April 29, 2004

The mission of the Simmons School of Management is to educate women for power and leadership. Our management degree programs are designed to enhance the competence and confidence of women as they begin, further, or change their careers. Simmons students receive high quality management education in the functional, strategic, and behavioral aspects of business. Integral to our programs is the recognition of the role of gender in organizations.     

General Information

Schedule Changes & Course Information

Financial Aid Information

Meetings & Events

Student Clubs

Career Services Office

Library

Technology

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Titles in blue indicate a new listing. Titles in maroon indicate a previous listing.

New this week:
SIMMONS LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
FALL 2004 SEMESTER T PASS ORDER FORMS ARE HERE!
CONVENTION UPDATE
SCHEDULE REMINDERS FOR WEEK 2
The Road Less Traveled: Innovative Paths to use your MBA
Beyond the Curve: Macroeconomic Trends Affecting Entrepreneurship in Massachusetts


General Information

SIMMONS LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
Just a reminder that the annual SOM leadership conference is this weekend at the World Trade Center with over 2700 people registered. This is by far our biggest conference and over 100 students are helping out, which is fabulous. Thanks very much to all of you taking this day out of your busy weekends to help the SOM. It is greatly appreciated and invaluable as you play huge roles in making the whole day work seamlessly!! It is one of those special days that truly makes you proud to be a member of the SOM community!

FALL 2004 SEMESTER T PASS ORDER FORMS ARE HERE!
Save 20% when you order semester T passes! Pay now for the September through December MBTA passes. Order forms were stuffed in mailboxes, if you did not get one they are also available in the MBA Office. Only 1 pass may be ordered per Simmons student and there are no refunds or no cancellations. Please note the deadline to order is August 4th (forms must be received by the Office of Leadership and First Year Programs by the 4th.)

CONVENTION UPDATE
As of today, all classes during the week of the convention are still on-July 26-29. The Dean has asked the College to provide us with a list of what roads will be open and closed from the City and then will make a decision if a change needs to be made.

Buy Summer Books at the SOM!
April 29 & 30 are your last days to enjoy the convenience of purchasing your summer books from the onsite bookstore. The bookstore will be open from 3-8pm both days. If you haven't been there yet, the temporary bookstore is located on the first floor of the library building. It has all the books and coursepacks that are needed for all of your classes. After Friday, you will need to order your course material from the bookstore located at 300 The Fenway. You can do this over the phone by calling 617-521-2054. If you have any questions, please call Christina Martin at 617-521-3812.

Summer WebCT
You should be able to access all your Summer courses on WebCT, if you do not see a course you are registered for, please let Paula D know in the MBA Office.
FYI: If you are signed up for the IADM elective, that site is still in the works so it will appear at a later date.

 

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Schedule Changes & Course Information

SCHEDULE REMINDERS FOR WEEK 2
Business Ethics will meet on Tuesday, 5/4 and not meet on 5/11. There is a double class on Saturday, 5/8. Consulting starts on Thursday, 5/6

Summer 2004 class locations
Caseroom 1 (CR 1): 451 Marlborouogh Street
Caseroom 2 (CR 2): 451 Marlborough Street
5th floor caseroom: 5th floor of the 409 Commonwealth Avenue building
Green Room: 2nd floor of the 411 building (enter at 409 Commonwealth Avenue)
Purple Room: 2nd floor of the 407 building (enter at 409 Commonwealth Avenue)

Day classes:
All day classes ("A" sections) will meet in CR 2 with the exception of
Public Speaking (3-5:45pm) will meet in Caseroom 1 and
LGA (Senge): CR 1
LGA (Myers): CR 2

Evening classes:
Operations: CR 2
Quantitative Analysis: 5th floor caseroom
Entrepreneurship: CR 1
Labor Relations: Green Room
BGGE B: CR 2
Public Speaking B: Purple Room
Ethics: Green Room
Strategic Performance Measure: CR 1
Market Research: 5th floor caseroom
Strategy B: CR 1
BGGE C: CR 2
Financial Statement Analysis: CR 1
Consulting: 5th floor caseroom
Topics in Marketing: CR 2

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Financial Aid Information

Financial Aid Updates

April term financial aid awards have been mailed to students. If you have not received your award, please contact your assigned financial aid counselor. Please note that the alpha-split of the aid counselors has changed slightly.

If you have not yet applied for financial aid for the 2004-05 Academic Year, please do so within the week. Applying late will delay the processing of your loans. To apply for aid, please submit the following:
1. FAFSA with Simmons’ school code 002208—available online at fafsa.ed.gov
2. Graduate Supplemental Information Form—available online at http://my.simmons.edu/services/sfs/resources/forms.shtml
You will be notified by mail if additional forms are required.

