Ideas with Impact
UNB Faculty of Management
One good thing leads to many – at UNB and beyond
Faculty of Management
Posted: August 29, 2024 12:00:00 AM ADT
After spending a few years as a service manager in Mumbai, Haridas Patel wanted to pivot into business development. This ambition brought him to the University of New Brunswick (UNB) where he pursued an MBA with the faculty of management. Patel was drawn to UNB's rich history and the diverse cohort of students, which helped to broaden his perspectives. “The resources at UNB were incredible,” Patel recalls. “From technology support and networking events to professional...
Finance wizards in the making bring home top prize for UNB
Faculty of Management
Posted: May 1, 2024 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students , Alumni , Faculty
In the heat of competition, the combination of financial savvy, teamwork, and communication skills, helped a team of Student Investment Fund (SIF) students claim victory in the prestigious 2024 CFA Institute Research Challenge. Guided by mentors Don Wishart (then Director of UNB’s Centre for Financial Studies) and Dr. Joseph DeCoste (SIF instructor with the faculty of management), this team of five senior students – Adebukanla Fabamwo, Urvashi Sharma, Alex Sturge, Patrick Doyle...
Blending education with advocacy: The transformative power of experiential learning
Faculty of Management
Posted: April 24, 2024 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students
There is nothing routine about learning in the Social Media Marketing Course offered at UNB’s Faculty of Management. This year, students enrolled in the course undertook a remarkable endeavor, applying their newfound strategies to orchestrate social media marketing campaigns in collaboration with local organizations. One project was so fun, “it never felt like schoolwork,” said BBA student Cassidy Curtis. She and two other students, Vanessa Rasmussen and Charles Kuti,...
From Delhi to UNB: How this MBA grad is helping to build skills across the province
Faculty of Management
Posted: January 19, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Programs , Alumni , Students
Photo: As a student and new graduate of UNB’s MBA, Sahil Mehta (MBA '23) helped implement the McKenna Institute-IBM SkillsBuild program across New Brunswick. In the heart of New Brunswick, UNB MBA alumnus Sahil Mehta (MBA '23) stands as a beacon for residents aspiring to advance their careers. His message to everyone is to seize the transformative power of the IBM SkillsBuild platform. Imagine a realm where aspirations meet opportunities: IBM SkillsBuild makes this vision a reality by...
Ismael Gbane's path from Ivory Coast to UNB's Faculty of Management
Faculty of Management
Posted: January 18, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Students
Photo: Ismael Gbane came to the faculty of management’s BBA program through UNB’s pathway program with the Center for Management Studies in English (CEFAM), based in Lyon, France. Ismael Gbane's journey to the Bachelor of Business Administration program at the University of New Brunswick's (UNB) faculty of management is nothing short of remarkable. From the picturesque landscapes of the Ivory Coast to the historical charm of Lyon, France, and finally finding his academic home in...
Profitual's journey from campus roots to empowering startups
Faculty of Management
Posted: January 8, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Photo: Members of the Profitual Team, left to right: Craig McLaughlin, Ray Fitzpatrick, Brady van der Velden, Sabrina Jaffer, Shashwat Shah, Muhammad Jahanzaib and Sydney Rankin. In the dynamic landscape of entrepreneurship, securing funding is a critical step for both launching and scaling ventures. However, navigating the intricacies of financial information can be challenging, particularly for those without a background in accounting or finance. Recognizing this need, Raymond Fitzpatrick...
Discovering the venture capitalist within
Faculty of Management
Posted: December 21, 2023 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Students , Alumni , Programs
The University of New Brunswick's faculty of management proudly welcomed the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA) in its inaugural stop for the CVCA University Tour this year. This exciting event, held on Sept. 25, 2023, in collaboration with the UNB International Business & Entrepreneurship Centre (IBEC), proved to be an insightful experience for the 50 participating students. Students came from diverse backgrounds and a variety of different academic programs at UNB....
