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University of Guelph MBA graduate Robert Boyer puts his love of agriculture together with a shrewd business sense to bring a much-needed harvest to struggling communities in Southern Sudan. As Chairman of the Jebel Lado Project, an initiative of the Canadian Economic Development Assistance for Southern Sudan (CEDASS), Boyer leads a team of dedicated Canadians working to develop the first mechanized farm in the region.

When it was announced that Frebis Hoffmeyer, Assistant B.Comm. Program Counsellor in the College of Management and Economics, would be a Leave for Change volunteer from the University of Guelph, Raja Khanal was one of the first people to contact her. The two had never met, but Raja, an expatriate Nepali engaged in PhD studies at the University of Guelph, was offering his support to help Frebis prepare for her volunteer assignment in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal. That was in 2007.

A research initiative led by Economics Historian Prof. Kris Inwood was featured in two newspaper articles in the Vancouver Sun this week.

The College of Management and Economics, with significant help from the College of Management and Economics Student Association (CMESA), recently completed a successful campaign to raise awareness about the importance of course evaluations and provide students with an opportunity to complete them. Approximately 200 students participated in the campaign and had their names entered in to a draw for an iPad 2.   The lucky winner was BComm (Accounting) student Monica Bassilious.

CME hosted the first annual CME Trading Simulation competition on Saturday, April 2. The event was a huge success. Twenty-nine teams took part from eight different universities. The competition was created to provide students with the opportunity to compete in a daylong trading simulation, gain valuable experience, and network with industry professionals.   The students were joined by faculty members, as well as a few recruiters, an executive member from Burgundy Asset Management and the CGAs.

Marketing and Consumer Studies Professor Brent McKenzie, an expert on the retail and service sectors of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, recently visited Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.  He comments on the controversial role of Soviet-period themed tourism in Tallinn in the Guelph Mercury.  Read full article

For five days, five CME students lived outside, braving the winter weather to raise awareness and money for the homeless. More than 20 universities participated in 5 Days for the Homeless, a nationwide campaign to raise $200,000 for local charities.

From March 13 to 18, the students lived in a cardboard shelter in Branion Plaza with no food, money or access to showers. They relied on the kindness of strangers, who donated meals. They were also required to stay on campus and attend all of their classes, extracurricular activities and work.