Bills for the April term will be mailed in the next week. Payment arrangements must be made before the first day of classes. You can expect tuition charges of $765 per credit and an activity fee of $25.

* If your financial aid will cover the semester bill, you have made sufficient payment arrangements and do not need to make a payment.
* Students who will have their employer pay their tuition will need to complete the Employer Re-imbursement Payment Agreement (ERPA) form and submit it along with a payment of $25 (service fee for deferring bill payment) and confirmation from your employer that tuition will paid at a later date.
* If you will pay for your courses out-of-pocket, you must make payment in full by the first day of classes.

Please contact a Student Account Representative if you have questions regarding your tuition bill or outstanding balance.

Financial Aid Officers
A-E Amanda Cornwall x2033
F-L Sharon Lightfoot x2032
M-R Leslie Czwakiel x2885
S-Z Heather Patenaude x2142

Student Account Representatives
Kevin Wolf x2011
Kevin Wright x2010
Nicole Torra x2009

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Meetings & Events

INTERNAL EVENTS:

The Road Less Traveled: Innovative Paths to use your MBA
Hear from alumnae who have used their Simmons MBA to transcend traditional career paths. Leaders in a variety of industries will discuss why they chose to pursue an MBA and how they utilize their management and leadership skills every day. Discover the varied opportunities you can pursue as an SOM graduate, and how the skills you acquire will help you succeed in any creative career.
The Day's Schedule:
Continental Breakfast: 10:00 - 10:30
Panel Discussion: 10:30am - 12:00 noon
Student Moderator: Maria Scinicariello '04
Panelists Include:
Nancy Bellantone '93 Creative Director & Principal, Movidea, Inc. (www.movidea.com) Janet Cornebise '01, Fiscal Policy Analyst -Div of Medical Assistance, Commonwealth of MA (www.mass.gov).
Kaki Trimble '02 Tanzania Safari Specialist, Thomson Safaris (www.thomsonsafaris.com/) Betsy Perry '92 Vice President Sales, Classic Elite Yarns (www.classiceliteyarns.com/) Angela Richard '00 Store Leadership Program, The Home Depot (www.homedepot.com)

Please RSVP to Diana Cook by Tuesday, May 4th at diana.cook@simmons.edu
Date: Friday, May 7
Time: 10:00am - 12:00 pm
Place: Mockler Building

Attention International Students: If you plan to apply for Optional Practical Training (OPT) please save the following dates:

PART I: Overview and update on the process - presented by Sheila Murphy, Dean, Student Life Tuesday, April 27th from 11:30-12:45pm in the Career Services Office
Bring your lunch!

PART II: One on One Appointments with Sheila Murphy
Thursday, May 6th starting at 3:15pm in the Career Services Office

Simmons College Students to Showcase Communications Savvy at The Show! The Party! May 4
Simmons College Communications students will exhibit their work at the fourth annual The Show! The Party!, Tuesday, May 4 from 4 - 7 p.m. in the 5th floor of the library building in the Communications Department at 300 Fenway, Boston, MA. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. The Show! The Party! showcases student work done throughout the year, right in the very rooms in which it was created. Simmons students are producing professional, creative, and edgy design pieces ranging from multimedia, web and graphic design, print pieces, advertising material, photography, public relations and journalism written material. Many communications and business professionals have previously attended the event. Simmons College President Daniel Cheever will deliver opening remarks.

If you are interested in attending, please contact Gin Sensing, Communications Department Administrative Assistant at (617) 521-2838 or email gin.sensing@simmons.edu.

EXTERNAL EVENTS:

Entrepreneurship Event
WHO IS FUNDING THE CAPITAL GAP?
Beyond proof of concept, beta stage or pilot!
A call for all entrepreneurs who are stuck in the funding squeeze!

Join us for an informative and interactive discussion on this pain point life science entrepreneurs face today. Leave with ideas, alternatives and solutions in how to move your company forward.

Panelists
Monika Vnuk, MD, Associate Oxford Bioscience Partners
Bob Crowley, President Massachusetts Technology Development Corp
Amir Nashat, PhD, Associate Polaris Venture Partners
Mary Lynne Hedley, Co-Founder & CEO Zycos, Inc.
Moderator
 Rudi Scheiber-Kurtz, MBA, Founder & President Next Stage Solutions, Inc.

When: Tuesday 4 May, 2004
Time: 7:30am - 9:15am - Continental Breakfast
Where: Deloitte & Touche/Tech Venture Center 1000 Winter Street, Suite 2000, Waltham, MA
Cost: $30 WEST members/ $40 non-members
If registered by April 30 - $40/$50 after 4/30 Sign up early! Limited to 40 participants
Registration: www.WESTorg.org
For more information call 781. 929. 9125

Beyond the Curve: Macroeconomic Trends Affecting Entrepreneurship in Massachusetts (see pdf)
The MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge is holding its annual Spring Conference for Entrepreneurs on May 8, 2004 at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge. Trish Fleming '01, Executive Director of the Forum, highly recommends this program if you are at all interested in entrepreneurship.

