July 24, 2003

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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REGISTRATION
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
GRADUATION REMINDERS
From the Office of Student Financial Services
ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUB
Business Impact through Sustainability “BIS Club” Organizational Meeting

General Information

REGISTRATION
We are still looking for a number of you to register and encourage you to do so ASAP.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Lisa DeMont gave birth to Jonathan Henry DeMont, born on July 21, 2003, weighing 5 lbs 9 oz and 18 inches long. Both of them are doing great!

GRADUATION REMINDERS
Alumnae Association party, Monday, July 28, 4:30-6pm
Last day of Strategy for evening students, Tuesday, July 29, 6pm
Final Graduation meeting, Tuesday, July 29, 5:15-5:50pm
RSVP Dean’s Reception-last day to RSVP is July 30
Final Dean’s roundtable, August 5, Dean’s Conference Room, 5pm

Attention Class of 2003: Get a Jump Start on Networking with SOM Alumnae!
The class of 2003 is already eligible to join a lively email discussion group of SOM alumnae. The group is moderated, in a low-key minimal way, by Peg Kelley '88, and has more than 90 members. All SOM alumnae are invited, and current students may subscribe in the June before graduation. Topics include job opportunities, events of interest to alumnae and working women, requests for information, news of business funding options...and more. How to join? Go to http://www.yahoo.com and click on Groups/Clubs in the "connect" area toward the top of the home page. This will bring you to a page that says, "What is a Group?" and "Join a Group." Under "Join a Group" enter simmonssom (all lowercase and no spaces) and select search. Now you will be at the group page. If you're already a member of Yahoo, then just click "sign in" on the upper right. If you're not a member of Yahoo, click on "register" on the upper right, and enter the requested information. It's FREE. You will then be admitted to the list. Peg will send you a welcome note to confirm your subscription. (It takes more words to describe the process than time to do it!) If you have any questions or difficulty subscribing, contact Peg at 617.926.4845 or via email at kelley@facplus.com.

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Schedule Changes & Course Information

No updates this week.

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Financial Aid Information

From the Office of Student Financial Services
For students enrolled in a program of study spanning 2 1/2 years or more Students in these tracks should be aware that they will not qualify for Stafford loans during periods of less than halftime enrollment. Halftime enrollment is defined as 5 credits or more per semester. During these periods of enrollment, students may borrow through Continuing Education Loans if they choose. Students should speak with their aid counselor to obtain information about the loan programs available to them.

These less than halftime semesters can have an impact on Stafford loan repayment. Once a student is no longer enrolled at least halftime in a degree granting program, a six month grace period commences. Repayment begins at the end of this grace period. This is a one-time grace period. Students will enter their grace period during semesters of enrollment in 4 or fewer credits. Students who are enrolled in 4 or fewer credits for more than six months will be expected to begin repaying the Stafford loans, even if the program has not been completed. When halftime enrollment is resumed, payments may once again be deferred. Any loans that entered repayment status will not have a 6 month grace period before repayment begins again after graduation or during another period of less than half time enrollment.

Students who do resume halftime enrollment and choose to borrow additional Stafford funds, will have a six month grace period before entering repayment for any new loans. Loans that had previously entered repayment will not have a six month grace period and will enter repayment immediately after dropping below halftime enrollment.

Enrollment is reported to your servicer on a monthly basis. New deferments can take several weeks for the servicer to process. Students who have entered repayment and will once again enroll in 5 or more credits should continue to make loan payments until they have received confirmation that a deferment has been fully processed by their servicer.

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Meetings & Events

ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUB
Are you interested in starting and growing a new business or expanding a current business?

Join the SOM Entrepreneurship Group which will:
      
      *Provide an environment to exchange ideas and gather support for new ventures.
      *Sponsor outreach and community-based programs to further develop and formulate         new businesses.
      *Create opportunities to access area women business entrepreneurs and leaders.

SOM Entrepreneurship Group
Kickoff Meeting
Open to Students and Alumni
Tuesday, July 29th, 5:15-5:30, Green Room

Food and refreshments will be provided.

Entrepreneurship is more than a set of tools and techniques for starting and growing a business. It's a mindset, a way of looking at things that is opportunity focused and creative. It's about passion -- doing what you love. It's about creating wealth in all its forms: money, independence, power and innovation. It's about challenge and persistence. And it's about creativity and writing new execution strategies for the way things are done.

- Jill Kickul
Elizabeth J. McCandless Professor of Entrepreneurship
Simmons School of Management

Business Impact through Sustainability
“BIS Club” Organizational Meeting
Thursday, July 31, 2003
10:30am-11:30am
Green Room (411 Commonwealth Ave - 2nd floor)

The BIS Club serves a resource to SOM students for a wide range of sustainability issues, seeking to integrate economic, social and environmental concerns with high impact business success. We are building upon the great work done by some of our alumnae and graduating students to bring speakers to SOM campus to discuss issues from socially responsible investment to cutting edge venture capital development. Be part of a dynamic new club that will sharpen your business skills while serving as a resource to your SOM classmates. We will be discussing all aspects of the new club organization, and your input is encouraged. Be a club member or just let us know what you would like to see. This is a great opportunity to enhance your MBA experience. We hope to see you there. Please contact Lora Nielsen with any questions at lora.nielsen@verizon.net.


