Ideas with Impact
UNB Faculty of Management
One foot in the door for UNB’s student venture analysts in training
Faculty of Management
Posted: February 25, 2021 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Programs, Student Highlights, Students
Fazley Shabab Chowdhury is finishing his MBA degree program at UNB Fredericton with an experience he says he will never forget. As a student venture analyst completing the Venture Assessment course this year, he and his classmates were involved in an intense round of investment in TrojAI Inc., a Saint John, New Brunswick-based start-up that is developing solutions to protect AI platforms from...
Read the full postInnovating the Restaurant of the Future
Faculty of Management
Posted: November 19, 2020 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Alumni
Everyone knows restaurants are a tough business in the best of times. These are not the best of times. The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the restaurant industry globally, and New Brunswick is no exception. When the lockdown happened in March of 2020, the owners of Pomodori Pizzeria in Saint John worked quickly and innovatively to be able to not only stay afloat but turn out even more of...
Read the full postUNB hosts Canadian business school deans at a critical time: 2020 BSAC annual conference
Faculty of Management
Posted: October 30, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Faculty
“Has there ever been a more challenging time to be a leader in higher education, such as the dean of a business or management school?” UNB’s President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Paul Mazerolle, directed this question in his welcoming remarks to a recent gathering of business school deans from across Canada and other parts of the world. The gathering was the annual conference of...
Read the full postA year of challenges and opportunities: Student Investment Fund update
Faculty of Management
Posted: October 26, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Student Investment Fund
It’s been an unprecedented year for the University of New Brunswick’s Student Investment Fund (SIF), full of surprises, challenges and new opportunities. Things were going well for the 2019-20 year. Just before the March Break, the SIF and MQIM students journeyed to Toronto for their annual visit with alumni and senior executives in the finance district; then the Covid-19 pandemic...
Read the full postIntroducing the Centre for Financial Studies interim Program Officer
Faculty of Management
Posted: October 26, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Student Investment Fund, Alumni
The Centre for Financial Studies has a new interim Program Officer! Harsh Jain, a brand new alumnus of UNB's Master in Quantitative Investment Management program, has been filling this role since September. During his program at UNB, Jain opted to complete the Student Investment Fund for his course electives and competed in the Ben Graham Centre’s Stock Selection Competition, as well as...
Read the full postSIF 2020: teaching and learning in the through the pandemic
Faculty of Management
Posted: October 26, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Alumni, Student Investment Fund
Since COVID-19 hit last March, UNB’s Student Investment Fund (SIF) class has become a virtual undertaking. The University closed the campus and suspended all classes on March 13, but thanks to technology, UNB’s Centre for Enhanced Teaching and Learning and IT Services, faculties were able to swiftly move course materials onto the D2L platform and resume classes through MS Teams. All...
Read the full postA Rising Star’s Journey from Trinidad to Fredericton to Toronto
Faculty of Management
Posted: October 20, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Alumni
When Cilise (Legendre) Connell (BBA’12) made the move from her home in Trinidad and Tobago to Fredericton in 2009, her goal was to finish her business degree at UNB – (which she began through the UNB-ROYTEC partnership program) then return home to the small Caribbean Islands to find work. Eleven years later, she’s still in Canada. “I had such an amazing experience in...
Read the full postYoung Alumna Brewing a New Marketing Strategy at Picaroons
Faculty of Management
Posted: September 16, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Alumni
Experience counts when you’re developing growth and marketing strategies for companies. Kate McPherson (BBA’19) has it – even though she’s only 23. Kate graduated with a business degree from UNB’s Faculty of Management in 2019 with a ton of experience under her belt. First, she opted to take advantage of the exchange program and studied at Nanyang Technological...
Read the full postModernizing energy systems: business prof researching the business challenges
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: September 15, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Faculty
Just over a year ago ACOA announced a $7 million grant to support smart grid research initiatives at UNB. Involving multiple researchers across faculties, the goal of the project is to discover tools and technologies that will facilitate the transfer to smart energy distribution within Atlantic Canada, including relevant analysis, threat detection, infrastructure and business modelling. Since...
Read the full postRecovering in the midst of COVID-19: UNB business students work with NB businesses
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: September 10, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Student Highlights, Students
Implementing online orders and curb-side pickups, dealing with increased order volumes, changing entire business processes: these are only some of the challenges businesses have struggled with over the summer months as they had to quickly adapt to the ever-changing environment with COVID-19. Some of the brightest and most talented students at the University of New Brunswick worked with New...
Read the full postTransitioning from conventional to organic farming: practical recommendations from UNB researcher
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: August 31, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Faculty Highlights, Faculty
The increasing desire and expectation for environmental and sustainable agricultural practices runs parallel to a rising demand for organic produce. It’s no surprise that many farmers are making the transition from conventional to organic farming, but this is not quick and easy process. In Canada and the United States, achieving organic certification for cropland requires a transition...
Read the full postStudents earn huge returns in UNB’s Venture Assessment course
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: August 28, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students, Programs, Alumni
There is a reason students describe UNB’s Venture Assessment course as “the epitome of experiential learning.” Students in this full-term course experience the world of venture capital first hand by learning how to analyse real start-ups for real cash investments; they test their knowledge on the national level by competing against other students across Canada in the Venture...
Read the full postLiving an entrepreneur’s life at UNB
Ideas with Impact
Posted: August 26, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students, Programs
Dustin Taylor and Faraz Khan didn’t want to wait until finishing the BBA program to start running their own businesses. Thanks to the Student Works Management Program, they don’t have to. Both students pursued an opportunity through this program to run their own franchises, and even employ other students, whilst earning a Co-op credit through UNB’s Faculty of...
