Interested in being a blood donor? Now is your time to donate blood at Canadian Blood Service’s UW Blood Donor Days.
Find out more information on the poster above!
eMENTORSHIP
Hey incoming first years!!
eMentorship has reopened, so don't miss this great opportunity to connect with upper years to learn more about the SAF experience. Deadline is September 24th 11:59pm
Link to sign up: http://www.ementorship.ca/apply/
AFSA APPLICATIONS FALL 2017
The AFSA committee applications are here. Get involved to represent the student voice of SAF!
You may apply to a MAXIMUM of 3 committees of your choice.
Fill out the respective forms for the committee you are applying to. Please include all attachments that are required as well.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email the Vice President listed in the chosen typeform.
Admin & KM: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/UyUHi5
Communications: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/rqY72h
Corporate Relations: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/msNJzs
Education: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/hI3mZA
External: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/WZODZZ
Finance: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/l8loU9
Internal Events: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/zjZs69
Internal Services: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/gn5Lsu
Marketing: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/RGNtqP
Applications are due SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 16th 11:59pm.
Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to get involved!
AFSA Intramural Matchmaking
Need help forming an intramural team?
Sign up for AFSA's intramural team making service! Just fill out the form below to select your activities of interest, and on SEPT 14, you will be matched with other SAF students who want to form a team as well. Also, feel free to sign up with your friends and request to be on their team. From there, you can find some more team members to include if you like, and register with UW intramurals by September 18!
If at least 50% of your team is in SAF AND signed up through AFSA's matchmaking, those team members will receive a 50% SUBSIDY on their individual team fee. For more information about UW intramural.
Click here: https://goo.gl/forms/4pBG18YwhTRJBoM03
AFSA Spring Hunt
AFSA is excited to bring back the scavenger hunt from winter term for the summer after great demand. Look around New HH 1st and 2nd floors for signs that will be redeemable for prizes! Prizes include over 200 different selections of giftcards to popular coffee spots, electronics, textbook vouchers and gift cards to food! There will be new prizes throughout the week so make sure you keep yourself posted! Take a break from studying and have fun looking for these throughout the building.
After finding a sign, please fill out this Google Form to validate your finding and await details regarding a prizes pickup:
https://goo.gl/forms/RbY87DHp1cTcaRFY2
Rules:
- Please ensure that you follow all Waterloo and SAF policies as they are in effect.
- ONLY SAF Students can redeem, if you are Non-SAF, please ask a SAF friend to help you redeem!
- Students who have requested an AFSA refund are NOT eligible for this event
- Only 2 redemptions per person a day, 10 redemptions per person maximum
- DO NOT interrupt classes to try and find signs, reports of bad behaviour will result in the event being cancelled unfortunately.
- Most signs will be outside in common areas to prevent disruption of everyday classes.
- Do not go onto the 3rd floor and disturb faculty!
If there are any questions, feel free to ask away!
SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE - 2017 Investment Research Challenge
The School of Accounting and Finance (SAF) is pleased to present its fifth annual Investment Research Challenge (IRC). The competition is an excellent opportunity for SAF students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills in Finance. Students will get the opportunity to network with industry professionals and gain valuable feedback in the process. This event is sponsored by the CPA SAF Centre for Capital Markets Education. This event is coordinated with AFSA/Finance Focus.
Check out the 2016 IRC!
The IRC has served as a training ground for students who have gone on to win external competitions, including the CFA Institute Research Challenge. SAF teams have won at the Toronto level five times in the last six years (https://www.cfatoronto.ca/awards-university- relations/research-challenge/past-winners) including spring 2017 when they went on to the Americas Regional in Seattle, WA. In 2016, the SAF team won the global level of the CFA Institute Research Challenge. Read about it here!
The 2017 IRC is open to undergraduate students in SAF programs, currently in their 2B term or later terms and to MAcc students. The competition requires a student group to analyze an assigned publicly-traded common stock and defend its buy/hold/sell recommendation. Each group will be required to submit an Excel workbook detailing its analysis along with the slide deck. Each group will make a 7-minute presentation to a faculty/industry judging panel followed by an 8-minute Q&A session. In the second round, the four finalists will be judged by industry experts.
The event will take place on Friday, July 14, 2017. Participants must sign up as individuals and could suggest up to three additional student names to form a team of four. To improve the learning experience, consider forming a student team that has a mix of second year and upper
year students. Each team will be assigned a stock, post registration. Each team must submit a PowerPoint presentation for a 7-minute stock pitch and an Excel workbook showing the supporting analysis.
Registering and then withdrawing from the competition without appropriate documentation, such as a medical note, will be deemed unprofessional and may put a student out of contention for IRC involvement in the future and from being selected for an external competition team or the student investment fund.
We are thankful to Anish Chopra for sponsoring the IRC prizes. Anish Chopra is a Global Wealth Management and Investment Leader with Expertise in Asset Management and Innovative Wealth Products. Anish was also the Chair of the Advisory Board of the School's Student-run Investment Fund from its inception in 2012 until April 2014.
