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General Information

REGISTRATION
Many of you are asking questions about picking up additional courses for Spring term. Please talk with Mary D before you register for anything outside of your track. The faculty have sequenced the curriculum very deliberately and while you may have the pre-req for a course, it may not be advisable for you to take it. For example: *Negotiation is deliberately positioned in the curriculum in the spring semester before you graduate. We believe you get more out of the course when you are farther into your MBA curriculum, and Mary will be advising students to hold off if they can.
*Career Strategies is more flexible if you are at a crossroads in your career, and feel the course will help you determine a career plan going forward.
*The other question relates to the Integrated Analysis and Decision Making Course. Many of you have asked if Spring is the only semester it is offered, and as of Fall ’03, it will be offered at night, positioned in the fall term with Finance. They will not conflict. There will always be a day section of IADM in the spring term.

Attached you will find the copies of the registration cover letter, spring synopsis and elective descriptions. They have also been stuffed in student mailboxes earlier this week or you can find the info online at http://www.simmons.edu/som/student_info/registration1.html
Registration opens at 10am on November 12 and will remain open until 8pm on November 21. Please contact Mary D if you have questions about your track, course advising, or any other registration issues. Video clips of most electives are also available on the web at http://www.simmons.edu/som/student_info/videos/videos_new1.html

Cover Letter

Course Synopsis

Elective Description

REGISTRATION CORRECTION
Advanced Finance is still a possibility for the summer, but is not going to be offered this spring as indicated in the elective offerings description.

VETERAN’S DAY OFFICE HOURS
The MBA office will be on a holiday schedule on Tuesday, Nov. 11, which means that our office will be staffed from 12-8pm.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DEBATES
The Democratic hopefuls are having debates and one of this week’s topics is women’s issues. It is being carried on CSPAN and MBA students may find it interesting.

WOMEN IN BUSINESS-FREE SUBSCRIPTION FOR MBA STUDENTS
Women’s Business will offer Simmons current students a subscription for free - all you need to do is email your mailing address and say that you are a Simmons Student. Please put your anticipated year of graduation on the email as well. Thanks vickid@womensbiz.com

Admissions Telethon! Monday, November 17th 4 - 6:00 pm.
Come join the Office of Admissions as we strengthen the Simmons network and recruit "new stars" for January 2004 admission. Speak with prospective students and share your thoughts about the admissions process, MBA program, or what it's like to be a Simmons MBA student. Over 90% of our applicants referred by a current student or alumna go on to be Simmons MBA students.

We will be serving dinner to participants so bring an open mind and a healthy appetite. To learn more about the event and/or how to help in other ways, please contact Joy Loflin in the MBA Admissions office at sjoy.loflin@simmons.edu or 617.521.3897.

We hope to see you there.

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Career Services Office

CSO Raffle:
All students who have completed their profile in Career Connect by November 25th will be eligible to win a $50 American Express Gift Check. The drawing will be held at the next Track meeting (December 1st). If you have any questions or need assistance completing your profile, please see Diana in the CSO.

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.

Janice Belmonte'05 thought you might find this site and listserve interesting! Organization by Design, Inc.
Wardrobe Managenent and Image Consulting for Corporations and Individuals http://www.dressingwell.com

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Library

Note: Library staffed hours on Veteran's Day: 12:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.

Morningstar Mutual Funds - We have converted our Morningstar Mutual Funds subscription from CD to online. The online version can be accessed from the Business E-Resources Quicklist on the SOM Library web page.

AskNow - Simmons College Libraries' version of live reference assistance from your own computer is available once again, Sundays - Thursdays, 1:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M., Fridays, 1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. and Saturdays, 12:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. Visit this portion of the library web site to learn more.
http://www.simmons.edu/resources/libraries/asknow/

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?

Harvard Business Review, November 2003 - The Five Minds of a Manager by Jonathan Gosling and Henry Mintzberg (Hard copy available in the library)

The New York Times Magazine, October 26, 2003 -The Opt-Out Revolution by Lisa Belkin (Hard copy available in the library)

Gentle reminder: Reserve materials may be checked out for two hours.

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Computer Lab

LATEST NEWS
Bill Porter will be in until 10am weekdays until Nov. 22nd. Traci Keen will be in the office to cover media and computer lab responsibilities when Bill is at the main campus. She can be found in the computer lab at x3856.

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
Friday 2 - 5pm
Sat. & Sun 12 - 4pm
Bill Porter & Traci Keen (Lab Managers) are 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

Rocio Corona has been selected as a program scholar recipient from the 2003-2004 Hispanic Scholarship Fund/National Society of Hispanic MBA Scholarships. This scholarship is sponsored by Lilly Endowment Inc. and is the first time a Simmons MBA student has been selected. Congratulations!!

On October 7, 2003, Maureen Scully, CGO Faculty Affiliate, was interviewed live on WBIX 1060's morning show about gender issues in the workplace and the Center for Gender in Organizations's unique approach to gender equity and organizational change. Stacy Blake-Beard, CGO Faculty Affiliate and SOM Associate Professor, was quoted as a mentoring expert in the November 3 issue of US News & World Report in an article entitled, "The Mentor Gap: Older Women Eagerly Provide Advice, But Young Women Often Don't like What They Hear." Fiona Wilson, SOM Adjunct Assistant Professor, was also quoted in the article. Evangelina Holvino, CGO Director and Senior Research Faculty, addresses problems with diversity strategies and assumptions, and proposes some alternatives in a response to "You are the CEO: Which Diversity Intervention Strategy Will Work for Your Organization?" which was published in the fall 2003 issue of The Diversity Factor.

