2011-2012 FOB Student Recognition

Faculty of Business

Business Student Recognition September 2011 – August 2012 Edition

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102 Students Inducted into

Beta Gamma Sigma Society

Published June 28 2012

Business Student Recognition: September 2011 – August 2012 Edition

76 undergraduate and 26 masters students were inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma

International Honour Society (BGS) at Brock University this month.

Brock is one of eight Canadian universities with a Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter. A lifetime

membership into this society is the highest recognition a business student anywhere in

the world can receive.

Congratulations to all the students who were inducted this year! The names of all the

students who were eligible for BGS membership can be found on page 4 of this file.

Congratulations also to Josip Hrga, this year’s BGS Scholarship winner for Brock

University.

Additional photos from both ceremonies are posted on our website.

June 9 Induction Ceremony

June 27 Induction Ceremony

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FOB Academic Award Winners Announced


Congratulations to the following students on their incredible achievements! All awards

were presented at the Faculty of Business Convocation on June 9.


Award Student Name

Outstanding Academic Achievement Andrew Manuel Medeiros

Award of Excellence - Bachelor of Accounting Brian Teichgraf

Award of Excellence – BBA (Overall) Andrew Manuel Medeiros

Award of Excellence - BBA Accounting & Finance Andrew Manuel Medeiros

Award of Excellence - BBA Entrepreneurship Farrah Amikons

Award of Excellence - BBA Finance Andrew Manuel Medeiros

Award of Excellence - BBA General Management Chelsey Ketchum

Award of Excellence - BBA Human Resource Management Shawn O'Brien

Award of Excellence - BBA Information Systems Christopher Lumarque

Award of Excellence - BBA International Business Allison Danielle Voth

Award of Excellence - BBA Marketing Miles Alexander Thomson

Award of Excellence - BBA Operations Management Matthew Barton

Outstanding Contribution to BBA Co-op Shawn O’Brien

Outstanding Contribution to BAcc Co-op Heather Matthies

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Business Student Convocation Winners Announced


The University has just announced the convocation awards for each faculty and the

Faculty of Business is proud to congratulate two of our undergraduate students on their

impressive achievements.

Graduating BBA student Nick Chrzan has won the Board of Trustees Spirit of Brock

medal for the Faculty of Business. This prestigious award is given to one graduating

student from each faculty who best exemplifies Sir Isaac Brock’s spirit. This student must

have demonstrated leadership, courage, innovation, inspiration, and community

involvement throughout their time at Brock.

Graduating BBA student Andrew Manuel Medeiros has won the Business Dean's

Medal. This award is given to the student graduating with the highest cumulative overall

average in the Faculty of Business.

Nick and Andrew will both receive their medals at the Faculty of Business Convocation

ceremony on Saturday, June 9, 2012. Get the full convocation story here.


Board of Trustees

Spirit of Brock medal winner Nick Chrzan

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Beta Gamma Sigma Eligibility Announced

Published May 15 2012

Eligibility for Beta Gamma Sigma represents the top 10% of 3rd and 4th year undergraduate

business students. Please join the Faculty of Business in congratulating the following

undergraduate students on achieving eligibility for membership in Beta Gamma Sigma for 2012.


