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The Tulane Entrepreneurs Association is pleased to announce the opening round of the 2011 Tulane Business Plan Competition, a competition with a total of $70,000 in cash prizes! For more information and to register, please go to:

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MBA Exchange Program – Quick Resource

Europe? Asia? Latin America? Thinking about the Exchange Program for Fall 2011? Wondering how to get started in researching your possibilities and the logistics of it all? Here is a quick “how to” guide.

Step 1: Review our exchange partner lists at:

• http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/Programs/MBA/MBA_Full_Time/International_Exchange_Program/Outbound_Students
  • This list is country-based – and links directly to the schools’ webpages
• http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/Programs/MBA/MBA_Full_Time/International_Exchange_Program/Partner_Schools_webpages
  • This list is school-based – and has useful links to documents and resources gathered by the MBA & ECM Programs Office on each of our partners

Step 2: Review UBC MBA student exchange reports at:

• http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/Programs/MBA/MBA_Full_Time/International_Exchange_Program/Exchange_Reports.
  • The password is MBAexchange
  • Great Resource! These reports are full of a lot of useful information: living expenses, registration, quality of learning, and courses offered. 

Step 3: Based on your Periods 1, 2 and 3 module registrations, determine which required modules you will have remaining for Periods 5 & 6.

• Remember: If you are considering exchange, you must register for all offered required modules in Periods 1, 2 and 3. Please make any needed adjustments to your registration. This will make exchange school selection and exchange course registration so much easier!! 
• For any remaining required modules, you will need to find similar courses at your exchange school to ensure you can earn your specialization.
• For any elective modules, you will not need to find a direct match course on exchange.
• Helpful advice: Per the BCC, one specialization is generally all you need professionally. Trying to manage a dual specialization and go on exchange can be quite challenging. Not sure, talk to your career coach about what they recommend for you in the way of specializations.  

Step 4: Prepare your application.

• Available on the Vista site – and due Monday, January 24^th.
• You should select 3 schools – 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd choice.
• You will need to show your academic plan for  Periods 1, 2 and 3 and what courses you intend to take at each school (this may change later – that’s OK).
• Strategy: Articulate how your school choices will enhance your academic and professional goals.

 Step 5: Email Teresa Pan at teresa.pan@sauder.ubc.ca with any questions you have.

Please note that all students who are registered (or plan to register) for either BAFI 500 – Corporate Finance or BAFI 511 – Investments should strongly consider registering for both modules as each course relies on students having knowledge that is covered in the other course.

CIHR’s Science to Business (S2B) program is designed to encourage individuals with PhDs in a health related field to pursue an MBA. See the Home Page › Awards & Scholarships for details.

Please note that the pre-req for BAFI 518 (offered in Period 3) is BAFI 512.  If you are interested in registering for the course please contact maria.hoiss@sauder.ubc.ca

REMINDER: Your January tuition installment is due by no later than Wednesday, January 5, 2011.

A group of SCARP design students is looking for some Sauder MBAs to join them in this real estate design competition.  The ULI Hines Competition is an international graduate competition in real estate development that requires a team of students to come up with an innovative, creative AND practical design proposal for a real estate development site.  See http://www.udcompetition.org/ for more  information.

The application deadline is this week (Dec 3) so if you are interested please contact Tsur Somerville ASAP at tsur.somerville@sauder.ubc.ca with a resume who will pass your details onto the design school students for consideration in their team.

The Economist and the open innovation experts at InnoCentive are teaming up to connect InnoCentive’s talented Solver community, The Economist’s millions of readers and the rest of the world with The Economist‘s Ideas Economy event series. For more information on both the upcoming challenge (registration deadline Dec 20^th) and the Ideas Economy: Innovation conference (March 23-24^th in California) please see Vista.

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Nominations are now open for the 2011 Student Entrepreneur National Competition, operated by ACE and proudly supported by CIBC. You could walk away with a $10,000 cash prize, make amazing connections and increase the profile of your business across Canada. More information can be found on Vista:

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A compelling marketing strategy case. Mixed teams of five MBA students locked in fierce competition. Senior Sony executives at the judges’ table. $12,000 in prize money. National bragging rights on the line. Extended networking opportunities. Are you game? Further information on Vista.  Registration closes January 14 2011.

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