Class of 2003 New Alumnae Reception
Class of 2003: Please join us on Monday July 28th from 4:30 - 6:30 pm for the New Alumnae Reception at the Simmons SOM. This event, sponsored by the Simmons SOM Alumnae Association, marks a wonderful tradition of welcoming the new class of MBA graduates to the distinguished ranks of Simmons SOM alumnae.

Join Alumnae Association board members, faculty and staff, as we toast the class of 2003 and learn about how you can stay involved and connected to the school, each other, and the incredible network of SOM alumnae in Boston and around the globe.

RSVP by July 21st to somaa@simmons.edu.

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Career Services Office

July is Negotiation Preparation Month
Keep an eye on your student mailbox for the next CSO bookmark with great tips for researching salary standards and preparing for negotiations with potential employers!

CAREER CONNECT UPDATE
So far we're getting great feedback about Career Connect - thank you!! Many students agree it is very user friendly and much more straight forward than Sharklink was. A few things to keep in mind:
Please do not re-register yourself in Career Connect, if you were registered in Sharklink. Everything but your resume was transferred from Sharklink, into Career Connect. In fact, you can use the same username and password for CC, as you did in Sharklink. Please contact Diana Cook at diana.cook@simmons.edu or (617) 521-3857 if you forget your username and password.

Also, when filling out your profile, please fill out all sections that have an asterisk (*) and upload a your resume. Please note, all three fields under Job Search Criteria are required. Please be sure to click on “Submit Profile” after filling out the required fields and uploaded a resume (you can have up to 2 documents uploaded at one time).

Again, please feel free to contact Diana Cook, Staff Assistant at diana.cook@simmons.eduor (617) 521-3857 if you have any questions. Thank you!

CSO Summer Schedule:
The CSO will be open all summer to assist you with your career search.
Our hours are:
Monday - Thursday, 8:45 am - 5:30 pm
The office will be closed on:
Friday, July 25th Friday,
August 8th Friday,
September 12th.

INTERESTED IN WORKING FOR JOHNSON & JOHNSON?
J & J is actively looking to recruit Simmons SOMers. Any students who have experience in science, medical/nursing, sales, or marketing and who are interested in learning more, please contact Wendy at 617-521-3854 or dambrose@simmons.edu. Also, please be sure that you have completed your student profile in our new Career Connect System and uploaded your current resume! Thank you.

IF YOU'RE NOT CHECKING Career Connect, HERE'S WHAT YOU COULD BE MISSING!
Controller, Community Financial Resource Center
Marketing Intern, JJWild
Program Director, The Nehemiah Gateway Community Development Corporation

Career Connect is here!!
 To view full descriptions of these jobs and many more, please visit our NEW AND IMPROVED on-line job database Career Connect!! If you have any questions about Career Connect, do not hesitate to contact Diana at 617.521.3857 or diana.cook@simmons.edu or any other CSO Team member.

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Library

Note: Library staff updates - Denise will be on vacation July 10-31.

Have you seen?

Harvard Business Review, August 2003 issue - In Search of Global Leaders

Fortune magazine, July 21 issue - contains the Fortune Global 500 list.

Business Week, July 14 issue - contains The Latest Ranking of Top Global Companies

Working Mother, August 2003 issue - The cover story is What Real Leaders Look Like

*New books in the library:

How Customers Think: Essential Insights into the Mind of the Market by Gerald Zaltman

Leaders Talk Leadership: Top Executives Speak Their Minds Edited by Meredith D. Ashby and Stephen A. Miles

Back-Fire: Carly Fiorina’s High-Stakes Battle for the Soul of Hewlett-Packard by Peter Burrows

Value-Based Fees: How to Charge and Get What You’re Worth by Alan Weiss

Corporate Cultures: The Rites and Rituals of Corporate Life by Terrence E. Deal and Allan A. Kennedy

Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career by Herminia Ibarra

Martha Inc.: The Incredible Story of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia by Christopher Byron

Leading Out Loud: Inspiring Change Through Authentic Communication by Terry Pearce

Leading in Black and White: Working Across The Racial Divide in Corporate America by Ancella B. Livers and Keith A. Caver

Special note to BGGE students: If neither Denise or Kathy are in the library, please ask our student workers for help – they are well-trained for BGGE questions and can also assist you.

International Marketing Students – be sure and tap into our Dashboard database since it’s international in scope!

Database update – FIS Online is now Mergent Online - so you’ll now find the link in the “M” portion of the A-Z database list. Also, the database interface is slightly different – please ask if you have any difficulties! Reminder – our license provides for 3 simultaneous users so you may sometimes get a busy signal.

