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Graduation
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Graduation
Harbor Cruise
NOTE
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REGISTRATION
SCHEDULE
REMINDERS FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 2
Financial
Aid Updates
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Graduation
Updates Invitations Not Needed: This is a reminder that your guests do not need to bring their invitations to be admitted to the graduation ceremony. Dean's Reception Time & Location Reminder: The Dean's Reception is being held on Thursday, August 5th at 6:00pm in the Plaza Ballroom of the Seaport Hotel (One Seaport Lane, Boston MA) Graduation Time & Location Reminder: Graduation is being held on Friday, August 6th at 10:00am at the John Hancock Hall (180 Berkeley Street, Boston MA). Graduating students, please arrive no later than 9:00am. Guests may arrive as early at 8:00am. ***Please note the MBA Staff will be at graduation on Friday 8/6 and the office will be closed on Monday 8/9/04*** Graduation
Harbor Cruise NOTE
FROM MARY D REGISTRATION
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Have you received your financial aid for the summer?? If you have not, please contact your assigned financial aid officer. A-E
Amanda Cornwall x2033 Are you returning for the Fall semester?? You
can expect that your loan funds will arrive September 23rd. The Student
Account Representatives will begin to process refunds to students at
that time. Refunds will be processed within 14 calendar days of the
federal loans paying onto your student accounts. Checks will be mailed
to the address that is current on the computer system. If your address
is not current, please update it with the Registrar's Office. |
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INTERNAL EVENTS: No internal events this week. EXTERNAL EVENTS: From
the Career Services Office From
the Career Services Office |
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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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This session
of Job Seekers Network is for SOM students and soon to be recently minted
MBAers who are actively conducting a job search. This is an on-going group
that will meet weekly though December 2004. No RSVP is necessary. Join
other job seekers to set goals, share ideas and information, i.e. what
works what doesn't, exchange feedback and offer support. Wendy D'Ambrose,
Director, Career Services, leads the group in discussion. The group is
casual and informal. If you have questions, need additional information
please contact: Wendy D'Ambrose, Director, Career Services 617.521.3854
or dambrose@simmons.edu CSO Office
Hours For the Week of the DNC* *Ellie will be available by phone between the hours of 10am and 4pm the entire week. (617-521-3855) Trends - Some of the latest Career-Related news! What's
your strategy? Winning moves that land jobs. New Opportunities:
Don't forget to check Career Connect on a regular basis! 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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NEW
SOFTWARE Access
to personal network folders in Windows XP LAB
HOURS SOM
Lab (staffed) Hours: 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 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. |
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SOM Professor Jill Kickul has had the paper "Does trust matter? The relationship between equity sensitivity and perceived organizational justice" accepted for publication in the Journal of Business Ethics. The paper was co-authored by Lisa Gundry and Margaret Posig of DePaul University. Mary Beth Borgwing SOM '98 has been elected to the Big Sister Association of Greater Boston board of directors. Borgwing is the vice president, life sciences leader for Marsh USA Inc. The 25th Annual Simmons School of Management Leadership Conference and its impressive line-up of speakers continue to gain 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 recently appeared in Boston Sunday Herald, Daily Variety Gotham (Los Angeles), and the Bay State Banner. The Professional Women of Color Conference held at Simmons College on May 6 continues to receive press coverage, recently being featured in Sampan (Boston, MA) and Black Enterprise magazine. The conference, co-sponsored by the Center for Gender in Organizations, Simmons School of Management, and Working Mother Media, offered a venue for an unusual and open discussion of problems that professional women of color still face in the workplace. The event drew nearly 200 women from business and academics to discuss differences between white and minority women in the workplace. The results of the 2003 Simmons SOM/HP survey conducted at the SOM's 2003 Women's Leadership Conference continue to be featured in the media. Most recently, survey results appeared in Incentive Magazine. Joyce K. Fletcher, Ph.D. delivered a talk to employees at the Verizon Boston Headquarters on July 22. Dr. Fletcher's talk was entitled, "Invisible Work: Women, Power & the 'Disappearing' of Relational Practice at Work." Rebekah Kaufman SOM '93 appeared in the July 4th issue of the Boston Globe. In the article "What's your strategy? Winning moves that land jobs," Kaufman was featured as someone who landed her dream job by pursuing a long-time hobby. Gail Snowden SOM'78 has recently been named Vice President for Finance and Operations at The Boston Foundation. Snowden will oversee the finances and administrative operations of the community organization as a key member of the senior management team. The Boston Foundation is one of the nation's oldest and largest community foundations, and serves as a civic leader, convener, and sponsor of special initiatives designed to build community. |
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