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UNB Fredericton signs accreditations with CPHR NB
UNB Faculty of Management and CPHRNB
Posted: Nov 4, 2019
Category: Programs
Business students focusing their study on human resources management at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton have a more direct path to obtaining the Chartered Professionals in Human Resources designation. The University's faculty of management reached an agreement with CPHR New Brunswick to provide accreditation of its Bachelor of Business Administration with a Major in Human...
Read the full postFinding clients and keeping them: advice from an expert
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: Oct 8, 2019
Category: Alumni Highlights , Programs , Alumni
When they graduate with business degrees, students bring specialized knowledge and technical skills to the workplace. For those starting careers in the finance and investment industry, one of the biggest challenges they will face is finding new clients and keeping them. This week, finance students got advice from an expert on how to identify who their clients were and how to communicate...
Read the full postUNB Student Youngest Intern on the Private Equity Funds Team
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: Sep 6, 2019
Category: Alumni
Just a few years ago, Ruthfi Azzahra moved to Fredericton from Jakarta, Indonesia, with the goal of going to university and finding a career in investments. After this summer, she is pretty close to reaching that goal. For the past four months, she has been immersed in the industry through a Co-op placement with PSP Investments. Based in Montreal, Quebec, PSP Investments is one of...
Read the full postIndustry Expert to Pass on Knowledge and Connections to SIF students
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: Sep 6, 2019
Category: Faculty , Programs , Student Investment Fund
Finance students in the faculty of management at the University of New Brunswick will have access to a wealth of industry experience and professional connections with the new director of the Centre for Financial Studies, Don Wishart. Wishart is president of Seamark Asset Management Ltd., a Halifax based investment management firm, and brings 25 years of investment management experience to the...
Read the full postNew First-Year Business Planning and Entrepreneurship Course Brings Real-Life to the Classroom
Kelly Anderson
Posted: Aug 21, 2019
It’s a year of firsts for the Faculty of Management and BBA students on the Fredericton campus. The Faculty is rolling out its first year of required courses in experiential learning for BBA students – who are in their first year in the program. It’s also the first time for some alumni of the Faculty to step up to become mentors to this new generation of students. Bright-eyed...
Read the full postCredits for sales: a win-win with experiential learning
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: Jul 15, 2019
Based in Moncton, NB, Malley Industries has been manufacturing ambulances, wheelchair accessible vehicles, plastic products and specialized commercial fleets for a wide range of clients since 1979. It is one of the largest adaptive mobility manufacturers in Canada, and this spring a group of BBA students in UNB’s Faculty of Management worked with Malley Industries on two consulting...
Read the full postLearning the benefits of quantitative investment methods first hand
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: Jul 3, 2019
A team of five students enrolled in UNB’s new Master in Quantitative Investment Management (MQIM) program learned the benefits of using quantitative and data rich methods first hand this year by competing in the global Chicago Quantitative Alliance (CQA) Investment Challenge. The team, which included Huang Xu, Jiaji (Justin) Feng, Justin Arsenault, Lowry Zhu and Joseph MacCallum, used the...
Read the full postSome unexpected benefits of experiential learning
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: Jun 26, 2019
The benefits of experiential learning are well known at the University of New Brunswick. Students learn first-hand how theory applies to real world challenges and develop more confidence in themselves as a result. This year Dr. Martin Wielemaker had a pleasant surprise after integrating a real-world project into his International Business class through X-Culture.org. Out of 186 university...
Read the full postManagement is the new name; more experience is the game
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: Jun 20, 2019
What are you doing with your business degree? We’re always asking that question of our alumni. Here are just some of the answers: our alumni are managing accounts, investment portfolios and technologies; leading start-ups, projects and teams; and running training facilities, schools and other non-profits. In a recent vision and strategic planning exercise members of the Faculty of...
Read the full postUNB Alumnus Building a Bridge to Asia for N.B. Company
Kelly Anderson
Posted: May 20, 2019
Category: Alumni
Jay Yang (BBA’16, MBA’18) is a prime example of why recruiting international students is a good growth strategy for New Brunswick. After working in a plywood export company in China, Jay decided to study in Shanghai, where he ran into a teacher from Montreal who had spent time in Oromocto. He encouraged Jay to apply to UNB for a business degree program, and Jay ended up traveling...
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