From banking to leadership: Mabel George's inspiring MBA journey
Faculty of Management
Posted: October 25, 2023 12:00:00 AM ADT
Mabel George grew up in Lagos State, Nigeria, in West Africa, where she completed a degree in business. She enjoyed a career in commercial and retail banking, helping people reach their financial goals. A few years ago, she began contemplating pursuing an MBA and expanding her network. That's when she decided to enroll in UNB's Faculty of Management. After a demanding first year of coursework, she was eager for something different. It was then that she accepted an internship that not only...
Celebrating UNB’s 194th Encaenia
Faculty of Management
Posted: May 30, 2023 12:00:00 AM ADT
The faculty of management celebrated UNB’s 194th Encaenia May 17 by welcoming 65 graduates of the Master of Business Administration program and 134 graduates of the Bachelor of Business Administration into the family of over 97,000 UNB alumni around the world. At its annual Encaenia Awards Reception, Dean Devashis Mitra welcomed graduates and their family members, faculty, and staff who gathered one last time to celebrate the day, recognize award recipients, and say goodbye to many of...
From Dubai to UNB Honour Society: BBA student recognized with Sir Howard Douglas Award
Faculty of Management
Posted: April 13, 2023 12:00:00 AM ADT
Sometimes you start down the path with a clear direction in mind, only to find yourself someplace unexpected and exciting. That is what happened to Bhaanvi Rai when she came to UNB to pursue studies in accounting and finance but discovered her passion for human resources management and found herself inducted into one of the university’s most honoured societies. Rai grew up in India, then Dubai, and after high school enrolled in business studies at the Canadian University of Dubai...
UNB student entrepreneur wins Frank H. Sobey Award for Excellence in Business Studies
Faculty of Management
Posted: April 12, 2023 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students
Originally from Bangladesh, Tasneem Bint Abdul Majid grew up in Dubai and came to UNB's faculty of management in 2021 to pursue her dream of becoming an established business professional and entrepreneur. She has pursued this goal with great zeal. In addition to completing the BBA with a major in marketing and concentration in international business, on the side she has been involved with a wide range of community and entrepreneurial endeavours. This year she was recognized for her...
Management students learn hands on new venture creation
Faculty of Management
Posted: January 23, 2023 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Students , Student Highlights , Programs
At UNB's Faculty of Management, entrepreneurial and experiential learning gives students the knowledge and skills to solve real problems. Students wanting hands-on experience in new venture creation and entrepreneurship - at either the undergraduate or MBA level - have been doing amazing things in their community. MBA student Adineke Omolara is creating a circular economy digital platform for upcoming designers to tackle fast fashion waste due to overproduction. On...
Faculty of Management student receives Frank H. Sobey Award for Excellence in Business Studies
Faculty of Management
Posted: May 24, 2022 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Student Highlights , Students , Alumni
Logan Geraghty finished his final year of UNB’s BBA program with honours in accounting and finance and a $35,000 scholarship. He was one of nine students in Atlantic Canada to receive the prestigious Frank H. Sobey Award for Excellence in Business Studies this year. The Frank H. Sobey Awards for Excellence in Business Studies presents awards of $35,000 each. All full-time business students attending Atlantic universities are eligible for consideration. Deans of the business schools at...
UNB SIF Team wins 2022 CFA Atlantic Ethics Challenge
Faculty of Management
Posted: February 9, 2022 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Student Highlights , Students , Student Investment Fund
A team of students completing UNB’s Student Investment Fund (SIF) class just won the top prize in the Atlantic Canadian CFA Ethics Challenge. Ethical decision-making and conduct establishes trust between investors and their clients. Investors cannot operate without trust, so as part of their yearlong training to become investment professionals, SIF students complete an online course in ethical decision-making offered by the CFA Institute. After completing the course this year, the SIF...
