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General Information

REMINDER ABOUT HOLIDAYS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR
All students have the following days off:
November 26-28 for Thanksgiving,
December 19-January 4 for winter break,
February 16 and 17 for mid semester break,
April 19-23 for spring break,
May 31 for Memorial day,
July 5 for the 4th of July holiday.

In addition, the day program will have the following holidays off:
Monday, October 13, Tuesday, November 12, Monday, January 19, February 16-20 for mid semester break.

Student Editorial Board Representative Wanted!

The Simmons SOM office of development and alumnae relations is seeking a current MBA student to serve on the Network magazine editorial board. Produced three times per year, Network is the SOM alumnae magazine that reports on the School and the Alumnae Association, and serves to strengthen the alumnae network through continued learning and connection.

Commitment involves attending one meeting per issue (generally scheduled on a weekday morning or afternoon) as a representative of the current student body, and giving us your input, ideas, and feedback on articles and topics. Next meeting is afternoon of October 23rd.

You will also have the opportunity to write articles. It's a great way to ensure that Network is in touch with current students and to begin your relationship with the development and alumnae relations department, which is sure to be a rewarding and long-lasting one!

If you are interested, please send email with your resume and brief statement re. your specific interests to Amy Bodow, assistant director of alumnae relations at amy.bodow@simmons.edu.

"So You Want to Be a CFA Charterholder..."
A free seminar and reception sponsored by the Boston Security Analysts Society (BSAS), will be held this coming Monday, September 22 from 5:30-7:30 pm. at The Bay Tower, 60 State Street, 33rd Floor, Boston.

Some of the description of the program from the BSAS website: Have you just registered for or been thinking about starting the Chartered Financial Analyst program? Here's your opportunity to learn. The individuals responsible for the Boston Security Analysts Society's examination review program will discuss the many aspects of the process including an overview of the curriculum, the nature and mechanics of the examinations, the type and amount of effort required, and the impact of the CFA designation on one's career opportunities.

Please RSVP to sfield@bsas.org. There is no charge for this seminar and reception; space is limited.

SERVICES AVAILABLE AT THE MAIN COLLEGE
There are a multitude of services available at the main college for SOM students. We talked briefly about many of them at foundations, but here is a list of them again and key information should you want to contact them directly. The MBA office staff as well as the faculty are also available to help as well.

LEAP (Lifelong Exercise and Activities Program) http://www.simmons.edu/students/athletics/leap/leap_fall03.html
Academic Support Center- http://www.simmons.edu/students/support/asc/index.html Counseling Center- http://www.simmons.edu/students/counseling_center/index.html Registrar- http://www.simmons.edu/students/registrar/index.html
Student Financial Services- http://www.simmons.edu/student_financial_services/index.html
Multicultural Center- http://www.simmons.edu/students/multicultural_center/index.html Technology Resource Center- http://www.simmons.edu/students/technology/index.html Health Center- http://www.simmons.edu/students/health/center.html

ADD/DROP POLICY AFTER THE FIRST WEEK OF CLASSES
We are now officially through the first week of classes, and any students wishing to switch a section of a course (ie day to evening, day of the week) must obtain the permission of the faculty member who is teaching the section into which they want to switch. Please note that this is not an automatic approval process. We will not process any more section changes without faculty permission.

Students should know that the tuition refund policy for dropped courses is 100% the first week, 80% the second week, 60% the third week, 40% the fourth week, 20% the fifth week and 0% thereafter.

INCOMPLETES
Any students with an incomplete from the summer term should know that they must have all work completed by October 15 and it is your responsibility to contact your faculty member to plan the completion of outstanding work

Seeking graduate student for the following position:

Alumnae/i Relations
Position: Graduate Assistant, Office of Alumnae/i Relations
Location: E101
Rate: $8.50/hour
Contact: Julie Candiello (julie.candiello@simmons.edu; 617-521-2330)

15 hour/week position for graduate student that support assistant directors of high-energy Office of Alumnae/i Relations. Strong communication and organization skills; ability to work well independently; knowledge of Internet and Microsoft Office applications, including Publisher. Experience in customer service environment preferred. Some evenings/weekends.

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Career Services Office

Welcome to the CSO Section of the MBA Update!!

Thank you to all students who have completed a student profile in Career Connect! For those of you who have not, please do so ASAP as the deadline was August 30th. (Please refer to the handout given out during Foundations for registration requirements).This information is extremely helpful to us when planning events and promoting you to employers. Returning students, please note that you already have a username and password to access Career Connect. 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.

EXTERNAL EVENTS

United Way of Massachusetts
Annual Womens Leadership Breakfast
Tuesday, September 30th.
The event is free.
Registration and Breakfast: 7:00am to 7:45am
Program: 7:45am to 9:00am
Feathered Speaker: Jill Ker Conway, Chairman Lend Lease Corporation
For more information or to RSVP email Kay Mosby at kmosby@uwmb.org

Johnson & Johnson International Recruitment Program
J&J International's scheduled company presentation for "Boston Area Schools" will be September 25th at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge, in Room: TBD, at Time: 6:00-8:00pm. As we approach September 25, J&J will confirm conference room.