The 2017 IRC Prizes are as follows:
1st Place: $2,000 2nd Place: $1,000 3rd Place: $700 4th Place: $300
Key Dates:
- Last Date to Register: Monday, June 26th, 2017, 11:59 p.m.
- Team and Stock Assignment: Wednesday, June 29th, 2017, 11:59 p.m. - Upload PowerPoint Slides and Excel Model to LEARN dropbox.
Due Date: Wednesday, July 12th, 2017, 11:59 p.m.
- IRC Event Date: Friday, July 14, 2017 starting at 12:00 p.m. and going to 6:30 p.m.
To apply find the application process in LEARN, My SAF Community, Assessments, Surveys, Investment Research Challenge 2017. If you have any questions about the application process, contact L2graham@uwaterloo.ca.
We look forward to receiving your applications.
AFSA By-election 2017
Missed out on the AFSA 2017-2018 election? Don’t worry, there are still positions open on the AFSA BOD in the by-election!
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT POSITIONS I CAN RUN FOR?
There are 2 elected positions on the Board of Directors. For a complete description of roles and responsibilities, refer to http://www.uwafsa.ca/executive-and-bod.
WHEN ARE THE DEADLINES?
Sun May 28th – Deadline to submit applications @midnight
Mon May 29th – Candidates vetted and announced
Tues May 30th – Campaigning begins
Mon June 5th – Campaigning ends @midnight
Tues June 6th – Voting begins
Thurs June 8th – Voting Ends @midnight
Fri June 9th – Results announced
WHAT IS THE ELECTIONS PROCESS?
- Anyone enrolled in the School of Accounting and Finance (AFM, Math-CPA, Bio-CPA, and CFM) for September 2016 in 2A and up are eligible to run! (Exception of alumni allowed for one AFSA Board seat).
- The elections process formally starts with the submission an application for the position you wish to run for (one position per person), the links for which can be found below.
- Once applications are approved by the elections committee (you will receive an email along with further rules and regulations), the campaign period begins. During the campaign period, candidates can promote their platform (online only) and SAF students can participate through the elections forum (http://safstudentvote.freeforums.net/).
- Once the campaign period ends, voting will begin. During this period, all SAF students (including MAcc) can vote (or abstain from voting, i.e. not vote for any candidate) for all positions as well as any referendums. The vote will be anonymous and held online (the link will be provided at a later date through uwafsa.ca and AFSA’s Facebook page).
- Subsequently, the votes will be tallied and the successful candidates will be contacted through email while the final results will be announced on www.uwafsa.ca.
- If there are still positions open after the by-elections, the remaining executives will be appointed by the current Board of Directors.
Direct Link to the AFSA BOD Application Form:
AFSA BOD application: https://goo.gl/forms/a1CtENl3CzJbbRqi1
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the Elections Committee at elections@uwafsa.ca
Election Results!
The AFSA Elections committee and the AFSA Executive 2016-2017 team would like to welcome and congratulate the new AFSA & AFEF team for 2017-2018
AFSA Executive Team
President
Votes cast: 430
- Allen Wang Number of votes: 321
VP Finance
Votes cast: 385
- Claudia Voin Number of votes: 240
- Yi Ling Wu Number of votes: 79
- Eligible voters: 1959
- Votes cast: 385
VP External
Votes cast: 416
- Jason Li Number of votes: 169
- Michelle Hoang Number of votes: 136
- Patrick Yu Number of votes: 39
VP Education
Votes votes: 363
- Brayden Goehner Number of votes: 263
VP Internal Services
Votes cast: 382
- Szwina Yip Number of votes: 96
- Amber Cheung Number of votes: 87
- Nik Banerjee Number of votes: 90
- Susan Lu Number of votes: 39
VP Communications
Votes cast: 389
- Sarah Lee Number of votes: 188
- Kevin Bai Number of votes: 127
VP Marketing
Votes cast: 352
- Kingsley Man Number of votes: 251
VP Internal (Events)
Votes cast: 373
- Julee Huang Number of votes: 193
- Kyle Huang Number of votes: 127
VP Administration & Knowledge Management
Votes cast: 380
- Rena Ding Number of votes: 283
VP Corporate
Votes cast: 397
- Jeffrey Kottoor Number of votes: 136
- Kwong Ching Wong Number of votes: 85
- Karen Xu Number of votes: 103
Board of Directors
Votes cast: 402
- Tony Liu Number of votes: 259
- Stanley Hu Number of votes: 244
- Derek Wang Number of votes: 244
- Vanessa Yiu Number of votes: 219
- Kevin Hyunho Shin Number of votes: 185
- Hasan Harif Number of votes: 160
AFEF Board of Directors
Votes cast: 467
- Jacqueline Sue Number of votes: 195
- Shiraz Casseer Number of votes: 163
- Shivam Jadoo Number of votes: 157
- Andres Perez-Vilarino Number of votes: 140
- Tiffany Chan Number of votes: 130
- Agnes Lam Number of votes: 124
- Ellie Wang Number of votes: 105
- Esther Ning Xin Kua Number of votes: 97
- Ashley Jianing Ma Number of votes: 82
- Stephanie Shiu Number of votes: 73
- Gabriel Siu Number of votes: 71