All you ever hear from older students is to get involved. They could not be more right! RMBS is the most fun I have ever had on a reading break bar none. We had the pleasure of being put up by Nadia (RMBS VP of PR) and her lovely family. The first night in Edmonton included an awesome homemade dinner, meeting the other billets that would be staying with us from Ryerson University, and a couple drinks at the Billiards Club! The Jasper Park Lodge (JPL) is like nothing I've ever experienced before...

The John Molson Sports Marketing Conference was a great opportunity for me to explore both my business and athletic interests, while meeting amazing students from other University's across Canada. The conference was hosted by the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University. There were a lot of informative and inspirational speakers at the conference, with some of my favourite being: Justin Kingsley from SID LEE, Nancy Broden from Twitter, Ian Clarke from the MLSE, Dan Quinn from NFL Canada, Jonathan Chang from NBA Canada, Len Rhodes from the Edmonton Eskimos, Kevin Gilmore from the Montreal Canadiens, Sammy Choi from the NFL, Julien BriseBois from the Tampa Bay Lightning, and finally, Cabbie Richards from TSN...

2013 will be a bright year for the Paul J Hill School of Business and the Hill Business Students' Society. We want to thank everyone who has made 2012 a success and we are excited as we look towards the future! Here are a few things to look for in the coming year! January: Our annual Showcase event is back, but with a new twist! We are introducing a new facilitated networking aspect that will allow students and corporate attendees to experience more exposure. As the event changes, it will be rebranded as "Momentum"...

From October 25-27, 2012 I was privileged enough to have been selected to go to Baltimore to attend the Net Impact Conference. Not only did I feel privileged on being selected, but also felt privileged on representing the Paul J. Hill School of Business as a whole. This year it was Net Impact’s 20th year anniversary, in which the theme was all about accelerating your impact on business and how to build a business that is sustainable in today’s market. Net Impact is the leading global nonprofit that inspires a new generation to work on building a business for a sustainable future...

At the start of November, I had the privilege of participating in the National Mining Competition in Saskatoon. The idea of the competition was for students to have a 36 hour time period to break down a business case. We were then to present our solution to the judges in a preliminary round, followed by a final presentation round of the top three teams.   We had the opportunity to meet and interview over a dozen industry professionals regarding topics ranging from labour pools in our economy, to CSR, to the financing of multibillion dollar mining companies...

Below is a poem expressing the knowledge I gained at the inaugural National Mining Competition hosted by the Edwards School Of Business. MiningMining integrityMining integrity forMining integrity for aMining integrity for a sustainableMining integrity for a sustainable futureMining. This poem is intended to convey the importance of corporate social responsibility and mutually beneficial relationships. I've had time to reflect upon the competition and can say, with confidence, that my views on the mining industry and society as a whole have been positively altered...

A few weeks ago, Mitch Clarke, Tom Reimer and I had the opportunity to represent the University of Regina at the National Mining Competition in Saskatoon. This Business Strategy competition provided great insight to many different aspects of the mining industry.  The competition brought in industry experts from a variety of different companies including K+S Potash, BHP Billiton, Claude Resources and Cameco.  We attended an information session where we were able to work one on one with these experts who provided an incredible amount of insight that we were able to use in our presentation, which was based around a theoretical resource that mirrored many characteristics of Uranium...

What an amazing experience. I honestly don't even know where to start! Seeing that we were part of a student body of 2,800 people was when the excitement really started to sink in. The conference was kicked off with a keynote from Wendy Kopp, CEO and Founder of Teach for America. It was so amazing to see the success she had all because she took anew approach to teaching and she ran with it. With a conference of this size we were able to meet a ton of people from all over North America and we were able to see many different views on everyday business encounters...

Imagine your career in a corporation that is both sustainable and impacting withinglobal communities? The reality is, this thought is closer than you think. NetImpact is a non-profit organization that provides students with tools to createa positive impact within any corporation or non-profit organization. This year,Net Impact celebrated their 20 year anniversary in Baltimore Maryland. Therewere 2,800 students that attended the event, ranging from first yearundergraduates to second year masters students...

At the end of October, I spent a weekend in Baltimore for the Net ImpactConference. I was honored to represent the Paul J Hill School of Business forthe first time out of Canada. This conference started in 1992 so I was excitedto be there for the 20th anniversary. This year's theme was "Accelerate Your Impact." The most memorable key speaker for myself was Wendy Kopp, CEO of Teach for America.Even though this company is a not-for-profit organization in the United States,I enjoyed aspects of her speech...