Bai, Meimei (Helen) Hurst, Matthew * Pinelli, Nicholas

Bartol, Nicole* Hyland, Samantha Provenzano, Matthew

Barton, Matthew* Jahoor, Natalia Rajakulendran, Dushyanthy*

Beckmann, Julian Jiang, Min Xiang Raptis, Stergios*

Bering, Carl* Jiang, Wei Xuan (Jet) Riddell, Barry

Bond, James* Jones, Sara Marie* Ritchat, Grame*

Bosscher, Gregory Joshua, Amy Nicole Roelens, Meghan*

Brandon, James Kapitan, Dustin Schoenfelder, Joerg Daniel

Brown, Stephanie Kingma, Jacob* Seguin, Erica*

Byatanga, Abodya Koch, Melissa Sehgal, Abhinav

Caldwell, Chad Robert* Koorneef, Nicole Shaughnessy, Kathryn

Cameron, Jonathan Kraemer, Janine Southwell, Natasha

Cao, Kailin (Jimmy) Kudeba, Amber Stoican, Marina

Chen, Chen Lamond, Jamie Lynn* Stuppiello, Alyssa*

Choi, Alice I Kaun Leung, Kar Ki* Tailor, Jay

Colwell, Kimberly Li, Heng Tank, Fabio

Conlin, Jessica Li, Tina Tarasevich, Pavel

Coulter-Mistele, Lois Lidstone, Jacob Teichgraf, Brian*

Debrincat, Jordan Liu, Chunyan* Thomson, Miles*

Deshpande, Aparna Luo, Jingwen Trikas, Afroditi*

Di Matteo, Michael Luo, Lu Valdez, May*

Difrancesco, Matthew Lynch, John Cody* Valkenburg, Matthew

Durksen, Emily Jane Mai, Maggie Van Engen, Dustin

Faizan, Huzaifa Maronski, Nikolai Vandriel, Sylvia

Figueroa, Mark Davey Matthies, Heather* Voight, Faye

Fleming, Robert McAthey, James* Voth, Allison*

Fu, Ang McCartney, Spencer Wang, Dandan (Shanny)

Gisone, Francesco Medeiros, Andrew* Wei, Yuqing

Glazier, Jenna Momentoff, Matthew* West, Therese

Gray, Emma Mund, Katrina Wheaton, Andrea

Gu, Peiyuan Nageswaran, Jonathan Williams, Stephanie*

Guo, Xiaofei Ng, Aaron Wu, Ruochen

He, Bingquan* Ni, Jingfeng† Xia, Si Yuan*

Hensel, Carsten Novorolsky, Craig Alexander* Xia, Yuyi

Hoffmann, Alicia O'Brien, Shawn* Yang, Jingya*

Hrga, Filip Oster, Scott Yu, Xiaowan

Hrga, Josip Ou, Xiaoran Zhang, Jinghan

Huang, Bonnie* Peacock, Brianna* Zhang, Tao

Huang, Michael* Pepple, James* Zhang, Zishan

Huegelschaeffer, Christina Percival, Dale Zhao, Yaru

Zuo, Maria Mengran *Current BGS members already inducted

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BUEC High School Case Competition a Success

Published April 30 2012

The Brock University Entrepreneurship Club (BUEC) hosted the second BUEC

High School Case Competition on April 27, 2012. The challenge was open to

Grade 11 and 12 students in the Niagara region and aimed to teach analytical

and presentation skills and award creativity and innovation.

Each of the seven teams had 150 minutes to analyze the given case and create a

presentation. The case discussed the rehabilitation of West St. Catharines and

students were asked to use their creativity to recreate the area and review

various segments of business such as accounting, finance, and marketing. These

ideas were then brought to the judging panel which was comprised of Brock

University staff and faculty.

Congratulations BUEC for planning and hosting a successful event!

Special thanks to Serge Douchkina, Ghata Vadher, Naveen Khan,

and Navjot Minhas for their help in organizing the event.


Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, Westlane Secondary School,

and Blessed Trinity Catholic School participated in the competition

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Faculty of Business

Business Students go 9 for 9 at

International Competition


Nine Brock Business students travelled to Salt Lake City, Utah this week to compete at

the DECA U International Career Development Conference (ICDC) and all nine came back

with top 10 finishes. With 2100 students competing from across North America, the Brock

squad certainly left their mark. Congratulations go to the following students:

Anthony Marotta - Top written exam & oral presentation & 1st place overall in

Corporate Finance

Praby Hunjan - 1st place overall in Marketing Management

Jaminy Ulaganathan - Top oral presentation & 2nd place overall in Travel &

Tourism

Anushka Narula - 2nd place overall in Hotel & Lodging

Minxiang Jiang - Top written exam & 2nd place overall in Accounting

Erin Gurr - Top written exam & top 10 overall in Fashion Merchandising & Marketing

Massine Bouzerar - Top written exam & top 10 overall in Restaurant & Food

Service Marketing

Max Marchuk & Mithulan Peripanayagam - Top 10 overall in International

Marketing


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Brock students break the case


Working with CGA, the Brock University Accounting Students' Association

presented "Break the Case" a junior case competition.