Beyond the Curve: Macroeconomic Trends Affecting Entrepreneurship in Massachusetts, is not your typical entrepreneurial conference. Unlike other conferences, the speakers will examine how the macro trends we are seeing today will affect your business tomorrow and also influence the basic viability of your company in the future.

We invite you to take the pulse of the entrepreneurial environment from the people who help shape it and register today. There is a special student rate of $25, but please put "Trish Fleming '01" in the HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE FIELD when registering as well.

http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/spring04/MIT_forum_spring_04.htm

"The Forum's conferences have always been a great resource for entrepreneurs. On May 8th, cutting the lawn can wait. If you are building a company, attending a Spring Workshop will fill you up with useful ideas and flesh out your network of like-minded people."

From the Career Services Office
The Money Conference
The Money Conference is a FREE conference presented by Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill. The Conference will focus on money management, retirement and investment strategies for women of all ages, racial, ethnic and economic backgrounds, and levels of financial knowledge. May 15, 2004: University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth. Our conference for women on May 15th in Dartmouth will include:
* Presentation by Dee Lee, author of Let's Talk Money
* Break out sessions in the morning and afternoon
* The opportunity to meet one-on-one with a financial advisor
* Continental Breakfast " Box Lunch
* Complimentary Childcare (space available)
* Complimentary curriculum book tote bag and resource materials

More information and registration at http://www.themoneyconference.com/index.htm

From the Career Services Office
Attention All Accountants:
Selling a Business: Why…When…And How
A Special Presentation for Accountants
Presented By The Geneva Companies
Thursday, May 13, 8am - 5pm
Crowne Plaza, Woburn
For more information, please call 1-800-243-6382

 

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Student Clubs

Student Clubs at the SOM are run by and organized by SOM students. The MBA Office Staff assists with the transition from one year to the next by gathering names of interested students and by setting up each club in WebCT.

No updates this week.

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Career Services Office

Welcome Back. We hope you are off to a good start this semester so far!!!

Trends - Some of the latest Career-Related news!
Companies Owned by Women Set the Pace in Small Business
This year, women own a 50 percent or larger stake in 10.6 million privately held companies, the Center for Women's Business Research said. This is almost 48 percent of the country's privately held businesses
Read on at: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/28/business/28women.html

New Opportunities: Don't forget to check Career Connect on a regular basis!
Just added this week:
Financial Analyst - Capital One (Sponsor of the SOM Leadership Conference)
Senior Associate - Technical Development Corporation (TDC)
Director of Development - The French Library and Cultural Center

As a reminder, please keep your Career Connect profile up to date. If you forgot your username and password, please contact diana.cook@simmons.edu or (617) 521-3857 Please do not re-register yourself as past information about you will be lost. Any questions about Career Connect? Please do not hesitate to contact Diana.

For those interested in Marketing: Become a Volunteer for AMA Boston
Learn, Network and Maximize Your Investment in AMA Boston
If your goals are professional development and building networking contacts, the key to getting the most value out of joining the AMA Boston is to get involved with the group. Volunteer and seize the opportunity to add to your professional experience:
* Write press releases, email invitations or articles for the communications committee;
* Sell member directory advertising to increase revenue or negotiate in-kind trades for the sponsorship committee;
* Book speakers or manage event logistics and catering for the programming committee; * Develop recruitment and retention programs for the collegiate and membership committees;
* Join the board - the new board year starts in July and we are looking for new board members for several positions.
For more information on volunteering for AMA Boston, call (781) 647-7555; email us at volunteer@amaboston.org or visit our site at www.amaboston.org.

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Library

Reminder: The Library will be unstaffed on Saturday, May 1, the Leadership Conference Day.

Worth a Read…..
The April 24th issue of The Economist has an interesting special section on Business Innovation and lessons from innovative products. There's even a mention of one of our favorite foods, Frito corn chips!!!!

If you are interested in International Banking and Finance, check out the April 17th issue of The Economist for their supplemental survey of the International Banking scene.

The May 2004 issue of IndustryWeek looks at successful managers and leaders who are "Supply-Chain Superstars" at companies such as IBM and Motorola.

Want to find out how the Internet will lower phone prices? What is the future of wireless networks? What's next for cell phones? Read all about it in the Forbes April 26 cover story.

And finally, for some retrospective perspective on the presidential race, U.S. News & World Report profiles George Bush and John Kerry during the defining year of 1971. It's the cover story of the May 3 issue.

