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General Information

MBA Office Hours during Thanksgiving Week
Monday & Tuesday we are open regular hours: 8:30 am - 8:00pm
Wednesday we will close at noon.
Thursday & Friday we will be closed.
The MBA Update will be sent out on Wednesday

SPRING REGISTRATION UPDATES
Accounting A is moving its first class only, from Monday, January 3 at 1pm to Thursday, January 6 at 9:15am.
Finance class one will still follow on Thursday January 6 at 1pm.

SUMMER REGISTRATION UPDATES
Contemporary Issues in Marketing has been added as a summer elective. It will be offered Monday mornings from 9-12pm from May 2 to June 27, with two Fridays 6/3 and 6/17 from 9-12pm.

Book Buyback Time
Buyback will be available from Wednesday, November 17th through December 23rd, 2004. Books that are being used again in the spring semester can be sold back to the bookstore at 50% return during this time. Remember that the bookstore will be buying only for the amount of students enrolled for the spring semester so not all students may receive 50%. In other words if 20 students are enrolled for marketing, then the bookstore will only buy 20 copies back from students. Any student coming in after the 20 would receive a wholesale amount which could be significantly lower. Any questions please contact Deb or Brooke at the bookstore (617-521-2054). Note: You must go to the main campus bookstore to take advantage of this opportunity.

20% Off Spring Semester T-Passes!
Spring 2005 Semester T-Pass Order Forms will be placed in your mailbox this week. If you would like to receive a 20% discount from the MBTA, fill out this form and return it with your check, to the Office of Leadership and First Year Programs (300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02215) by January 6th, 2005.

No Parking This Weekend
Students will not be allowed to park in any Simmons' spaces this weekend 11/20 and 11/21. There is an event on campus and we will need the spaces. Students who park will risk getting towed!

SPACE TRANSITION FOLLOWUP
Many students have asked me to add some more detail to Acting Dean Deborah Merrill-Sands email about the space and the buildings that was sent to all students on November 5. The new building will not be ready for us to move until at least 2007-08. As a result, just about all of you will have graduated from the SOM! The biggest changes for students currently in progress will happen next summer, and will be carefully planned to minimalize any disruption to your studies, deliverables, and classes. We do need to move everyone and everything out of the 419 building by August, 2005, and there are lots of dominos in terms of who is moved first, what needs to be done to x space to have y happen, etc. We will keep everyone in the communication loop as it becomes more clearly defined, and having this move be as seamless as possible for all of you is at the top of my priority list!! Mary D

NOTE FROM MARY D
You are almost through week 11 and have when you come back from the Thanksgiving break you will have three weeks left in the semester! You have all worked really hard and really eed to take some time next week to recharge and gear up for the last push of the semester. This also tends to be the time of the year when students feel the most stress around balancing work, school and family. Please use the Thanksgiving break as an opportunity to relax, and get caught up with family and friends. Go for a walk or to a movie, do something you haven’t been able to do as often since you started this semester. If you need any help managing the upcoming weeks, please utilize the faculty and the MBA office staff. We are happy to help if we can!! Have a great holiday!!

My quotes of the week have taken on a life of their own, and I am psyched!!In the last week, I have gotten some quotes from students and staff to use as well. If you have them, send them to me at mary.dutkiewicz@simmons.edu and we’ll try and use them. “Learn to become a determined individual. Inspire yourself with stories of people who tried, failed, and kept going. Remember, the only difference between a little shot and a big shot is that the big shot kept going.”- unknown

Assistance Needed with Research Project
Jamie Ladge '02 is working on a research project and is hoping some SOM students might be interested in assisting her. She is looking to understand the re-entry process of women as they return back to work after maternity leave. Some of the pyschological issues she is looking to untease include changes in self-identity and coping mechanisms used to deal with the transition. She is specifically interested in working women with at least five years of professional work experience. They also must be around three to eight months post-partum and have returned to the same position they were in when they started in the same full-time capacity. However, It has to be the first child.
If you fit this description, please email her at ladge@bc.edu. The interview should only take about an hour or so and she is willing to meet in person or by phone. Information provided in the interview is completely confidential and names will be disguised if quotes are used in the final report. All women who participate will be entered into a drawing where the winner will receive $100.

