Breakout Room Usage Policy- Reminder

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***Please note the following policy is in place for use of the Graduate Breakout rooms.***

All students should be aware that there are over 300 students eligible to use the Graduate Breakout Rooms.  The booking policies are in place ensure that all students have equal opportunity to use these rooms.

  1. Graduate Breakout Rooms are for the use of all Sauder Graduate Students: MBA (Full-Time & Part-Time), MM, MMOR, MScB and PhD.
  2. Graduate Breakout Rooms must be booked via the Sauder web site:
    http://booking.sauder.ubc.ca/
  3. Students who fail to arrive for a room booking within 15 minutes of the booked start time will have their booking cancelled and the room will be released for booking by others.
  4. Rooms can only be booked for groups of two (2) or more. These rooms are not intended for individual study, however if a room is free, it may be used for individual study until the group who has booked the room arrives or another group of two (2) or more wishes to book the room.
    *Please see below for individual study space options and alternative group study spaces.
  5. Each booking must not exceed 4 hours.  On the day of their booking, groups wishing to extend the time in their room can do so ½ hour before the end of their initial booking, provided the room has not already been booked by another group.  An additional two (2) hours can be added for a total of 6 hours.
  6. Bookings must be made by a member of the group who intends to use the room. The room will be booked under this student’s own name. Students cannot book rooms for other students.
  7. Upon leaving the room, ensure the whiteboard is wiped clean, the table and chairs are in order, and any garbage is properly disposed of. Most importantly, to prevent unauthorized entry into the Graduate Breakout Rooms, ensure the door to your room is locked as you leave. Please see the MBA & ECM Programs Office Reception if you encounter an issue with the door lock.

Additional Individual and group study space is available to all students for the following:

  •  Canaccord Learning Commons
  • Education Library

The above space can be booked online via: http://booking.sauder.ubc.ca/

  •  Koerner Library
  • Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
  • Woodward Library

The above space can be booked online via: http://www.library.ubc.ca/booking

Schulich Fellowship for Entrepreneurship – Reminder

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This is a reminder that applications for the Schulich Fellowship for Entrepreneurship are due by no later than 8:30 am, Wednesday, October 16th, 2013

A Fellowship of $5,000 has been established by Seymour Schulich for a student entering the full-time MBA program at the Sauder School of Business.

 Eligibility Criteria:

Criteria for the award includes entrepreneurial achievement or potential, and overall previous academic performance. Abilities such as demonstrated leadership, initiative and innovativeness will receive particular consideration.

This award is open to all Graduating Class of 2015 full-time MBA students.

Application Procedure:

 Submit the following:

  1.  Cover letter (length 1 to 2 pages maximum) providing information on your leadership roles and/or entrepreneurial achievements (describing the initiative and innovation you demonstrated in this area) along with relevant community and/or extracurricular activities.
  2. Current resume or curriculum vitae

Attention to:
Margot Fraser, Programs Assistant
MBA & MM Programs Office
Robert H. Lee Graduate School
Sauder School of Business
The University of British Columbia
Room 137 – 2053 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC   V6T 1Z2, Canada

Applications may be submitted by one of the following three methods:

  • Via e-mail to: askmba@sauder.ubc.ca OR
  • mailed to the address above OR
  • submitted in person to our reception desk at the address above

 

 

MBA Society Elections – Reminder

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Just a reminder that MBA Society Elections will take place this week. Attendance is mandatory and we look forward to your support. Details are as follows:

  1. President & VP Elections
    When: Tuesday, October 1st 12:00-2:00pm (likely over earlier)
    Where: HA098
    Pizza will be served!
  2. Reps & Club President Elections
    When: Thursday, October 3rd 12:30-2:00pm (likely over earlier)
    Where: HA098

Voting will open online following elections and will close at 8:00pm on Sunday October 6th.

See you there!”
Cheers,
Carolyn

Carolyn Beaumont
MBA Candidate 2014 | VP Internal MBA Student Society
Sauder School of Business | Robert H. Lee Graduate School
University of British Columbia

Integrated Case Memos – Grade Statistics

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In response to requests from some students for some contextual data to help them understand their level of performance, please refer to the grade statistics for the first 2 integrated case memos.

Westlake Lanes
Average 75.11%
Median 74%
Minimum 67%
Maximum 87.5%
Standard Deviation 4.57

Savage Beast
Average 75.44%
Median 76%
Minimum 20%
Maximum 89%
Standard Deviation 7.60

BAFI 500 updated outline with changed readings and assessment & BASC 550 outline now posted

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Please note the Murray Carlson has provided us with an updated module outline for BAFI 500 Corporate Finance, which you will all be taking in P2.

Murray has changed the reading materials and the assessment, so please ensure you are referring to this updated outline when purchasing your course materials. The main difference is that there will now be a final exam in lieu of the book report. Any questions about this should be directed to Murray Carlson: murray.carlson@sauder.ubc.ca.

Tom McCormick has also now supplied us with his outline for BASC 550 Operations & Logistics.

