{"id":30189,"date":"2014-10-14T09:06:50","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T14:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=30189"},"modified":"2014-10-14T09:07:25","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T14:07:25","slug":"goodman-program-helps-ease-transition-to-business-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2014\/10\/goodman-program-helps-ease-transition-to-business-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodman program helps ease transition to business school"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This year's "Day in the Life of a Goodman Student" event will be held Nov. 18. <\/p><\/div>\n

Unlike many of his fellow classmates, Sept. 3 wasn’t the first time Justin Gravestock walked into a university-level business classroom.<\/p>\n

Nor was O-Week the first time the new Bachelor of Business Administration student got introduced to the world of student clubs and case competitions.<\/p>\n

That’s because Gravestock’s first day at the Goodman School of Business<\/a> was actually last November when, as a high school student, he spent a day on campus at the annual “Day in the Life of a Goodman Student”.<\/p>\n

The full day of meet and greets, business competitions and campus tours paved the way for an easy transition from high school to university – and also helped Gravestock pick Brock as his first choice for university.<\/p>\n

“I’ve never really heard of anything like this,” said Gravestock. “[Most schools do] your orientations and your presentations but never anything so specific for a business student. That’s what attracted me the most to it. I thought Goodman was really unique.”<\/p>\n

For high school students like Gravestock who want a more in-depth look of the business school life, this year’s “Day in the Life of a Goodman Student<\/a>”\u00a0promises exactly that.<\/p>\n

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Robyn Makar, a third-year BBA dual degree student, is a member of the Brock Business Badgers.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Nov. 18 event includes a mock business competition, a sample lecture, lunch at a residence dining hall, an interactive campus tour and the chance to watch the PepsiCo Apprentice Challenge.<\/p>\n

It’s such a full day that Robyn Makar, co-ordinator of the event, thinks it probably could be called “A Year in the Life of a Goodman Student”.<\/p>\n

“I think it encompasses everything that a Goodman student kind of goes through within a year,” Makar said.<\/p>\n

“The lectures, being involved in clubs, events on campus, watching a case competition, participating in one yourself, it gives you the whole experience.”<\/p>\n

Makar, a third-year BBA dual degree student, is a member of the Brock Business Badgers, a team of student ambassadors who connect Goodman students with the community.<\/p>\n

The student club works with high school students to ease the transition into university life.<\/p>\n

Unlike Gravestock, Makar never attended “A Day in a Life”. Her experience as a first-year student from Sarnia was completely different from Gravestock’s.<\/p>\n

“All my friends went to [other schools], stayed in the [same] area, and I did this big leap all the way over to Brock by myself and I feel like the transition was really rough,” Makar said.<\/p>\n

“I want to tell all the students how much I learned in the first two, three years of school. All the tips and tricks that make university life easier.”<\/p>\n

Makar’s first tip for incoming students is to get excited to watch the PepsiCo Apprentice Challenge, where the teams are guaranteed an interview for a position with PepsiCo Foods Canada.<\/p>\n

“Watching a case competition and applying those skills yourself it gives you an insight of what you could be doing. [It] gives some perspective as to what [your] education is really giving [you].”<\/p>\n

How to apply:<\/a>
\nApplications for “A Day in the Life of a Goodman Student” will be accepted from Grade 11 and Grade 12 students until Oct. 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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