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Jan. 6: Denmark student launches ice cream business abroad, credits U of G

Photo of Cathrine OsterbergChoosing to attend the University of Guelph on an academic exchange from the University of Copenhagen helped transform Cathrine Osterberg's love of ice cream into a business opportunity. In 2012, Osterberg worked with food science professor and ice cream researcher Doug Goff, and also wrote a business plan for the Nicol Entrepreneurial Competition, giving her the tools to open her own ice cream shop - Osterberg Ice Cream - in Denmark.

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China bound: Marketing and Consumer Studies students win trip to China with ESKA Water

Marketing and Consumer Studies students Justin Manarang, Sophie Arkell and Ronnel Santos will travel to China in April 2015 to conduct research on the expansion of ESKA Water into China. The students recently won the Bridges to International Practice live case competition as part of assistant professor Lianne Foti’s International Marketing class. Students spent the semester working with ESKA Water president and CEO Jim Delsnyder on creating marketing strategies for the company’s expansion.

Dec. 8: Dean Julia Christensen Hughes interviewed on cheating at universities

Photo of Julia Christensen HughesJulia Christensen Hughes, dean of the College of Business and Economics, was recently interviewed by CTV News Kitchener about cheating at Canadian universities. A leading researcher on the topic, Christensen Hughes spoke to the data from the 2012 Academic Integrity Survey that reported the percentage of students participating in academic misconduct.

Dec. 4: Dean Julia Christensen Hughes and Associate Dean, Academic Kerry Godfrey interviewed on academic integrity at U of G

According to the University of Guelph's 2012-2013 Academic Integrity Report, the majority of cases of academic misconduct taking place within the College of Business and Economics are related to group work. Julia Christensen Hughes, dean of Guelph's business school and leading researcher in academic misconduct, and Kerry Godfrey, associate dean, academic, were both interviewed by the Guelph Mercury about the findings.

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