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Prize-winning Former Politician Graduates from SFU
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June 14, 2006
Growing up in the school of hard knocks hasn’t stopped Terry Beech from taking the business and political world by storm, or believing that all challenges can be overcome. “It’s a matter of goal setting, being flexible, making the most of your abilities, and giving life a 120 percent effort,” says Beech, who graduates June 9.
The former resident of Nanaimo and Victoria is graduating on June 9 with a joint major in business and economics from the faculty of business administration. His degree carries concentrations in international business, and management and organizational studies.
Before coming to SFU, he became Canada’s youngest city councillor in Nanaimo at the age of 18, and later earned Maclean’s magazine’s recognition as one of Canada’s top 30 under 30 Canadian leaders. While carrying out his civic duties, Beech aced a professional certificate program in local government administration at Capilano College in North Vancouver, graduating with an A+ average.
Despite a grueling work schedule, Beech kept up a rigorous routine of running and playing competitive sports to overcome asthma. “Staying active was the best way to make my lungs stronger so that I could ditch my inhaler, which my body had become dependent on,” explains Beech. By the time Beech started SFU, four years ago, he was asthma free. Before he even sets foot on convocation mall this spring he will be free of his student debts too, thanks to the $86,500 in scholarships that he won while at SFU.
But Beech will not only be remembered as a formidable academic achiever, graduating with a cumulative grade point average of 3.95. He’ll be remembered as a strategist whose sharp business acumen has filled his faculty’s awards showcase with a lot of hardware and benefited the needy. Beech earned 12 of the 32 awards in the faculty of business administration’s showcase.
While at SFU Beech also earned Volunteer Vancouver’s, Leaders of Tomorrow award, the SFU Outstanding Student Leadership award and the Business Administration Student Society award. Beech founded the Business Christmas Charity Challenge, a fundraising competition that raises money to support the North Shore Neighbourhood House lunch program for needy families.
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The former resident of Nanaimo and Victoria is graduating on June 9 with a joint major in business and economics from the faculty of business administration. His degree carries concentrations in international business, and management and organizational studies.
Before coming to SFU, he became Canada’s youngest city councillor in Nanaimo at the age of 18, and later earned Maclean’s magazine’s recognition as one of Canada’s top 30 under 30 Canadian leaders. While carrying out his civic duties, Beech aced a professional certificate program in local government administration at Capilano College in North Vancouver, graduating with an A+ average.
Despite a grueling work schedule, Beech kept up a rigorous routine of running and playing competitive sports to overcome asthma. “Staying active was the best way to make my lungs stronger so that I could ditch my inhaler, which my body had become dependent on,” explains Beech. By the time Beech started SFU, four years ago, he was asthma free. Before he even sets foot on convocation mall this spring he will be free of his student debts too, thanks to the $86,500 in scholarships that he won while at SFU.
But Beech will not only be remembered as a formidable academic achiever, graduating with a cumulative grade point average of 3.95. He’ll be remembered as a strategist whose sharp business acumen has filled his faculty’s awards showcase with a lot of hardware and benefited the needy. Beech earned 12 of the 32 awards in the faculty of business administration’s showcase.
While at SFU Beech also earned Volunteer Vancouver’s, Leaders of Tomorrow award, the SFU Outstanding Student Leadership award and the Business Administration Student Society award. Beech founded the Business Christmas Charity Challenge, a fundraising competition that raises money to support the North Shore Neighbourhood House lunch program for needy families.
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