ScareSAF Video Contest

ScareSAF is a video contest taking place on the week of October 27th to the 31st. In this video contest students will take 6-10 second videos of themselves scaring other students and members of the SAF community and then upload them onto this page: www.facebook.com/scaresaf You can upload the videos to Twitter and use #ScareSAF as well. The uploader with the most posts each day will win free Chatime drink tickets. Additionally, every day we will have a special target to scare. The best scare video as determined by our judges on the daily targets will also win a free Chatime drink tickets.

The high profile targets are;

Monday - Gerry Zhan Tuesday - Michael Cheung Wednesday - Katherine Klebek Thursday - Bob Sproule Friday - Donna Psutka

AFSA Referendum

AFSA is holding a referendum vote to give you the chance to decide what you want to do with your money. It will be held online from Wednesday Oct. 22 – Thursday Oct.23, 2014. AFSA will be bringing the results of the vote to the Board of Governors for approval and if passed, the levy will be introduced Winter 2015 contingent on AFSA being recognized as FEDs society. Why should you vote yes in the referendum? -NO CHANGES to amount per student (still voluntary $50) -MORE MONEY to spend on you, the students

There will be an information session to debrief and allow students to ask any questions on Monday Oct. 20, room TBD.

Can’t make the information session?

Ask our executives and board members face-to-face during our “office hours” in the SAF lounge Thursday Oct. 16 , Friday Oct. 17, Monday Oct. 20 and Tuesday Oct. 22 from 11:30am-1:30pm.

You can also email any questions or concerns to referendum@uwafsa.ca.

Make a vote and take charge of what your money goes towards.

Mini-CPA Challenge and Case Competition!

Looking for an amazing opportunity to help build on your soft skills, meet other students, build on your case comp skills, and a head start on networking? Look to further than the Mini-CPA Challenge and Case Competition! Registration will be taking place this week outside of the SAF Lounge from Tuesday to Thursday (Oct 14-17) at 10AM - 3PM!

Please have your PSAP ID's ready (gocpaontario.ca) and $5 cover fee for both events!"

Reach for the Stars!

Come join us for a day of friendly competition at Reach for the Stars 2014 with your fellow SAF students! Food and prizes included!

Registration opens from Thursday, October 16th to Wednesday, October 21st. Location: MC, Room TBD

Pie-in-the-Face event feat. AFSA Execs and Directors

What? Pie-in-the-Face event feat. AFSA Execs and Directors, and SAF Faculty and Staff. You will have the opportunity to pie your "target of choice" by making a donation to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Waterloo Region, a not-for-profit organization which helps children and youth reach their full potential in life. When? Tuesday October 14th from 11 am to 3 pm

Where? Outside the Don Craig Atrium/HH (where the AFSA BBQ was held this term)

How? $5 per AFSA Exec/Director, $10 per SAF Faculty/Staff

This is an excellent opportunity to make a difference in the community while having fun and taking a break from school!

Your potential targets will be Gerry Zhan, Zac Hogg, Arthur Wang, Katherine Klebek, Linda Robinson, Donna Psutka, Lynn Wu, Michael Yang, Shyam Venkatatram, David Ha, Nelson Chen, Lynn Graham, Victoria Bambrick, Jeffrey Wong, Brendan Suharly, Samantha Pendon, Timothy Mitchell, and Patty Mah!

Please note that you will be able to make a donation for any amount without pieing someone.

AFSA’s Capital IQ session

Come out on Oct.2 to AFSA’s Capital IQ session lead by one of Cap IQ’s own representatives! Learn how to use one of the most popular tools for financial analysis, valuations, modeling and more! Free food is provided but seats are limited so sign up while you still can! *Second years and up https://afsaedu.typeform.com/to/w7ogrK

Chartered For Leadership in Industry Upper Year Management Team Applications

Many organizations are led by professional accountants. Do you want to be a CFO or a CEO? Are you interested in learning more about how to leverage an education in accounting and financial management to launch a career toward becoming a corporate executive? If so, we’ve got great news. The Chartered for Leadership in Industry Conference (CLIC) will be the first conference that aims to advance the professional development of students aspiring to a CPA designation and to positions of corporate leadership. CLIC was invented by four founding collaborators: CPA Ontario, FEI Canada, SAF, and AFSA.

Last week CLIC announced a new launch timeframe, May 2015, and introduced news of the events and volunteerism opportunities to junior students. This week, CLIC will continue to recruit talented upper year students help to drive the initiative and will be having a dedicated application period for upper year SAF students. Applications are due Thursday, September 18th at 11:59PM. To apply, please complete the form here: http://tinyurl.com/CLICmay2015upperyearapp.

Upper year students that applied during the first recruitment period (last week) do not need to reapply. Your application was received. Thank you for applying. Your application will be considered.

Thank you everyone for considering this important and exciting new opportunity.

JDCC Information Session and Delegate Applications

JDCC is a unique nation-wide team-based business "Olympics". With academic, social, sports, debate, and spirit competitions, JDCC has something for everyone - and now here's your chance to compete as part of the University of Waterloo's delegation! Applications are open now and are due at 11:59 on Thursday, September 25th. Apply at http://tinyurl.com/joinJDCCwaterloo2015

If you want to learn more about JDCC, come out to their information session this Thursday, September 18th in HH1106 from 5:30 to 8pm.