The Simmons School of Management was prominently featured as a leading authority on women, business, and mentoring in the November 3 issue of U.S.News & World Report. In the article “The Mentoring Gap: Older women eagerly provide advice, but young women often don’t like what they hear,” SOM professor and CGO faculty affiliate Stacy Blake-Beard is cited as a mentoring expert, and offers her views as to why a generational difference exists in women’s mentoring situations. The article also mentions the SOM/The Committee of 200 “Teen Girls on Business: Are they being empowered?” national study released earlier this year. SOM professor and study coauthor Fiona Wilson suggests businesswomen wanting their daughters to follow in their footsteps must consider the messages of the working world they impart.

SOM Dean Patricia O’Brien SOM ’77 was quoted in the September 24 issue of The Washington Post, in the article “Mastering Business Math.” O’Brien says business schools realize a GMAT score may not truly reflect one’s proficiency with numbers, and suggests refreshing math skills if you feel uncomfortable with numbers. The article also mentions the SOM/Committee of 200 collaborative Teen Girls on Business Study.

Maureen Scully, faculty affiliate for the Center for Gender in Organizations, was interviewed on WBIX 1060 AM on October 7. The topic of her interview was “Rethinking Management”, CGO’s kickoff lecture for its five-year anniversary seminar series Gender at Work: A Bold New Perspective.

Also interviewed on WBIX 1060 AM was SOM professor Susan Hass, on October 28, regarding the Bank of America purchase of Fleet Bank. Hass’s expert viewpoints on the Fleet/BNA merger also appeared in the October 29 edition of the Boston Herald.

Evangelina Holvino, CGO director and senior research faculty, appears in the Fall 2003 issue of Diversity Factor, addressing problems with diversity strategies and assumptions, and proposes some alternatives in response to “You are the CEO: Which Diversity Intervention Strategy Will Work for Your Organization?”

Joyce K. Fletcher, SOM professor and CGO faculty affiliate, was quoted in the October 27 edition of The Christian Science Monitor in the article “Standing against bias.” In the article concerning a discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart, Fletcher says “the notion of women not being interested in certain jobs is still quite pervasive,” and to advance women to top jobs, companies may need to examine how those jobs are defined.

SOM professor Mary Shapiro was recently quoted in the October issue of Working Mother magazine in the Practical Matters column. Shapiro gave advice on how to communicate constructive criticism at work, with finding solutions together as the goal of feedback.

Jill Kickul, SOM’s Elizabeth J. McCandless professor of entrepreneurship, recently published a paper in the November issue of International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation entitled “Technological innovation in women-owned firms.”

Phyllis Rappaport SOM ’75, was featured in the article “Rappaport Foundation seeks solutions to tough problems,” in the August 29 issue of Jewish Advocate. In the article, Rappaport discusses her role as chair of the Boston-based philanthropic organization bearing her husband’s name.

Gail Snowden SOM ’78, was recently quoted in the October 3 Boston Business Journal in the article “Area nonprofits turn to branding to fill out coffers.” In the article, Snowden says nonprofits are eager to learn how they can position their organizations to effectively frame their messages.

Laura Strassman SOM ’92, vice president for product management for Audiotrieve, was featured along with her colleagues in the October 23 issue of The Boston Globe. The article describes the release of the company’s new anti-spam product InBoxer.

Paula Figoni SOM ’93 recently authored How Baking Works (John Wiley & Sons), a book that relays concisely to bakers and pastry chefs the underlying scientific concepts at work during basic baking techniques, and helps them understand a wide array of ingredients from different cultures.

Paula Huston, a current SOM student, was quoted in the article “Career changers hit the books,” appearing in the Careers supplement of the October 19 Boston Sunday Globe. In the article Huston explains her reasons for returning to the classroom after several years in the working world.

Diane Darling SOM ’00 Executive Education also appeared in the Globe’s Career supplement, quoted as a networking expert in the article “The habits of the connected.” Darling runs her own networking consultant firm and is the author of The Networking Survival Guide (McGraw-Hill, 2003).

EVENTS

Leading Women Entrepreneurs Series
Strategies for Growth & Innovation
409 Commonwealth Ave, Boston MA November 13, 2003, 6:00 - 7:30 pm panel discussion and Q & A; 7:30 - 8:30 pm light refreshments and booksigning

Save the date for the first program in our Leading Women Entrepreneurs Series, made possible through a generous donation from the Citizens Bank Foundation. The mission of this program is to enable leading women entrepreneurs to address business issues critical to starting a new business and growing an existing one. The Entrepreneurs Series is part of our ongoing commitment to enhance the relevance and breadth of our teaching, research, and convening in entrepreneurship. The cornerstone of this agenda is the establishment of the Elizabeth J. McCandless Professorship in Entrepreneurship. Simmons SOM is committed to excellence in educating future women entrepreneurs.
This first program, Strategies for Growth & Innovation, explores the following: Autonomy and flexibility are often hailed as the primary motivations for women starting new businesses. Beyond startup, do new motivations evolve? What key factors influence the strategic growth of women-owned businesses? How can we enhance the visibility of women entrepreneurs as strategic leaders? These are some of the questions that our panel of experts addresses during this provocative examination of entrepreneurship. Panelists:
Jodi Turek, Co-founder and President of womensforum.com
Stephanie Covall-Pinnix, Cofounder and President of Evolution – Partners
Penny Pickett, Business Director of Telecommunications Development Fund
Sharon Merrill '79, Chairman and CEO of Sharon Merrill & Associates.
Moderator: Barry J. Moltz, founder and CEO of Prairie Angels, a venture capital company. His book, You Have to Be a Little Crazy: The Truth About Starting and Growing Your Business, profiles three of our panelists.

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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