The competition was open to 1st and 2nd year BAcc and BBA (who have an

interest in Accounting) students. Teams of four had one and a half hours to

work on the case and prepare a 10 minute presentation. The case was an

excellent way to display problem solving skills and apply knowledge to a

real life business scenario.

The winning team and recipients of the $1000 grand prize were Joelle

Dewsbury, Farheen Shaikh, Rohit Anilkumar and Bilal

Sabzwari.


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Business students’ accomplishments featured at

BSA Recognition Night

Published on March 30 2012

The Business Students’ Association (BSA) hosted a successful event at

Johnny Rocco’s last Friday to recognize students who have represented

Brock Business during the past year through their involvement with clubs

and competitions. Congratulations to everyone who was present at Reco

Night – your hard work and commitment through various initiatives is

appreciated as you continue to represent Brock Business.

The BSA’s Bryan Butryn Award for Outstanding Contribution was presented

to April Wheeler, the Rookie of the Year Award was given to Melanie

Denis, and awards for Outstanding Contribution for each Business club

were presented to the following students:

Daniel Castro (Brock University Accounting Students’ Association)

Matt Grootjen (Brock Business Badgers)

Johannes Botman (Brock Finance and Investment Group)

Mandy Foo (Brock U Marketing Association)

Michelle Whiteman (DECA U Brock)

Jane van den Dries (Brock Human Resource Management Association)

Ben Beacham (Brock U Entrepreneurship Club)

Visit the BSA’s Facebook page for more photos of this event.


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Brock students place in top 3 at

Ted Rogers Management Conference


Eleven Brock University Faculty of Business students competed at the Ted Rogers

Management Conference (TRMC) hosted by the Ted Rogers School of Management

on March 8-10, 2012. The TRMC’s mission is “to celebrate the entrepreneurial

and innovative spirit of the late Ted Rogers” by bringing students together with

faculty and industry professionals in a three day long event. This year’s theme

was “What’s your Inner Drive?” and the conference gave students the opportunity

to participate in corporate breakout sessions, a case competition, networking,

the 25th Annual Ryerson Business Forum, the Third Annual Ted Rogers Memorial

Gala, and social events. The students who represented Brock Faculty of Business

at this year’s conference were: Stephanie Burtnik, Filip Hrga, Josip Hrga,

Karolina Kasowski, Nicole Lezko, Aanchal Narula, Angela Quintinho,

Jocelyn Quintinho, Anita Rosteck, Stephanie Wharton, and Tina

Yeung.

Teams were randomly created by the organizers of the event from among all the

universities in attendance, and we are proud to announce that Brock students

Nicole Leszko and Jocelyn Quintinho were on the team that placed second, and

Josip Hrga was on the third place team.


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Faculty of Business

5 Days for the Homeless raises dollars,

food & awareness


The Brock 5 Days for the Homeless team spent 5 nights living on the

streets. No home, no bed, no showers, no smart phones. What they got

in return was priceless. The Brock team raised $2147 and 725 pounds of

food for Community Care. More importantly, they raised awareness of a

serious issue. Not only do they personally have a much greater

understanding of homelessness, they have brought greater awareness to

their fellow students and members of the community.

5 Days for the Homeless is part of a broader initiative organized by

University students across Canada.


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Brock Student wins trip to Nicol Award Finals


Student David D'Angelo has made it to the finals of the Nicol

Entrepreneurial Award. David won the Brock round of the competition

with his plan for Trivium Industries, a proud Canadian and ecofriendly

company. Trivium will be the first North American producer of

biodegradable eating utensils. Although this product is currently sold in

Canada, all of it is manufactured in Asia. Trivium's price will be

competitive with traditional plastic cutlery giving the company a major

competitive advantage.

