July 1, 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.     

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New this week:
MBA OFFICE UPDATES
Graduation Announcements
Graduation Hotel Room Blocks
Deans' Reception Invitations
SPECIAL THANKS TO CASEY W. AND SHAZIA B.
SCHEDULE REMINDERS FOR NEXT WEEK, JULY 5-9
International Student Presentations and Lunch
The Grant Institute: Professional Grant Proposal Writing Workshop July 12-14, 2004

General Information

MBA OFFICE UPDATES
Mary D and Chris M are on vacation next week, Paula and Beth will be here!

Graduation Announcements
Sign up for free graduation announcements by July 9th in the MBA Office. The SOM will have 20 personalized graduation announcements made up for any graduating student who signs up for them. You must SIGN UP with the MBA Office to receive announcements. If you require additional announcements you can purchase them in packages of 20 for $20 per package (sorry, no other size packages are available). Cash or check (made out to Simmons School of Management) for $20 is needed at the time you place your order for additional announcements. Contact Chris at 617-521-3812 or Christina.Martin@Simmons.edu if you have any questions.

Graduation Hotel Room Blocks
As requested by students at the first graduation meeting, we have reserved a small room block at two local hotels. If you have any questions please contact Chris at 617-521-3812 or Christina.Martin@Simmons.edu.

Elliott Hotel: Room Block of 10 under "Simmons Graduation"
617-267-1607
Rate: $210 + tax, Release Date: July 22

Seaport Hotel: Room Block of 10 under "Simmons"
617-385-4000
Rate: $189 + tax, Release Date: July 23rd

Deans' Reception Invitations
Invitations to the Deans' Reception are now available in the MBA Office.

Extra Guests at the Deans' Reception
All graduating students are invited to the Deans' Reception with a guest. If you would like to bring an additional guest there is a charge of $25 per additional guest. You must drop your payment off and let the MBA Office know the spelling of your guest's name by July 22nd.

SPECIAL THANKS TO CASEY W. AND SHAZIA B.
We would like to offer a special thank you to Casey Watts and Shazia Bakar who offered toasts to Pat and Steve respectively on behalf of all students at the joint farewell party yesterday. Both of them did a fabulous job and represented all of you proudly!!

GRADUATION UPDATES
Lee Durocher and Printha McCallum have been voted by their class to represent the day and night programs as the student speakers. Anne Kirby and Donna Desmond have been voted by their class to be the class marshals for the day and night programs. Key information from the first graduation meeting will be posted on the graduation Webct site this week.

MBA OFFICE OVER THE 4th OF JULY
The MBA office will be closed on Monday, July 5. No classes are scheduled in either the day or evening program.

NOTE FROM MARY D
We are ending week 9 of the semester and it is the time of the year traditionally that is really hard to stay focused and motivated. GrThe 4th of July holiday cannot come quick enough for most students! We have had the first graduation meeting, BGGE and Op’s have both finished their midterms and many electives are winding down. You have two more pushes… one is now and the other is the month of July. Hang in there!! The 4th of July holiday is a week away and I hope everyone takes the long weekend to do something fun! Go to a cookout, the beach, the movies!! Do something to recharge your batteries for the July push and know that the MBA office and your faculty are here to help if you need us!!

Note from Class Gift Committee

Leah Antonopoulos, Co-Chair
Casey Watts, Co-Chair

Marisol Arroyave               Maria Scinicariello
Lisa Cronin                       Jessica Stitt
Lee Durocher                    Erica Rishel
Lora Nielsen                     Maureen West

If you haven’t heard The Class Gift of 2004 has been chosen! The class has decided to honor its legacy with The Corporate Outreach Initiative, which sponsors three corporate executives to visit the school for five years. To support this goal we need to raise a minimum of $25,000 in pledges and gifts before we graduate in August 2004. The committee challenges you to honor your legacy and help our class extend this gift this gift for years to come. We need 100% participation, hard work, and creativity to reach our goal. A committee member will be speaking with you soon about the process and the incentives involved with giving. The SOM appreciates your generosity and support.

