Monthly Archives: December 2012

Internship Posting Deadlines During Holiday – Heads-up

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We hope you are enjoying a well-deserved break. There are a number of internship postings that close during the holiday and shortly after. Given the break, travel schedules, our closed office next week and the MBA Games, we wanted to highlight this fact. The deadlines and companies are:

  • Dec. 24th (3 postings – Amazon.com)
  • Dec. 31st (2 postings – including IBM Extreme Blue)
  • Jan. 3rd (5 postings – CIBC)
  • Jan. 6th (1 posting – ScotiaBank)
  • Jan. 7th (2 postings – TD Securities, National Bank)
  • Jan. 8th (2 postings – RBC)
  • Jan. 9th (4 postings – Accenture, HSBC, ScotiaBank)
  • Jan. 12th (4 postings – Procter & Gamble)
  • etc.

Postings in December / January tend to be dominated by the larger corporations with formal internship processes. If these targets are of interest to you, you need to be on top of these deadlines.

 

Propelling Social Ventures Conference- March 14-15, 2013

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The Propelling Social Ventures Conference 2013-Vancouver Convention Centre

Social ventures are companies or organizations that seek to create measurable social and environmental impact through a business and revenue model. This combination creates long lasting social or environmental impact that is achieved in a financially sustainable way.  Through the social venture model, the business sector plays an important role in creating social and environmental benefit for society.

Around the world social ventures are demonstrating the impact and social innovation that can be created through business models. But there is still a lot of untapped potential. We’ve seen what social ventures can achieve; now we want to see more social ventures creating impact.

Propelling Social Ventures 2013 will bring together social entrepreneurs, the business community and social innovators to explore how various stakeholders can contribute to more social venture activity in British Columbia, Canada, and beyond. The topics explored will include:

  • What are the various models for creating impact through business?
  • Examples of successful social ventures and the factors that led to their success
  • The role of incubator and accelerator models in supporting social ventures
  • What support do the entrepreneurs really need?
  • How can students and professionals engage with social ventures?
  • What are the models for scaling social ventures and their impact?
  • How can the business community engage with social ventures?

Propelling Social Ventures 2013 will also feature:

  • Keynote speakers including leading North American social innovators and funders of social innovation
  • A student internship pitch competition where students will compete for one of 7 internships at the CCS Innovation Hub
  • An innovation jam where conference participants will have the opportunity to actively engage and innovate

The first annual Propelling Social Ventures 2013 Conference is brought to you by the Coast Capital Savings Innovation Hub. As part of the ISIS Research Center at the Sauder School of Business at UBC, the CCS Innovation Hub is a newly launched accelerator program for promising social ventures in BC. The Coast Capital Savings Innovation Hub offers a dynamic space to accelerate social venture growth by bringing together university resources, access to new networks, peer learning, and improved investment readiness. The Innovation Hub is defined by its passionate community and collaborative environment.

For more information please visit: http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/Faculty/Research_Centres/ISIS/About/Events/Propelling_social_ventures_2013

Manulife: Entry Into Asia Challenge – Application is now OPEN!

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The Manulife: Entry Into Asia Challenge is a one-time only event designed for undergraduate and graduate university business students from across Canada to develop business plans focused on Asia.

Created in partnership with the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, the competition has a dual focus:

• The competition provides undergraduate and graduate business students from across Canada the opportunity to develop a business plan for a small and/or medium-sized enterprise (SME)
• The competition focuses on the creation of a business plan for international expansion to any country in Asia.

Competing teams will be asked to demonstrate their ability to think strategically about entry into the Asian market selected while demonstrating their understanding of the unique attributes, challenges and realities facing SMEs.
Participating teams in the Manulife: Entry Into Asia Challenge will be asked to develop a market entry strategy into an Asian country for their Canadian SME. Each team may select their own Canadian SME. If there is more than one team participating or entering from a Canadian university, those teams are restricted from selecting the same SME. Exact country focus to be determined jointly by the SME and the teams.

The winning team will receive a cash prize of $100,000 with $50,000 going to the second place team and $20,000 for the third place team.

Registration for the competition is now open and will be open until January 11, 2013.
Complete details including the contest overview, eligibility, key dates, deadlines and requirements can be found in the

Participant Information Package

 

MBA House Resident Manager – Accepting Applications

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MBA House Resident Manager Job Posting

RESIDENCY MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the direction of Village Gate Homes Property Manager, the MBA House Resident Manager will live in MBA House and promote a community that is safe, secure and conducive to academic pursuits, personal growth and learning. The MBA House Resident Manager will work in cooperation with residence, staff, housekeeping and maintenance to ensure MBA House is a world class residence facility. A more detailed description of the position can be found here:  

 

2013 MBA House – Resident Manager – Job Description

Interested applicants can apply with a cover letter and resume to Ms. Dharm Joshi, Manager of Student Development & MM-ECM Program via email at dharm.joshi@sauder.ubc.ca. Application due date is Friday Jan 4.

Shortlisted candidates to be interviewed the week of Jan 7 – 11 2013

Holiday Hours of Operations/Closures

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In observance to the end of year holiday, please note that the MBA & ECM Programs Office will close at 2pm on Monday, December 24th.  We will reopen at 8:30am on Wednesday, January 2, 2013.  During this closure, the Henry Angus and David Lam Buildings will be inaccessible to students.

For your information, the holiday hours of operations/closures for the Sauder Exchange Café and the UBC Bookstore at Sauder are:

Sauder Exchange Café:

Closed on December 15th and will reopen on January 2nd, 2013, as follows:

  • January 2nd, 2013 to January 4th, 2013 – 8:30 am to 3:30 pm
  • January 5th, 2013 – CLOSED
  • January 6th, 2013 – CLOSED

The Sauder Exchange Café will return to regular hours effective January 7th, 2013, which are:

  • Mondays to Thursdays – 8:30 am to 8:00 pm
  • Fridays – 8:30 am to 3:30 pm
  • Saturdays – 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
  • Sundays – 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

UBC Bookstore at Sauder:

  • December 19th – hours will be reduced to 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
  • December 20th to January 1st, 2013 inclusive – CLOSED; and
  • January 2nd, 2013 – reopen, regular hours – 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Holidays & Resume – A Great Mix!

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Congratulations to all of you for completing the business plan presentations and entering into a well-deserved break.

With the MBA Games, and a new academic period beginning in January, you will be busy. We strongly encourage you to make the time to get your resume revisions done and back to Rodrigo/Mary in the next 2 weeks. Rodrigo is in the office next week and they will both be around on the 2-4th. Ideally, by January 7th, all resumes are done and we have a resume book for your class to show to our contacts.

Marketing the resume book is contingent on all of you getting your resume done. So, grab some egg nog, put on some holiday tunes, cuddle up with your laptop, and get working on that resume. Thanks all.

Notices for Period 3

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The first day back from Winter Holidays is Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013. Please note that you are expected to attend classes on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013. If you cannot attend your classes due to extenuating circumstances, you must provide sufficient proof (ie. medical note) and contact the instructor of the specific course.

For BAEN 506/507, it is MANDATORY for you attend the first class. If you do not attend, you will be removed from the registration list. If you have any questions please email Paul Cubbon at paul.cubbon@sauder.ubc.ca

If you are interested in a module but are not registered, we recommend that:
-email Cherry Wang (cherry.wang@sauder.ubc.ca) to get on the wait list.
-If you are on the wait  list, please attend the 1st week of classes of that module to ensure that you do not miss out course content.

As a reminder, if you miss more than 4 hours of class time in a module you will not be able to register nor stay in the module.

If you have any further questions, please email askmba@sauder.ubc.ca