Hey students! I hope that everyone got a chance to go on some great summer adventures, and that you are all pumped for another semester of school! In my 5 years of University thus far, I’ve experienced my fair share of Welcome Weeks. Hot weather, cute females in summer clothes (or males, depending on your preference), cold beverages, no homework, fun activities… Simply put, it’s the best. I’m actually getting excited about it just sitting here writing this blog. Welcome Week might be my favourite time of the year, and it should be yours as well...

Are you getting geared up for Welcome Week? We sure are!

Before entering my fourth year at the Paul J. Hill School of Business I made a commitment to myself. I would become as active and involved as possible, in order to fully realize the enjoyment that university life has to provide. After joining the Business Students’ Society and the JDC West team I realized there was one last thing to experience: a conference. After closely examining the many conferences available to me, I decided that the Ted Roger’s Management Conference would best suit my interests and prepare me for future endeavors...

Rocky Mountain Business Seminar- My(Andrew’s) first hand experiences of what really goes on at business conferences. Wow! I had no idea what to expect when going to my first business conference, but it was truly an amazing time. I met awesome people, learnt a lot, and could not have spent my reading week better. For those who have never gone to a conference before, I don’t recommend you go to one, I am TELLING you to! Just read what I did for a week... Day 0 Pack in a GTI with 2 others from Regina, and drive to Edmonton...

February break was just around the corner and I had one thought in mind, I needed a vacation. I had never been on a conference before and I had always heard that it was something you had to experience during your university career, so I decided to apply for the Rocky Mountain Business Seminar. Going into it, I didn’t know what to expect but I knew that it was going to be a great time. The morning of February 19th had finally arrived and Steve, Andrew and I packed the gulf so full of luggage, it became a game of hide and seek just to find me in the back seat...

Everyone always tells you how much fun conferences are and that they really do make your university experience that much more memorable. Well, they were right. They are amazing! A couple weekends ago, I had the honour of representing the Paul J. Hill School of Business at the Ted Rogers Management Conference in Toronto, Ontario. It was hosted by the Ryerson Universityʼs Ted Rogers School of Management, and I will always remember this weekend not only because of all the amazing delegates I have met from universities across Canada, but for what I actually learnt from the conference...

In March 2012, I attended the Ted Rogers Management Conference in Toronto, Ontario as a delegate for the University of Regina, Paul J. Hill School of Business. The event took place from March 8th to 10th, filled with 3 days of events for the delegates in attendance. The TRMC event theme was “What’s your ID?” The accommodation for attendees was provided by the Marriott Hotel in downtown Toronto walking distance to the Ryerson University, School of Management. For 3 days, TRMC had guest speakers that were very inspirational and explained their “inner drive...

Well given that 2012 is to be my final year as a Hill student, I decided that I should try and attend at least one conference before I graduate. So this reading week break while my friends were off on all expenses trips to Mexico, or up in a ski in ski out chalet somewhere, I decided I would "write-off’’ my final spring break, and take the opportunity to learn and network at the Rocky Mountain Business Seminar. If nothing else I hoped to come back with a few new contacts, and maybe even a couple of good memories...

5 Days for the Homeless is a nationwide, student run event, with 23 universities participating in the campaign this year. It is a five day campaign, from March 11-16, in which five university students live "homeless" on their campus to raise money and awareness for a local charity. This is the third year that the University of Regina and the Hill Business Students' Society are participating in the campaign. For more information, you can email uofr5days@gmail.com or visit: http://www.facebook.com/5DaysUofRhttp://www...

I was very excited when I found out that I was chosen to attend the University of Victoria Leadership Conference. I didn’t really know what to expect, but with the short notice we received, my thoughts quickly turned to trying to find clothing for the many formal events at the conference and making sure that I was caught up on my homework. I met up with the rest of our group, and soon the flights were booked. Of course, I knew that we were travelling across the country, but I was so busy getting ready for the trip that it did not really sink in until I looked out the window of the plane and saw...

Jeff takes you through his night at the 6th Annual Hill Business Showcase!

What is the appeal to travelling and meeting new people? Would it be the rush of the airports, the $20 airport food, sense of adventure, jumping into a scenario with unknown expectations, or even just meeting more likeminded people around the country? For me, it definitely is not the $20 egg salad airport sandwich or the airport rush, but the joy of meeting new students from various universities around Canada. On February 2nd the flight out to Victoria, BC took off around noon and later that afternoon we walked out to a sunny, green, and warm (relative to our mild Saskatchewan winter) Victoria...

