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General
Information
*Last
MBA Update of the summer. It will
resume on August 28th*
MBA
OFFICE HOURS FROM AUGUST 7-AUGUST 22
The MBA staff will be at the Seaport Hotel after 4pm tonite for the Dean’s
reception and Regis College for commencement on Friday, August 8, and
no one will be in the MBA Office.
The MBA office will be closed on August 11 and then will have 8:30-4:30
hours from August 12-22. We will resume our 8:30-8pm coverage Monday August
25.
NOTE
FROM MARY D
This is the last week of the semester and a wonderful time for reflection
about your accomplishments. Think about how you approach problems or situations
vs how you did 6 months, a year, or two or three ago. Think about how
your confidence levels have risen as a result of your experiences in the
classroom-taking a stand on an issue, giving those terrific BGGE presentations
that I got to observe, getting a grade or paper back that reflected all
your hard work, helping explain something to a classmate so that she could
better understand something. Think about things that excited you intellectually
and you wished you had more time to read about or discuss. For those of
you who aren't graduating, your skill set will continue to evolve as you
get deeper into the program. But take the time now to get some rest, spend
some quality time with your family and friends and enjoy doing nothing
for a moment! September will be here before you know it and we will see
you when you get back!
NOTE FROM MARY D TO GRADUATING
STUDENTS
As I have done exit interviews with many graduating students, I continue
to be struck by how wonderfully articulate each of you has been about
the personal and professional changes in yourselves and how you think
about things, approach problems and situations and view the world through
multiple and ever changing lenses. All of you have given credit to the
faculty and your fellow students for helping these changes to happen.
You have accomplished great things while you were here and we are very
proud of each and every one of you. Graduation is just the beginning of
another great chapter in your lives. You will be missed and please know
that a warm welcome will always be here for you when you come back!
STUDENT
ACADEMIC COUNCIL THANK YOU
Mary would like to thank all of the students that served on the student
academic council this year. This is the largest group of student volunteers
ever to serve and has more than tripled in size in the last four years,
which is terrific!! The SAC is a student group that volunteers to serve
as an advisory council to the MBA office as we continuously try and improve
the program and deal with the daily operations of running the program.
They have given invaluable feedback on issues such as elective offerings,
honor code integrity, moving internships to a noncredit status, technology
issues, bookstore and coursepack issues, the major curriculum changes
of moving from 45-48 and reducing finance to a 3 credit course, getting
high response rates on the Noel-Levitz and Student Services survey, eliminating
the master course schedule printout, flag guidelines regarding student
requests to hang flags of unofficially recognized areas of a country,
and keeping or eliminating February break. These were just a few of the
issues they tackled with Mary!
This year's group included: Adele Stafford Marchbank, Adrienne Frank,
Amy Best, Amy Butcher, Carmen Seales, Carole Nathan, Caroline Costello,
Carol-Lynne Connelly, Caryn Pang, Casey Watts, Christine Gimbel, Danielle
Ferrier, Deanna Vargas, Dee Hall, Donna Pina, Doreen Natukunda, Janna
Berkman, Jen Fairchild, Jennifer Bindhammer, Jennifer Combs, Jill Goldsmith,
Joy Restucci, June Zammett, Karen Leary, Kerri Connors Brophy, Kim Tolander,
Larisa Henderson, Laura Elia, Laura Flores, Lis Zimmerman, Lisa Fritsch,
Lora Nielson, Manisha Tyagi, Maureen Dyer-Stokes, Michaela Miller, Pamela
Zink, Penny Savitz, Petra Steriti, Rebecca Swartz, Rocio Corona, Roxanne
Romulus, Sakina Berman, Sara McLean, Susan Knizek, Suzzette Turnbull,
and Thekla Diehl.
They were a terrific group to work with throughout this year!
Fall
2003 Booklist
The Fall 2003 book list is available online at:
http://www.simmons.edu/som/student_info/forms/course_materialfall03.pdf
PROMOTION
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR DENISE DAVIS
All of you know, our chief librarian at the SOM for the last couple of
years has been Denise Davis. Denise is an alum of the Simmons Graduate
School of Library and Information Science and has been recruited and promoted
to be the Assistant Dean of Admissions and Recruiting for the GSLIS program.
Under Denise’s leadership, the SOM library has provided superb student
service and faculty support to supplement and enhance the curriculum.
Denise placed students and faculty at the forefront of everything the
Library did, and provided endless opportunities for both groups to get
help, learn and have fun with electronic and information resources. While
we can’t imagine anyone filling her shoes, it really is such a wonderful
career opportunity that we can only say congratulations from all of us
at the SOM. It is a well deserved promotion!! Denise will be here through
September 15 and a search is underway for her replacement. Kathy will
continue in her role as Library Assistant as she continues her studies
in the GSLIS program for another year. We will have a party in September
for Denise before she heads over to GSLIS and will keep you all informed
or invited back if you will be a new alum!!
This was the announcement that went out yesterday to the Simmons community:
“We are thrilled to announce that Denise Davis will be joining GSLIS as
Assistant Dean for Admission and Recruitment, as of September 15, 2003.
Denise graduated from GSLIS in May 1999 and has worked for Simmons College
Libraries since 1996, currently as the School of Management Librarian.
Her active involvement as a GSLIS student (LISSA student rep, recipient
of the Kenneth R. Shaffer Outstanding Student Award, commencement speaker)
has continued in her role as a GSLIS alum. For the past four years, she
has participated in nearly every GSLIS Admission Information Session and
has served as a contact for prospective students from various parts of
the country. Denise has worked in admissions offices at the University
of Southern Mississippi, Institution Spain in Madrid, and University of
Nebraska-Lincoln. In addition, she is an active member of the ALA and
ACRL. Within ALA, Denise has been particularly involved with International
Relations, the Student-to-Staff Program, and Recruitment. Denise's own
words sum up best the enthusiasm and energy she will bring to her position:
"It is with fervent enthusiasm that I apply for the position of Assistant
Dean of Admission and Recruitment for my alma mater, Simmons GSLIS...I
am absolutely passionate about this profession, and, consequently, I am
passionately committed to attracting new people to the field."
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.
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.
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