Asper Experiential Education News Archive

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Departing Asper School of Business Dean reflects on his tenure
September 22, 2021 —
Jacoby’s commitment to student experience, EDI and the Drake Building will leave a lasting legacy.

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Asper PSLP participant receives the Janice Filmon Leadership Scholarship
June 23, 2021 —
Asper School of Business student, Lauren Slegers has been named as the recipient of the 2021 Janice Filmon Leadership Scholarship.

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Asper MBA grad sprints to program completion
June 17, 2021 —
For new Asper alumni, Shyam Narayan Moorthi, completing his MBA is just one of the many steps in his long-term plan. The next steps for Morthi are to embark the next stage of his career and bring his family to Canada.

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Asper staff and faculty honoured with UM Annual Community Outreach Award
May 17, 2021 —
The Presidential Advisory Committee on University Outreach has selected five Asper School of Business faculty and staff for the 2020 Annual Community Outreach Award. Congratulations to Debra Jonasson-Young, Dr. Nathan Greidanus, Dr. Kerri Kettle, Dr. Subbu Sivaramakrishnan, and Dr. Fang Wan on their accomplishment.

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Turning case success into community support
April 28, 2021 —
In the final week of the case competition season, Asper students were busy successfully representing the School on the international stage with undergraduate and MBA teams achieving first and second place finishes in their events at the International Business Ethics Case Competition (IBECC).

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Fanning the flame of entrepreneurship
April 26, 2021 —
On April 16 and 17, 20201, The Stu Clark New Venture Championships: Undergraduate Edition brought together students from various faculties and post-secondary schools across Manitoba to compete for over $20,000 in cash prizes.

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Asper student wins UM wide co-op award
March 26, 2021 —
Fourth-year Asper student, Aimy Johnson, has been awarded the 2020 UM Co-op Champion Award. In 2020, Johnson worked as a marketing intern at Innovair Group. She was involved in website development, planned new products and services, managed the company’s social media, and was a member of the corporate Pandemic Response Team, Safety Committee, and Wellness Team. Johnson also helped launch Innovair’s marketing campaign, Connections.

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Asper-Science Case team places first at Munich Re Cup
March 24, 2021 —
On March 12, UM students added another case competition win by placing first at the Munich Re Cup, an actuarial business case competition open to students in the Canada and United States. The competition provides a chance for students to develop and apply their analytical, presentation, and problem-solving skills to real-world business problems.

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Stu Clark New Venture Championships: Graduate Edition
March 18, 2021 —
This year the Stu Clark New Venture Championships – Graduate Edition went virtual for the first time.

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University of Manitoba Undergraduate Team Wins North American Case Competition
March 16, 2021 —
A duo of Asper undergraduate students paired up with the Price Faculty of Engineering to place first in the Digital Workplace Innovation Case Competition