Important - Registration Updates
Reminder: Registration opens at 10am on Monday 11/15 and will remain open until 9am on November 24.

*Spring 2005 Public Speaking dates are listed incorrectly on the course synopsis. The correct dates are: January 3rd - March 7th. (NOT: Jan 26 - April 6). This change has been posted to the synopsis on the web. Here is the correct information:
GSM 559 B Public Speaking
Mondays 6-9pm & Saturday, 1/8, 9am-noon
January 3rd - March 7th

*Due to Colleague limitations, we are unable to set up both pre-requisites and co-requisites in the system at the same time. These are the impacts:
· If you try to register for Negotiation and Organizations & their Environment at the same time and are unable to please email Paula and she will be able to register you. (this should only be a day track issue)
· If you try to register for Marketing and QA at the same time and are unable to please email Paula and she will be able to register you. (this should only be a two year track issue)

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Career Services Office

Celebrating Successes:
The Following is a sample list of positions secured by Class of 2004 Graduates!

Product Manager - EMC
Account Manager - Pearson Early Learning
Budget Analyst - Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Leadership Development Extern - Toyota Motor Corporation
Sr. Research and Implementation Manager - Dalbar, Inc.
Experienced Associate - PriceWaterHouseCoopers
Director of Marketing - Moet Hennessy, Louis Vuitton- Guerlain Japan
Implementation Consultant - Workscape, Inc.

Trends - Some of the latest Career-Related news!

Global Companies Face Reality of Instituting Ethics Programs
Global Companies Face Reality of Instituting Ethics Programs More companies today are taking a closer look at their global ethics programs. Making sure employees halfway around the world adhere to corporate ethics policies has always been a challenge, and changes mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other new rules have raised the stakes for companies.

Read on at: http://www.careerjournal.com/hrcenter/articles/20041116-maher.html?cjpos=home_whatsnew_major

New Opportunities: Don't forget to check Career Connect on a regular basis! Just Added this week:
Associate - Isaacson Miller
HR Generalist - IBM
Budget and Labor Analyst - Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA)

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:

CSO In the News:
On October 22 Wendy D'Ambrose, Director Career Services spoke on Career Pathing to the students at Year Up in Cambridge, MA. Year Up was founded on the belief that everyone deserves the opportunity to realize his or her potential and is a one-year, intensive training program that provides urban young adults, ages 18-24, with a combination of hands-on skill development, college credits, and paid corporate internships.

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Library

Library Hours during Thanksgiving Week:
Wednesday, Nov.24, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon, Thursday, Nov. 25 - Closed, Friday, Nov. 26 - Unstaffed, Saturday, Nov. 27, Unstaffed and Sunday, Nov. 28, 12 noon - 6:00 p.m.

Semester End Deliverables - If you think you need help with research or preparing your semester end deliverables, please plan ahead and make an appointment to see Linda or Kathy as soon as possible.

The library is looking for Part-time Graduate Student Library Assistants. A few shifts are still available. If interested, please contact Kathy Berger, SOM Library Assistant, at 617-521-3847 or e-mail kathleen.berger@simmons.edu for an application.

You are welcome to talk in the library, but out of respect for your fellow students, we ask that you speak quietly. Please remember to use your cell phone outside of the library.

Reminder: Shark Card applications are also available in the library. Please stop by the library and fill one out.

Worth a Read…..

If you would like to see the article in the November issue of Money Magazine in which Deborah Kolb is quoted, please stop by the library.

If you would like a copy of the Simmons College "Community Read" book: The Sewing Circles of Herat, please stop by the library.

Check out "How to Succeed in 2005, 14 Leaders Reveal What Works Now" in the December 2004 issue of Business 2.0.

Take a look at "Special Report: Web Smart" in the November 22, 2004 issue of BusinessWeek.

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TECHNOLOGY

We're hiring! We have Wednesday evening, day and morning shifts available. If you're interested call Bill at x3852.

The printer Guest Card is missing. If you have it please return it to the lab.

