream that I was going to end up in the mountains.”

Reigniting career passion

Marketer, mentor, legend: Ken Wong inducted into the Marketing Hall of Legends

Big League CFO: Erin Crowe, BCom'93

From accounting to the CFL: Danny Brannagan, BCom'09

“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

Student Spotlight: John Sibbald, BCom'18

“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

Student Spotlight: Bonnie Zhang, BCom'19

Dean, teacher, researcher, leader: John Gordon on over 25 years at the School

Goodes Hall Expansion

Getting an edge: Emmanuel Genene, BCom'20

“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