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The College of Business and Economics will start moving to Macdonald Hall on Friday, July 15. Please take note of the following schedule. Due to the possibility of unforeseen delays, this schedule might be subject to change. The move is currently scheduled to be completed by August 2.

Tentative relocation schedule

Dean’s Office

*This includes the offices of the dean, associate dean (academic), associate dean (research and graduate studies) and marketing & communications.

The College of Business and Economics is pleased to announce that professor Chris McKenna has been appointed associate dean, research & graduate studies for a five-year term, beginning July 1. He has been acting as interim associate dean, research & graduate studies since January 1, 2016.

After placing first in the global PRME-LEAD Challenge, a competition where students of PRME Champions schools submit short videos outlining how organizations can integrate sustainability within their operations, six Bachelor of Commerce students from the University of Guelph attended the 2016 UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York City from June 22 to 23.

Research by Real Estate and Housing professor Avis Devine and Qingqing Chang, a financial economist with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, was recently recognized at the European Real Estate Society annual conference in Regensburg, Germany.

More than 500 College of Business and Economics graduands will receive their bachelor’s, master’s and PhD degrees at convocation ceremonies being held at the University of Guelph June 13 and 14. They are among the 3,400 University of Guelph students graduating during ceremonies being held June 13 to 17.

The College of Business and Economics’ undergraduate ceremonies will take place at War Memorial Hall June 13 at 11:30 a.m., 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. A ceremony for graduate and undergraduate students will also take place June 14 at 7 p.m.

PhD Management candidates, Josh Leblanc and Ruben Burga, and Department of Management Chair and Associate Professor, Davar Rezania have won the MED Barry Armandi Award for Best Student Paper in Management Education and Development for the paper submitted to the Academy of Management by a student or group of students that offer the most significant contribution to advance management education and development.

Photo courtesy of Cornell University Center for Real Estate and Finance (CREF)

Economics and finance professors Nikola Gradojevic and Ross McKitrick, marketing and consumer studies professors Sylvain Charlebois and Paulette Padanyi, and organizational management professor Sean Lyons recently contributed their expertise to national publications and television programs.