The College of Business and Economics is starting the new academic year with two new faculty faces. Kathleen Rodenburg, assistant professor in the School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management and Philippe Lassou, assistant professor of accounting in the Department of Management, officially joined the college on August 1.
Two University of Guelph business students recently got a taste of researching a crop that could eventually become a staple of Canada’s agriculture industry, and gained marketable skills in the process. Accounting student Patrice Bigaignon and marketing management student (now alumna) Victoria Steele contributed to a project on the future of Chinese eggplant in Canada by creating a cost of production analysis and template in collaboration with Vineland Research and Innovation Centre (Vineland).
The term “homecoming” will take on additional meaning during this year’s annual celebrations being held on Saturday, September 24. In addition to watching the Guelph Gryphons take on the Western Mustangs, Homecoming attendees will also be able to tour the beautifully renovated Macdonald Hall, the new home of business at the University of Guelph.
Leadership and Organizational Management student Madeline DeCorso has worked to make the most of her three years at the University of Guelph. During her time as a student, she has not only demonstrated a commitment to her academic pursuits, but also to student leadership through extra-curricular activities and athletics as a member of the Gryphon golf team.
Thanks to a major gift from Longo Brothers Fruit Market Inc., the College of Business and Economics at the University of Guelph will launch a mock retail space, allowing researchers to explore consumers’ food purchasing, consumption and reaction to food advertising.
The Centre for Business and Student Enterprise (CBaSE) has lined up an exciting group of clients for the Fall 2016 offering of MGMT*4050, during which senior undergraduate students from across the University of Guelph will gain valuable skills by transforming into business consultants. The clients represent a range of industries including real estate, the arts and community services. Students will focus on a specific project requested by the client, such as a marketing plan, strategic plan or annual report.
Senior business students looking to apply their skills to an actionable project have a new course option this September. ICON, an innovative learning opportunity developed by professors Shoshanah Jacobs and Dan Gillis, will unite senior undergraduate students from multiple disciplines to brainstorm and develop food security solutions, in partnership with the Feeding 9 Billion project. It will be an experiential learning opportunity that focuses on some of the most pressing issues affecting the global community.
Economics and history professor Kris Inwood describes himself as someone who likes to figure things out and discover why things happen. He says that “good research is like solving a jigsaw puzzle” and it is through big data research that he and his collaborators are assembling millions of pieces of historical information to help explain some of today’s most pressing questions about who we are and how we live.