Books by and about some of the speakers at the SOM Leadership Conference on display at the Library:

Perfect Enough: Carly Fiorina and the Reinvention of Hewlett-Packard by George Anders

Culture.com: Building Corporate Culture in the Connected Workplace by Peg C. Neuhauser (SOM Leadership Conference Speaker), Ray Bender, Kirk L. Stromberg

Tribal Warfare in Organizations : Turning Tribal Conflict into Negotiated Peace by Peg C. Neuhauser

Gentle reminder: Reserve materials may be checked out for two hours.

Course packs - due to copyright regulations the library does not have copies of the course packs.

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TECHNOLOGY


TECHNOLOGY

We're hiring for the summer! We have a Tuesday evening and Sunday afternoon shifts available. If you're interested contact Bill Porter at x3852 We need to fill this position ASAP.

Computer Lab

NEW SOFTWARE
We now have a multimedia production computer in the lab. Computer #12 in the lab (the one with the scanner) now has the following software installed on it: Macromedia Dreamweaver and the Adobe Creative Suite which includes the following programs: Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive and Acrobat Pro. Now you can scan and edit your images as well as build a website. If you have questions about this software please contact Bill Porter of the Technology staff.

Reminder: Food, drinks or cell phones are NOT allowed in the computer lab or study rooms, sorry. This rules will be enforced by lab staff.

Access to personal network folders in Windows XP
A Handout is available in the computer lab. It explains how to use a personal login to access your own network 100MB folder. It's a more secure alternative to saving files to the Student Data drive. Please be sure to restart lab computers after you use your personal login. Feel free to approach lab staff with questions about how this works.

Problems?
If you experience any problems with the computers please record it in the Problems Notation Log located in each study room or tell the lab staff.

LAB HOURS
The lab is open:
Monday - Saturday 7am-11pm
Sunday 7am-7pm

SOM Lab (staffed) Hours:
Monday - Thursday 4pm-7:30pm
Sat. 12 - 4pm

Bill Porter is also available for assistance Monday - Friday 9am - 4:30pm If the lab is not staffed and you need assistance call the Main Campus Lab @ x2769

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SOM in the News

SOM Professor Fiona Wilson ’97 and Gail Deegan SOM ’77 appeared in the April 11 Boston Sunday Globe BostonWorks article “Corporate ‘camps’ nurture girls’ aspirations in the business world.” The article featured Camp CEO, an event created by Boston-area Girls Scouts and businesswomen to expose teen girls to careers in business. Deegan, on the Patriots’ Trail Girl Scout Council, helped establish the program, based in part on the SOM/The Committee of 200 national study “Teen Girls on Business: Are they being empowered?,” co-authored by Wilson.

The 25th annual Simmons School of Management Leadership Conference and its impressive line-up of speakers are gaining press coverage nationwide. Articles on the premier leadership conference for women and headliners HP CEO Carly Fiorina, Erin Brockovich, Jane Fonda, and Whoopi Goldberg have appeared in CBS Marketwatch, ICMA-RC VantageLink, and Pinnacor NewsAlert.com.

The results of the 2003 Simmons SOM/HP survey conducted at the SOM’s 2003 Women’s Leadership Conference were covered in the March 16 Finance Canada.com article “Businesswomen want to be leaders at Work.” The March 16 issue of Black Enterprise Magazine also featured the SOM/HP survey findings in the article “Women often eye top jobs, survey shows.”

SOM Professor Jill Kickul has recently published “Emerging with Allies: The Role of Top Management Strategic Congruence in the Creation of Inter-Firm Relationships” in the Journal of Enterprising Culture, co-authored with Elizabeth Belgio and Matt Green of DePaul University. She has also published “From ‘Push or Pull’ to ‘Push comes to shove:’ Entrepreneurs’ E-Commerce Strategic Orientation and Initiatives” in the Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, co-authored with Lisa Gundry and Margaret Posig of DePaul University.

As part of a financial literacy service-learning project SOM Professor Patricia Clarke and her Principles of Finance undergraduate students developed and planned a Personal Finance Information Fair for English as a Second Language (ESL) students, which was held on March 31 at the International Learning Center located at the main branch of the Boston YMCA. During this project, the students research a variety of financial topics and use them as a base for their participation in the Information Fair, where approximately 30 ESL students learn about and actively participate in their financial education and improve their English skills.

Spread the word! If you know a woman who would benefit from a Simmons MBA, invite her to the following event:

MBA Preview Session
Monday, April 26, 2004
6:00 p.m.
451 Marlborough Street, Boston MA
RSVP at 617.521.3840 or somadm@simmons.edu

We invite you to attend our MBA Preview and participate in an actual business case discussion led by Professor of Finance Indra Collins Guertler. The MBA Preview will provide you with a sneak peek into our program and demonstrate how a Simmons MBA relates to your success.

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