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Jan. 20: MGMT*1000 students raise $10,000 for charity, win Micro-Tyco international category for second consecutive year

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What would you do with $1?

Last fall, students in professor Trent Tucker’s MGMT*1000 class worked to turn $1 loans into profitable businesses through the Micro-Tyco Business Challenge. Micro-Tyco, which is run by the WildHearts charity, is a global competition that invests the money raised by participants into micro-loans for entrepreneurs in developing countries.

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Jan. 13: Prof. Statia Elliot talks to Global News on impact of low gas prices on vacations

An increasing number of Canadians might be hitting the road for their summer vacations, according to School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management director Statia Elliot. In this report from Global News, Elliot speaks to the impact lower gas prices are expected to have on domestic tourism, noting that "three-quarters of what we call tourism is generated by our own Canadian travel ...".

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.

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