J& J's interview date(s) for the International Management Position (as posted in Career Connect) for MBA Candidates have been reserved OFF-CAMPUS at the HYATT REGENCY CAMBRIDGE for the week of OCTOBER 13th. As pre-requisites, a candidate must possess both permanent work authorization for the country or region being considered - as well as the ability to speak, read & write the appropriate language(s) fluently--Asia-Pacific, Europe/Middle East/Africa or Latin America regions.

Women in Technology International (WITI) - Boston Chapter
On Wednesday,
October 1st, WITI will launch a new chapter in Boston featuring "Women Leading Reinvention and Innovation" as its season kickoff. The event will be held from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the offices
of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels, One Financial Center, Boston. Networking will be
from 6:00 to 6:45 p.m., followed by a panel discussion comprised of three executive-level
women in technology, moderated by Anne Taylor, Associate Editor of Mass High Tech.
Panelists include Gail Goodman, CEO of Roving Software; Nancy Connolly, President and Founder of
Lasertone Corporation; and Fran Grigsby, Founder and CEO of Next Level International. Space is limited, so pre-registration is recommended. Pre-registration cost is $25 for members, $35 for non-members, and $10 additional at the door. For more information or to register online go to http://mail.wingspanconsulting.net/jump/http://www.witi.com/boston>http://www.witi.com/boston.

Women For Hire Career Expo
Thursday, October 16, 2003
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Hyatt Regency Boston (formerly Swissotel)
One Avenue de Lafayette
Boston, MA 02111

Free Admission for Jobseekers
Resume and Business Attire Required
Register today for a special morning seminar for early admittance.
All details including a list of compnaies attending and the day's schedule are available at www.womenforhire.com.

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Library

Library staffing update: S

ept. 12, Friday, was librarian Denise Davis' last day at the SOM. The next SOM librarian has not yet been hired, but candidates from a robust applicant pool are being interviewed, and you will soon have a highly qualified librarian on board to serve you. Meanwhile, Kathy Berger, M.B.A., and library assistant, is always ready, willing and eager to help you.

Suggestions/Need help?
We want your suggestions. Please share them with any member of the Library team. And if you need help just ask!

Have you seen?
September 22, 2003 issue of Business Week - What's an MBA Really Worth?

New book in the library - She Wins, You Win: The Most Important Rule Every Businesswoman Needs to Know by Gail Evans.

Course packs - due to copyright regulations the library does not have copies of course packs.

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Computer Lab

LATEST UPDATES
PH Stat is now installed on all the computers in the lab.

CLASS TAPES
All of the class tapes are stored in the Computer Lab. We now have a do-it-yourself method of getting copies of these tapes. Instructions are posted on how to make copies and lab assistants can help you with any questions you may have. You can bring your own tapes or copy to our used tapes free of charge. If you have further questions contact Bill Porter @ porterw@simmons.edu

LAB HOURS
The lab is open:
Monday - Saturday 7am-11pm
Sunday 7am-7pm

SOM Lab (staffed) Hours:
Monday - Thursday 4pm-7:30pm
Sat. & Sun 12 - 4pm
Bill Porter (Lab Manager) 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

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

CGO and SOM faculty participated in Democracy in a Knowledge Economy, the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Seattle August 4-8. Evangelina Holvino, CGO Director and Senior Research Faculty, presented a paper entitled “The Practice of Diversity in US Organizations: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back” as part of the symposium “Democracy, Diversity and Dialogue: Contextualizing Difference.” Dr. Holvino was also a discussant for “The Future of Diversity and Inclusion in Organizations” panel. SOM Professor Diana Stork co-organized two professional development workshops (PDW) on teaching, and presented “Building Your Intellectual Capital,” in which she suggests teaching to be not only what students are learning, but also what faculty members are learning from the courses and their students. Stacy Blake-Beard, CGO Faculty Affiliate and SOM Associate Professor, also presented her paper “We've Come A Long Way?: Benefits and Costs of Having a Female Mentor,” co-authored by Jenny Korn. Blake-Beard also was moderator for the session “From the Wings to Center-Stage: Enriching Understanding of Relationships in Organizations, the winner of the OMT Division Best Symposium Proposal Award.

SOM Professor Susan Hass co-authored an article in the July/August issue of Internal Auditing. The article, “Recent Changes in Internal Auditors’ Use of Technology,” was a collaboration with Dr. James Bierstaker (University of Massachusetts-Boston) and Dr. Priscilla Burnaby (Bentley College).
Hass also spoke at the National Investor Relations Institute’s Introduction to Investor Relations Seminar on September 16 at the Fairmont Hotel, Boston. Hass’s presentation was entitled “Introduction to Financial Statements and Analysis for Investor Relations.”

Evangelina Holvino, Director of CGO, and Deborah Merrill-Sands, Associate Dean at the SOM, co-authored a chapter entitled “Creating and Sustaining Diversity and Inclusion in Organizations: Strategies and Approaches” that was recently published in the edited volume The Psychology and Management of Workplace Diversity.

