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Olympic athlete Reid Coolsaet doesn't exercise like you or me.

“I only ran 14 k this morning,” Coolsaet says, deadpan. “I'll do 16 this afternoon. It's a light day.”

His light day would send many others to bed for a week. Or leave them gasping for air on the side of a road.

But Coolsaet will be competing in the 42.2 kilometre Olympic marathon, and gunning to do it in less than two hours, 10 minutes — a world-class time.

The well-being of the environment, society and business are core focal points for Lianne Foti when communicating the mission of ‘my world, my choice!’. Lianne Foti is an Assistant Professor and Faculty Advisor for Marketing and Consumer Studies who shares CME’s value of sustainability through her role as co-founder and executive director of ‘my world, my choice!’, an educational program that teaches students about sustainability and challenges them to grow as leaders in their schools and communities.  

A documentary that tracks a University of Guelph graduate’s journey to the 2012 Olympic Games is set to debut Saturday in Hamilton and Guelph.

Road to London: Reid Coolsaet highlights the challenges overcome by the U of G grad, one of Canada’s three Olympic marathoners heading to London.

The University of Guelph will be holding the first event of the Campus in Community Summer Lecture Series at 10 Carden Street on Thursday, July 19th and all residents are invited.

Professor Trent Tucker from the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management will discuss how to turn a bland PowerPoint presentation into an engaging multimedia masterpiece, and professor Lianne Foti from the Department of Marketing and Cosumer Studies will teach about the My World, My Choice! educational program.

Brent MacKenzie, Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing and Consumer Studies, caught the eye of a reporter from Guelph Mercury who recently discovered his research topic, "Dark Tourism in HELL," while exploring various research interests at the University of Guelph.

"Canadian social psychologist Jamie Gruman is proposing a new way of achieving nirvana: Do nothing."  

The Gazette released an article today about Professor Jamie Gruman, co-founder of the newly created Canadian Positive Psychology Association, a network of scholars and academics studying human well-being and happiness. Read the Gazette article

The College of Management and Economics is delighted to announce that students in the Bachelor of Commerce Accounting major will be able to register in a new accounting co-op program starting fall 2013.  In addition, a limited number of current students will be able to commence their first co-op term beginning summer 2013.  Congratulations to Professor Fred Pries and the Department of Business accounting team for their accomplishments.

Associate Dean, Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, and Economics Professor, Bram Cadsby, were recently in China to sign exchange program agreements with the South Western University in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. One agreement will support a new graduate program in Financial Economics to be launched next year in Guelph. A second agreement will support the launch of an undergraduate exchange program between the two universities to support CME’s Management in Economics and Finance major.

Jamie Gruman, associate professor in the Department of Business and co-founder of the Canadian Positive Psychology Association, speaks on CBC Radio about the launch of his new organization and its exploration of the psychology of happiness. Listen to the interview online.

Dr. Lefa Teng, a professor from the Department of Marketing and Consumer studies, Co-Chaired the Globalization and Marketing Strategy International Conference held in Shanghai (China) earlier in June. The Event was hosted by the Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Dr. Michel Laroche, who has an Honorary Degree from the University of Guelph, also Co-Chaired the event.