David will present his plan to the judges at the final of the competition

to be held in Ottawa in March. David is not the first Brock student to

make the finals; in 2010 Nico Verhoef and Marty Verhey won the

national final with their plan for Perfect Patch - a plan to produce high-

quality, lower-cost, locally grown, certified organic strawberries.

The Nicol Award is a national program designed to generate and reward

interest in entrepreneurship on the part of undergraduate students in

any faculty or field of study at participating universities across Canada.


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Brock students benefit from new award Published on February 17 2012

The Hamilton branch of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) has

given out its first student award at Brock. The organization has granted

student David Juszczyk with $500 for getting the top mark in

Professor Michael J. Armstrong’s Quality Management course, OPER

3P93. The course teaches students how to maintain and improve the

quality of products or processes.

The award will be annual. ASQ Hamilton represents about 400 members

in the Hamilton and Niagara regions. The society has more than 80,000

members worldwide. “We feel this is an important part of what we do,

not only giving back to our communities, but also investing in our

future leaders.”


Jeff Race presents the Hamilton ASQ Award to Brock student David Juszczyk

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Brock students shine at invitation only event Published on February 28 2012

Four Business students represented Brock at the prestigious invitation-

only John Molson Undergraduate Case Competition. Brock was one of

only 24 schools world-wide to be invited to the event. The invitation

was made based on the strength of the performance of last year's

team.

Although they did not come home with the top prize, students,

Allison Voth, Shawn O'Brien, Harrison Stewart and Chris

Nguyen went undefeated in the first three rounds before being beat

out in the finals.

Left to right: Chris Nguyen, Shawn O'Brien, Faculty Coach Dr. Herb MacKenzie, Allison Voth, and Harrison Stewart.

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Nicol competition winners announced

Published on February 10 2012

On Thursday, February 9, Brock University held the Nicol

Competition. The Nicol Award is a national program designed

to generate and reward interest in entrepreneurship on the

part of undergraduate students in any faculty or field of

study at participating universities across Canada. Launched

in 1997, this program now awards over $100,000 in prize

money each year to individual students or student teams who

submit winning plans for their entrepreneurial business

ideas.

At the Brock competition, David D'Angelo took first

place and received $5000 for his Trivium Industries plan. In

second place, winning $2000, was Ben Beacham &

Keaton Manjos for their First Class Student Rentals plan.

The $1000 third place winners were Peter Shishkov &

Greg Shishkov and their idea www.smacktalks.ca.

By virtue of his first place win, David will go on to compete

nationally and if successful, be invited to the National finals

held in Ottawa.

In 2011, the winning team from Brock, Mark Bittorf and

Michael Churey's "Conquer Climbing Centre" was one of six

teams invited to compete in the National Nicol Competition.

In 2010 the winning team from Brock, Nico Verhoef and

Marty Verhey with their plan for Perfect Patch - a system for

producing high-quality, lower-cost, locally-grown organic

strawberries, were named the Winners of the 2010 National

Nicol Award.

The Nicol Entrepreneurial Award is organized by a dedicated

team with extensive business experience, a comprehensive

network, and strategic alliances with leading academic

institutions across the country. The Award’s organizers share

a passion for business excellence and a desire to foster

Canada’s next generation of entrepreneurs.


1st place: David D’Angelo

3rd place:

Gregory Shishkov and Peter Shishkov

Judging Panel

2nd place: Keaton Manjos and Ben Beacham

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Brock students score at National Competition


Two Faculty of Business teams competed at the University of Alberta’s “EDGE

Business Competition” from February 3-6, 2012. 20 teams from schools across

Canada participated in the challenge considered to be the most realistic

business simulation competition in Western Canada.

The team of Praby Hunjan, Ashraf Ahmed, Joseph Murphy, Jeremy

Wolfe & Vinochan Paramanantham placed 2nd overall for the

competition.

In addition to that outstanding achievement, the team of Michael

Mastroianni, Christian Di Vincenzo, Aanchal Narula, Jonathan

Turco & Kay Chan placed 3rd in the Logistics category and won a mini-case

competition.


