Goodes Challenge kicks-off
Bella bikes: Helen Vasilevski, BCom'92
COMMitment dinner 2005
Halfpipe hopeful: Jeff Batchelor, BCom'12
Frosh week changes
Flight to freedom: Miriam, Humaira and Trina Ghiacy
Change agent: Tanya van Biesen, BCom'91
Open for business: moving into Goodes Hall
Unata: Chris Bryson, BCom'06
An unexpected career move: Eva Wong, BCom'00
Digital nomad: Vanessa Cotlar, BCom'15
What women want: Joanna Griffiths, BCom'05
Celebrating Dan Monieson
Lloyd & Co. Bespoke Tailoring: Talon Lloyd, BCom'15
“Nancy Jenkinson, BCom'82: I’d never really lost the dream that I was going to end up in the mountains.”
Reigniting career passion
RateHub on Dragon's Den
Student Spotlight: Kanak Nagee, BCom'18
Frosh week cheer
The evolving news business: Michael Nowlan, BCom'82
Fun in the craft brewing scene: Ryan Peterson, BCom'13
Student Spotlight: Paul Vollmershausen, BCom'18
Student Spotlight: John Sibbald, BCom'18
Capitalize for Kids: Jeff Gallant & Kyle MacDonald, BCom'11
Teaching award winner "energized": Peggy Cunningham
Better medicine: Carolyn Snider, BCom'96
Student Spotlight: Shirley Lin, BCom'18
Pursuit of happiness: Neil Pasricha, BCom'02
Marilyn Shurtleff and Marjorie Peart retire
Considering different perspectives: Stephani Kingsmill, BCom'88
Making waves: Janet Longmore, BCom'79
Big League CFO: Erin Crowe, BCom'93
Frosh week chorus line
Student Spotlight: Hannah Gardner, BCom'18
Ecovention: Jennifer Wright, BCom'93
Student Spotlight: Erin Palmeter, BCom'18
“David was given the opportunity to choose one of three 'once in a lifetime' experiences.”
Gold Business Winner
Student Spotlight: Bonnie Zhang, BCom'19
“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
“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
On October 1, 2015, the School adopts a new name – Smith School of Business.
Smith School of Business
“Douglas Peters, BCom'63, a future cabinet minister, did not go to university directly out of high school.”
Better late than never
Goodes Hall opens, named to recognize benefactor Mel Goodes, BCom’57, LLD’94.
Goodes Hall opens
“I found that once I started thinking about how economic growth can transform societies, it was difficult to think of anything else.”
International changemaker
Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (and Centre for International Management) are established.
Two new centres are established
CBC's Next Great Prime Minister Competition: Robert Marsh, BCom'07
Games that teach: Jane Wu, BCom'12
Commerce Alumni: Smith staff and faculty
“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
Queen's Small Business Consulting wins big
Time capsule dedication
Goodes Hall Expansion
Hayley Rushford, BCom'15, and Prof. Kate Rowbotham
A master of reinvention: Gord Ray, BCom'93
“Chris Labelle, BCom'14: Winning the pitch competition validated all of our hard work.”
Mosaic
Young Urban Farmers: Chris Wong, BCom'07
In and out of hot water: Dave Jackson, BCom'91
A vintage summer
Getting an edge: Emmanuel Genene, BCom'20
The great British bake shop: David Caldana, BCom'99
“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
Niu Body's natural, vegan skincare: Connie Lo, BCom'15
The Gist: making sports inclusive
Dean, teacher, researcher, leader: John Gordon on over 25 years at the School
Up and away: Doug Wightman, BCom'04
Smith School of Business Announcement
Queen's Entrepreneurs' Competition (QEC) celebrates 25 years
Student Spotlight: Heather Evans, BCom'16
The Lawrence legacy
“The difference with the 30% Club is that it’s a campaign.”
A seat at the table
Going global
Student Spotlight: Dakota Lavery, Comm'20
Across the continents: Rahim Lalani, BCom'11
Career Mashup: Vanesa Cotlar, BCom'15
Chefs Plate finds success: Patrick Meyer and Jamie Shea, BCom'11
Canadian Art Magazine’s Top 10: Scott Lyall, BCom'87
“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
AutoShare: Kevin McLaughlin, BCom'89
“Bram Warshafsky and Rachel Zimmer, BCom'10: Marketers were being asked to do more with less.”
5Crowd Inc
“Within six weeks, Michael Organ's, BCom'88, website had more online traffic than the United Way.”
Helping busy people make a difference
“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
Vacation Fund: Erica Pearson, BCom'14
From accounting to the CFL: Danny Brannagan, BCom'09
Student Spotlight: Aysha Tabassum, Comm'22
437 Swimwear: Hyla Nayeri and Adrien Bettio, BCom'17
MobyTrip travel app: Misha Plotkine, BCom'10
“Jonathan Suter, BCom'05: I believed there had to be a better way.”
SimpleTax
Marketer, mentor, legend: Ken Wong inducted into the Marketing Hall of Legends
Remembering Bill Miklas
Foodies without borders: Erin Maynes, BCom'07
“When she heard Jeremy proclaim that electric bikes were the next big thing, she immediately got to work.”
Amego Electric Vehicles
Parallel paths at Loblaw
“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
“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
“Time Auction makes it 'more enticing for people to get involved and help others.'”
Time Auction
A gap year in Africa: Clarisse Lau, BCom'09
Concussion recovery technology: Colin Harding, BCom'17
Student Spotlight: Zain Safdar, BCom'18