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MBA Office Updates - January 5, 2006

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Posted by , January 05, 2006
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NOTE FROM MARY D.
Welcome back to all returning students and a special welcome to the new January class that is in Foundations right now!! All returning students that I have run into have told me they had a great break, but it was too short!!


NOTE FROM THE DEAN
I want to encourage you to join us the evening of January 10th for two events directly aligned with our strategy for building the SOM.

Part I - Executive in the Classroom Presentation (5:00pm in CR2)
Part II - Silverman Business Plan Competition (6:30pm in CR2)

First, Trish Karter, Co-founder & CEO, Dancing Deer Bakery Company, is our featured Executive-in-the-Classroom. Trish is an exemplar of a principled entrepreneurial leader, incorporating social responsibility into her core business practices. Trish is an energetic and engaging speaker and we are fortunate to have her come and share her experiences. She will focus on the dilemmas that she has grappled with as she has pursued organizational growth while maintaining core founding values.

Dancing Deer is not only one of the most respected and award winning natural food brands, but is also recognized broadly for it’s creative marketing, innovative business practices and social responsibility. A woman-owned enterprise located in Boston’s inner city, Dancing Deer is lauded as one of the nation’s most innovative natural food companies. It has received the food industry’s equivalent of the “Oscars” many times over. In addition, a committed environmentalist, Trish Karter has committed the company to continuing its leadership in the natural foods movement and striving to attain green manufacturing and packaging to the fullest extent possible. The company also partners in a philanthropic venture called the Sweet Home Project, with the Paul and Phyllis Fireman Foundation. Dancing Deer donates 35% of the retail price from the Sweet Home product line to direct action programs to end family homelessness.

Second, Trish’s talk is followed by the SOM MBA Program’s first ever Silverman Business Plan Competition. This will be a wonderful opportunity to see the impact of our MBA education and learn more about our alumnae’s entrepreneurial plans and aspirations.

I would love to have solid student representation as a reflection of the importance that we accord to both of these new initiatives: principled leadership and entrepreneurship. Please come if you can.

Best,
Deborah


QUOTES OF THE WEEK

“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” — Carl Bard

“We grow great by dreams … Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they [flourish]; bring them to the sunshine and light, which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.” — Woodrow Wilson


REMINDER ABOUT BUILDING HOURS FOR SPRING TERM
The SOM officially will close at 10:30pm every night and all students will be asked to leave. Student ID’s work in 409, 411, and 451 from 7:00am-10:30pm. They have been cross-checked that these are the correct hours for the spring term. Later hours will be available during the last two weeks of the semester.


IMPORTANT MEETINGS - SAVE THE DATES!!!
1. Track Meeting for Day Students - Wednesday, January 11th at 12:00pm
2. Track Meeting for Returning Evening Students - Thursday, January 26th at 5:15pm
3. Track Meeting for New January 2006 Students - Tuesday, February 7th at 5:15pm
4. Wine and Cheese Event for All Students - Thursday, January 12th at 5:15pm. We are inviting all the day and evening students to kickoff the semester with a wine and cheese celebration. Please stop by to meet and greet your classmates. It will be lots of fun!!!


FINANCIAL AID VISIT
A financial aid officer will be on-site in the MBA Office on Thursday, January 12th from 11:00am-12:00pm, Friday, January 13th from 11:00am-12:00pm, and Tuesday, January 17th from 5:00-6:00pm. Please stop by if you have any issues that need to be addressed.