Making waves: Janet Longmore, BCom'79
“Time Auction makes it 'more enticing for people to get involved and help others.'”
Time Auction
Student Spotlight: Aysha Tabassum, Comm'22
RateHub on Dragon's Den
Getting an edge: Emmanuel Genene, BCom'20
Goodes Hall Expansion
“David was given the opportunity to choose one of three 'once in a lifetime' experiences.”
Gold Business Winner
“One of the highlights of Peter McConaghy's, BCom'07, work was seeing directly how the people of Tajikistan benefited from the bank’s microcredit activities.”
A year in Tajikistan
A master of reinvention: Gord Ray, BCom'93
Queen's Entrepreneurs' Competition (QEC) celebrates 25 years
Dean, teacher, researcher, leader: John Gordon on over 25 years at the School
437 Swimwear: Hyla Nayeri and Adrien Bettio, BCom'17
Canadian Art Magazine’s Top 10: Scott Lyall, BCom'87
“Within six weeks, Michael Organ's, BCom'88, website had more online traffic than the United Way.”
Helping busy people make a difference
“Inspired by his time working for his dad in real estate after graduation, Sam Battista, BCom'16, launched PropertySpark with two friends, including Matt Graves, BCom'18.”
PropertySpark
Time capsule dedication
The great British bake shop: David Caldana, BCom'99
Ecovention: Jennifer Wright, BCom'93
An unexpected career move: Eva Wong, BCom'00
A vintage summer
Marilyn Shurtleff and Marjorie Peart retire
Vacation Fund: Erica Pearson, BCom'14
Student Spotlight: Dakota Lavery, Comm'20
What women want: Joanna Griffiths, BCom'05
On October 1, 2015, the School adopts a new name – Smith School of Business.
Smith School of Business
Student Spotlight: Paul Vollmershausen, BCom'18
Change agent: Tanya van Biesen, BCom'91
Teaching award winner "energized": Peggy Cunningham
“Chris Labelle, BCom'14: Winning the pitch competition validated all of our hard work.”
Mosaic
“I found that once I started thinking about how economic growth can transform societies, it was difficult to think of anything else.”
International changemaker
Commerce Alumni: Smith staff and faculty
Better medicine: Carolyn Snider, BCom'96
A gap year in Africa: Clarisse Lau, BCom'09
“Nancy Jenkinson, BCom'82: I’d never really lost the dream that I was going to end up in the mountains.”
Reigniting career passion
AutoShare: Kevin McLaughlin, BCom'89
Open for business: moving into Goodes Hall
Goodes Hall opens, named to recognize benefactor Mel Goodes, BCom’57, LLD’94.
Goodes Hall opens
Queen's Small Business Consulting wins big
Student Spotlight: Heather Evans, BCom'16
The Gist: making sports inclusive
Marketer, mentor, legend: Ken Wong inducted into the Marketing Hall of Legends
“One of Gannon Jones', BCom'94, proudest accomplishments was SunChips' involvement in rebuilding the sustainable community of Greenburg, Kansas, after a devastating tornado in 2008.”
Working for the greater good
Student Spotlight: Erin Palmeter, BCom'18
From accounting to the CFL: Danny Brannagan, BCom'09
Student Spotlight: Hannah Gardner, BCom'18
Going global
Pursuit of happiness: Neil Pasricha, BCom'02
Considering different perspectives: Stephani Kingsmill, BCom'88
Lloyd & Co. Bespoke Tailoring: Talon Lloyd, BCom'15
COMMitment dinner 2005
Fun in the craft brewing scene: Ryan Peterson, BCom'13
Unata: Chris Bryson, BCom'06
Frosh week changes
Student Spotlight: Zain Safdar, BCom'18
“Though it originally started as a fun side project, Derek Szeto, BCom'05, ran RedFlagDeals.com throughout his undergraduate degree and decided to pursue it full time after finishing school.”
Group buying power
Student Spotlight: Shirley Lin, BCom'18
“Commerce students were encouraged to vote in a referendum asking students to support the levying of an optional fee that would raise $1.2 million in support of the Goodes Hall building expansion.”
Commerce students support Goodes Hall building expansion
Flight to freedom: Miriam, Humaira and Trina Ghiacy
Student Spotlight: John Sibbald, BCom'18
Frosh week cheer
Across the continents: Rahim Lalani, BCom'11
Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (and Centre for International Management) are established.
Two new centres are established
Student Spotlight: Kanak Nagee, BCom'18
“Bram Warshafsky and Rachel Zimmer, BCom'10: Marketers were being asked to do more with less.”
5Crowd Inc
Games that teach: Jane Wu, BCom'12
The evolving news business: Michael Nowlan, BCom'82
“Jonathan Suter, BCom'05: I believed there had to be a better way.”
SimpleTax
Remembering Bill Miklas
In and out of hot water: Dave Jackson, BCom'91
Smith School of Business Announcement
Young Urban Farmers: Chris Wong, BCom'07
Capitalize for Kids: Jeff Gallant & Kyle MacDonald, BCom'11
MobyTrip travel app: Misha Plotkine, BCom'10
Big League CFO: Erin Crowe, BCom'93
Parallel paths at Loblaw
Celebrating Dan Monieson
“Douglas Peters, BCom'63, a future cabinet minister, did not go to university directly out of high school.”
Better late than never
Niu Body's natural, vegan skincare: Connie Lo, BCom'15
“A single course in Commerce by visiting professor Vladimir Popov inspired a lifelong fascination with Russian history and culture in Jeremy Estabrooks, BCom'98.”
A Russian detour
Up and away: Doug Wightman, BCom'04
The Lawrence legacy
Frosh week chorus line
Student Spotlight: Bonnie Zhang, BCom'19
Bella bikes: Helen Vasilevski, BCom'92
“Its innovation, CNC Assembly – a flexible, high-speed assembly technology – was the subject of an episode of ‘How It’s Made’ on the Discovery Channel.”
Transformix, from humble beginnings to manufacturing success
Goodes Challenge kicks-off
Hayley Rushford, BCom'15, and Prof. Kate Rowbotham
CBC's Next Great Prime Minister Competition: Robert Marsh, BCom'07
Digital nomad: Vanessa Cotlar, BCom'15
Chefs Plate finds success: Patrick Meyer and Jamie Shea, BCom'11
“His on-air talent combined with his business acumen eventually attracted the attention of producers for the Oprah Winfrey Network.”
Ready for his close-up
Career Mashup: Vanesa Cotlar, BCom'15
“The difference with the 30% Club is that it’s a campaign.”
A seat at the table
Halfpipe hopeful: Jeff Batchelor, BCom'12
Concussion recovery technology: Colin Harding, BCom'17
“When she heard Jeremy proclaim that electric bikes were the next big thing, she immediately got to work.”
Amego Electric Vehicles
Foodies without borders: Erin Maynes, BCom'07