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Business students and alumni join CBaSE’s Hub Incubator Program
Four business students and one alumna from the College of Business and Economics will be developing their startups through CBaSE’s Hub Incubator Program over the next four months. CBaSE recently announced the new group of startups that would be joining the program that offers funding, mentors, office space and other resources to help budding entrepreneurs get their businesses off the ground.
JDC Central team brings home multiple awards
The University of Guelph’s JDC Central (JDCC) team started 2017 by earning plenty of bragging rights following its performance at JDCC in Ottawa last weekend. The team brought home four bronze medals in addition to recognition for spirit, participation and team leadership.
Happy Holidays from the College of Business and Economics; Dean’s Office closed Dec. 22 to Jan. 3
The Office of the Dean at the College of Business and Economics will close on December 22 at 4:45 p.m, reopening January 3 at 8:30 a.m.
We wish everyone a very happy and safe holiday season.
First-year student Neil Mattar reflects on his first semester
Name: Neil Mattar
Hometown: Terrace Bay, Ontario
Year of study: First
Major: Management Economics and Finance (Co-op)
Symposium shares research on qualitative accounting
A recent symposium held at the University of Guelph highlighted qualitative research within an area typically associated with numbers – accounting. Led by professor Philippe Lassou, the three-day Qualitative Accounting Research Symposium united international researchers to discuss and debate a wide-range of topics related to this area. It also welcomed keynote speaker, and noted accounting scholar, Trevor Hopper from the School of Business, Management and Economics at the University of Sussex.
Product development research day shares knowledge on robotics and agriculture innovations
How do you grow a "smart" tomato? The answer may lie in the future of robotics in greenhouses.
First-year students learn how to manage ethical dilemmas through live case competition
More than 850 first-year Bachelor of Commerce students recently got an introduction into managing ethical dilemmas as part of a live case competition in their Introduction to Business class. Students were divided into 176 teams, each of which had 38 hours to prepare a presentation on how their assigned company should respond to a crisis.