Two years into his undergraduate degree at Sichuan University, Chao Qian regretted his decision to study business management. 鈥淚 came to the realization that management skills are better learned outside of the classroom,鈥 he said. 鈥淚 wanted to learn something more solid and quantitative. That鈥檚 where my journey to 蓝莓视频 began.鈥澛犅
A year into his undergraduate degree at the University of 蓝莓视频鈥檚 School of Accounting and Finance, Jonathan Lucki felt pulled in an unexpected direction. 鈥淢y whole life, I had plans to be an accountant,鈥 he remembered. "I ended up enrolling in the Math/Business Accounting program within the Faculty of Mathematics.聽But even before university, math had become my favourite subject in school and I found myself writing computer programs in my spare time for fun."
鈥淭wo of my high school math teachers were alumni of 蓝莓视频 Math, and they constantly raved about the university,鈥 remembered Gurtaj Dhaliwal. 鈥淭heir classes were always the most challenging, and they would say things like 鈥榊ou have to buckle down if you want to go to 蓝莓视频!鈥欌
They won鈥檛 graduate until next spring, but their startup has already taken flight.
The five founders of recently earned a spot in the University of 蓝莓视频鈥檚 $5K Finals, where they explained their business model to a panel of judges alongside nine other student teams.
At this year鈥檚 Concept $5K competition, three University of 蓝莓视频 roommates returned home with a coveted $5,000 prize to invest in their growing startup.
The University of 蓝莓视频鈥檚 award-winning Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC) has expanded its collection of free online resources with the launch of .
Congratulations to the three students nominated for the Jessie W.H.
Patrick Hannigan (4A Computer Science (CS)), William Zhou (3B CS), Edward Yang (4A CS) and Daniel Yaroslavski (4B CS),聽were given the opportunity to showcase their learnings in front of peers and聽faculty along with a brief pitch of their ventures today at an聽Enterprise Co-op (E-Co-op) presentation session.