Jill Kickul, Elizabeth J. McCandless Professor of Entrepreneurship, presented a paper at the Internationalizing Entrepreneurship Education and Training Conference in Grenoble, France, September 8-10. Her paper, “Pathways to New Business Opportunities: Innovations and Strategies for the Entrepreneurial Classroom,” was nominated for best conference paper.

SOM Professor Fiona Wilson was the speaker for the MassWIT Executive Roundtable on September 19. Wilson presented “Teen Girls on Business: Are They Being Empowered?,” the findings of the Teen Girls on Business Study conducted by Simmons School of Management and The Committee of 200.

Ann Fudge, a former Executive-in-Residence at the Simmons School of Management and a Simmons College alumna, was named one of Essence Magazine’s “50 Women Who Are Shaping the World” in its October 2003 issue.

Toni Riccardi SOM ’87, partner and chief diversity officer for Pricewaterhouse Coopers, was quoted in the article “Summer’s lazy lesson slowly sinks in,” appearing in the August 13 Christian Science Monitor. In the article, Riccardi warns of the imbalance of work in employees’ lives and working longer hours without downtime. She said executives in her company set examples by taking vacations themselves.

Fifi Ball SOM ’88 and her company Squared Away, Boston, are volunteering their organizing services to Dress for Success: Boston to celebrate National Get Organized Week, October 5-11. Squared Away provides businesspeople with office organization services, from workspace redesign to clearing desktop clutter. Dress for Success is a not-for-profit that helps low-income women make transitions into the workforce by providing interview suits, career development, and other services.

Nancy Bellantone SOM ’93, principal of Movidea, Boston, has completed work on creating an identity campaign for North Cambridge Catholic High School, recipient of a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Cassin Educational Initiative grant. Movidea is a full-service creative agency, and worked on all aspects of branding the school – naming, logo design, marketing materials, and more - as it joins a nationally recognized corporate work study program with the grant.

Maria Salomão SOM ’95, a volunteer for Citizen Schools (funded by AmeriCorps), spoke before Congress on behalf of the Save AmeriCorps Coalition as part of its 100 Hours of National Service Testimony in September. Salomão testified on how teaching at the School has positively affected her and the students.

Myrna Greenfield SOM ’99, Director of Communications and Education for Oxfam America, was a panelist at the Boston Women Communicators Ninth Anniversary Celebration on September 16 at the Lenox Hotel. The panel, composed of charter BWC members with continuous membership, discussed their education, career development, and personal life balance.

EVENTS

Gender at Work: A Bold New Perspective
As we mark our fifth anniversary, the Center for Gender in Organizations (CGO) at the Simmons School of Management continues to garner international recognition as a source of innovative ideas, research, and practice on cultural dynamics in organizations. We invite you to join us for an important series of events highlighting CGO’s unique contributions and featuring influential thinkers on gender, work, and organizations.

Rethinking Management: A Whole New World
October 8, 2003, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
How can CGO's gender lens revolutionize management? Come hear how CGO redefines negotiation, diversity, merit, and globalization through its concepts of collaborative inquiry, gender-in-all-its-complexities, and the dual agenda. Robin Ely, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School and CGO Faculty Affiliate Evangelina Holvino, CGO Director and Senior Research Faculty Deborah Kolb, Professor, Simmons School of Management and CGO Faculty Affiliate Maureen Scully, Research Associate for the Aspen Institute’s Initiative for Social Innovation Through Business and CGO Faculty Affiliate

Beyond Diversity: Working Across Differences for What?
November 4, 2003, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Is “diversity” just another buzzword? Discover how new perspectives and strategies about working across social identities can make diversity and organizational change efforts successful.
Evangelina Holvino, CGO Director and Senior Research Faculty
Bridgette Sheridan, CGO Associate Director and Research Faculty
Gelaye Debebe, Assistant Professor, George Washington University and CGO Faculty Affiliate

From Talk to Walk: Gender Equity & Gender Mainstreaming
February 10, 2004, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Struggling with how to move gender equity from idea to reality? Presenters will discuss gender equity in organizations by exploring efforts to effectively incorporate women into defense policymaking, and the United Nations institutional commitment to “mainstream gender” into peace and security policy.
Carol Cohn, Joint Senior Fellow, CGO and Wellesley College
Laura Roskos, Former CGO Postdoctoral Fellow

New Leadership Models: Are They Really Helping Women?
March 25, 2004, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Does the “female advantage” exist or is it a myth? Join us to explore new leadership models and why they aren’t delivering the expected results for women. Stacy Blake-Beard, Associate Professor, Simmons School of Management and CGO Research Faculty Joyce K. Fletcher, Professor, Simmons School of Management and CGO Faculty Affiliate Deborah Merrill-Sands, Associate Dean, Simmons School of Management and CGO Faculty Affiliate Karen Proudford, Associate Professor, Morgan State University and CGO Faculty Affiliate

All CGO events will be held at Simmons SOM, 409 Commonwealth Avenue. Schedule subject to change. To reserve space or for more information please email cgo@simmons.edu or call 617-521-3824. www.simmons.edu/som/cgo

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