Atlantic Promise Scholarships and Bursaries provide financial support to Black and Indigenous students studying business
Faculty of Management
Posted: January 20, 2022 12:00:00 AM AST
UNB and the Faculty of Management is taking part in a new project to increase diversity and inclusion in its business programs. The Promise Scholars Initiative, an Atlantic Canadian business school project led by Dalhousie University, was created to help recruit, retain and support more Black and Indigenous students by offering financial aid and wraparound supports at the undergraduate and graduate level in business schools. UNB is working with counterparts across Atlantic Canada, as well as...
UNB business students work with Peterbilt Atlantic to meet new industry challenges
Matthew MacLong
Posted: July 30, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students
After decades of dominating the traditional truck market, Peterbilt Atlantic, Atlantic Canada’s largest heavy-duty truck dealer, is adapting to a changing industry. To help them face this challenge, Peterbilt recently consulted with faculty of management students completing the Strategic Management course. The students conducted an industry analysis to consider opportunities that might help the company increase market penetration of Peterbilt electric trucks in Eastern Canada. These...
UNB business students work with Peterbilt Atlantic to meet new industry challengesost Title
Matthew MacLong
Posted: July 30, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Alumni , Programs , Students
After decades of dominating the traditional truck market, Peterbilt Atlantic, Atlantic Canada’s largest heavy-duty truck dealer, is adapting to a changing industry.To help them face this challenge, Peterbilt recently consulted with faculty of management students completing the Strategic Management course. The students conducted an industry analysis to consider opportunities that might help the company increase market penetration of Peterbilt electric trucks in Eastern Canada. These...
Creating data driven solutions to world challenges – UNB’s 2021 Data Challenge
Faculty of Management
Posted: April 19, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Students around the world connected through UNB this term to delve into data sets related to pressing world challenges, shape them into stories, and deliver actionable recommendations. They were part of the 2021 Data Challenge coordinated by the International Business and Entrepreneurship Centre (IBEC) housed within the faculty of management. Team-building, testing their abilities and learning new skills were big take-aways for students over the two days of the...
New UNB mom among top business students in Atlantic Canada
Faculty of Management
Posted: April 19, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students , Student Highlights
One of UNB’s newest moms has just received one of Atlantic Canada’s most prestigious awards for business students. Just days before delivering a baby boy, Stephanie Mallet of Moncton, NB, learned that she is one of nine students in Atlantic Canada to receive the 2021 Frank H. Sobey Award for Excellence in Business Studies worth $30,000. Candidates of this award are selected by the Frank H. Sobey Awards Board of Trustees comprised of Atlantic Canadian business and academic leaders....
Prescience and Optimism – a winning combination in these times
Faculty of Management
Posted: April 16, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Student Investment Fund , Students , Alumni
Students enrolled in UNB’s Student Investment Fund are wearing big smiles on their faces. On their last day of classes, they learned that one of their teams placed first in the global Chicago Quantitative Alliance (CQA) Challenge, beating out teams from high-ranking universities like Carnegie Mellon, University of Michigan Ann Arbor and Chinese University of Hong Kong. A second SIF team placed fourth!The CQA is a professional investment organization comprised of leading quantitative...
At UNB entrepreneurship is fun in more ways than one
Faculty of Management
Posted: March 30, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Programs , Students , Student Highlights
Remember what it was like trying to memorize the times table? This might be easy for some children, but for others it is a struggle that can lead to frustration. This year, a group of MBA students with UNB’s faculty of management used their business knowledge and skills to help a Fredericton based educational publishing company - threetwoone.fun - commercialize a multiplication story deck that is helping children learn math and have fun while they’re doing it.Ben McFarlane (BA'94)...
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 , Students , Student Highlights
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 adversarial attacks. UNB’s faculty of management offers Venture Assessment in partnership with...
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 adversarial attacks. UNB’s faculty of management offers Venture Assessment in partnership with...
Recovering 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 Brunswick businesses over the summer months to help them recover from the pandemic. It was a classic...
Students 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 Capital Investment Competition (VCIC), hosted by Saint Mary’s University (UNB’s students...
