Mid-Terms Are Over!!!

Congratulations to Ian Swanson, Kaitlin Soye, and Patrick Logan for reading my last surprise blog. They all won new Concordia t-shirts.

The first ever Graduate Diploma and Certificate Student Association (GDCSA) meet and greet is taking place Tuesday November 3rd at 8:25 pm, right after Professor Moscovitz’s marketing class. The event will be held at Reggie`s on the 2nd floor of the Hall building (I have added some instructions on how to get there below). Have a few free drinks, and get to know your fellow classmates a little better.

The GDCSA has also started their own Facebook group, I strongly urge you to join. Click here to check it out...

Alan has released a YouTube video (he sings) to promote the GDBA program. It is AMAZING. Click Here to check it out. It can also be found on the GDBA website.

Below is a copy of the final exam schedule. Be careful to note the date and time of your final. (Click on it to get a better view)

Until Next Time

Your Friendly Blogger,

Jon

Shhhhhhhhhh...!!!!

Rumour has it that Alan Hochstein will be dropping into Professor Moscovitz’s class on Tuesday October 27th at 5:45 for approximately 5 minutes. When you see him write down your name on a piece of paper along with the answer to the following question, what is the street address of the new John Molson Building? You may win a fun surprise, but please keep this a secret.

P.S. The new JMSB building is on 1450 Guy

Your friendly blogger,

Jon

Mid-Term Relief Part 2

Let me take the chance here to wish everyone good luck on your exams.

For the next student profile, let me introduce Ian Swanson. Ian writes…

My studies originated from the hands-on side of scientific research; however I am working towards bridging the gap between both science and business. At the moment I am finishing my studies in cancer research and am very enthusiastic about the GDBA/GCBA program because they are the first steps across the divide. Ultimately I hope that the GDBA/GCBA program will help me develop management skills that will translate into helping Canadian scientific research grow significantly.

I am also an avid athlete, who can be found on the outdoor and indoor ice rinks playing defense, or seen pounding out the kilometers running around Montreal. Finally Montreal provides a perfect setting to help me on my quest to find the worlds best poutine (number 1 is currently the poutine Lafleurs in Verdun).

Until next time

Your Friendly Blogger,

Jon

Mid-Term Relief

For this week I have posted another student profile, hopefully it will give you all a nice little study break and help clear your heads from the holiday. Also the GDBA/GCBA student association is working on its first meet and greet event and they would like to know what day of the week works best, so please answer the poll in the right column. Finally I would like to present to you this week’s student profile on Rabia.

Rabia Khan

As with most students in this program, I have come from a different educational and ethnic background. Originally from Pakistan, I arrived in Montreal in 2002 to begin an undergraduate degree in Human Genetics. Despite my love for Science, business and economics have always fascinated me. After completing a B.Sc in Biology and Economics, I continued onto a PhD in Human Genetics. I joined the GDBA/GCBA program because it was an excellent opportunity to help build on my business background. After completing my PhD I hope to enter the health care consulting profession and return to Pakistan to work in healthcare management of infectious diseases such as Tuberculosis, Polio and Malaria.

Aside from science, I have a love for food. I greatly enjoy cooking and trying new restaurants and recipes. Living in Montreal has been a great opportunity to experience new culinary delights.
Throughout out my undergraduate and graduate education, I have been involved in various extracurricular activities. This year I am working with the executive committee and hope to establish a student organization for the GDBA/GCBA program.

If you have any restaurant suggestions please come by and talk to me or email me at: rabia.t.khan@gmail.com

Until next time

Your friendly blogger,

Jon

1st Student Profile…!

I have finally assembled a few student profiles, and will be posting a new one each week on the blog. I strongly encourage you to take the time to read about your fellow classmates. I hope that this experience will allow you to get to know the GDBA/GCBA student body that much better. I am still accepting entries for the student profiles so please do not hesitate to email me if you are interested. So without any further delay I would like to introduce Kaitlin…

Hi! My name is Kaitlin. I am in the JMSB-GCBA program. I grew up in Waterloo, Ontario and moved to Montreal five years ago for graduate school. I am an avid athlete and in university I played varsity field lacrosse, which progressed to a coaching role during graduate school. In the Montreal community I developed an introduction to lacrosse program for girls and boys and I coach youth soccer. To satisfy my competitive spirit I now train to run medium distances and to compete in dragon boat (although I wish I had time to row!). Professionally, I am involved in biomedical research and working to improve the quality of undergraduate science education. I am studying in the GCBA program to learn business skills and knowledge that I can apply to the academic science field. I am very excited to be part of the very first GDBA/GCBA class at Concordia!

It is also interesting to point out that Kaitlin has demonstrated a strong interest in starting a GDBA/GCBA dragon boat team.

Until next time

Your Friendly Blogger,

Jon