Past Events

More details w/registration links at: http://www.alumni.uoguelph.ca/involved/involved_conversat.shtml The Conversat Reviving a Guelph Tradition Get your dance card ready! After a nearly 40-year hiatus, the Conversat is back. Join us on Alumni Weekend 2014 for a gala evening featuring Guelph’s signature approach to spectacular food and extraordinary entertainment in several venues across campus, as we celebrate the University of Guelph’s 50th anniversary.

Summer 2014 Convocation details can be found at: http://www.uoguelph.ca/convocation/

The University of Guelph and the School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management are preparing to welcome approximately 60 international delegates to the eighth Tourism Education Futures Initiative Conference (TEFI8) from June 4 to 7. This year’s theme, “Transformational Learning: Activism, empowerment and political agency in tourism education” is in keeping with TEFI’s mission to push boundaries, think creatively and inform and support tourism educators and students to transform the world for the better.

The University of Guelph, home of Canada’s first hospitality and tourism degree, is proud to host the eighth annual TEFI conference in 2014. Guelph’s School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management has a long established tradition of offering applied, experiential and flexible learning opportunities aimed at transforming students into mindful professionals.

For more information regarding the golf tourney, visit: https://www.uoguelph.ca/alumni/cgi-bin/htmgolf.pl

The Lincoln Alexander Outstanding Leader Award Dinner will honour this year's recipient, the Honourable Bill Winegard. Event is invitation only.

CHF Scholarships Details - www.uoguelph.ca/hftm/awards-scholarships

All MBA alumni, students and staff please join us at Creelman Hall on May 1st, 6:00 pm for the MBA Awards Banquet. Guest Speaker and MBA Leadership Recognition Award recipient Dr. Gord Surgeoner will be joining us. Also find out who was the 2014 MBA Distinguished Professional Award recipient.

Abstract: Within the last decade, many Chinese provinces have transitioned from the ‘sequential’ to the ‘parallel’ college admissions mechanisms. We show that all of the provinces that have abandoned the sequential mechanism have moved towards less manipulable and more stable mechanisms. Furthermore, Tibet implements the least manipulable parallel mechanism, whereas Beijing, Gansu and Shangdong have adopted the most manipulable versions.

Join U of G's panel of experts, including College of Business and Economics Professor Sylvain Charlebois, as they discuss whether raw milk should be sold legally in Canada. Learn more and register for this event.