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Ukrainian war survivor finds new life and purpose at Western

Ukrainian war survivor finds new life and purpose at Western

Many people do an MBA in pursuit of career opportunities, a stronger professional network, or personal development. For Mariya Tsybulnyk, it’s a gateway to a new life. Tsybulnyk has found a home in Ivey’s MBA program after an unsettling year of tempora …

All her world’s a stage, as alumna has played many parts

All her world’s a stage, as alumna has played many parts

Offstage since day one, Anita Gaffney has played a role at the Stratford Festival for more than two decades. The Western grad and Stratford native started out selling ice cream to theatre-goers as a summer job. She’s also worked as a bookstore clerk, a waitress and...

New chair to redefine university’s role in entrepreneurship

New chair to redefine university’s role in entrepreneurship

When opportunity came knocking on Darren Meister’s door, he knew it came with a perfect-fit venture. “When the chair position came up, it was the perfect job. Being able to marry my engineering and business backgrounds isn’t something you get to do very often. I’m a...

Turning the page for opportunity

Turning the page for opportunity

The last year of classes was a busy one for Ivey Business School graduate Chris Janssen. In addition to the pressures and schedules of his academic and personal lives, Janssen sat on a committee that needed to come up with a new idea to raise money for the Terry Fox...

Product mixes innovation and perseverance

Product mixes innovation and perseverance

Bobby Besant is someone who likes to mix it up. The recent Ivey School of Business graduate may have received the cold shoulder from a professor during his fourth-year New Venture Business project, but his idea has since made its way to the shelves of your local LCBO...

Student idea brings comforts of home to campus

Student idea brings comforts of home to campus

Getting ready for your first year of university can be stressful. But a group of Western students are hoping to lessen that burden a bit with their entrepreneurial venture. Northern Rush creates all-in-one packages for postsecondary residence life – combining bedding,...

Giving the Max effort to his idea

Giving the Max effort to his idea

Tim Brady’s big idea came after he noticed a gap in the market for endurance athletes like himself. The 22-year-old, going into his second year of the HBA program at Ivey Business School, played football for the Mustangs when he first came to Western and quickly clued...

Western appoints Meister to Thompson Chair

Western appoints Meister to Thompson Chair

Ivey Business School professor Darren Meister has been appointed the inaugural holder of the John M. Thompson Chair in Engineering Leadership and Innovation for a five-year term, which started July 1. The Information Systems and General Management (Entrepreneurship)...

Funeral services set for Ivey student

Funeral services set for Ivey student

The Western community is mourning the death of Andrew Wozny, 21, an Ivey Business School HBA student, who died Monday, June 16. Visitation will be held from 5-9 p.m. Thursday, June 19, at Turner & Porter Funeral Home, Neweduk-Erin Mills Chapel, 1981 Dundas St. W.,...

Student innovators bring classroom project to life at SickKids

Earlier this year, Western Health Studies students Ashleigh Davis, Bridget Shaver, Dilshaan Panjwani and Joseph Tropiano joined together to work on an assignment for Ivey Business School professor Anne Snowdon’s Health Innovation and Leadership class.

Patterson appointment adds to Western Bank of Canada influence

Patterson appointment adds to Western Bank of Canada influence

With her appointment as Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, Lynn Patterson becomes the latest of Western alumni to join the bank’s Governing Council. In fact, her rise puts Western economists at four of the top six positions at the bank, including governor, senior deputy governor and two of four deputy governor posts.

Alumni don’t snooze on coffee idea

Credit Deland Jessop’s wife for helping brew up an idea that, by the year’s end, could rake in $1 million. The idea? Coffee that puts you to sleep.

All her world’s a stage, as alumna has played many parts

All her world’s a stage, as alumna has played many parts

Offstage since day one, Anita Gaffney has played a role at the Stratford Festival for more than two decades. The Western grad and Stratford native started out selling ice cream to theatre-goers as a summer job. She’s also worked as a bookstore clerk, a waitress and...

New chair to redefine university’s role in entrepreneurship

New chair to redefine university’s role in entrepreneurship

When opportunity came knocking on Darren Meister’s door, he knew it came with a perfect-fit venture. “When the chair position came up, it was the perfect job. Being able to marry my engineering and business backgrounds isn’t something you get to do very often. I’m a...

Turning the page for opportunity

Turning the page for opportunity

The last year of classes was a busy one for Ivey Business School graduate Chris Janssen. In addition to the pressures and schedules of his academic and personal lives, Janssen sat on a committee that needed to come up with a new idea to raise money for the Terry Fox...

Product mixes innovation and perseverance

Product mixes innovation and perseverance

Bobby Besant is someone who likes to mix it up. The recent Ivey School of Business graduate may have received the cold shoulder from a professor during his fourth-year New Venture Business project, but his idea has since made its way to the shelves of your local LCBO...

Student idea brings comforts of home to campus

Student idea brings comforts of home to campus

Getting ready for your first year of university can be stressful. But a group of Western students are hoping to lessen that burden a bit with their entrepreneurial venture. Northern Rush creates all-in-one packages for postsecondary residence life – combining bedding,...

Giving the Max effort to his idea

Giving the Max effort to his idea

Tim Brady’s big idea came after he noticed a gap in the market for endurance athletes like himself. The 22-year-old, going into his second year of the HBA program at Ivey Business School, played football for the Mustangs when he first came to Western and quickly clued...

Western appoints Meister to Thompson Chair

Western appoints Meister to Thompson Chair

Ivey Business School professor Darren Meister has been appointed the inaugural holder of the John M. Thompson Chair in Engineering Leadership and Innovation for a five-year term, which started July 1. The Information Systems and General Management (Entrepreneurship)...

Funeral services set for Ivey student

Funeral services set for Ivey student

The Western community is mourning the death of Andrew Wozny, 21, an Ivey Business School HBA student, who died Monday, June 16. Visitation will be held from 5-9 p.m. Thursday, June 19, at Turner & Porter Funeral Home, Neweduk-Erin Mills Chapel, 1981 Dundas St. W.,...

Student innovators bring classroom project to life at SickKids

Earlier this year, Western Health Studies students Ashleigh Davis, Bridget Shaver, Dilshaan Panjwani and Joseph Tropiano joined together to work on an assignment for Ivey Business School professor Anne Snowdon’s Health Innovation and Leadership class.

Patterson appointment adds to Western Bank of Canada influence

Patterson appointment adds to Western Bank of Canada influence

With her appointment as Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, Lynn Patterson becomes the latest of Western alumni to join the bank’s Governing Council. In fact, her rise puts Western economists at four of the top six positions at the bank, including governor, senior deputy governor and two of four deputy governor posts.

Alumni don’t snooze on coffee idea

Credit Deland Jessop’s wife for helping brew up an idea that, by the year’s end, could rake in $1 million. The idea? Coffee that puts you to sleep.