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Computer Lab

STAFFED HOURS
If you need to reach a lab manager and Bill Porter is not present, you may call a lab manager at the main campus for assistance at x2769. Here are their hours.

Main Campus Lab Summer Hours:
Monday - Thursday 9am - 9pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm
Sunday 12 - 6pm

SOM Lab Summer (staffed) Hours:
Mondays - Thursday 4pm-7:30pm (Bill is around from 9am - 4pm)
Friday - Sunday 12pm-4pm

PRINTING
Please note that PDF files and other documents that contain graphics or are memory hungry take longer to print than your common Word document. We have also noticed that some PDF's cannot print successfully in WebCT. If you experience this issue, try emailing the PDF file to yourself and then try printing from your webmail account.

Also, printing from the color ink-jet printer takes longer than the laser-jet. Please be patient and refrain from sending multiple print jobs of the same document to the printer.

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SOM in the News

Toni Riccardi SOM '87 and this year's SOM Commencement speaker was a featured panelist at the initial breakfast networking event for the formation of Las Madrinas, held in conjunction with the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility Symposium in Chicago, July 2. Las Madrinas, formed in 2002, is a network of professional Latinas committed to career advancement, leadership development, and mentoring. The organization aims to help Latinas develop leadership qualities and career advancement strategies, promote equitable representation of Latinas in leadership positions, mentor and prepare Latinas for business careers, promote the Latino/a culture and heritage, and assist in leveraging Hispanic diversity. "Las Madrinas:" A Latina Leaders Network" has endorsed and is actively supporting the research on Latina leaders to be conducted by the Center for Gender in Organizations at the Simmons School of Management, "Latinas at Work: Journeys to Leadership." The study will research the status of Latinas in organizations and publish proven strategies for their success. Evaneglina Holvino, Center for Gender in Organization Director, moderated the panel at the kick-off event.

The Simmons School of Management is pleased to announce a new research partnership with Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BHFS), the world’s leading provider of employer-sponsored child care, early education, and work-life solutions. The SOM will collaborate with BHFS over the next year to study the emerging workforce through the lens of gender, race/ethnicity, age, and immigrant and family status, and will also explore the values, experiences, and needs related to worklife commitments and expectations of employers. SOM Professor Diana Stork is the principal investigator on the project, and SOM Professor Fiona Wilson is a member of the research team. Center for Gender in Organizations faculty helped design the study and will serve on an advisory committee. BHFS President and COO Mary Ann Tocio SOM ’92 initiated the connection between the two organizations.

The Simmons School of Management’s full-time, 1-year MBA program received coverage in the July 18 Boston Business Journal. In the article, “Class in the fast lane: Local schools accelerate MBAs,” SOM Dean Patricia O’Brien is quoted on the benefits of a fast-track MBA, saying being out of the workforce for a lesser amount of time than a traditional MBA program is a definite advantage.

SOM Professor Dr. Deborah Kolb’s latest book, Everyday Negotiation: Navigating the Hidden Agendas in Bargaining, is a “Featured Book Recommendation” of the Harvard Business School. Co-authored with Judith Williams SOM ’80, the new book contends that popular wisdom on dealmaking, which emphasizes the issues at stake, overlooks the most important aspect of any negotiation: the people doing the negotiating. Based on the original edition, The Shadow Negotiation: How Women Can Master the Hidden Agendas That Determine Bargaining Success, Everyday Negotiation is revised and expanded to include the experiences of both genders and incorporates the concept of hidden agendas people bring to the negotiation table.

SOM Professor Dr. Deborah Kolb was quoted in a June 13 Boston Globe article, “Study: Men negotiate better pay.” In the article about a University of California Irvine study finding men and women differ radically in salary negotiations, Kolb says there may be many reasons for women being perceived as willing to accept lower salaries. A better way to compare negotiating skills, Kolb says, might be by examining “gendered” perceptions in the workplace.

SOM Professor Dr. Deborah Kolb was quoted in a June 3 Wall Street Journal article, “Whining isn’t the way to let the boss know you feel unappreciated.” In the article about expressing discontent and its possible derailment consequences, Kolb says “Make it easy for people to give you what you’re asking for, don’t expect performance to speak for itself.”

Gretchen Fox SOM ’87 and the Simmons School of Management were the subjects of the article “Case in Point” in the August 2003 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine. The article’s theme was how a company could learn and grow from being the subject of a local business school’s case study project. Fox, president of FOX Relocation Management Corp. of Boston, allowed SOM Professor Cynthia Ingols’ organizational structure class to assess her company. “It helps to look at your own organization through somebody else’s eyes,” says Fox.

EVENTS
MBA Information Session
August 5, 2003
7:30-8:30 a.m.
451 Marlborough Street,
Boston MA
RSVP at 617.521.3840 or somadm@simmons.edu

Join Dean Patricia O'Brien, alumnae, students, faculty and staff as they share their Simmons MBA experiences. Learn what it takes to earn a Simmons MBA and what it can do for your career.

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