Contests

AFEF Logo Contest

Dear School of Accounting and Finance Students! Do you have a knack for art and the drawing of things? Do you also want to win a $ 75? The Accounting and Finance Endowment Fund is hosting logo design contest for all School of Accounting and Finance Students. AFEF wants you to design its logo. Put pen to paper and send us your submission by Friday, December 4, 2015

As a little background, the Accounting and Finance Endowment Fund serves the purpose of funding initiatives that enhance the educational success of SAF Students. As a result, the logo should embody the spirit of educational initiatives. Additional criteria are as follows: • Color Choice – No particular color code but we prefer University of Waterloo & School of Accounting and Finance Colors. • Originality – Please note that your logo design submission must be original and not incorporate any copyrighted material. AFEF respects intellectual property and strongly desire that the successful logo design does so as well. • Format – no rules but we expect the logo design to be of a high quality such that it is scalable on our chosen means of communication. Examples of such formats include .png, .svg, etc.

Also note: • The Deadline to submit your logo design suggestion is Friday December 4, 2015 at 11:59 pm. • All submissions should be sent via email to: saf-afef@uwaterloo.ca • For more information about the Accounting and Finance Endowment Fund click here: http://bit.ly/1Njf3ud

Show AFEF your talent and send us your Submission!

The Investors of Tomorrow Stock Pitch Competition

The Investors of Tomorrow is a student run charity whose goal is to expand financial literacy and socially responsible investing education across Canada. The IOT is proud to announce their flagship annual Stock Pitch Competition, a fantastic opportunity for students to compete and present in front of judges from the finance industry.

This year, the qualifier round submissions are due October 31 at 11:59 PM, and the finalists will present onNovember 14th. Teams will participate in pairs, and the winning team will be awarded $250. Please find the competition instructions and grading rubric athttp://bit.ly/StockPitchCompetition.

Please note: the event is open to first and second year students only.

Reach For the Stars

Reach for the starsAFSA’s annual trivia competition, Reach for the Stars, is coming up on October 25th. Show off your trivia knowledge in a showdown against other teams and prove to everyone else that you are the best. Enter to have your names carved in the Reach for the Stars trophy and for the opportunity to receive over $400 in prizes! Of course, pizza and refreshments will be included for FREE. Be sure to register with your team in the link below. There are limited spots and the deadline to register is October 18th at 11:59 pm. Be sure to gather your team of 5 and sign up soon! http://goo.gl/forms/9kCjdr1cEK

Open for Nominations - AFSA Community Leadership Award

AFSA is currently taking nominations for its fourth rendition of the AFSA Annual Leadership Award. The deadline for nominations is Friday Oct. 9, 2015 at midnight. Students can win in the Overall, SAF Community Contributions, or  Contributions to a Worthwhile Endeavour Outside the University categories.

Selected by random draw, two students will be sitting on the Selection Committee along with AFSA President, Lynn Wu, and AFSA Chairman, Anna Liang. Two professors, to be named later, will also be sitting on the Selection Committee.

Please make your nominations through the following Google Form:

https://docs.google.com/a/uwafsa.ca/forms/d/1pB-2CfDU3TwUd_rTlvWrfk02mFwTzSYwu3j392Ir9QE/viewform

Along with the prize to be named later, students will be honoured with their award at the Fall SAF Awards Night, and will have their name engraved on the award that sits in the SAF/CMA Lounge.

More information on the award can be found on the Nomination Form.

Winners are expected to be announced in late October.

-The Award was created in Spring of 2012 by former President Nitish Sharma. Nitish oversaw the AFSA daily operations during the 2011-2012 academic year and noticed the need to better reward and recognize those making positive contributions to his/her academic community. The AFSA Community Leadership Award was thus founded that year and first awarded during the Spring 2012 term and handed out at the Fall 2012 SAF Awards Night.-