I attended UVLC at the beginning of February and it was AWESOME! First of all the food in Victoria is delicious and every single business banquet/gala/event had really good food. The conference had many things planned such as business banquets, leadership sessions, theme nights and the famous Victoria Challenge! The Challenge was similar to the Amazing Race where we had to eat funny things, race around the city, row boats in the harbour and other crazy things. The speakers and sessions were very inspirational as well including guest speaker Adam Kreek, Canadian Olympic Gold Medalist...

The University of Victoria Leadership Conference was a great experience and a wonderful time! The three days we spent there were filled with great speakers, fun activities, networking events, and amazing dinners. The event started off with a cheese and wine networking event followed by an annual business dinner and a business themed night at the bar. The next day consisted of our chosen sessions with a variety of speakers! All possessing very meaningful and inspirational messages; like how to become successful, how to stand out, being a leader while being a manager and how to go above and beyond...

Photo courtesy of the University of Regina Photography Department. Sunday “Nothing like a Hall N Oates dance party to wake you up at 4:30 AM! Debate playoffs today! #BeItResolved #Crushin #JDCWest” So we did in fact have a Hall and Oates dance party at 4:30 AM. I was pushing hard for “You Make My Dreams Come True” to be our team’s song at gala (every team gets to pick a song to walk up to accept their award to). We faced UBC in debate playoffs at some absurd time. It was a hard fought battle, but unfortunately we were not victorious...

So if any of you have been following local social/regular media outlets lately, some of you might have noticed all of the “JDC West” commotion. For those of you that aren’t aware, JDC West is a three day competition that is a collection of debate, sport, social and participation based challenges as well as ten business case competitions. Eleven business schools from across Western Canada (including premiere schools such as the University of British Columbia and the University of Alberta) converged on Edmonton this January and received points based on the criteria I mentioned above...

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I am going to preface this by bluntly saying that the Queen’s Conference on the Business Environment Today was one of the single greatest experiences of my university career. In turn, one of my biggest regrets of my entire university life is that I didn’t take the opportunities to go on more conferences. The words that follow do not do the entire conference the sweet, sweet justice it deserves. Every minute detail of the conference was fantastic, and the only thing to complain about was the hangovers that seemed to accompany each evening of events...

Let me set the stage. You’re just starting your last semester of university life as you know it. After spending the first two years staying as far away from the university as you could, besides going to class of course, you finally realized that you were missing out. You told yourself that in order to really get the university experience you were going to get involved, meet new people, and try new things. Reflecting on your final two years you were happy. You had really gotten involved, met so many people who were now extremely close friends, and tested yourself to really find out what you were made of...

So midterms have come and gone, the geese have flown South and the snow has devoured our fair city. Tricks and/or treats are done and the neighbours have put their Christmas lights up. Yes students, I’m sure you all know what that means. FINALS are on the horizon. In just a few short weeks, the University of Regina’s finest will be buckling down and preparing to slay Scanton sheets (those stupid multiple choice questions are already haunting my dreams at night). I figure that I have amassed a great deal of knowledge in preparing for finals, and I will now share my wisdom with you, the fine students of the Hill School of Business: 1...

This past month I was lucky enough to be one of four University Of Regina students chosen to attend the John Molson Sport Marketing Conference in Montreal. Since this was the first conference I had ever attended, I was really unsure and anxious of what the weekend would hold. However, these three days far exceeded all of my expectations. It began bright and early (a lovely 6:30am flight) on Thursday morning when we flew into Montreal. From the moment we arrived we were constantly welcomed by the JMSM executives and anyone else whom we came in contact with...

Starting your first day at 4am, ending at 1am followed by another early start at 6am. Sounds awful right? Wrong, in fact you don’t even notice the early hours and lack of sleep that spans the entire unforgettable weekend that is the Queen’s Business Environment Today conference or more commonly known as Q’BET. This year was the 35th anniversary for Q’BET and Dragana Dzelajlija, Nathan Duerksen, Kurtis Blohm and myself were fortunate enough to attend what can only be described using the cliché phrase “experience of a lifetime...

Recently I had the privledge to attend the 35th annual Queen's Environment of Today conference (also known as Q'BET) that was held in Kingston Ontario. I travelled alongside three other Hill business students to engage in what became a life changing weekend for myself. Even though the conference was held annually, I had never heard of this conference before, so I was excited, however a little nervous about what exactly the conference entailed. The nerves immediately went away once I met the executives of of conference...

