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November 19: Starting Your Own Business - Build Your Knowledge to Build Your Business!

This event will take place Tuesday, November 20th at 5:30PM in the University Centre, Room 103.

Featuring Judi Riddolls, Executive Director, Guelph Business Enterprise Centre

Topics Covered:

  • Key resources to supplement your knowledge
  • Past students' entrepreneurial ventures
  • Essential steps for success
  • Where to find funding

AND - learn how you may be eligible for $3000 funding!

November 16: Consumers Shouldn’t Fear Genetically Engineered Foods

Article featured in the Guelph Mercury

While America was pondering who to elect president, California was contemplating Proposition 37. It would have required genetically modified organisms in food to be labelled.

It failed at the ballots, but it has inspired a broader referendum about our continental food supply, and some think it could influence Canada’s policies on food labelling in the not-so-distant future.

November 15: CME Dean Featured in CBC Documentary

Research by Julia Christensen Hughes, dean of the College of management and Economics, will be featured in a documentary premiering tonight at 9 p.m. on CBC TV.

"Faking the Grade" looks at cheating and academic misconduct. It features interviews with students, administrators, parents and teachers who discuss their experiences around “Academic Integrity,” and interviews with experts, including Christensen Hughes, about why students cheat.

November 14: MCS Professor Set to Plot Vodka Trail

Article featured in Guelph Mercury

First came the hallowed whisky trails of Scotland. Closer to home, the wine trails in southern Ontario and British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley followed. Now, the small European country of Estonia is eyeing its own claim to fame — a world-renowned vodka trail — thanks to Guelph researchers.

November 7: U of G Appoints First Food Laureate

The University of Guelph has appointed its first Food Laureate. Anita Stewart, an expert on food and Canadian cuisine, will serve as the University’s honorary food ambassador, providing advocacy and leadership and promoting initiatives.

It’s believed to be the first such position in the world.

“This historic appointment is a significant step towards strengthening U of G’s reputation as ‘Canada’s food university,’” said president Alastair Summerlee.

November 1: Playoff Tickets for OUA Semi-Finals Football Game

ATTENTION GRYPHON FANS!

The Guelph Gryphons football team will play against Queen's at OUA Semi-Finals in the Gryphon Stadium this Saturday, November 3rd, 2012.

United Way raffle tickets are $2 each OR 3 for $5. To purchase tickets, please contact one of the CME United Way Canvassers. Seven sets of tickets will be drawn tomorrow, Friday, November 2nd at noon.

Enter the raffle for your chance to win tickets! Ticket sale proceeds go to the CME United Way Campaign.

 

 

Photo of Lucy-Mae Sichartshofen Schenk

Lucy-Mae Von Sichartshofen Schenk - Published Author and Hotel and Food Administration Student

Every year The College of Management and Economics proudly welcomes first year students and endeavours to help them become life-long learners through applied learning opportunities.  Many students embrace the challenges set by CME and prove themselves both academically and professionally.  As a first year Hotel and Food Administration co-op student, Lucy-Mae Von Sichartshofen Schenk personifies CME’s values and brings a lot to the table considering she published her first novel at the age of fourteen. 

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