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Five teams compete in Nicol Competition finals


The Second (and final) round of the Nicol Competition at Brock University will take

place on Thursday, February 9th 2012. Finalists comprise of five teams who have

been invited to make a Business Plan Presentation. Finalists, in alphabetical order,

according to Business name, are as follows:

First Class Student Rentals: Ben Beacham & Keaton Manjos

Little Miss Cupcake: Courtney Sokay, Farrah Amikons & Kevin Wassill

Lotus Fitness Consulting: Katherine Lucey & Taylor MacKenzie

Smack Talk T’s: Gregory Shishkov & Peter Shishkov

Trivium Industries: David D’Angelo

The Nicol Award is a national program designed to generate and reward interest in

entrepreneurship on the part of undergraduate students in any faculty or field of

study at participating universities across Canada. Launched in 1997, this program

now awards over $100,000 in prize money each year to individual students or

student teams who submit winning plans for their entrepreneurial business ideas.

The winning Brock team will receive a $5,000 cash prize, the second place team

receives $2,000 and the third place team, $1,000.

In 2011, the winning team from Brock University, Mark Bittorf and Michael Churey’s

“Conquer Climbing Centre” was one of six teams invited to compete in The

National Nicol Competition, even though they did not win the award, many judges

praised their solid business plan as well as presentation skills.

In 2010, the winning team from Brock University, Nico Verhoef and Marty Verhey

were named the Winners of the 2010 National Nicol Award at the 6th Annual Nicol

Entrepreneurial Awards held at the Chateau Laurier on March 30th. Nico and Marty

impressed the national judges with their plan for Perfect Patch™ producing high-

quality, lower-cost, locally-grown certified organic strawberries.


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Successful weekend for Brock Business Students

Published on January 27 2012

The weekend of January 20 proved to be very successful for Brock's Business

students.

At the JDC Central event held at Carleton University in Ottawa, Brock students

Oliver Corey, David Birch, Emily Snyder and Joseph Crawford

placed 3rd in the Debate competition with David Birch being named the Best

Overall Debate Speaker. The full team of 47 students also won the

Sportsmanship Award.

49 Brock students attended the DECA U Provincial Conference and Competition

held in Toronto coming away with the following accomplishments:

• Shannon Buckley - Top 3 in Oral Presentations for Restaurant and Food

Service Management

• Massine Bouzerar - Top 3 in Written Exam for Restaurant and Food Service

Management

• Mithulan Perinpanayagam & Max Marchuk - Top 3 in Oral

Presentations for Hospitality, Travel and Tourism

• Mithulan Perinpanayagam & Max Marchuk - 3rd place overall for

Hospitality, Travel and Tourism


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Brock Business student wins

Women In Business Award Published on January 26 2012

Congratulations to Alyssa Freeman, President of the Brock Business

Students' Association. Alyssa was recognized at the Niagara Women in

Business Awards winning the Up and Coming Award as the most

outstanding female post-secondary student in business marketing or

event management.

Alyssa was recognized for her work with the BSA, which represents 2,600

students, encouraging them to become involved in school and the

community. Alyssa oversees the group's budget and leads a team of five

executives. She has also been involved in Random Act of Kindness Day,

Groovin' for Charity, Brock Bowl for Kids and Shinerama. In addition to

her school work, she manages 15 employees as a floor manager at the

Can View Drive-in theatre.

Alyssa was presented the award at the Niagara Women in Business

Awards ceremony held on Wednesday, January 25.


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Two Brock Business students nominated for

Women in Business Awards

Published on January 20 2012

Congratulations to students Melanie Denis and Alyssa Freeman who were

both nominated for the Women In Business Awards.

Melanie Denis was nominated for her work educating students about financial

management through the SPROWT program at PenFinancial - a simple, local

and free student banking service couched in language they understand. Melanie

is also active with the Brock Business Students' Association.

Alyssa Freeman was nominated for her work as the President of the Brock

Business Students' Association and her strong committed to community

involvement.

The Awards winners are to be announced on January 25.