As if we were in a scene from the movie Planes, Trains, & Automobiles. The journey alone to Kingston, Ontario was quite an adventure. Kelly, Kurtis, Nathan and I started our journey with a bright and early flight to Toronto at 5:30 in the morning – a good introduction to the lack of sleep the entire weekend was going to be. Once arriving in Toronto, we took a train the rest of the way to Kingston – this part was really exciting to me because I’ve never been on a train, and the entirety of the ride was alongside Lake Ontario, which is more like an ocean when compared to Wascana Lake...

This year I had the opportunity to represent the Paul J. Hill School of Business as a delegate at the John Molson Sports Marketing Conference in Montreal. It was a great experience that I am sure that I will always remember. I met tons of other business students from all across Canada and was able to experience the rich culture that Montreal has to offer. There were several amazing speakers from the sports industry who attended the conference. This year’s conference also featured a case competition for the first time ever...

Check out our latest video for Business Dinner! Also see our previous video for Business Dinner here.

November is an extremely busy month for us! We've got lots of great events coming up. November 3 - WEH!lcome to the BSS Culture Fest! Party in the lounge (ED530) to welcome all international students! The theme will be Canada featuring poutine and table hockey. Party runs from 11am-4pm. More event info here. November 4 - Chillin' For Charity The annual JDC West charity fundraiser is back! Come out to the Scarth Street mall to support our 2012 JDC West team as they jump into a freezing cold pool of water to raise money for Hope's Home (link)...

Last November, myself and two other Hill School of Business students had the privilege of attending QBET 2010 in Kingston, ON. Before applying, I had to admit that I was on the fence about the conference. Seeing as many of my friends were talking up other conferences in bigger centres like Montreal or Victoria, I found myself asking why I would want to go to Kingston for three days? I applied for the heck of it, was selected, and I was subsidized by the Hill BSS for 75% of the total cost for travel/hotel/conference fees...

The John Molson Sports Marketing Conference was, without a doubt, one of the most amazing experiences of my university career. Hosted by the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University, located in the heart of downtown Montreal, this conference is an opportunity to gain exposure to the world of sports marketing in North America. We heard from such speakers as: Ray Lalonde, who at the time was the Vice President and Chief Marketing and Sales Officer of the Montreal Canadiens, now President and CEO of the Montreal Alouettes  Pamela Browner White, who at the time was the Vice President of Public Affairs and Government Relations of the Philadelphia Eagles, now the Vice President of Public Affairs for the Cancer Treatment Centres of America  Larry Smith, who at the time was the President and CEO of the Montreal Alouettes, ex-Commissioner of the Canadian Football League, now focusing on his political career And many more! All of the speakers were insightful, motivating, and had amazing stories of how they developed their careers to get to where they are today...

A huge thank you goes to our sponsors for Shinerama. Without help from our sponsors, our very first Shinerama would not have been successful! Watch the video to see how our event turned out!

Meeting minutes can be found in our event calendar. Find out what we talk about during our council meetings!

Wednesday: Activities on the Green, 11am - 4pm We will have various activities and games going on, featuring jousting, an extreme sports challenge, and plinko. Students who come and visit us and participate will be entered to win prizes! We're also giving out swag bags to business students (first come, first serve)! For those of you who are old enough, there will be beer gardens for your enjoyment. A piece of government issued ID will be required. Thursday: Activities on the 5th floor of the Education Building, 12pm - 4pm There will be "Minute to 'Business' It" games happening all afternoon where you can get a taste of the Hill BSS events that are happening throughout the year, and you have a chance to win some sweet prizes...

It's that time of year again...back to school! With it comes the bittersweet feeling of saying goodbye to friends as they head back to their schools around the world and the excitement of seeing friends you haven't seen all summer. Come and join us on Wednesday, September 7 on the Academic Green to celebrate! Watch this video for more information! See you there!

Come hang out with us to party and cheer on the University of Regina Rams to a win at their home opener versus the UBC Thunderbirds. At this event, sponsered by Redbull, you can spend the afternoon at the Owl enjoying drinks and burgers with all of your 500 closest university friends. A bus will leave for the game at 6:15pm and return to the Owl at 9:30pm. You will get will get a "pass-the-line" option at the Owl for the after party if you go before 10:30pm. Tickets are $5 and include a beer, a burger, a ticket to the game, and a ride to and from the game...