Ted Rogers School of Management Entrepreneurship & Strategy student Alex Ryzer discusses his startup business, LocalStudent, skills gained from his program, help he received from StartUp Certified and his future outlook. When did you create your business and why? LocalStudent co-founder Marko Semcesen and I have been in the home services industry for a combined…
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A Q&A with heart transplant survivor Maariyah Rahman
Ted Rogers School of Management Marketing student Maariyah Rahman talks about her recovery after having a heart transplant, her efforts to raise awareness about organ and tissue donation and how her experience and co-op placement helped her find her calling. How is your health now and how is your recovery going? I feel very healthy…
Reflections of an SAF graduate and President’s Scholarship winner
With a very strong Grade Point Average (GPA) in high school (96.6), Huntsville, Ontario native Patrick Vipond could have gone to any university after graduating in 2014, but he wanted to continue the family tradition of attending Ryerson. And when he discovered that the Ted Rogers School of Management had recently opened a School of…
A Q&A with President’s Scholarship recipient Sylvia Gehring
Ryerson University’s prestigious President’s National Entrance Scholarship provides $10,000 in funding per year ($40,000 total) to a select group of incoming students who have demonstrated outstanding academic accomplishment and leadership qualities. The scholarship is renewable each year provided the student maintains a high GPA. Sylvia Gehring is one of the 2019 recipients of the President’s…
How TRSM Helped Me Land My Dream Job at lululemon
Why I Chose TRSM I grew up in a small town on the coast of British Columbia with a love for fashion. After high school, I followed my passion all the way to Toronto to attend fashion school, where I had the opportunity to study the history of fashion. After graduating with a diploma in…
One Team, One Vision: Enactus Ryerson in Peru’s Sacred Valley
Action: the fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim. Imagine living in a place where your education wasn’t guaranteed. A place where children as young as 8 years old have to work to provide for their families. A place where people survive on a salary of less than $10 a…
That Time I Was CEO of IKEA Canada
Over the course of my four years in the Global Management Studies program at TRSM, I’ve added lots of great experience to my resume. I’ve worked as a Consultant with Ryerson Consulting Group, a Marketing Specialist for Ryerson’s Career Centre and Director of Delegate Development for DECA Ryerson (among other positions both within Ryerson…
Project Growing North Turns Goal into Reality
When the first crop is harvested in the Project Growing North greenhouse in Naujaat, Nunavut this spring, no one will be cheering louder than Stefany Nieto.
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