News from Executive Education
The SOM is delighted to welcome Martha Sheehan, SOM Alumane’01, as the Director of Executive Education. Martha joined the department in May. Her background includes more than a decade of experience in both higher education and private industry, most recently at the Babson School of Executive Education where she recruited founding corporate members, developed programs and deliverables and managed faculty research for the newly minted Institute for Process Management, a research program at Babson SEE. Prior to Babson, Martha was the Associate Executive Director at the Massachusetts Telecommunications Council (MTC), a 300 member industry association where she increased corporate membership and sponsorships, while running more than twenty-five programs annually, overseeing internal operations and working closely with a forty-nine member board of industry leaders. Before the MTC, Martha was the Director of Graduate Admissions at Wheelock College, where she worked closely with faculty chairs to identify potential markets and customize programs to meet market needs, resulting in a 30% increase in student enrollment. Prior to Wheelock, Martha was the vice president of Business Management Concepts (BMC), a management consulting firm, where she sold consulting services to university business administrators designed to teach them how to improve auxiliary services and maximize profit potential. As VP, Martha crafted proposals, made presentations, negotiated fees, landed contracts and provided services to more than 30 accounts, including landing BMC’s largest client, the Massachusetts State College system.

In responding to the question of how she views her role as Director of Executive Education, Martha stated, “I chose to pursue my M.B.A. at Simmons because I share with Simmons, a deep commitment to economic transformation and at the same time, recognize the practical need to collaborate with established systems and resources in order to accomplish the goal of making a real, measurable difference in the lives of women. I look forward to applying my skills to encourage women to pursue the kinds of educational and leadership opportunities that have typically not been available to them by attending to the SOM’s mission to educate women for positions of leadership and power.” Please join us in joining Martha to the Simmons family!


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Schedule Changes & Course Information

SCHEDULE REMINDERS FOR NEXT WEEK, JULY 5-9
No classes July 5
July 6, No Strategy A class scheduled
July 7, BGGE moves to 5th floor
July 7, No Investments class scheduled
July 7, Operations class scheduled
July 8, Last Consulting class

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Financial Aid Information

Financial Aid Updates

Students who will graduate in August have 1 semester loans this term. One semester loans must be disbursed in 2 disbursements. The second disbursement is expected to arrive and post to your account June 17th. The Student Account Representatives will process any refunds to students within 14 calendar days of when the funds arrive at Simmons College. Refunds will be mailed to the address that is active with the Registrar's Office. If your address is not correct on the system, you are encouraged to contact the Registrar.

If you have questions about the status of your refund, please contact an |

Account Representative.
Kevin Wolf x2011
Kevin Wright x2010
Nicole Torra x2009

If you have applied for financial aid but have not received your financial aid package for summer attendance, please contact your assigned financial aid counselor immediately. Counselors are assigned by the first letter of your last name.

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

Fall semester bills will be mailed in mid-July. Any amount due that will not be covered by financial aid will be due August 15th. Fall tuition will be billed at a rate of $810 per credit. If your employer will be re-imbursing your tuition charges, you will need to contact an account representative.

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Meetings & Events

International Student Presentations and Lunch
All faculty, staff and students are invited to join the SOM International Students for lunch and to learn more about their countries on Tuesday, July 13th from 11:30am-1pm in caseroom 2. As we approach the end of the year, hear from our international student about their experiences as a student at the SOM, learn about their culture and sample their native foods! This will be a fun event and a great way to learn more about our international student population who contribute tremendously to the dynamic classroom experience at the SOM. To RSVP or if you are an international student and are interested in presenting, please contact Beth Roper, roper2@simmons.edu no later than July 7th.

INTERNAL EVENTS:

