January 4, 2017 - 3:30pm
Students in Vancouver Island University’s Masters of Business Administration (MBA) Society are making a name for their program and giving University facilities a bit more coverage at the same time by hosting both the provincial and national MBA Games this year. From October 21-23, 2016, over 100 business students from across BC came to Nanaimo for the provincial MBA Games. Then in January 2017 the Society hosted students from across Canada for the nationals - and won them!
The events help boost awareness of the quality of the MBA program at VIU, and showcase both the City of Nanaimo and Vancouver Island as well, says Omar Karim, Chairman of the MBA Games and an alumnus of VIU’s MBA program. “It’s the largest gathering of MBA students across the province and across Canada and we got to host both of them!” he says. “We’re building a network of MBA students to leverage opportunities and support one another.”
In October 2015, the Society hosted the provincials and won, then went to nationals and garnered fourth place overall. Shortly after, the winner, McMaster University’s DeGroote School of Business, offered the rights to host the national games to other institutions and VIU won the bidding process. Karim figures VIU won because the bid highlighted the West Coast experience — up until now, the MBA Games have mostly been hosted in the Toronto area. Visit mbagames.ca for more details.
*This article originally appeared in the Fall/Winter 2016 issue of VIU Magazine. Check out more stories from the latest issue of VIU Magazine here.
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