UBC Reports | Vol. 46 | No. 18 | Nov. 16, 2000

Digest

Shad-a-delic

UBC's Shad Valley team took top honours at the third annual Royal Bank Shad Entrepreneurship Cup in Toronto last month.

The team won best overall prize for their prototype of a security device, a business plan and a marketing video in the competition between nine teams from Canadian universities and one team from a campus in Scotland.

Shad Valley is an award-winning learning and leadership opportunity for outstanding senior high school students hosted at university campuses during the summer. The program is operated by Shad International, a not-for-profit organization that develops innovative leaders through science, technology and entrepreneurship.

For more information on the program, visit www.shad.ca/home.html.

Practice makes perfect

The Faculty of Dentistry recently received $600,000 from Scotiabank for the development of Web-based practice management software.

Bruce Birmingham, president of Scotiabank and a UBC Commerce alumnus, made the announcement on campus recently.

The Scotiabank Practice Management Technology Program, which will be developed within the faculty and phased in over a three-year period, aims to help dental students to manage three key areas of practice: business planning; efficiency reporting; and asset and inventory management.

The software will also be available to alumni and practitioners across the country.