From the Career Services Office
The Grant Institute: Professional Grant Proposal Writing Workshop July 12-14, 2004
Simmons College
The Grant Institute's Grants 101 Course is an intensive and detailed introduction to the process, structure, and skill of professional proposal writing. This course is characterized by its ability to act as a thorough overview, introduction, and refresher at the same time. In this course, participants will learn the entire proposal writing process and complete the course with a solid understanding of not only the ideal proposal structure, but a holistic understanding of the essential factors, which determine whether or not a program gets funded. Through the completion of interactive exercises and activities, participants will complement expert lectures by putting proven techniques into practice. This course is designed for both the beginner looking for a thorough introduction and the intermediate looking for a refresher course that will strengthen their grant acquisition skills. This class, simply put, is designed to get results by creating professional grant proposal writers. Participants will become competent program planning and proposal writing professionals after successful completion of the Grants 101 course. In three active and informative days, students will be exposed to the art of successful grant writing practices, and led on a journey that ends with a masterful grant proposal. Grants 101 consists of three (3) courses that will be completed during the three-day workshop.
FUNDAMENTALS OF PROGRAM PLANNING
This course is centered on the belief that "it's all about the program." This intensive course will teach professional program development essentials and program evaluation. While most grant writing "workshops" treat program development and evaluation as separate from the writing of a proposal, this class will teach students the relationship between overall program planning and grant writing.
PROFESSIONAL GRANT WRITING
Designed for both the novice and experienced grant writer, this course will make each student an overall proposal writing specialist. In addition to teaching the basic components of a grant proposal, successful approaches, and the do's and don'ts of grant writing, this course is infused with expert principles that will lead to a mastery of the process. Strategy resides at the forefront of this course's intent to illustrate grant writing as an integrated, multidimensional, and dynamic endeavor. Each student will learn to stop writing the grant and to start writing the story. Ultimately, this class will illustrate how each component of the grant proposal represents an opportunity to use proven techniques for generating support.
GRANT RESEARCH
At its foundation, this course will address the basics of foundation, corporation, and government grant research. However, this course will teach a strategic funding research approach that encourages students to see research not as something they do before they write a proposal, but as an integrated part of the grant seeking process. Students will be exposed to online and database research tools, as well as publications and directories that contain information about foundation, corporation, and government grant opportunities. Focusing on funding sources and basic social science research, this course teaches students how to use research as part of a strategic grant acquisition effort. REGISTRATION
$597.00 tuition includes all materials and certificates.
Each student will receive:
· The Grant Institute Certificate in Professional Grant writing
· The Grant Institute's Guide to Successful Grant Writing
· A to Z Grant Writing
· The Grant Institute Grant Writer's Workbook with sample proposals, forms, and outlines REGISTRATION METHODS
1) On-Line -Visit http://www.thegrantinstitute.com/ and click on the Registration area. Fill out the online registration form completely. We'll send your confirmation by e-mail.
2) By Phone - Call toll free (888) 824 - 4424 to register by phone. Our friendly Program Coordinators will be happy to assist you and answer your questions.
3) By E-mail - Send an e-mail with your name, organization, and basic contact information to info@thegrantinstitute.com and we will reserve your slot and send your Confirmation Packet.

EXTERNAL EVENTS:

Enjoy Cape Cod and make a difference in a life of a girl!
Girl Scouts, Patriots' Trail Council Inc. would like to invite you to participate in the excitement of camp CEO this summer...to tell your career story to the girls, to help them discover more about themselves, to share your insights and experiences, and to enjoy a day or two participating in camp activities such as swimming, boating, and overnight camping (if you would like).

Camp CEO will take place from noon on Sunday July 18th until noon on Friday, July 23rd at Camp Favorite in Brewster on the Cape. We hope to have 5-6 women in attendance Monday 7/19, Tuesday 7/20 and Thursday 7/22 to tell their story, to talk informally with the girls, to help the girls to develop a business plan, and to share experiences in activities on teambuilding, negotiations, presentations, project management, etc. And of course, you would have the opportunity to meet other interesting women and to relieve some of your own childhood experiences in the outdoors. Come for a few hours, a day, and/or an overnight. We promise you a great time! Cots and tents provided. For more information contact Marcela Aldaz-Osorio at maldaz@ptgirlscouts.org or Aldaz@simmons.edu

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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.

Simmons Marketing Club
Looking for a marketing job? Ready to start some serious networking? At our next meeting, Kathleen LaRoque from the American Marketing Association will speak to us about the AMA and about the benefits of becoming a collegiate chapter. Also watch for meeting time announcements for the Simmons Marketing Career Network Group, starting soon. Please join us on Wednesday, July 7, at 5:00 p.m in CR1.

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Career Services Office

Coming Soon -JOB SEEKERS NETWORK (DAY)
This session of Job Seekers Network is for current SOM students who are actively conducting a job search; this is an on-going group that will meet one week day in the afternoon. No RSVP is necessary. Join other job seekers to set goals, share ideas and information, exchange feedback and offer support. Wendy D'Ambrose, Director, Career Services, leads the group in discussion. Please note, JSN also runs on most Monday nights from 5:00pm - 6:30pm that all are welcome to attend. The group is casual, so please feel free to leave early if you have class.
Contact: Wendy D'Ambrose, Director, Career Services 617.521.3854 or dambrose@simmons.edu
Dates and Times for this group to be determined.

CSO Office Hours For the Week of the DNC
Mon. (July 26th) 12pm - 5pm
Tues. (July 27th) 9am - 2:30pm
Wed. (July 28th) 9am - 2:30pm
Thurs. (July 29th) 9am - 2:30pm
Fri. (July 30th) Office Closed

Trends - Some of the latest Career-Related news!

