Time capsule dedication
Pursuit of happiness: Neil Pasricha, BCom'02
Across the continents: Rahim Lalani, BCom'11
“Jonathan Suter, BCom'05: I believed there had to be a better way.”
SimpleTax
Commerce Alumni: Smith staff and faculty
“Within six weeks, Michael Organ's, BCom'88, website had more online traffic than the United Way.”
Helping busy people make a difference
Marketer, mentor, legend: Ken Wong inducted into the Marketing Hall of Legends
“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
Marilyn Shurtleff and Marjorie Peart retire
Considering different perspectives: Stephani Kingsmill, BCom'88
Concussion recovery technology: Colin Harding, BCom'17
Career Mashup: Vanesa Cotlar, BCom'15
An unexpected career move: Eva Wong, BCom'00
In and out of hot water: Dave Jackson, BCom'91
Ecovention: Jennifer Wright, BCom'93
Frosh week chorus line
A gap year in Africa: Clarisse Lau, BCom'09
MobyTrip travel app: Misha Plotkine, BCom'10
Student Spotlight: Zain Safdar, BCom'18
Frosh week changes
Making waves: Janet Longmore, BCom'79
“David was given the opportunity to choose one of three 'once in a lifetime' experiences.”
Gold Business Winner
Frosh week cheer
Up and away: Doug Wightman, BCom'04
Chefs Plate finds success: Patrick Meyer and Jamie Shea, BCom'11
Halfpipe hopeful: Jeff Batchelor, BCom'12
Open for business: moving into Goodes Hall
“Douglas Peters, BCom'63, a future cabinet minister, did not go to university directly out of high school.”
Better late than never
“Chris Labelle, BCom'14: Winning the pitch competition validated all of our hard work.”
Mosaic
“Time Auction makes it 'more enticing for people to get involved and help others.'”
Time Auction
The great British bake shop: David Caldana, BCom'99
“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
Queen's Small Business Consulting wins big
Parallel paths at Loblaw
Games that teach: Jane Wu, BCom'12
RateHub on Dragon's Den
“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
Teaching award winner "energized": Peggy Cunningham
Foodies without borders: Erin Maynes, BCom'07
437 Swimwear: Hyla Nayeri and Adrien Bettio, BCom'17
“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
Student Spotlight: Kanak Nagee, BCom'18
Bella bikes: Helen Vasilevski, BCom'92
“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
Fun in the craft brewing scene: Ryan Peterson, BCom'13
From accounting to the CFL: Danny Brannagan, BCom'09
Getting an edge: Emmanuel Genene, BCom'20
Flight to freedom: Miriam, Humaira and Trina Ghiacy
Student Spotlight: Erin Palmeter, BCom'18
Student Spotlight: Bonnie Zhang, BCom'19
Dean, teacher, researcher, leader: John Gordon on over 25 years at the School
A master of reinvention: Gord Ray, BCom'93
Student Spotlight: Heather Evans, BCom'16
“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
“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
Change agent: Tanya van Biesen, BCom'91
“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
COMMitment dinner 2005
Student Spotlight: Paul Vollmershausen, BCom'18
Better medicine: Carolyn Snider, BCom'96
Celebrating Dan Monieson
Smith School of Business Announcement
Canadian Art Magazine’s Top 10: Scott Lyall, BCom'87
Capitalize for Kids: Jeff Gallant & Kyle MacDonald, BCom'11
Remembering Bill Miklas
Niu Body's natural, vegan skincare: Connie Lo, BCom'15
Student Spotlight: John Sibbald, BCom'18
A vintage summer
The Lawrence legacy
Lloyd & Co. Bespoke Tailoring: Talon Lloyd, BCom'15
Goodes Challenge kicks-off
Young Urban Farmers: Chris Wong, BCom'07
The Gist: making sports inclusive
What women want: Joanna Griffiths, BCom'05
Big League CFO: Erin Crowe, BCom'93
Going global
Vacation Fund: Erica Pearson, BCom'14
AutoShare: Kevin McLaughlin, BCom'89
“Bram Warshafsky and Rachel Zimmer, BCom'10: Marketers were being asked to do more with less.”
5Crowd Inc
Student Spotlight: Aysha Tabassum, Comm'22
The evolving news business: Michael Nowlan, BCom'82
“When she heard Jeremy proclaim that electric bikes were the next big thing, she immediately got to work.”
Amego Electric Vehicles
Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (and Centre for International Management) are established.
Two new centres are established
“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: Hannah Gardner, BCom'18
Student Spotlight: Shirley Lin, BCom'18
Goodes Hall Expansion
Goodes Hall opens, named to recognize benefactor Mel Goodes, BCom’57, LLD’94.
Goodes Hall opens
Hayley Rushford, BCom'15, and Prof. Kate Rowbotham
Unata: Chris Bryson, BCom'06
Digital nomad: Vanessa Cotlar, BCom'15
CBC's Next Great Prime Minister Competition: Robert Marsh, BCom'07
Student Spotlight: Dakota Lavery, Comm'20
On October 1, 2015, the School adopts a new name – Smith School of Business.
Smith School of Business
“Nancy Jenkinson, BCom'82: I’d never really lost the dream that I was going to end up in the mountains.”
Reigniting career passion
“The difference with the 30% Club is that it’s a campaign.”
A seat at the table
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