Living an entrepreneur’s life at UNB
Ideas with Impact
Posted: August 26, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
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 Management. Taylor is running a painting franchise for his second summer in a row, while Khan is running his own...
Class 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 have faith that, together with the knowledge and skills you have gained at UNB, your resilience,...
COVID-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 understanding of accounting principles and regulations. Thanks to his former education, work experience and...
Stay 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 were doing with the Fredericton Community Kitchens when the COVID-19 pandemic happened. As a result...
Stay calm and pivot: a lesson in project management
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: May 25, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Programs , Students , Student Highlights
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 were doing with the Fredericton Community Kitchens when the COVID-19 pandemic happened. As a result...
Risk 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 out of 58 universities in the MATLAB competition, hosted by the Professional Risk Managers’...
UNB 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 March 6 by Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the VCIC put students in the role...
Putting 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 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. NBIF is sponsoring their trip.Most of these students are completing the...
Results 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 student teams from one side of Canada to the other. This year the BMO Financial Group APEX Business...
Executive-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), about the challenges faced by Michael Tsamaz when he became Chair and CEO of the Hellenic...
Real-World Project with Non-Profit Ignites a Passion for Strategic Planning
Jane Landry
Posted: February 4, 2020 12:00:00 AM AST
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 generating program. NBACL works on behalf of children and adults with an intellectual disability and their...
New First-Year Business Planning and Entrepreneurship Course Brings Real-Life to the Classroom
Kelly Anderson
Posted: August 21, 2019 12:00:00 AM ADT
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 and eager young students are taking ADM 1192 Business Planning & Entrepreneurship this fall as they...
Credits for sales: a win-win with experiential learning
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: July 15, 2019 12:00:00 AM ADT
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 projects to help them identify new markets. When he heard their recommendations at the end of the course,...
Learning the benefits of quantitative investment methods first hand
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: July 3, 2019 12:00:00 AM ADT
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 quantitative investment tools they learned in their courses to manage a portfolio and placed 6th...
Some unexpected benefits of experiential learning
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: June 26, 2019 12:00:00 PM ADT
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 instructors around the world who introduced this project to their classes, X-Culture included Wielemaker...
Biting Into Experiential Learning
Kelly Anderson
Posted: May 15, 2019 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students
Four MBA students at UNB Fredericton had a tasty learning experience during their Buyer Behaviour marketing course over the 2019 winter term. Their assignment was to work with a real-life business to complete a survey on customer behaviour and bring the business recommendations based on the findings. The team chose to work with the iconic Fredericton diner, The Cabin. Owner Dave Halfyard was more than happy to help them out and receive great advice in return. Ryan Dobbelsteyn, Richelle Corey,...
UNB competitive in another domain: team places third in competition
Luke Saunders
Posted: February 27, 2019 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Students
When they signed up to compete in the 14th Annual Organizational Behaviour Case Competition this year, four UNB business students said they were in it for the learning experience and the chance to network with professionals in the human resources industry. Molly Grace Pittman, Jenna O’Brien, Gabby Schenkels, and Maddy Graves, all second-year students in the BBA program, found themselves competing against teams of senior students from business schools across Canada, many of whom had...
Making connections to last a lifetime: BMO APEX Business Plan Competition
Luke Saunders
Posted: February 26, 2019 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Students , Programs , IBEC
Using drone technology to inspect infrastructural integrity of bridges, exoskeletal technology to help physically impaired people walk, and a chemical process to produce super alloy out of carbon: these were some of the ideas being pitched at the recent 2019 BMO Financial Group APEX Business Plan Competition. Over 26 teams of students from across the country participated in the competition January 24th and 25th to compete for $20,000 in prizes. “It was a very exciting place to...
Calm under pressure: UNB team wins top prize at Venture Capital Investment Competition
Katie Kim
Posted: June 4, 2018 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students
What does the life of a venture capital investor look like? Students completing the Venture Assessment course with UNB Fredericton's faculty of business administration learn the answer to that question with their sleeves rolled up. Offered in partnership with the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF), the course puts students in the role of venture capitalists who have to do due diligence to assess whether startups are investment ready. This year, a team of students in the class tested...