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Recent Brock Grad wins National Sales Award

Published on December 01 2011

For the fifth consecutive year, a recent graduate from the Brock

Faculty of Business has won the prestigious Sales Excellence Award

from the Canadian Sales Association. Our congratulations go to

Keenan Taylor, BBA '11 who was one of five people from across the

country who received the CPSA award this year.

Since 2005, CPSA has awarded regional Sales Excellence Awards to

students who best demonstrate, through academic performance and

class participation, that he or she has mastered the concepts taught in

the program.


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Brock Tops at DECA U

Published on November 28 2011

From November 17 - 20, four delegates from Brock University attended

the DECA Collegiate Leadership Academy held in New York City. The three

day conference focused on professional development and was hosted by

Collegiate DECA, the international governing body of DECA Inc. Over 300

delegates from across the United States and Canada competed in industry

specific cases. The Brock DECA U delegates competed in two of the five

industry cases.

We are pleased to announce that Mithulan Perinpanayagam, a 2nd

year BAcc student placed 1st in International Business and Finance and

Erin Gurr, a 4th year BBA student placed 2nd in Fashion Merchandising

and Marketing.

Congratulations Mithulan and Erin!


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Brock University Accounting Conference a Success

Published November 21 2011

The third annual Brock University Accounting Conference was held from November

18-20, 2011 at both Brock University and the Niagara Falls Hilton Hotel. A

dedicated executive team of ten Brock accounting students were able to grow the

conference to include delegates from three provinces with a total of 18

teams. Brock professors Moore, Cook, and Adamson wrote the cases for the junior

and senior divisions and judges were comprised of Brock Accounting Alumni and

members of the accounting community. The theme of the conference was Digital

Domination: The World 2.0 at Your Fingertips.

The winners were as follows:

Senior Division:

1. University of Saskatchewan

2. Concordia University

3. University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Junior Division:

Wilfrid Laurier University

Congratulations to the Brock University Accounting Club (BUAC) executive team for

hosting a successful event – special thanks to co-chairs Talia Johnson and

Patricia Bernardo.


University of Saskatchewan Team Wilfrid Laurier University Team

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Student talent showcased at Pepsico Apprentice Challenge

Published November 18 2011

On November 16, 2011, the Faculty of Business and the Brock University Marketing

Association partnered with Pepsico Foods Canada, the Brock University Students’ Union,

and BrockTV to host the Pepsico Apprentice Challenge in Isaac’s.

The challenge was open to BBA students with honours standing, and each student team

was required to submit a written application before being interviewed for the chance to

compete. Four teams were chosen and received a live business case from Pepsico. Teams

had two weeks to prepare written reports and presentations, which included strategic

proposals and allocation of Pepsico’s actual budget. They brought their ideas and

recommendations forward to a judging panel of ten Pepsico Executive members and

District Sales Leaders who gave feedback and chose a winning team.

Students on the winning team all secured interviews for summer positions with Pepsico.

The participating teams were:

Team 1: Massine Bouzerar, Erin Gurr, Jonathan Turco, Jeremy Wolfe

Team 2: Baneet Gurwara, Naveen Khan, Grant Laschowski, Ghata Vadher

Team 3: Filip Hrga, Madelyne Maiuri, Aanchal Narula, Ather Saeed

Team 4: Scott Bossy, Serge Douchkina, Kevin Oliver, Laura Thompson

Congratulations to Team 3 for winning the competition!

More photos


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ICBC Team Announced

Published on October 21 2011

The Faculty of Business is pleased to announce the members of our 2011-2012

ICBC team. The Inter-Collegiate Business Competition is the premier

undergraduate business competition. The Faculty wishes the following students

the best of luck as they prepare for the competition which will take place in

January 2012.

ACCOUNTING: James Pepple, Christina Mazzoccoli

BUSINESS STRATEGY: Filip Hrga, Harrison Stewart, Matt Grootjen

ETHICS: Jessie Burns, Xiaowan Yu

FINANCE: Abhishek Verma, Anthony Marotta

HUMAN RESOURCES: Kay Chan, Kristen Nilsen

MARKETING: Josip Hrga, Shawn O’Brien

MIS: Erica Seguin, Massine Bouzerar


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