Read the full postClass of 2020: welcome to UNB’s alumni family!
Devashis Mitra
Posted: May 29, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Faculty Highlights, Alumni, Students
Congratulations to the class of 2020 and welcome to UNB’s alumni family! While we were not able to watch you cross the stage in your cap and gowns, your friends and professors in the Faculty of Management are celebrating with you in spirit. Your graduation happened during a time when much of our lives have been disrupted because of COVID-19, but please know that my colleagues and I at UNB...
Read the full postCOVID-19 didn’t postpone this student’s career
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: May 26, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students, Student Highlights, Programs
Unlike many graduating students who have had to postpone their career plans because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dennis Effah, a student in UNB’s Master in Quantitative Investment Management (MQIM) program, has just landed a full-time position with Vestcor. In addition to having well-trained investors, successful investment firms like Vestcor require employees who also have a strong...
Read the full postStay calm and pivot: MBA Project Management students surpass community project goal
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: May 26, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students
An experiential learning project took an interesting turn for UNB’s MBA students taking Project Management this year. Taught by Dr. Alireza Tajbakhsh in the faculty of management, the course teaches students the basics of managing projects and has them work on a class project with a local organization to practice what they learn. Students had only just launched a fundraising project they...
Read the full postRisk and portfolio management: experiential learning in times of COVID-19
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: May 5, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students, Faculty Highlights, Programs, Student Highlights
It may have been one of the strangest and most challenging semesters at UNB because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the winter 2020 term ended with some good news for students in the Master in Quantitative Investment Management (MQIM) program. Just as exams were ending, they learned two of their teams placed high in two global competitions. One team tied with another at Rutgers for third place...
Read the full postGrants Awarded to 2 Faculty of Management Researchers
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: May 4, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Faculty
During a time when so much has been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s refreshing to hear good from our own researchers who are working from home. Marketing prof Dr. Hsin-Chen Lin has been awarded $99,055 for five years (2020-2025) from a SSHRC Insight Grant as a Principal Investigator. Lin’s project, “An examination of consumer and managerial perspectives on...
Read the full postUNB venture assessment students pass the test with top prize!
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: March 27, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Programs, Students, Student Highlights
Working with the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) to learn how to assess ventures for startup funding has paid off for a group of entrepreneurship students at UNB’s faculty of management. Students in the Venture Assessment course just won the top prize in the graduate category of the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC), beating teams from across the country. Hosted on...
Read the full postPutting knowledge into action: venture capitalists in the making with NBIF
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: March 3, 2020 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Students, Programs, Student Highlights
Since last fall a group of UNB students have been working side-by-side with staff at the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) to master the tools of venture capitalism. In the next few days they will be putting their knowledge to the test as they join other students from across Canada to compete in the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) hosted by Saint Mary’s University...
Read the full postResults from the Largest Business Plan Competition in Canada
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: February 7, 2020 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Programs, Students, IBEC
What began over two decades ago as a small competition for the best business plan in an entrepreneurship course at UNB has become a national event for university students across Canada. In the early 2000's, the Faculty of Management moved the competition out of the classroom to create an Atlantic competition, and in the past ten years since BMO Financial Group began sponsoring, it has attracted...
Read the full postUps and Downs in the Split-Second World of High-Frequency Finance
Luke Saunders
Posted: February 6, 2020 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Faculty
Life can be pretty exciting and stressful at the same time for big-time investors dealing with millions in assets. Even a 1% change in prices can be worth tens of thousands of dollars. Dr. Dinesh Gajurel, a finance professor with UNB’s faculty of management, has a good understanding of how even the smallest of events can have an impact on the market. As one of a very few academics in...
Read the full postExecutive-in-Residence Program Brings Real-Life Challenges to the Classroom
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: February 5, 2020 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Students, Alumni, Programs
Business professors in UNB’s faculty of management often assign case studies in their courses to challenge students to think of how they would use their knowledge and skills to solve business problems. This year, students taking the Strategic Management and Student Investment Fund classes were assigned two Harvard Business Case Studies, OTE: Managing in Times of Crisis (Parts A and B),...
Read the full postReal-World Project with Non-Profit Ignites a Passion for Strategic Planning
Jane Landry
Posted: February 4, 2020 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Students, Programs
Last term, students in the fourth-year BBA Strategic Management course in UNB’s Faculty of Management put on their consulting hats to offer strategy recommendations to a local non-profit organization. After completing an in-depth SWOT analysis for the New Brunswick Association for Community Living (NBACL), they provided insights and strategic actions to strengthen a crucial revenue...
Read the full postA Life in Service to Vulnerable Children
Kelly Anderson
Posted: January 7, 2020 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Alumni
James Gitau (BBA’87,MA'89) has never been one to shy away from a challenge. In 1982, Kenya was embroiled in an attempted coup, which led to the indefinite closure of the sole University of Nairobi. James’ high school advised students who could afford it to seek further studies abroad. He was given a list of potential universities in Canada, the U.K and the U.S: James and his...
Read the full postTwo Alumni Receive Certificates of Achievement
Business Faculty
Posted: November 29, 2019 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Alumni Highlights, Alumni
The Faculty of Management held its annual Awards Dinner on November 21, 2019 to recognize students and alumni who have done extraordinary work. In addition to celebrating over 150 students who earned scholarships, awards and Dean's List recognition, two alumni were given Certificates of Achievement for their contribution and achievements. Anne-Marie Gammon (BBA'83) is the inaugural...
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