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October 11th, 2007 |
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The mission
of the
New Information This Week
Note from Mary D.
Quote of the
Week
Schedule Updates for Week of
10/23 - 10/28
Entrepreneurship
Business Plan Competition and
Tea with Ros Jaffe
Hot Off the
Press- Results of Silverman Business Plan Competition Finals!
Technology
Self Help Clinic
New SOM Merchandise at the Bookstore!
Girls Scouts
Leading Women Awards Breakfast
Borrowing
Things from the MBA Office
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MBA Office
Updates “It's so hard when I have to, and so easy when I
want to.” “Our
thoughts create our reality -- where we put our focus is the direction we
tend to go.”
Economics Review October 26, 2007
1:15p.m-2:15p.m. Case Room 2
Graduate
Entrepreneurship Certificate Courses For 2008 Course One:
Entrepreneurship: Feasibility Assessment – GSM 600 (spring
semester) Course Two:
Entrepreneurship: Business Plans and Proposals – GSM 601 (summer
semester) Course Three:
Managing a High Growth Firm – GSM
602
(fall
semester) Course
Four: The Entrepreneurship Practicum – GSM
603 (fall
semester) Please contact darla.pires-degrace@simmons.edu
for more information on these Entrepreneurship electives and/or the
Certificate program.
For those of you that attended last
Friday’s tea with Ros Jaffe or the Business Plan competition, it was a
chance to not only watch your peers in action-presenting in front of 115
people, but also to learn from some very successful executives how they react
in the moment to presentations in front of them, deliver feedback, ask
probing questions, and relate their business experience with concrete
examples, suggestions, etc. The goal to help continue to refine the ideas of
the finalists was clear and everyone in the room learned something. I also
heard those who attended the tea with Ros also really enjoyed listening to
her story and getting a chance to interact with another very successful
entrepreneur and executive.
WINNER: Jennifer
Christian-Murtie, class of ’07, and current MBA Certificate
in Entrepreneurship student Yadumu Yadumu will provide comprehensive environmental,
economic, and sustainable development advice to hotels, lodges, and camps in
the ecotourism industry in Jennifer won $10,000 in cash plus in-kind prizes
valued at over $10,000 including legal services, logo design, brand
consulting and training programs. Jennifer, and the two other finalists presented
to a packed room of over 110, and the panel of 4 judges who said they were
impressed by the creativity and timely nature of her idea, tapping into a
major new trend, her passion for ecotourism, quality of the business
plan, knowledge of the African market and realistic vision and
financial goals. As a nice bonus, Yadumu also aligns
sustainability, social responsibility and profitability in its business
strategy, which are concepts and practices which are deeply integrated into
our MBA curriculum.
Show off your SOM pride with new hoodies,
t-shirts, travel mugs, and more now available at the Simmons Bookstore! Stop
by the store or visit our website at www.simmons.bncollege.com Please
contact the store manager, Shalagh Kelly, at 617-521-2054 or bkssimmons@bncollege.com for more
details.
