Congratulations Class of 2015! Display your hard earned degree with pride, with a custom Sauder degree frame. You’ve earned it – go on and frame it in the elegance, quality and distinction that it deserves. To purchase, visit: http://tinyurl.com/sauderdegreeframes
Sauder officially houses a defibrillator (AED). It is located on the first floor of Henry Angus building (CPA Hall) right in front of the Business Career Center and next to the annunciator panel. Please note a security alarm will sound when you open the panel to use the device.
Other campus locations are as follows: http://riskmanagement.ubc.ca/health-safety/first-aid/buildings-aeds
The AED is to be used in the event of a medical emergency where someone is experiencing cardiac arrest.
Please familiarize yourself with how to operate this device by watching a short video which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R336zGS2aTE. Please note that the device will also instruct you step by step on how to use the AED when engaged.
In the event of a medical emergency, please first call 2-4444 or 9-11 to ensure the fire department and/or paramedics are dispatched immediately.
When a person’s heart unexpectedly stops beating it is called sudden cardiac arrest. Sudden cardiac arrest strikes anyone, anywhere, anytime. Sudden cardiac arrest strikes 40,000 Canadians each year and is a major cause of death in British Columbia.
A cardiac arrest is a failure of the heart’s electrical system. Nearly all cardiac arrest victims will die without an electric shock to restart their heart. Time is critical. Without immediate treatment, the victim can suffer brain damage within 3 minutes and will rarely survive past 12 minutes.
An Automated External Defibrillator, or AED, is a portable, safe and easy-to-use device to restart the heart. It delivers an electric shock that starts a heart beating normally again. The AED can’t do harm and will not accidentally shock someone. The AED reads the heart rhythm and only delivers a shock if needed.
AEDs are safe and designed so that anyone can use one if they see someone suffering from sudden cardiac arrest.
Thank you for taking the time to familiarize yourself with this important piece of life-saving equipment.
Best wishes,
Congratulations Class of 2015 on your completion of your Capstone project!
We would like to remind you to please send your Powerpoint slides to askMBA@sauder.ubc.ca so these can be shared with the executives of the companies which you presented to.
Thank you for your hard work and enthusiasm in putting together these presentations, they were very much appreciated by all our participants.
Best,
The Capstone Team
There is an exciting new fellowship opportunity for M.B.A. students who seek advanced Japanese language training. The Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies (IUC) is the premiere American program for such training. Located in Yokohama, Japan and administered at Stanford University, the IUC has trained more than 2,000 students over the last 50 years. Our unique program includes an elective course on the language of Japanese law, and many of our alumni have gone on to become partners at prominent international companies.
We are delighted to announce a new fellowship program generously sponsored by The Nippon Foundation. This program provides full tuition and a modest stipend to graduate students currently enrolled in J.D., M.A., M.S., and M.B.A. programs who seek Japan-focused careers in their professions. Successful applicants must pass the IUC language exam, which requires a high-intermediate level of language acquisition. Information and assistance with the application process is available through our IUC representative at UBC, Professor Christina Laffin (christina.laffin@ubc.ca).
Full details on the program are now available on our website here: https://web.stanford.edu/dept/IUC/cgi-bin/programs/nippon-foundation.ph
I invite you to participate in a survey which seeks to gather information on your experiences thus far at Sauder. During your MBA journey, you have completed 2 surveys. As the program is closing in a couple of days, we have set aside 30 minutes for you to complete the final survey tomorrow (Wed, Dec 10).
After you present your final presentation to the Executives, please go to HA 098 where you will complete the online Final Student Experience Survey. An email will be sent to you tomorrow with a direct link to the survey.
We appreciate your honest feedback and are dedicated to making continuous improvements to the program.
The online application for graduation will open in December – the graduation office has not given us an exact date yet but we will notify you via email when the application is open and what your next steps should be. The application stays open until the end of February.
The 2015 Spring congregation dates are May 20-22 & May 25-27. We are in regular contact with the graduation office and they have not released the specific date and time for the MBA graduation in May yet. They have let us know this information will be released in January, at which time we will communicate it to you via email as well.
More information about the graduation process can be found here: http://www.students.ubc.ca/coursesreg/graduation/
If you have any questions you can direct them, as always, to askmba@sauder.ubc.ca.
On Monday, December 8th 2014, we will be covering the WestJet Case. In preparation for participating in the case discussion, over this coming weekend, please read the attached case, examine the data, and come prepared to discuss the issue.
Preparation for Monday December 8th-Capstone
Would You Bet Your Company on Your People
You can also refer to BA 508 001 IPD: Capstone and Business in Society blog
Capstone Dress Code:
Monday, December 8th: Business Casual
Tuesday, December 9th: Outdoor/Cold Weather Gear
Wednesday, December 10th: Business Formal
Sauder Exchange Café:
UBC Bookstore @ Sauder:
Dear Students,
On Monday, December 8th 2014, we will have 4 prominent CEOs joining us shortly after the morning case session. These CEOs come from the following industries:
– Asset Management
– Services Industry
– Retail Management
– Healthcare Testing Centre Management
In preparation for the scheduled discussion panel, we would like to come with a short list of questions for our guests. These will be shared with our guests prior the session in order to facilitate and enrich the in class discussion.
Please submit questions you would like to pose to the CEOs that will be joining us on the google doc found here.
Please submit your questions by November 30th 2014 – 8am
Many thanks,
Capstone Team
TELUS is the 2nd largest telecommunications company (telco) in Canada, the largest employer in BC, and also has a significant presence in health technology, retail, call centre outsourcing, and managed IT services. Matt is the manager of enterprise architects at TELUS. Matt’s team provides IT strategy consultation services to the entire organization, enabling TELUS to provide products and services to its customers more quickly, cheaply, and reliably. In his presentation, Matt will talk about 3 things –