{"id":2962,"date":"2019-04-24T14:07:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T18:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.porticomagazine.ca\/?p=2962"},"modified":"2020-10-28T14:40:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T18:40:11","slug":"leaders-for-a-sustainable-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2019\/04\/leaders-for-a-sustainable-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders for a sustainable world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Business school receives largest-ever gift in u of g history <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dean Julia Christensen Hughes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The University of Guelph\u2019s business school now has not only a new marquee and home on campus but also substantial new resources and equally big prospects in everything from innovation and entrepreneurship to sports business. Following an early April announcement of the largest-ever single gift in the University of Guelph\u2019s history, the former College of Business and Economics was renamed as the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics. With the donation and the renaming, U of G is marking its place in business education and scholarship, says Julia Christensen Hughes. Adds the dean of the former college for the past decade: \u201cWe\u2019re signalling that we\u2019ve arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In early April, longtime benefactors Stu and Kim Lang announced a $21-million gift to U of G through their Angel Gabriel Foundation<\/a>, the latest of several major donations made to the University through the foundation. Their new donation will support numerous initiatives in the school, from four new academic chairs, to various undergraduate and graduate scholarships, to student competitions and experiential learning opportunities. From Schulich to Ivey to Rotman, says Stu, business schools are, well, business schools, and most carry the moniker of a prominent businessperson. For all its accomplishments, U of G\u2019s former college had neither of those attributes \u2013 until now. The new Lang School is named for Stu\u2019s father and renowned business leader, the late Gordon Saunders Lang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics consists of five academic units:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  • Department of Economics and Finance <\/li>
  • Department of Management <\/li>
  • Department of Marketing and Consumer Studies <\/li>
  • School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management <\/li>
  • Executive Programs (MBA\/MA Leadership) <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    as well as\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    • John F. Wood Centre for Business and Student Enterprise <\/li>
    • International Institute for Sport Business and Leadership <\/li>
    • Centre for Marketing Analytics<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      and links to\u2026 <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      • University-wide initiatives, notably the Arrell Food Institute, a signature U of G project to feed a growing world population while sustaining the planet. <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

        Adds U of G president Franco Vaccarino: \u201cThe Langs\u2019 generous gift adds further prestige to our business programs and will help raise the profile of the school and the University among prospective students as well as the business community. This partnership between the University and the Lang family reflects common values, including our shared commitment to sustainability and our focus on community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        The funding is also intended to help the school to further expand its already widespread sustainability initiatives, captured in its brand statement: Leaders for a Sustainable World. This past fall, U of G\u2019s sustainable commerce MBA program placed ninth worldwide \u2013 ahead of such institutions as Harvard, Stanford and MIT Sloan \u2013 in the Better World MBA ranking published by Corporate Knights, a Toronto-based media company. Seated in her office located in the former Macdonald Hall residence, which was repurposed in 2016 to house the business school, Christensen Hughes says, \u201cThis honour recognizes our sincere commitment to producing a different kind of business leader \u2013 people who understand the power of ethical business to make a positive impact. For business schools to produce the kinds of leaders the world needs, we need a different approach to business education.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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