OTHER NOTABLE ACTIVITIES

Bsad 111 Entrepreneurship Event

To wrap up the Fall term, the BSAD 111 instructors organized a “StFX Alumni Entrepreneurship Panel” and had three guests come speak to our first-year business students. The guests were recent graduates and active entrepreneurs Richard Grant, Sharonne King, and Jenny MacDonald. They spoke about their experiences, opportunities, and challenges along their entrepreneurial journey. The event was attended by approximately 200 students from the Schwartz S chool of Business and moderated by two fourth year business students –Allie Avard and Emma Jewkes.

Cpa Alumni Showcase

In Fall 2022, StFX hosted four alumni from the Schwartz School of Business to discuss their interesting, challenging, and varied careers as CPAs (Chartered Professional Accountants). The alumni who participated in the event were Patrick Carruthers, Mike LeBlanc, Julie Parker and Shauna Peeples. This event was attended by over 200 business students and moderated by two Accounting majors, Charlotte Davis and Richard Miller. Our students enjoyed this experience and loved hearing from these alumni about their time on campus and their paths post-graduation. This event was hosted by Jane Fraser and Jennifer Alex.

BSAD 111/112 SCHWARTZ SHOWCASES

The Schwartz Showcase is a first-year experience that is integrated into both of the BSAD 111 and BSAD 112 labs. In this exercise students showcase the skills and knowledge they have built and developed over the term in both the core class and the lab. They are given one case to analyze as a team and provide a visual presentation of their findings. Each team provides an oral presentation to a small audience consisting of one team from the class (presenting the other question of the case), the lab instructor or a course professor, one or more members of the Schwartz School of Business Faculty, and representatives of the Schwartz student societies. Although this is not a competition, the students are exposed to the idea of presentations and case analysis and are able to apply foundational business concepts to a real-world business scenario through the analysis of a case study. They build and strengthen skills in case analysis, collaboration, communication, time management, oral presentation delivery and more. They are also afforded the experience of delivering a professional business presentation in a board room setting, consistent with what they may expect to encounter in the ‘real-world’ of business.

Bsad 111 Pitch Off Event

In Fall 2022, BSAD 111 students participated in a pitch event. Working in teams, students came up with entrepreneurial ideas to help address the housing crisis in Nova Scotia. The top teams from each section of BSAD 111 class participated in a “pitch off” – with the top three winning cash prizes. This event was organized by 111 instructors (Louise Brennan, KC Rogers, Jane Fraser).