Change in Academic Policy Effective October 1st,
2007 The
curriculum committee has made a change to the Academic Policy that went into
effect October 1, 2007. Attached please find the new policy and the specific
area of the change is the transfer of credits section. The new language is as
follows: Transfer of Credits A
maximum of 9 credits may be allowed to transfer upon review of the syllabi of
the courses and the approval of the Associate Dean (Faculty). This
policy applies to entering students trying to transfer credit from another
school into Simmons. Current students trying to transfer credit
back to Simmons to apply towards our MBA degree requirements may do so only
under extenuating circumstances, with the approval of the Associate Dean
(Faculty). Grade
must be a B or better and taken at an AACSB school or equivalent. Courses
must have been taken within 3 years, must be graduate level, and the course
work cannot have been applied to an earned degree at another school. Students with any questions about this policy
change should talk to Mary D. SOM
Nationally Ranked (twice!) for Work in Principled Leadership For
three years, the SOM has been strengthening its teaching, research, and
convening on Principled Leadership and the strategic alignment of
profitability and social responsibility. Through our focus on
Principled Leadership, we seek to integrate a commitment to ethical
decision-making, environmental sustainability, corporate social
responsibility, inclusive organizations, and accountability to multiple
stakeholders as critical components of effective leadership and
organizational performance. I am
proud to announce that our accomplishments have been recognized in two
national rankings in the past month. Yesterday,
our Simmons MBA program was recognized as a leader in integrating social and
environmental issues into its MBA program according to the prestigious Aspen
Institute’s 2007-2008 edition of Beyond Grey Pinstripes, a
biennial survey and alternative ranking of business schools. Simmons
was ranked 32 on a list of the Global Top 100 Schools. The SOM is
ranked next to top business schools such as Stanford, “In
the Beyond Grey Pinstripes survey, success is measured by how well prepared
[MBA graduates] are to guide a company through the complex relationship of
business and society, where issues relating to the environment or the
well-being of a community can impact a company’s performance and
reputation.” said Judith Samuelson, Executive Director of the Aspen
Institute Business and Society Program. Visit www.BeyondGreyPinstripes.org
to learn more about this rigorous ranking and what business schools are doing
to explicitly address the role business can play in improving social and
environmental conditions. A
second external ranking in this area is the annual guide for students
published by the national organization Net Impact. Net Impact's
mission is to "make a positive impact on society by growing and
strengthening a community of new leaders who use business to improve the
world.” Net Impact has more than 150 chapters in graduate business
schools, including top business schools such as Harvard, MIT, Annually,
Net Impact surveys its chapters to get students’ opinions on how well
their schools integrate a commitment to corporate social
responsibility. In September, the "Business as Unusual: 2007
Net Impact Student Guide to Graduate Business Programs" was
released. I am delighted that the SOM MBA program was ranked among
the top 10 schools in 15 out of the 20 categories assessed and in the
top 5 in 8 of the categories. The full report, profiling all 60 ranked
schools, is available at http://www.netimpact.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=1020 I am
very proud of these rankings as I hope you are. I am proud of: how
innovative our faculty have been in addressing this priority; how much our
students have valued our emphasis on principled leadership; and how our small
school can compete effectively to offer thought and practice leadership in an
area that I believe will define business strategy and performance in the next
decade. These
rankings provide great visibility for our school and inspire us to keep
developing our work and reputation in this area. They should also help
us strengthen enrollments. Our research shows that women, in
particular, care about the issues embodied in principled leadership. As
a management school specifically designed for women, we need to remain on the
cutting-edge in this field. These recent rankings confirm that indeed
we are! As
always, I welcome your comments and feedback at somdean@simmons.edu.
The graduate Certificate in
Entrepreneurship at the Simmons College School of Management is an
innovative and intensive program designed to teach, mentor and network women
as they plan and launch new ventures. First delivered in 2004, the program is
comprised of a sequenced set of four graduate level business courses
including an Entrepreneurship Practicum integrated with a strong set of
co-curricular activities, for example, the Leading Women Entrepreneur
annual speaker series, the Silverman Business Plan Competition, Entrepreneur
and Visiting Entrepreneurial Scholar in Residence programs, and
the Simmons School of Management Mentor Network. The four course
sequence runs January through November and is carefully designed to lead you
from idea generation and evaluation (course 1) to business plan (course 2),
then post-launch management (course 3) integrated with an intensive field
experience working with an entrepreneur CEO (course 4). Please contact
Darla for more information at darla.pires-degrace@simmons.edu. Outside
the MBA Program Office, there is a map of the world on the wall to the right
as you walk down the short set of steps to the computer lab area. Map tacks
have been made available for you to pinpoint the cities/regions of the world
that you hail from or with which you associate culturally or heritage-wise.
