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Dalhousie Corporate Residency MBA: Top 10 Ranking in Canada

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“With over two decades of delivering online/blended MBA programs, we had full confidence that our faculty and staff would be up for the challenge of transferring on-campus courses to the virtual classroom.  They have proven that, although we can not be face-to-face, the quality and experience will continue to be the top priority.   Recognition also must be given to the students who have embraced the challenge and continue to give their all to their academic experience.  Hats go off to all for their dedication and determination to the teaching and learning experience.”

Michelle Hunter, MIM Administrative Associate Director; CEGE Acting Director

 

We are proud of the work our Corporate Residency MBA Faculty and Staff have done to maintain world-class educational provision despite ongoing disruption – and delighted that QS @worlduniranking have recognized their work by ranking our program in the top 200 #QS Global MBA Rankings, top 10 in Canada MBA Rankings, and #1 in Atlantic Canada for 2021

 

Yvonne Thevenot: There is no “back” in this “back to school”

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Yvonne Thevenot MBA(FS) Class of 1999

 

I remember Grade 9 back to school the most. Four feeder schools to the high school 20 miles down the road. My parents had this tradition that we were given $100 for school clothes. Growing up, Mom bought our clothes, and then at about age 11 we started babysitting or took odd jobs to earn spending money. So $100 just like that – be sure that fall and winter Sears catalogue would magically open in the same spot after hours of research calculating endless combinations of jeans, sweaters, sneakers. Uncertainty, excitement….and plain old unacknowledged, unspoken fear. Would I fit in? Would I stand out? Would I care either way?

Now. Take all those feelings and geometrically multiply them across every kid, every parent, every teacher, every school. Will I stay healthy? What kind of mask will others be wearing? What if others don’t follow the rules?

Let’s face it. This back to school and the points of uncertainty and fear have real life consequences.

So, let’s ask “How was your day?” like never before. Listen to every word spoken, and those that are not. And wrap our hearts around those kids without the “back in my day”. There simply was no “back in your day” like this one.

 

Celebrating Milestones: The 20th Anniversary of the MBA(FS) Class of 2000

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Class of 2000 MBA(FS)

Class of 2000 MBA(FS)

MBA(FS) Class of 2000

MBA(FS) Class of 2000

CEGE Connection would like to recognize the contribution of the MBA(FS)Class of 2000 as they commemorate their twentieth-year anniversary. All our best goes out to these graduates on this very special milestone year. Thank you for your commitment to excellence, life-long learning and the communities in which you live and work.

The CEGE Team

 

 

Dr. Binod Sundararajan: Welcome to Fall 2020 Courage is Destiny

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Interim Director, Rowe School of Business; Associate Professor of Management; Academic/Research Director, CeLNET

Courage is Destiny

May all we learn here in our school
By thought and deed be shown,
Let living truth within us rule,
And seeds of love be sown :
That Men in all our deeds may see
Courage is Destiny!
Courage is Destiny!

We pray for grace, serenity,
To keep a humble mind,
That we may learn true charity
To love all human kind :
That Men in all our deeds may see
Courage is Destiny!
Courage is Destiny!

Undaunted, though alone we stand,
Upholding what is right :
Proud children of our Motherland,
With truth, our stay and might,
That Men in all our deeds may see
Courage is Destiny!
Courage is Destiny!

All that is good may we retain
When scattered far and wide;
May we our destiny attain
With courage as our guide :
To show that by our constancy
Courage is Destiny!
Courage is Destiny!

John Stafford Smith

 

These were the words of my School Song, Frank Anthony Public School, Bangalore, India. I grew up singing this song every morning during School Assembly, along with my class and school mates. I mouthed the words, the tune was wonderful, but not until later in life, did I realize the true meaning of these words. “Courage is Destiny” and these words are more true now than ever before.

During these current, uncertain times, when it is easy to despair, I urge all our new and returning students to hold true to what brought you to Dalhousie and our programs, what riding these troubled waters with grace and confidence will do for your own evolution and careers, and what amazing stories you will be able to tell the next generation about how you rose to the challenge of navigating online classes and relationships and overcame them with fortitude.

At Dalhousie, we are ready to welcome you back to our classes, with as much preparedness as possible and help you through your fall classes and Dalhousie experience. Even though we maybe scattered far and wide, may we keep a humble mind, show with our thoughts and deeds our love for human kind and with courage, uphold what is right as we attain our destiny!

Dr. Binod Sundararajan
Interim Director
Rowe School of Business
Associate Professor of Management
Academic/Research Director, CeLNET

Dalhousie University
September 2020

Friday Reflection

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“The single greatest lesson the garden teaches is that our relationship to the planet need not be zero-sum, and that as long as the sun still shines and people still can plan and plant, think and do, we can, if we bother to try, find ways to provide for ourselves without diminishing the world. ”

Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

 

Cucamelons (Photo Credit Dr. Carolan McLarney)

Kim Brooks: Welcome to a New Year of Learning

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Kim Brooks
Dean, Faculty of Management
Purdy Crawford Chair in Business Law

 

Welcome to a new year of academic excellence.  Whether you are a new or returning student, we look forward to your contribution within our community.  You will be joining other like-minded individuals who share our vision of inspiring transformative solutions for society.

In February 2020, our world changed with the Covid19 pandemic.  As a global community, we have come together to face this unprecedented disruption.  Dalhousie University  has responded by investing in our students and in our student experiences. We are working closely with our public health partners and are diligently monitoring the impact of the pandemic going forward.  As with the 2020 Spring/Summer terms, this Fall term will be predominantly online, with limited exceptions.  Our commitment to facilitate opportunities for our students is unwavering.  Our goal is to foster an environment of teaching and learning excellence, built on innovation, collaboration, and respect.

Dalhousie’s Faculty of Management has a unique approach to education. We integrate four disciplines which encourages and promotes knowledge exchange: the Rowe School of Business, the School of Information Management, the School of Public Administration and the School for Resources and Environmental Studies.  We believe that offering transformative solutions demands all of our students to step beyond conventional boundaries.

CEGE Connection outreach modality connects our students, alumni, and stakeholders. These past four years, graduates, students, and professors have discussed themes ranging from virtual teams, and information management to scholarship and deeper learning. This demonstrates a values-based approach to management education and research.

Thank you to our engaged alumni. You make us proud. As the leaders and managers in the business sector, public sector, and civil society, your influence within a complex global environment has been extraordinary.

We look forward to the ongoing conversations on CEGE Connection.

Kim Brooks
Dean, Faculty of Management
Purdy Crawford Chair in Business Law

Dalhousie University
September 2020

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