Entrepreneurship student wins prestigious Sobey Award
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: June 4, 2018 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students
In the age of text messages, Instagram and email, getting letters in the mail is becoming a rare event. Getting a letter from the Frank H. Sobey Foundation just before Christmas is an event Seth Barkhouse will always remember. The letter congratulated him on being chosen to receive the Frank H. Sobey Award for Excellence in Business Studies, an award worth $25,000. Barkhouse was one of eight students across the Atlantic Provinces who received this annual prestigious award. Every year, over 20...
UNB Fredericton business student wins top national sales prize
Liz Lemon-Mitchell
Posted: June 4, 2018 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students
What’s the secret to a winning sales pitch? According to Herbert Bempah, it’s a combination of pinpointing what is unique about something, what makes it of value to others, and then communicating that value with passion. Bempah is a fourth year BBA student at the University of New Brunswick Fredericton campus who won the top prize in May at the Great Canadian Sales Competition, which took place at Google headquarters in Toronto. Before reaching the final round of the competition,...
Planning real world export strategies
Ideas with Impact
Posted: June 6, 2017 5:00:00 AM ADT
A group of UNB business students on the Fredericton campus stepped into the roles of consultants last winter as they worked with local businesses and entrepreneurs interested in exporting. The students were members of the Export Market Entry course taught by marketing professor, Dr. Stephen Grant, and as they learned the theory of export marketing, they applied it directly to export plans for their partnering companies. The Export Market Entry course has been taught many times in the past...
A lasting legacy for all MBA students
Ideas with Impact
Posted: May 11, 2017 5:00:00 AM ADT
Starting next year, a new scholarship will be awarded annually to an MBA student on the University of New Brunswick Fredericton campus who embodies the values that the MBA program has come to represent: diversity, community involvement, social entrepreneurship and leadership. The “MBA Community Leadership Award” was established this year by students in the Professional Development (PD) class as a social entrepreneurship project involving all members of the class. The project...
Location theory up close field trip to DP World
Ideas with Impact
Posted: May 11, 2017 5:00:00 AM ADT
In the location theory course taught by Dr. H. A. Eiselt in UNB’s Faculty of Business Administration students learn where to site such things as warehouses, gas stations, fast food restaurants, coast guard vessels, and other entities. As part of the logistics concentration in the BBA program, the course teaches students how to do this by learning optimal location theories and then applying them to different industries. This winter, Eiselt added an experiential component to the learning...
Mining the Data stories with real world impact
Ideas with Impact
Posted: March 1, 2017 4:00:00 AM AST
People across the province experienced first hand a thrilling demonstration of what can happen when governments invite the participation of citizens through open data. They were part of the National Open Data Visualization Challenge that was hosted by UNB’s Faculty of Business Administration and the New Brunswick Social Policy Research Network as part of the 2016 Gov Maker Conference held in Fredericton last November. Teams from across Canada were invited to use their creativity...
Meeting the real Wolves of Wall Street field trip to NYC
Ideas with Impact
Posted: February 28, 2017 4:00:00 AM AST
A group of University of New Brunswick students focusing their studies in finance, had the educational trip of a lifetime earlier this term, when they travelled to New York City and visited the trading floors on Wall Street. The group included PHD.FOR student Saul Hernandez, fourth year BBA students Randy Crealock, Caitlyn Gallant and Brandon Perry, as well as second year MBA students Samira Alavi and Omasan Atsiangbe, all members of the Student Investment Fund (SIF) class. They were...
Business student's hunch yields generous returns
Ideas with Impact
Posted: January 12, 2017 4:00:00 AM AST
November is the time of year when university students start focusing on their final term papers and getting ready for final exams. This past November, BBA students at the University of New Brunswick Fredericton campus devoted a lot of their time and energy orchestrating a food drive for Greener Village Food bank, a collective that operates on the north side of Fredericton. The project was spearheaded by Meghan Harper, a 4th year BBA student who worked with members of the Business...