Media Services

Class Tapes
Recordings of classes are available in the computer lab. Only Quant courses are recorded this semester. If you want a copy of the audio recording please follow the posted instruction on how to make a duplication in the computer lab. We have blank tapes available for you to use at no cost. Please remember to return all master tapes to the rack.

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

The study room from the back of the library along with the two in the basement (BA & BB) will be re-located to the 4th floor by Friday. They will now be named 4A, 4B, & 4C.

Please note the Lab/media staff are only available to assist you when they are on duty. Please refrain from approaching then with questions in the halls or during class. If you have Technology questions/ needs please contact Mary D. or Bill Porter.

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

SOM Lab (staffed) Hours:
Monday - Thursday 3:30pm-7:30pm
M,W & Th 11:30 - 12:30pm
Sundays 12 -4pm
If you need assistance and a lab staff is not available please call x2769

Reminder: Food, drinks and cell phones are NOT allowed in the computer lab, sorry. This rule will be enforced by lab staff.

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SOM in the News

Code 10, a restaurant owned and operated by Alex Pinck SOM '93, received mention in the Eating and Drinking section of the July 25 Sunday New York Times. In the article “Two Vibrant Neighborhoods to Salivate Through,” the South End neighborhood restaurant is heralded for its simple menu with a local gourmet flair.

Dr. Deborah M. Kolb, the Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Professor for Women and Leadership, lent expert advice to the October 31 Boston Sunday Globe’s BostonWorks article “Sexual harassment still dark cloud in workplace.” In the article, Kolb calls sexual harassment a form of gender testing that often occurs when women take jobs typically help by men.

Gail Snowden SOM ’78 was featured in the October 31 Boston Sunday Globe’s Transitions section. The article “Lifetime banker’s ‘parts’ come together in new role,” describes Snowden’s transition from executive vice president for community investment at FleetBoston Financial to vice present for finance and operations at the Boston Foundation, a charitable organization with an endowment of $650 million.

Laney Whitcanack SOM ’05 and Dr. Jill Kickul, the Elizabeth J. McCandless Professor of Entrepreneurship, recently finished a research project for the upcoming Babson-Kauffman Entrepreneurship Conference, “Leveraging Their Firms’ Dynamic Capabilities: An Investigation into How Women in Information Technology Assess Structural and Collective Support for Innovation, Entrepreneurial Behavior and Performance.” Whitcanack also worked on a submission for a special issue on entrepreneurial cognition in the journal Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, “Intuition versus Analysis?: Testing differential models of cognitive style on entrepreneurial self-efficacy and intentionality.”

Lindsay Titus SOM ’05 and Kickul also recently completed a research project entitled “Contextualizing Legitimacy, Risk Preference, and Social Capital for Women Entrepreneurs” for the Babson-Kauffman Entrepreneurship Conference.

Dr. Kickul’s paper, “Leveraging the ‘E’ in Entrepreneurship: Test of an Integrative Model of E-Commerce New Venture Growth” was accepted for publication in the special issue of the International Journal of Technology Management (IJTM) on “E-Entrepreneurship.” The four papers accepted for the journal went through a competitive review process of 19 submissions from scholars in nine countries.

EVENTS

MBA Information Session
Wednesday, December 1, 2004 6:00 p.m.
451 Marlborough Street, Boston
RSVP at 617.521.3840 or somadm@simmons.edu

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.

Dr. Deborah Kolb Book Signing - Her Place at the Table: A Woman’s Guide to Negotiating Five Key Challenges to Leadership Success
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
7:30 – 9:30 a.m.
John Hancock Hall, 180 Berkeley Street, Boston

In August 2004, Jossey-Bass published the newest book Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Professor for Women and Leadership Deborah M. Kolb, Ph.D., Her Place at the Table: A Woman’s Guide to Negotiating Five Key Challenges to Leadership Success (co-authored by Judith Williams ’80 and Carol Frohlinger ’00EE). Hear from Dr. Kolb and her co-authors about their latest research on women and leadership. Based on interviews with more than one hundred women in leadership positions or on the cusp of leadership, Her Place at the Table shows that women are aware of the leadership challenges facing them and the action steps they need to take to ensure their success. An invitation will be sent to students shortly.

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