December MBA Alumni 6 à 8 and a Long Awaited Update

A chance to catch up, relax and enjoy each others company before the holiday hoopla and chaos begins!

Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Hurley's Irish Pub
Street: 1225 Crescent, Montreal, QC

Please RSVP so that I can book enough space for us. You can RSVP on the Facebook event page or by email (annagunaratnam@gmail.com).


JMSB's New Building Update
As you can see from the photo above, work on the interior of JMSB's new home is well underway. Construction is on right on schedule and the Faculty is expected to begin moving in this Spring well before the start of September classes! In addition to turning on the lights JMSB and Concordia's office of Advancement and Alumni Affairs has been turning out one great announcement after another. Here's a re-cap in case you missed it...


Manulife Financial Donates $500,000
On October 23rd, 2008 Manulife Financial donated $500,000 towards the creation of a Professorship in Financial Planning and construction of a 120-seat amphitheater in the new building.
To the full story: http://alumni.concordia.ca/calendar/news/2008/10/23/013610.php


Chancellor David O'Brien Donates $2 million
On November 18th Concordia announced that Chancellor David O'Brien has donates $2 million to further University's sustainable business education. The gift will result in the creation of the David O'Brien Distinguished Professorship in Sustainable Enterprise. Naturally the new centre will be housed in the John Molson School of Business.

Click here to view the article in the Concordia Journal.
Click here to read the clipping published in the Montreal Gazette on Wednesday Nov. 19, 2008.


Net Impact CSR Competition
Our MBA students just came back from Net Impact Corporate Social Responsibility Competition which was hosted by the Rotman Business school. The program was represented by two teams of MBA students and JMSB's teams tied for 3rd place, while Stanford and Queen's placed first and second respectively. Congratulations to both John Molson Teams: Carole Charbonneau, Malaz Sebai, Ramsay Cook, Patrick Cunningham and Elizabeth S. Loucks, Chantal Forgues, Edward Walker and Nura Askar!


Sustainability in Business
From November 12 to 14 JMSB's Career Management Services (CMS) and the John Molson Sustainable Business group (JSG) teamed up to present an interactive event to encourage our future business leaders to adopt sustainable business practices. The event garnered the attention of Concordia's entire community and was covered in the Concordia journal. In February 2009 the JSG will be hosting the 5th annual Sustainable Business Conference, it will be the first year that the conference falls under the umbrella of JMSB.
Click here to read the article in the Concordia Journal.


MBA-ICC in the News
It won't be long until the 2009 edition of the John Molson MBA International Case Competition gets underway, this year's competition begins on Tuesday January 6th, 2009 and the competition is already making news abroad. Last week the UK's Times Online featured an article titled Problem solved which discussed the competition and also included 2008 JMSB competitor Peter Vogopoulos. This is fantastic international exposure for the Competition, JMSB and Concordia University!!! Hats off to the Organizers! I can't wait to see the fruits of efforts unfold as the competition inches closer!
Click here to read the article in the Times Online.


The Passing of an MBA Alumnus and Friend To Many MBAs
Karine Wei (MBA 2001) passed away earlier this month after battling cancer for the past year. Karine, 36, was an organizer of our 20th annual MBA International Case Competition which was held in January 2001. Karine leaves behind her husband Andrea and their two young daughters. If you have a memory of Karine that you would like to document for Karine's daughters please email me by December 1st, and I will pass it on to Lissa to share with Karine's family.

Here are some links to clippings from the 2001 competition which feature Karine, her fellow organizers and her classmates.

2001 MBA-ICC Panel
Concordia Thursday Report
Concordia Alumni Magazine


Another MBA Couple to Tie the Knot
Prior to our last event I left you with a bit of who's getting hitched mystery, well I'm pleased to share with you that the happy newlyweds are Dror Amar and Young Cho. Dror and Young met in the program.

Links:
Photos on flickr
Photos on Facebook


ARE YOU ON linkedIn? IF SO, WHY NOT JOIN THE JOHN MOLSON MBA ALUMNI GROUP...
To add the John Molson MBA Alumni group to your Linkedin profile just check out my public profile, scroll down and click on the group. This will help us identify ourselves to each other while also increasing visibility for the John Molson MBA brand. Better yet, take a few moments to expand your network even further by joining the John Molson School of Business Alumni Chapter Group too and connect to even more rising stars in the JMSB alumni community. And don't forget we're always happy to have new members on our Facebook John Molson MBA Alumni Group.