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Bachelor of Commerce alumna Dian Chaaban has long appreciated the value of a strong professional network. Throughout her time at the University of Guelph, she focused on making connections that would help launch her career as a corporate lawyer, an aspiration that changed after she suffered a broken neck in the lead-up to writing her LSATs. While the injury caused her to miss the exam, it also gave her pause to reconsider what she wanted to do with her career.

Congratulations to School of Hospitality, Food & Tourism Management (HFTM) student, Amber Douel, on being awarded the 2016 Hotel Ontario Hostelry Institute (OHI) Gordon Cardy Hotel Management Scholarship. The $5,000 scholarship recognizes enthusiastic and dedicated students entering their careers in the foodservice or hospitality industry.

Over the last year, Douel, a fourth-year Hotel and Food Administration (HAFA) co-op student, has been working with her co-op employer Coast Hotels Ltd. She is currently completing the final two years of her commerce degree.

Cassaundra Laundry’s experience as a U of G student was so impactful on her life that she wanted other students to have the same experience – but even better. Her gift to Macdonald Hall, the new home of the College of Business and Economics, will help give students in the college their own space to learn and collaborate.

Since its inception in 2006, the Ontario Hostelry Institute’s (OHI) Top 30 Under 30 program has recognized young talent in the hospitality and foodservice industries, many of whom are graduates of the University of Guelph’s School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management.

On September 19th, Dean Julia Christensen Hughes (on leave) will be attending the 2016 United Nations Private Sector Forum in New York City. The UN Private Sector Forum is focused on the role of business in advancing sustainable development to prevent global instability.

For most people, a trip to the grocery store is part of a weekly routine that has not changed much over time, even with the advent of technology that has effectively altered many other aspects of the shopping experience. That is not to say that technology has no place in the grocery store, though. Research from marketing and consumer studies professor Brent McKenzie is examining future possibilities for one very specific and important part of food retailing – the price tag.

The College of Business and Economics is starting the new academic year with two new faculty faces. Kathleen Rodenburg, assistant professor in the School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management and Philippe Lassou, assistant professor of accounting in the Department of Management, officially joined the college on August 1.