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UPDATE FOR OCTOBER 25-29
DAY
STUDENT TRACK MEETING
ROUNDTABLES
WITH THE DEAN
The
9th EUROPEAN CAREER FAIR at MIT
NEW
STUDENT CLUB ORGANIZING-INDIAN STUDENTS
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from the Help Desk Executive
Education - Help Needed OPERATIONS
UPDATE Alumnae
Board Recruiting Student Representatives The
Simmons School of Management Alumnae Association (SOMAA) Board of Directors
is looking for two students (one full time, one part time) from the Class
of 2005 to sit on the Board as non-voting members representing the interests
of current students, our pre-alumnae constituents. The
SOMAA Board is the leadership of the Alumnae Association. Our mission
is to serve alumnae and to support and advance the SOM. We focus on strategic
issues that are important to furthering the interests of both groups including:
Network Magazine, fundraising, accreditation, career services, marketing
executive education, etc. This
is an excellent opportunity to gain experience working on a board, become
involved and connected with the alumnae network, and have some say in
the direction of the Alumnae Association. If you are interested, please contact Wendy Sheehan at wendy.Sheehan@comcast.net by November 15, 2004. Please include a resume and statement of interest. A nominations committee will contact you directly.
Executive
Education is seeking part-time help Simmons
SOM Fall Telethon The Office of Development and Alumnae Relations (ODAR) is seeking volunteers for our Fall Telethon. Telethons are an important component of achieving our Annual Fund goal, and also provide a great opportunity for students to meet and network with SOM alumnae who also volunteer for the telethon. Your participation is essential if we are to acheive our goal. Note that no experience is necessary – we will train and have fun while we're doing it! Please join us to help the SOM reach its goals for 2005. This year's priorities include: the Entrepreneurship and Diversity Initiatives, the Corporate Outreach Initiative, Leadership and Accountability, and the Center for Gender in Organizations. We provide delicious refreshments, good spirit, and great prizes to our volunteer callers. So check your calendars and contact Corinne Sirianos at 617.521.3825 or corinne.sirianos@simmons.edu to sign up. If you can’t be there in person, but you would still like to help, please drop us a line about the Phone from Home program, which allows you to make calls at your convenience. |
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Student Financial Services Most loan funds for the fall semester have arrived, and refunds to students are currently being processed. All students are encouraged to double check that their mailing address is correct on SOAR so that refund checks can be mailed to the correct location. Have your loan funds not been disbursed to Simmons already? If this is the case, there may be some additional paperwork that you need to complete. First time borrowers at Simmons must complete Entrance Counseling online with Sallie Mae and complete a Master Promissory Note. In addition, all students are required to complete the Simmons College Graduate Student Supplemental Information Form. If you are not sure if your loan funds have arrived and you would like to check the status of your account, please contact our office. Account Representatives Kevin
Wolf 617-521-2011 Financial Aid Officers Amanda
Cornwall A-E 617-521-2033 |
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INTERNAL EVENTS: DAY
STUDENT TRACK MEETING ROUNDTABLES
WITH THE DEAN Join
the Career Services Office as we welcome: Richardson
is a great believer in what she coined "the even-out" theory, helping
people to honor those who have helped you along the way. An active volunteer,
Richardson has served on many non-profit boards; she is also President
of The Boston Club. ROUNDTABLES
WITH THE DEAN EXTERNAL EVENTS: From
the Career Services Office Representatives of international companies will be recruiting for permanent positions and internships worldwide. Although the focus of the career fair is on the European job market, companies attending the fair have recruited for positions in the USA and other countries in the past. All areas of research and study are welcome! We do encourage graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to attend as well as undergraduates and young professionals. Participation in this event: - is NOT limited to members of MIT community. - is NOT limited to European citizens. Following
is a selection of companies that have attended the career fair in the
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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. NEW
STUDENT CLUB ORGANIZING-INDIAN STUDENTS
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Don't forget to RSVP to the CSO's Fall event! Use the link provided in the Events section of the MBA Update or you may use the link provided in the evite that went to your Simmons email account. Trends
- Some of the latest Career-Related news! Read on at:
New Opportunities:
Don't forget to check Career Connect on a regular basis! 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. Click below to login: |
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Class
Tapes Please note: all classes recorded over the last week do have low record volumes. This is a result of technical problems with the recording equipment. The Multimedia Networks department is aware of the problem and will do what they can to resolve this issue as soon as possible. The original class tape labeled "420B Financial Reporting 9/21/04 1/2" is missing. If you have taken it from the lab please return it to us. Computer Lab
LAB HOURS SOM
Lab (staffed) Hours: Reminder:
Food, drinks and cell phones are NOT allowed in the computer lab, sorry.
