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October 11th, 2007 |
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The mission
of the
New Information This Week
Note from Mary D.
Special Note From Mary D.
Quote of the Week
Schedule Updates for
Week of 10/15 - 10/20
Change in Academic Policy
Effective October 1st, 2007
MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN
Simmons SOM Ranked #32 in
BEYOND GREY PINSTRIPES NATIONAL SURVEY
Reminder
About Reunion Weekend
Simmons School of Management Women
of Color Club Meeting
Entrepreneurship
Make
Your World a Wonder - Tell Us Where You're From!
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MBA Office Updates
“Vision without action is a daydream.
Action without vision is a nightmare.”
Optional Review Section for
Financial R&A October 13th, 12-2p.m. 5th Floor Case
Room First Strategic Decision Making
(SDM) Class October 16th, 6-9p.m. Case Room 2 No Financial R&A (A) class
on October 17th, CSR Face to Face Session October
18, 4-4:45p.m. Case Room 2 Strategic Decision Making All
Day October 20th, 9a.m.-4p.m. Case Room 2 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.
Deborah Reminder About Just a quick reminder that this weekend is a very
busy one at the SOM. It is the finals of the business plan competition and
reception on Friday night followed by reunion activities and a reception on
Saturday. Students looking for a quiet place to study may want to think about
going to the Main Campus, your local library or staying home to study. The
school is open and all students are welcome to attend any of the reunion
activities!!
The first meeting of the semester will take place on October 16th from 5:00 –
5:45pm in Case Room 2. Please contact Darla (darla.pires-degrace@simmons.edu.)
if you have any questions. To empower, develop, and enrich the lives of the SOM women of
color through personal and professional development. 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! Columbus Day
SOM Building Schedule
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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 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 Recent Job Postings – Visit Career Connect -
Equity Research Analyst - DEADLINE OCTOBER 15
– Fidelity Investments -
Director Product Development and Implementation - - Head
of School - DEADLINE OCT 26, 2007 -
Project Accountant - Manager of Client Training and Development -
Marketing Specialist
- MBA
Internship in Human Services – STEP, Inc - 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
Wednesday,
October 17, 2007 10:00
am - 12:00pm at The 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, Interesting Career Articles How
to Pinpoint Accomplishments That Will Make Your Resume Shine Listing your job responsibilities on a resume may get you on an
employer's job-candidate roster, but if you note some solid accomplishments
as well, you may be able to make the jump onto a recruiter's short list.
Terry Gallagher, president of Battalia Winston
International, a New York-based executive search firm, says he places
"three times as much value on results versus responsibilities on a
resume." For complete article: http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/resumes/20070116-mattioli.html
AARP Picks Best Companies For Employees Over Age
50 With brands like Shout, Windex and Scrubbing
Bubbles under its name, SC Johnson certainly should be one of the cleanest
companies to work for. But on Tuesday, AARP acknowledged the company for a
different reason: its policies and practices that make it the best workplace
for those over the age of 50. For
complete article: http://www.careerjournal.com/myc/fifty/20071004-hoak.html?cjcontent=mail
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Library Updates 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. Recommended Stop by the library and take a look at our display
of investment books. Take a look at the “50 Most Powerful
Women” in the October 15, 2007 issue of Fortune magazine. |