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Balancing academics and activities 

By Michael Keegan

Victor Esposito Jr. has been a busy man.

Majoring in Marketing with a Minor in Finance, the 22-year-old BComm graduate has spent his years at Concordia balancing academics and extracurricular involvement. He’s represented the school with pride and worked to raise its profile internationally.

Esposito has represented the university at case competitions in Dublin, Ireland, and Hong Kong, China. The most exciting for Esposito was the Jeux du Commerce in 2007.

“With a team of rookies,” he recalls, “we won gold for the first time since 1996.”

As president of the Commerce and Administration Students Association in 2007-08, Esposito and his team organized the first annual Business Banquet, an evening where JMSB undergraduates had the chance to dine alongside executives and gain the benefit of their knowledge and experience.

Last November, Esposito earned one of only 10 Futures Fund Scholarships awarded annually at the Canada’s CEO of the Year Award Gala.

But he is perhaps proudest of his work as president of the John Molson Undergraduate Case Competition held last February.

To draw in students from Europe and Asia-Pacific, Esposito oversaw a doubling of the event’s duration and a tripling of its budget that allowed participants a taste of Montreal’s unique ambiance.

“We took all 130 delegates to a hockey game, and even took them skating!” says Esposito. “The idea is to get them wanting to come to us, instead of us going to them.”

After some time off, Esposito will aim for work in strategic marketing. He’d like to do an MBA three or four years from now, build a reputation in the business world, and perhaps eventually a career in politics.

“Planning only takes you so far,” says Esposito. “Ninety-five percent of things will go right; it’s how you handle the five percent of things that don’t that will serve you in life.”