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