International business student working with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Grameen Bank in Bangladesh
Kendra Thorogood, a fourth year Bachelor of International Business student, is learning first-hand about microfinance and the tremendous impacts it has on individuals living in poverty in rural Bangladesh. This term she working in an internship with Grameen Bank, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 with its founder Muhammad Yunus. Grameen Bank is the only business ever to have received a Nobel Prize. (Last… Read full post »
Irish Ambassador Ray Bassett and Minister Tony Clement visit the Sprott School
On Wednesday January 25, the Sprott School of Business received two special guests: his Excellency Ray Bassett, Irish ambassador to Canada and the Honorable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board of Canada. Mr. Bassett was the second speaker in the Sprott School’s CXO lecture series for 2011-12, which welcomes leaders in industry and the community to share their expertise and experiences. Addressing MBA students, faculty and staff,… Read full post »
Sprott hosting JDC Central 2012 this weekend
This weekend, 450 business students are coming to campus to test their knowledge, spirit, teamwork and determination in Ontario’s largest undergraduate business competition. Teams from 10 universities from central and eastern Canada are competing in JDC Central 2012, hosted by the Sprott School of Business. JDC Central 2012 is a three-day competition comprised of eight academic case analyses, a parliamentary-style debate, sports competitions and social challenges. Following… Read full post »
Sprott students go viral to give kids a CHANCE
A team of five undergraduate students in Anahit Armenakyan’s New Tools and Approaches in Marketing (BUSI 3204) class recently put their marketing skills to practice for a term project, where students were required to create a viral marketing campaign for an organization. Whatever tools the group decided to implement, there had to be a hook to make the viewer want to click, share or like it using… Read full post »