General Information

Schedule Changes & Course Information

Financial Aid Information

Meetings & Events

Career Services Office

Library

Computer Lab

SOM in the News

General Information

Students with Simmons Health Insurance
There is an option to purchase additional medical coverage through Consolidated Health plans. Students can purchase an additional 3 months of coverage from University Health Plans. This costs $810. That payment has to be made before the current coverage expires on Aug. 15th and it is non-refundable. In order to apply one must fill out a form. This extension provides the exact same health coverage we've had under the student plan. Copies of this information will be available in the MBA Office.

Boston Stock Exchange Lottery
Penny Savitz has arranged a wonderful event for graduating students of the SOM at the Boston Stock Exchange on Thursday, August 7 at 9:30am, where the SOM will ring the opening bell. We will run a lottery of interested students who would like to be up at the podium that morning and remember that all students will be welcome in the viewing area! If you are interested in having your name put in the lottery pool, please let Paula know via email at paula.donaldson@simmons.edu or by phone at 617.521.3832 by NOON on FRIDAY, AUGUST 1. We will pull the names that afternoon and let folks know no later than Monday. It will by our very sophisticated system of putting all the names on a piece of paper and pulling them out of a hat J If you are interested, please know a couple of things: your name will go on a list for their security folks and you will need to be there no later than 8:45am on Thursday morning. The Boston Stock Exchange is located at 100 Franklin St in downtown Boston.

Dean’s Reception
Thursday, 6pm, Cityview Ballroom, World Trade Center/Seaport Hotel Complex

Graduation
Friday, August 8. 10am, Regis College
All students need to be there between 8:30 and 9:00am

Graduation Announcements
For anyone who ordered graduation announcements, they are in. Please come by the MBA office to pick them up!

POSTING OF STUDENT GRADES ON SOAR
Grades for graduating students should be available by 3 pm on August 5 and 5pm on August 12 for non graduating students. Grades will be available on SOAR. Deliverables will be in the MBA office if we get them back from faculty.

Student Mailboxes
We will be cleaning out all student mailboxes on August 11th. Anything left in the mailboxes will be thrown out (returned papers, water bottles, etc.). Please remove anything that you wish to keep prior to August 11th.

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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Career Services Office

August is GRADUATION month!! Congratulations to the Class of 2003!

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!
Account Director, The Forum Corporation
Community Development Officer, HSBC Bank USA
Account Manager, Eliza Corporation
Manager Events and Programs, The Ad Club

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!

EXTERNAL EVENTS

Drug Discovery Technology 2003
The largest event for pharma/biotech scientists, business executives, and informatics professionals to share best practices in drug discovery.

For complete information please visit www.drugdisc.com.
August 11 - 13th
The Haynes Convention Center

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Library

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

Have you seen?

Fortune, August 11 issue - The 25 Most Powerful People in Business

Consulting Magazine, July/August 2003 issue - The Top 25 Consultants, 2003

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

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

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

WE’RE HIRING
We are hiring part-time media and computer lab assistants for the fall semester. Interested students can contact Bill Porter for an application at porterw@simmons.edu or call x3852.

LAB AVAILABILITY
The lab and study rooms will be upgraded with new computer during the week of Aug. 11th. Please note the lab will not be available during this time.

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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