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By KRYSTLE CHOW
Published in the Ottawa Business Journal newspaper and website.
Aug. 14 2006

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Dr. Bill Keep will become the first dean at the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University this January (Image supplied)

As Dr. Bill Keep prepares to step into his new role as the inaugural dean of the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University, he says he is looking forward to picking the brains of the business school’s faculty and putting it in the same league as the heavy-hitters.

“I want students to know that (Sprott) is not just an option, but a very attractive option,” he said in a phone interview from Connecticut, where he is currently serving as a marketing professor at Quinnipiac University.

Dr. Keep’s appointment was announced Aug. 4, but he will be joining the Sprott School of Business full-time in January. The appointment is the latest move by Carleton University after it made the decision last December to raise Sprott to full faculty status.

“Sprott has got a really good core faculty, and raising the school to faculty status looks like the beginning point, but it is really the result of years of work,” Dr. Keep said, adding that he believes the school will be able to develop more of a name for itself in its new position.

“I don’t know yet what that reputation will be for, but the kernels are within the faculty,” he said. The incoming dean says he’s eager (more…)

By KRYSTLE CHOW
Published in the Ottawa Business Journal newspaper and website.
Aug. 7 2006

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Construction at Bank and Somerset.
Photo by DARREN BROWN for the Ottawa Business Journal

Although provisions have been made to accommodate pedestrian traffic while Bank Street is under construction, small- and medium-sized businesses in the area say they are really feeling the pinch.

“The summer is usually the busiest time, but now it’s even slower than in the winter time,” says H. Agour of Shawarma Laguna. “I can tell it’s slower (even with only a few days of construction).”

The five-block stretch between Laurier and Wellington has been closed off since July 31. The move is part of $3.6-million project to reconstruct Bank Street’s underground water and sewage lines, and improve the appearance of its sidewalks north of Queen Street, according to Richard Holder, the senior project manager for infrastructure for the city.

“We’ve been involved with the Bank Street BIA for several years,” he says. “We’re very much aware (of the disruption to business) and have delayed construction until as late as possible.”

The business improvement area’s executive director, Gerry LePage, says the business community has been enjoying (more…)