This rules will be enforced by lab staff. |
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The School of Management’s Center for Gender in Organizations has received a one-year grant of $80,000 from The Ford Foundation. The grant to continue CGO’s research, publishing, and consulting work on diversity will allow the organization to translate concepts and skills on working across differences into concrete skills and guidelines to strengthen diversity efforts within organizations. CGO Faculty Affiliate and SOM Associate Professor Dr. Stacy Blake-Beard will lead the project, with the support of other CGO faculty affiliates. On September 27th, Acting Dean Deborah Merrill-Sands gave the keynote presentation launching Northern Trust’s new Women in Leadership Forum. Her talk, entitled “Gender Dynamics in the Workplace: Implications for Women and Leadership,” was delivered to more than 250 senior managers at Northern Trust’s headquarters in Chicago and was video streamed to another 20 regional offices. Alumnae Siobhan S. Flynn ’93 and Kathleen Dugan ’93 both attended the event. The speech by SOM commencement speaker Marie C. Wilson, president of The White House Project, was mentioned in several media outlets in August. The articles, appearing in the Journal Record (Oklahoma City, OK) and the Sun Herald (Biloxi, MS), cite Wilson’s urging of the graduating students to become politically active and more focused on attaining positions of power. The August 9 issue of Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education (Paramus, NJ) featured an article on the May 6 Professional Women of Color Conference held at Simmons College on May 6. The conference, co-sponsored by 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. Stacy Blake-Beard was interviewed for the October 3rd Sunday Boston Globe story on The Apprentice. In the article, human resource experts react to Trump’s harsh style of management. “The message of ‘The Apprentice’ is that to the extent that you look out for yourself above all else, you will be rewarded,” she said. “I think, in that sense, the show is a microcosm of the real world. Organizations talk about teamwork, but few of them promote it. They promote the star.” Stacy Blake-Beard also discussed gender and race as exhibited on The Apprentice in the CGO Commentaries series paper, “Releasing the Double Bind of Visibility for Minorities in the Workplace,” which can be found on www.simmons.edu/som/cgo. The John Hancock Fellowship Program. The Simmons School of Management has just confirmed a partnership with John Hancock in conjunction with The Commonwealth Institute to fund three fellowships for recent SOM graduates. The funds will allow the fellows to have externships with women entrepreneurs in The Commonwealth Institute’s Women of Ethnic Diversity Initiative. The three graduates receiving the fellowships are Paula Huston, Erica Rishel, and Rocio Corona. SOM Professor Jill Kickul developed this project and will be the Faculty Advisor. The fellowships will begin this fall. Business Plan Competition. Lois Silverman, founder and Chair of The Commonwealth Institute and a Simmons College Corporator, provided a gift to fund the awards in the SOM’s new business plan competition. Silverman is a renowned entrepreneur. She was the founder of CRA Managed Care (now Concentra Managed Care), a provider of services to reduce the costs of workers’ compensation, automobile, disability and health insurance claims. She served as Chairman of the Board of the public company and as Chief Executive Officer. She is one of the first women in Massachusetts to bring a company public. Silverman’s gift will supplement the gift provided by the Class of ’02. The business plan competition will be launched this year. Deepening expertise in human resources management. Through the generous gift of Simmons Board of Trustees member Helen Drinan SOM ’78 and matching funds from the College’s Legacy Challenge gift fund, funds have been allocated to assist the SOM to deepen its expertise in human resources management. The funds will be used for teaching, research, and convening. EVENTS The
Negotiation Edge: Everyday Skills for Women For more information about the program, log on to: http://www.simmons.edu/som/email/execed/neg_landing.html SOM Class
Reunion Day MBA Preview
Session If someone you know is considering a Simmons MBA and wants to make sure that it is the right choice for her, invite her to experience a Simmons MBA classroom firsthand. The evening’s session will be led by Professor of Finance Indra Guertler. Learn how Simmons prepares students for success! MBA Information
Session Spread the word to prospective women MBA students about the upcoming SOM MBA Information Session. They'll be able to hear from Acting Dean Deborah Merrill-Sands, alumnae, students, and faculty as they talk about the Simmons MBA experience. They will learn what it takes to earn a Simmons MBA and how it will open up a world of possibilities and opportunities. Topics include the one-year accelerated program, part-time options, curriculum, career placement, financing the degree, and the application process. |
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