National Investment Banking Competition – Registration closes Oct 4th

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The National Investment Banking Competition is focused on providing a realistic, hands-on experience for students interested in pursuing careers in finance and investment banking.  Since 2007, the top undergraduate and MBA students from across North America have participated in NIBC and learned skills that are crucial to success in the finance industry.

Over the past 5 years, NIBC has grown to become a unique, prestigious and important event for students trying to gain relevant, technical experience. Last year, 156 teams from 39 universities across North America, such as Richard Ivey, The University of Toronto, Wharton, Chicago Booth, and UBC competed for a prize pool of $10,000.

National Investment Banking Competition 2014 Key Information:

–   The deadline to register a team is October 4th, 2013, after which the Preliminary Case will be disseminated
–   Teams can either be three or four members and can register at NIBC.ca
–   Refer to the Competition Fact Sheet and Competition Prospectus for more information.
–   $15,000 prize pool awarded to winning teams
–   Separate MBA and undergraduate competition divisions

About the Competition:

The Competition consists of a Preliminary Round and a Final Round, with cases prepared by investment banking professionals to closely reflect the work of analysts and associates at investment banks. The top 15 MBA teams and top 25 undergraduate teams are chosen from the Preliminary Round to compete in the Final Round for a $15,000 prize pool.

NIBC’s objective in designing the case and competition process is to provide students with an authentic investment banking experience. The Organizing Team works closely with the Case Committee to create a competition that focuses on real-life transactions involving publicly listed companies. Participation in NIBC will provide hands-on experience and insight into the daily responsibilities of both junior and senior investment bankers. These responsibilities include analysis of financial data, running scenarios in financial models, evaluating structural alternatives against client parameters, creating pitch books, and presenting to senior management. The Competition culminates in a live pitch by finalist teams to Managing Directors of leading North American investment banks.

Global Immersion Teams 2014

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We are excited to announce the complete team lists for the three remaining locations.  To come to the newly assigned teams, we deleted Nairobi from the rankings you provided earlier and maintained the commitment to have participants assigned to their first or second choices, while respecting the new capacity constraints that we negotiated with the partner schools. Any additional spots were assigned via a lottery drawn by one of your class ombudsmen.


An example of the re-ranking would be:

  1. Shanghai
    2. Nairobi
  2. Bangalore
  3. Copenhagen

Please wait to hear from our office with regards to next steps before making any travel arrangements.

We look forward to meeting in our new and more robust teams on October 26th!
Teams

 

Registration Instructions for P2

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Registration for the Period 2 Track-specific mini-modules opens Thursday, October 3, at 2pm. You can download a copy of the P1-P5 schedule in Connect in the Schedules & Registration tab in myMBA Program, and it’s also on your Current Students website. Registration on Thursday is only for the P2 mini-modules,  registration for P3-P5 will occur in November.

All students have already been registered in the following for P2:

  • BA 504 IPD (ongoing from P1)
  • BA 562 Creativity (ongoing from P1)
  • BAFI 500 Corporate Finance
  • BASC 550 Operations & Logistics

Students must self-register to take 3 out of 4 of the following Track-specific mini-modules:

  • BAEN 541 Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • BA 541 Consulting & Strategic Management*
  • BAFI 541 Principles of Finance
  • BAMA 541 Product Service Management

*A note on the BA 541 Consulting and Strategic Management sections:

  • If you plan to take BA 541 and are in the Blue Cohort you need to register into section 002
  • If you plan to take BA 541 and are in the Green Cohort you need to register into section 001

The track-specific mini-modules you choose to take above will begin to narrow down your choice of which Career Track you can complete. Your choices in P2 will narrow your track options to 3: the 3 Career Tracks related to the mini-modules above.

You will have time to change your mind – registration is ongoing and you can change your elective choices right up until the 1st week of P2. You will learn more about the Career Tracks at the information session on September 27th.

Registration Instructions: You can register for modules by logging into the SSC with your CWL. There are video tutorials at the bottom left side of the SSC website to guide you on how to register for modules. It is a good idea to log into the SSC ahead of time to familiarize yourself with this process so that you are prepared to register on October 3.
SSC Registration video: https://secure.students.ubc.ca/help/AddCourses_demo_video.swf

Waitlists – If the section you want is full, please email askmba@sauder.ubc.ca to get on the waitlist. Students do change their minds as to which module or section they prefer to take, and as seats open up in the full sections we will fill them from the waitlist.

If you have any questions about registration please contact askmba@sauder.ubc.ca

BCC: Final Resume Deadline

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Posted on behalf of Ian Christie – Director, Graduate Career Services

This is a reminder that your final resume is due for 8:00 am on Friday, October 4th, 2013. 

This should include your revisions based on feedback from Mary/Rodrigo.  If you need until 8:00 am on Monday October 7th , you may do so ONLY  if you email your coach and advise them beforehand.  However, we picked Friday October 4th  so that you could have this task completed and off your plate prior to exam week.

Once we have all resumes in, we will be approving them in COOL and we will be in position to publish the class resume book.

 Thank you!