A study adventure in Berlin
Ideas with Impact
Posted: January 4, 2017 4:00:00 AM AST
September at the University of New Brunswick brings the arrival of new students and return of former students and one of the most common questions you hear around campus is, “What did you do for the summer?” This year, third BBA student Natasha Youssef has a very interesting reply to that question, because she started her summer off with an adventure in Berlin. She travelled there with 25 other students, along with a couple of professors to participate in UNB’s travel study...
Fighting Fears with Toastmasters International
Ideas with Impact
Posted: June 6, 2016 5:00:00 AM ADT
Do you suffer from glossophobia, the fear of public speaking? If you do, you're not alone. It's ranked among the top fears of people all over the world, along with the fear of spiders, snakes and even death. Though fear of public speaking is common, it’s something people aiming for leadership roles have to overcome. Thanks to a Toastmasters International program introduced into the MBA professional development class this year, students in UNB Fredericton’s MBA program not only got...
UNB's Finance Club Making Stocks Simple
Ideas with Impact
Posted: June 2, 2016 5:00:00 AM ADT
Some viewers might feel a little lost when watching movies about the world of finance like the recent Wolf of Wall Street or The Big Short, but students in UNB’s student Finance Club don’t; even those who don’t have a background in finance or business. Those foreign sounding terms, the colours changing red to green to red, and the intricacies of the housing bubble are all familiar to them. UNB’s Finance club has been around for a few years and is open to anyone...
Future ready with real-world learning
Ideas with Impact
Posted: May 30, 2016 5:00:00 AM ADT
One of the biggest challenges students face when they graduate from university and start applying for work is lack of experience. To help them meet this challenge, many business professors at UNB Fredericton include experiential projects in their courses to help students gain relevant experience and understand how business theory plays out in the real world. This past winter Dr. Hsin-Chen Lin, a professor of marketing with the faculty of business administration, teamed students in her ...
There and back again: An entrepreneur's tale of discovery
Ideas with Impact
Posted: May 30, 2016 5:00:00 AM ADT
Two UNB Fredericton MBA students headed to Los Angeles, California, last December to learn about drones and to find out if a business they’re trying to launch is practicable. Not only did they find answers to their questions about start-ups, they experienced first-hand what most students only read about in their textbooks. Starting point – a great idea Anne Marie Rolfe and Andrew Lockhart are both completing the MBA with concentration in entrepreneurship in the faculty of...
Official Thumbs Up for UNB Fredericton's BBA Co-op
Ideas with Impact
Posted: April 6, 2016 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Faculty , Programs , Students
UNB Fredericton’s BBA co-operative education program has been running for over 16 years, providing students with the opportunity to combine paid work experience with their coursework. The program has been highly regarded by both students and employers, and has just been accredited by the Canadian Association for Co-operative Education (CAFCE). CAFCE is the voice for post-secondary co-op programs in Canada, setting the standards for what defines a co-operative educational...
Split Second Training Services - Saving Lives in a Split Second
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Posted: February 26, 2016 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: Alumni , Programs , Students
Ensuring that police officers have the right skills and competencies to deal with public threats and attacks is a critical aspect of training and officers need up-to-date training in this area now more than ever. But with the high price of advanced training and increased financial pressure on police departments across North America, the training that officers require is not always accessible or affordable. Split Second Training Systems, a new training software program developed by a graduate...
A road trip down the Branding Highway
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Posted: February 24, 2016 4:00:00 AM AST
No matter what type of business you’re in, the competition is never far. How to stand out in the market place is one of the biggest challenges businesses and marketers face, and one that often comes with a high price tag. Students and guests of UNB Fredericton’s MBA Professional Development class gained some valuable, if unconventional, knowledge on how to use branding to make their businesses stand out in a crowded market place by taking a trip down “The Branding...
