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the first 100 years

Goodes Hall Expansion

Considering different perspectives: Stephani Kingsmill, BCom'88

Student Spotlight: Aysha Tabassum, Comm'22

Digital nomad: Vanessa Cotlar, BCom'15

What women want: Joanna Griffiths, BCom'05

2004

Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (and Centre for International Management) are established.

Two new centres are established

The Gist: making sports inclusive

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

International changemaker

2015

On October 1, 2015, the School adopts a new name – Smith School of Business.

Smith School of Business

Student Spotlight: Erin Palmeter, BCom'18

AutoShare: Kevin McLaughlin, BCom'89

Young Urban Farmers: Chris Wong, BCom'07

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

Smith School of Business Announcement

Frosh week changes

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

SimpleTax

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

2002

Goodes Hall opens, named to recognize benefactor Mel Goodes, BCom’57, LLD’94.

Goodes Hall opens

Better medicine: Carolyn Snider, BCom'96

Student Spotlight: John Sibbald, BCom'18

Student Spotlight: Bonnie Zhang, BCom'19

“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

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

Reigniting career passion

Open for business: moving into Goodes Hall

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

Frosh week chorus line

Frosh week cheer

COMMitment dinner 2005

A vintage summer

Foodies without borders: Erin Maynes, BCom'07

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

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

Games that teach: Jane Wu, BCom'12

Marilyn Shurtleff and Marjorie Peart retire

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

Amego Electric Vehicles

Teaching award winner "energized": Peggy Cunningham

Goodes Challenge kicks-off

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

Halfpipe hopeful: Jeff Batchelor, BCom'12

Remembering Bill Miklas

“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

MobyTrip travel app: Misha Plotkine, BCom'10

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

5Crowd Inc

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

Gold Business Winner

Parallel paths at Loblaw

Student Spotlight: Dakota Lavery, Comm'20

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

Going global

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

Capitalize for Kids: Jeff Gallant & Kyle MacDonald, BCom'11

Time capsule dedication

“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

Smith Staff and Faculty | Commerce Alumni

Commerce Alumni: Smith staff and faculty

In and out of hot water: Dave Jackson, BCom'91

Queen's Small Business Consulting wins big

“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

Big League CFO: Erin Crowe, BCom'93

A master of reinvention: Gord Ray, BCom'93

Career Mashup: Vanesa Cotlar, BCom'15

Getting an edge: Emmanuel Genene, BCom'20

Across the continents: Rahim Lalani, BCom'11

“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

Flight to freedom: Miriam, Humaira and Trina Ghiacy

Student Spotlight: Zain Safdar, BCom'18

An unexpected career move: Eva Wong, BCom'00

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

Better late than never

Celebrating Dan Monieson

Bella bikes: Helen Vasilevski, BCom'92

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

The evolving news business: Michael Nowlan, BCom'82

Student Spotlight: Heather Evans, BCom'16

RateHub on Dragon's Den

“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

Vacation Fund: Erica Pearson, BCom'14

Student Spotlight: Shirley Lin, BCom'18

Ecovention: Jennifer Wright, BCom'93

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

Up and away: Doug Wightman, BCom'04

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

Helping busy people make a difference

Unata: Chris Bryson, BCom'06

Fun in the craft brewing scene: Ryan Peterson, BCom'13

437 Swimwear: Hyla Nayeri and Adrien Bettio, BCom'17

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

Time Auction

“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: Hannah Gardner, BCom'18

“The difference with the 30% Club is that it’s a campaign.”

A seat at the table

“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