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General
Information
BETH’S
MATERNITY PLAN COVERAGE
Beth has officially gone on maternity leave this week, but there is no
baby as of today! We are in the process of trying to hire some help for
the MBA office in her absence. She will return in mid to late December,
but in the short term, please use Paula, Chris and Mary D to answer any
questions you have! Thanks very much!
REMINDER
OF THE EMAIL POLICY
Please note all official College email correspondence will originate from
and be distributed to only simmons.edu email addresses. This was done
for a number of reasons, but most importantly to ensure the safety or
incoming and outgoing mail which is automatically scanned for viruses.
It will also allow students to get access to all official College email
correspondence. Students will be able to forward to multiple accounts.
Visit http://email.simmons.edu
for assistance in setting this feature up on your computers.
DAY
TRACK MEETING
Monday, September 8, 11:45-12:30pm. This will be an opportunity for all
students rolling forward into the day track, two year day students and
students who missed foundations to meet their cohort of classmates.
STUDENTS
THAT MISSED FOUNDATIONS
If you are interested in a brief overview of what happened in Foundations,
would like copies of any of the handouts, or a tour please contact Mary
D in the MBA office at 521-3813. We recommend all students that missed
Foundations to make an appointment with the Library to get an overview
of all their resources. Please call Kathy at 521-3847.
REMINDER
OF CLASS NORMS
The faculty asked me to remind you of the following classroom norms as
you start the academic year
* Cellphones should be turned off or to the vibrate mode as you enter
class
* Please use the microphones so that everyone can hear you
* Please check Webct on a regular basis
* Please avoid going through the pit in CR2 and exit from the sides
* Please be conscious not to interrupt the faculty speaking to the class
when exiting/entering class in CR1
* Please eat all dinners in the first 15 minutes of class
* Palm Pilots are not allowed in closed book exams
* If you are going to miss a class, please notify your faculty member
in advance and know that you are responsible for all of the work missed.
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
Bridging
cultural differences and understanding fellow classmates is integral to
building the SOM community. The International Student
Ambassador
Program
provides language and cultural assimilation "coaches" to our
international students. If you are an international student (any student
who is a non-native English speaker and/or someone not born in the U.S.)
interested in meeting with a coach to improve your English, writing skills
and/or understanding aspects of American culture, or, if you are an American
student and would like to volunteer to be a coach, please contact Mary
Dutkiewicz in the MBA Office at mary.dutkiewicz@simmons.edu
MICROWAVES
AND REFRIDGERATORS
1 Microwaveand small fridge is available with the soda machines
A big fridge and a microwave are in the small study room down the hall
from CR2
There is also a big fridge in 419 on the first floor
Please label and date your food!!
FLAGS
If you would like your country flag hung and do not see it, contact Chris
at Christina.noe@simmons.edu.
It is possible it is in CR1 or the 5th floor caseroom, but if we don’t
have it, we will order it! So far, the only new request for this year
is for the Ghana flag.
SAFETY
AND SECURITY UPDATE
A student bike was stolen off the bike rack during foundations. While
we do have regular security patrols, it is unfortunately a horrid reality
of the city, so please be aware that there is some risk involved if you
have a really nice bike. We are trying to identify an inside bike storage
area for students in a SOM building and will keep you posted if we come
up with one.
NOTE
FROM MARY D
The MBA office staff and the faculty are looking forward to another great
year!! The entering September class had a terrific week in Foundations
and is off to a wonderful start! A warm welcome back as well to all returning
students who are probably wishing they had a couple more weeks before
classes begin. I encourage all of you to make the most of this last weekend
off before classes begin!!
STUDENT
ACADEMIC COUNCIL
Students wishing to be involved in the student academic council for the
academic year 2003-04 should email mary.dutkiewicz@simmons.edu.
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. Last year for example,
they gave us feedback on issues such as elective offerings, honor code
integrity, moving internships to a noncredit status, technology issues,
bookstore and coursepack issues, 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.
Satellite
Bookstore
GREAT NEWS!!
The Bookstore will be in the 419 Library Building now through September
12th. To best serve the students in both day and evening programs, they
will remain open from 3-8pm. They will carry all the course material for
the SOM along with some fun Simmons products, so be sure to check it out.
If you would like to call the store in 419, please use the number 617-521-3815.
Fall
2003 Booklist
The Fall 2003 book list is available online at:
http://www.simmons.edu/som/student_info/forms/course_materialfall03.pdf
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