The Minerva Foundation of British Columbia is offering two scholarships to female student pursuing a Masters Degree in Business Administration. To view award criteria and application process, check Vista under: Home Page › Awards & Scholarships.
Note Deadline for Application: 01 August 2011
The required textbook for the Ethics portion of the Core Program has been posted on Vista under: Home Page › Preparation & General Program Information › Structure of the MBA › Core Textbooks
Registration has now been completed by the MBA & ECM Programs office for your September courses. When you log onto the Student Service Centre (https://ssc.adm.ubc.ca/sscportal/servlets/SRVSSCFramework) with your CWL ID, you will see that you are registered in:
BA 500C 001: MBA Core
BA 520 101: Career Development Program
Now that registration is complete, you should also now be able to view your tuition and student levied fees that are due for September.
Note that your $2,500 deposit will be coming off your first tuition installment in September. If it is not showing already, it should by the end of August.
The MBA Sailing Club of the UBC Sauder School of Business is proud to announce the inaugural UBC Sauder MBA Regatta!
Set in English Bay (Vancouver, BC), one of the most attractive sailing locations on the West Coast, this event will be one to remember. Taking place on Saturday, August 27, this one-day competition includes a minimum of one race participation, a dinner and a networking event.
We are determined to make this inaugural race a complete success and we would love to have you there with us. Don’t waste any time and put together your team today!
To view the official regatta invitation, which includes more competition details as well as the registration form, please click log in to Vista and go to the following location:
Home Page › Non-Academic Announcements › Sporting events
Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the UBC Sauder MBA Sailing Club – Regatta Organizing Committee at sauder.mba.sailing.club@gmail.com.
Please Note: The registration deadline is June 30, 2011.
New information on Sauder Africa Initiative is available on Vista under Home Page › Non-Academic Announcements › Social, Extracurricular & General Announcements.
The program is a year-round initiative and requires substantial commitment from students. However, students who decide to participate not only gain substantial experience in teaching and fundraising; they also broaden their team-building and leadership skills and develop life-long friendships.
Additional textbooks required for the Core portion of the MBA program have been posted on Vista under: Home Page › Preparation & General Program Information › Structure of the MBA › Core Textbooks.
Note that the Corporate Finance textbook must be the Second Canadian Edition with MyFinanceLab.
The course outline and self-test for the Economics Pre-Core has now been posted. You can find them both on Vista under: Home Page › Preparation & General Program Information › Program Preparation (ISP and Pre-Core) › precore.
What exactly is the Sauder d.studio? It is an initiative where business meets design thinking at the University of British Columbia. The initiative is in its second year and aims to integrate design thinking into the business school by implementing three inter-connected initiatives.
If you are interested in creativity, design thinking and innovation, check out the file on the Home Page › Non-Academic Announcements › Social, Extracurricular & General section of Vista.
Are you a student interested in social entrepreneurship and important issues such as fighting poverty and international development? If you are, Sauder School of Business provides you with a unique opportunity to participate in the Sauder Africa Initiative during your MBA program.
See the Home Page › Non-Academic Announcements › Social, Extracurricular & General Announcements section of Vista for additional information.
The Institute for European Studies (IES) is excited to present you the international conference
‘Climate Policies, International Regimes & Global Trade: A Transatlantic Perspective’
Friday, 10 June, 2011 (6pm)
Saturday, 11 June, 2011 (8.30am – 6pm)
Room 120, CK Choi Building, UBC
The conference will begin Friday 10 June with a keynote by Matthew Hoffmann of the University of Toronto followed by a roundtable discussion with speakers from politics and academia. Saturday will be filled with three sessions and eleven presentations by high-profile experts. For details about the sessions and speakers, please see the attached conference program and check out our website at http://www.ies.ubc.ca/climate-policies-international-regimes-global-trade-conference
If you would like to attend, please RSVP by mail to europe@exchange.ubc.ca as space is limited. Also please indicate whether you plan on attending the entire conference or only Friday or Saturday.