More than a Competition: APEX helps creativity thrive
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Posted: February 24, 2016 4:00:00 AM AST
Year after year, aspiring entrepreneurs from all across Canada come together for the BMO Financial Group APEX Business Plan Competition. This year was no exception, with teams presenting innovative business ideas and forming valuable connections in an environment where creativity thrives. The competition ran this year from January 20-22 at UNB’s Wu Conference Center. Teams competed in an array of events at either the undergraduate or graduate level. Well-established entrepreneurs...
ReadyPass: Helping You Trust the Bus
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Posted: February 24, 2016 4:00:00 AM AST
In many places, taking the bus can often seem harder than quantum physics. The maps are confusing, and it’s hard to tell if the bus has already gone by and you’ve missed it, or if it’s running late and you should wait a few minutes longer. Life can be hectic, and no one wants to wait around outside, especially during our frigid Canadian winters, waiting for the bus. Thankfully, some students at UNB and their invention, ReadyPass, have a solution to all these problems and...
Harvesting Global Markets: business students lend their knowledge to Resson Aerospace
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Posted: May 26, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT
This winter fourth year business students at the University of New Brunswick Fredericton had to apply just about everything they’ve learned in the BBA program by working with one of New Brunswick’s most innovative new companies, Resson Aerospace Corporation. Using advanced technologies such as drones, high-resolution cameras, cloud computing and their own proprietary algorithms, Resson Aerospace works with large agricultural companies to measure crop health and identify crop...
What Exactly is HR Learning from practitioners?
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Posted: May 22, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT
Designing jobs that align with a company’s strategic mission, recruiting the right people to fill them, and then training and retaining them are just a few critical aspects of the human resources management profession. Business students at the University of New Brunswick Fredericton who are interested in careers in HR management have the opportunity to learn from practitioners about the finer details of the profession thanks to the Human Resources Student Association (HRSA)...
A Visit to the Oracle: SIF Students join Berkshire Hatheway Shareholders for 50th Anniversary
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Posted: May 21, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT
The school year ended with a bang for Student Investment Fund (SIF) students Jeff Mott, and Ryan Chan, when they traveled to Omaha, Nebraska, at the beginning of May to attend the Berkshire Hatheway 50th Anniversary shareholders annual general meeting. There, they were able to join the tens of thousands of delegates who make the annual pilgrimage to this event to meet and listen to the legendary chair of Berkshire Hatheway, the “oracle of Omaha”, Warren Buffett. Dubbed the...
UNB BBA Student one of three in Canada to receive 7 K Award
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Posted: May 4, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students
The school year ended on a high note for third year business student Tuan Anh Bui. In late March he received his Canadian citizenship and in April he got the news that he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Award for Study in a Second Official Language, an award worth $7,000. Tuan and his family moved from Vietnam to Fredericton, five years ago. He has been enrolled in the BBA with honours in finance and accounting, and will be a member of the Student Investment Fund (SIF)...
What have UNB's MBA Professional Development Students Been Up To?
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Posted: May 1, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT
The University of New Brunswick Fredericton’s MBA Professional Development class meets every Friday. Students work with a different industry leader every week to learn about important business issues and to develop important professional skills. They also meet with community leaders and social innovators who are helping to solve some of the problems in our community. Every year the class works with a different non-profit organization to share their business knowledge and entrepreneurial...
UNB Student Investment Fund Team Second in the World
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Posted: March 31, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT
A team of UNB’s Student Investment Fund students placed second in the 2015 Argus University Challenge. Argus is the industry leading software for real estate investment analysis and data-driven decision-making. The team members Daniel Slipp, Jeff Mott (both MBA candidates) and Josh Bubar (a BBA student) modelled various financial scenarios for a distressed real estate portfolio. The three-building portfolio contained office, retail and industrial buildings that were located...