We encourage you all to put your mark(s)
on the map! |
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Every year Simmons sponsors the
Girls Scouts Leading Women Awards Breakfast. This year the event will
be held on October 24, 2007 from 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. at the |
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*Hire Purpose
MBA Job Forum Update* Louise Teo, organizer for the Hire Purpose MBA Job Forum
will be on campus Wednesday October 24th, at 4:30pm in Mockler
Case Room 2. She will discuss the October 26th Job Forum and will
be able to answer any questions you may have about the event. RSVP: julie.barenholtz@simmons.edu by Monday, October 22. Hire Purpose MBA Job Forum
9:00am-
4:00pm, Candidate Registration Registration is now open for the next Hire Purpose
MBA Job Forum. Candidates are invited to submit resumes for pre-screening by
recruiters prior to the event: http://www.hirepurpose.net/octCandidates.html - In
addition please RSVP to Julie Barenholtz (julie.barenholtz@simmons.edu)
and confirm your resume is uploaded into career connect. Information Sessions Candidates are invited to attend the following
private information sessions. Space is limited and RSVPs are required. Genzyme Corporation – Information
Session Hire Purpose MBA Job Forum 9.30am,
October 26, 2007 To register, email: genzyme@hirepurpose.net Contact Hire Purpose MBA Job Forum 1.30pm,
October 26, 2007 To register, email: cs@hirepurpose.net
Minitab
Workshop Tuesday
October 30, 2 – 4pm, in P113 (this is on the main campus) Register
online at http://ptrc.simmons.edu/
Or
contact Shelley directly at: strowman@simmons.edu. TIME SENSITIVE – MBA Rotational and Management Development Programs DETAILS
AND APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE FOUND ON CAREER CONNECT (https://www.myinterfase.com/simmons/student/) Bank
of Commercial
Banking Leadership Program Global
Treasury Services Leadership Program State Street – DEADLINE 10/31/07 MGH
( Administrative
Fellowship Program Recent Job Postings – Visit Career Connect -
Associate, Advisory Services - - Head
of School - DEADLINE OCT 26, 2007 - IT
Coordinator – Hayden Associates - Manager of Client Training and Development -
Financial Analyst As a
reminder, please keep your Career Connect profile up to date. If you forgot
your username and password, please contact julie.barenholtz@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 Julie. Outside Networking & Career Events Outside
networking and career events will be posted in detail on Career Connect.
Below serves as a brief reminder of upcoming events. You can register for
Career Connect at: https://www.myinterfase.com/simmons/student/home.aspx
Executive Diversity Career Fair
10:00am
-5:00pm, in The Partnership Inc. Career Connection Wednesday,
October 24, 2007 4:00pm-
7:00pm Dorothy Quincy Fashion Career Fair Tuesday,
October 30, 2007 2:00pm
– 7:00pm, METROPOLITAN PAVILION, National
MBA Career Fair for Women Friday
& Saturday, November 2-3, 2007 The Women
For Hire Wednesday
November 7, 2007 10:00
a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Friday,
November 2, 2007 10:00
am – 3:00 pm, CFO
Summit Thursday
November 29th, 7:30 am - 6:30 pm. Interesting Career Articles Top 15 Small Workplaces: Outshining the Big Names Think "great place to work," and big companies like
Google typically spring to mind. But across the country, many small
businesses and nonprofits have built workplace environments and cultures that
rival -- or even outshine -- the big names. For complete article: http://www.careerjournal.com/hrcenter/articles/20071017-spors.html?cjcontent=mail Tips for a Dynamic Email Cover Letter Just as certain
secrets can help you write a dynamic cover letter, there are also key strategies
for sending email cover letters. Here are those strategies. For
complete article: http://www.quintcareers.com/email_cover_letters.html |
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Library Updates The Library
is offering tutorials on using the Bloomberg terminal. These 1-hour
individual sessions are designed to help you get started with using the
different menu options in this powerful real-time financial and news
database. The tutorials will be given during the following times: Thursday, October 18 - 4:00 pm
– 5:00 pm Saturday, October 20 - 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Tuesday, October 23 – 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Thursday, October 25 - 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Thursday, October 25 - 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Friday, October 26 - 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Saturday, October 27 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Saturday, October 27 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tuesday, October 30 – 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Wednesday, October 31 – 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm To sign
up for these tutorials, please either come into the Library or email Kathy (kathleen.berger@simmons.edu).
The sign-up sheets for the tutorials are at the circulation desk. If these
times are not convenient, please let us know and we will be happy to schedule
additional times. Need Help Finding Industry Ratios: The
library has a resource sheet on finding industry ratios. This resource
sheet is on display in the library at the circulation desk.
Need Help with Citing Your Sources:
The library is looking for Part-time Graduate Student
Library Assistants. Day/Evening/Weekend hours are available. If interested,
please contact Kathy Berger, SOM Assistant Librarian, at 617-521-3847 or
e-mail kathleen.berger@simmons.edu
for an application. |