MBAs Graduate to a brighter forecast
Read on at: http://bostonworks.boston.com/globe/articles/062704_mba.html

New Opportunities: Don't forget to check Career Connect on a regular basis!
Just Added this week
Product Marketing Manager - WebCT
Consultant - Essex National Heritage Commission
Section Manger - Brown Brothers Harriman

*Also, please note that all of the MBA Rotational Program descriptions have been available in Career Connect prior to June 17th (SOM Career Expo) - We now have amended some of that information after speaking with the hiring managers. You may search for program descriptions by logging into Career Connect; go to Job Search choose "MBA Rotational Program (full time)" under Position Type.

Click below to login:

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.

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Library

Holiday Hours: During the July 4th weekend the library will be staffed from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 3. The library will be unstaffed on Sunday, July 4 and Monday, July 5.

Thank you to all who attended the Bloomberg Training Session and when you get the chance please stop by the library and try out your new skills on the Bloomberg Terminal. For any student that would like to learn the information that was given at the Bloomberg Training Session, Kathy Berger, SOM Library Assistant will be scheduling individual sessions in the library, please contact Kathy if you are interested.

Gentle Reminder: Please do not talk on your cell phone in the library. If you need to make a call on your cell phone, please go outside of the library to make the call.

Worth a Read…..

Fortune - June 28, 2004 issue - "It's His Ford Now"

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

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TECHNOLOGY

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

The Simmons School of Management’s Executive Education program was featured in the June issue of The Ariel Group Review. The article relates how the SOM used the Ariel’s Leadership Presence program as one module in a recent week-long Executive Education custom program. The Leadership Presence program teaches leaders to inspire and empower others through energy, enthusiasm, and expressiveness.

The Simmons School of Management/The Committee of 200 joint national study Teen Girls on Business: Are They Being Empowered? was referenced in the April 22 issue of the Kansas City Star in the article “Girl Scouts help young women to be next corporate execs.” The article focuses on the regional Girls Scouts’ efforts to encourage girls to rethink business careers. The joint study was also referenced in the article “Next wave of CEOs” in the May 10 issue of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and in the article “Are you chasing the wrong career?” in the May 2 edition of the Daily Reflector (Greenville, SC).

SOM Associate Dean Deborah Merrill-Sands and professor Jill Kickul gave a talk entitled “Women and Business: Aspirations for Leadership and Power” on June 22 to the Research Committee of the Boston Club.
The talk reported on findings from the recent Simmons SOM/HP survey on women’s views on leadership and power conducted at the 2004 Simmons SOM Leadership Conference in May. The two also spoke on the same topic on June 23 to 40 members of the newly formed women’s network of the Boston Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth.

The Center for Gender in Organizations (CGO) has recently had the honor of receiving a $200,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation to work with five universities in Africa to assist them with their work on gender and organizational change. Dr. Evangelina Holvino will be the leader of this project. CGO has also just received an unrestricted $10,000 gift from the Bank of America Foundation.

Patricia Clarke, assistant professor of finance, has two papers appearing in the 2004 Proceedings issue of the “Journal of the Academy of Business Education.” The first, “Financial Literacy for an Underserved Market: A Service Learning Project for the Introductory Finance Course,” was presented at the Financial Education Association annual meeting this past April in Mystic, CT. “A Real-Life Case Approach: Diagnosis and Recommendations for Companies Currently at the Crossroads” was presented at the Academy of Business Education annual meeting, also held in Mystic, CT.

Gail Long SOM ’80 was recently named Director of Commercial Banking for Citizens Bank of Massachusetts. She was previously Senior Vice President and Marketing Director for Citizens Capital. In her new position, Long will assume responsibility for Citizens’ Large Corporate and Specialized Banking divisions.

Adele Marchbank SOM ’03, executive director of Stadium Theatre Foundation in Woonsocket, RI, has received a grant from the Rhode Island Foundation. The fellowships are awarded to nonprofit leaders to support them in their professional and personal leadership development. With the funds, Marchbank will travel to gain insight into her role as both creative force as well as effective organizational director. She will also participate in a two-week artist residency program in Deer Isle, ME. The Rhode Island Foundation is one of the nation’s largest and oldest charitable foundations serving a specific geographic community.

Professor Cynthia Ingols has co-authored the article “Validation Outsourcing Best Practices: What Does This Mean for the Client-Contractor Relationship?” with Katie Henchir SOM ’04, appearing in the July/August issue of Pharmaceutical Engineering.

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