Among the Best: SIF Team Nails Global Small Cap Competition
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Posted: March 26, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT
A team made up of UNB Fredericton’s Student Investment Fund students finished top of the table at the Van Berkom Small Cap Case Competition hosted by the John Molson School of Business at Concordia in Montreal March 20-21. The prestigious two-day competition sponsored by Van Berkom Associates challenged students with a live case analyzing actual companies. Universities participating included the University of Toronto (Rotman), Western University (Ivey), Queen’s, Simon Fraser...
A Peek inside the World of Venture Capital
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Posted: March 25, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT
Most startups are inherently risky, which is why ventures have such a hard time taking off. But what if you could look at them through the eyes of an investor, see beyond their risk and identify the real opportunities? UNB Fredericton's faculty of business administration MBA and BBA students are learning exactly how to do this through a new course called "Venture Assessment" offered this winter The course is being taught in partnership with the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF), who,...
APEX - Just Do It
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Posted: March 25, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT
The BMO Financial Group APEX Business Plan Competition is a very special time of year at UNB Fredericton. When the event took place this year January 21 – 23, the air was filled with energy as the most entrepreneurial minds from universities across the country came together to compete head to head. After completing a practice round with feedback from the judges and filming an elevator pitch, the teams took the stage with their final presentations. Approximately $19,000 was awarded...
CEO for a Day
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Posted: March 25, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT
Fourth year BBA students at UNB Fredericton got to experience a day in the life of a CEO this term. Competitive Strategy is the capstone course of the BBA program, which most students complete in their final year, and this term students participated in a half-day long assessment session that put them into leadership positions with a hypothetical organization where they had to make critical decisions and take action. All along they were being observed and their behavior judged.Essentially, the...
Tooling Up with some Entrepreneurial Basics
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Posted: March 25, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT
Twenty-five retiring or newly retired military personnel transitioning from military careers to civilian life took part in a day of workshops last November facilitated by students with UNB Fredericton’s International Business and Entrepreneurship Centre (IBEC). This kind of transition can be challenging, but gaining some business basics and learning about the current challenges and opportunities in the business world can be a big help to those who are interested in launching...
From Community to Competitions: A Primer for Life
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Posted: February 3, 2015 4:00:00 AM AST
While she was growing up in Hamburg Germany, Laura-Sophia Neunzig always dreamed of going abroad and experiencing life in another part of the world. That dream brought her to Fredericton, New Brunswick last fall to study business at UNB’s faculty of business administration. As a student at the European Media and Business Academy (EMBA) in Hamburg, Laura-Sophia was the first student to come here as part of an exchange agreement the faculty signed with that institution last year.Before...
Return on investment for UNB
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Posted: February 3, 2015 4:00:00 AM AST
When UNB staff member David Shipley began his studies with the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program at UNB Fredericton, he had no idea how much both he and the university would benefit. “I love it when I can tell friends, family and acquaintances that studying for my MBA helped save the University of New Brunswick nearly $500,000,” he says. That’s the amount UNB will save over the next three years as a result of a comprehensive overhaul of its mobile device...
Co-op Can Be A Pretty Sweet Deal
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Posted: December 16, 2014 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: Students
UNB's business co-op program has helped hundreds of students get excellent job experience and be exposed to many employers over the years. Some students however have made such an impression on their employers that they have earned jobs post graduation. One of these lucky students, Matthew Rogers, landed a position with one of Canada's sweetest companies: Ganong Brothers. Hearing about all the great experience and connection opportunities with co-op convinced Matthew to apply for the program....
Co-op in the Wild West
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Posted: December 11, 2014 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: Students
When third year BBA student Kelly Sheehan first accepted a co-op placement with Syncrude Canada Limited in Fort McMurray, Alberta, she was both excited and a little anxious. Working in the accounting department of such a huge company would be a great way to gain valuable experience, but the idea of moving across the country was a bit daunting – but only in the beginning. The experience has turned out to be fun and fulfilling. One of the largest producers of crude oil from Canada’s...