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July 31st, 2008
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The mission of the Simmons School of Management is to educate women for power and principled leadership. We are committed to the advancement of knowledge and practice in management through excellence in education and research. Our academic programs offer rigorous, applied, management education designed for women. We focus on leadership, and our programs integrate the strategic, functional, and behavioral aspects of management. SOM students gain the knowledge, analytical skills, and confidence that they need to manage successfully in dynamic and global environments. We are invested in our students’ success and support them as they launch, advance, and change their careers.
New Information This Week
Note from Mary D.
Quotes of the Week
Schedule Updates
Graduation Updates
Class Gift 2008
Current Students to Carry International Flags at Graduation
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MBA Office Updates Summer term will officially end on Monday for our students in FSA, but the rest of you are done and congratulations to all of you!! You have all worked so hard and while many of you can look forward to five weeks off, another 65 classmates are about to graduate and start a new chapter in their professional lives!! Normally I do my reflection email the day before graduation, but I am not convinced anyone ever reads it, so I am trying it a week early this year as an experiment!! Even though my thoughts are always similar year after year, I find that students who are not graduating react differently to these questions depending on how many semesters you have been here!! Some of you have finished your 2nd semester, others are finishing their 3rd, 5th, or 8th semester!! As you watch all the graduating students prepare to get their degrees next week and start their celebrations, there are usually a variety of reactions ranging from “I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel” to “the end of that tunnel doesn’t look very close to me right now!” If you can, come to graduation next week as it will make you feel better, regardless of how you feel about the tunnel!! Each semester is a major milestone and you need to celebrate it. But, I also believe that at some point you each need to do some reflection and I suspect that even if you have thought about these questions before, your answers will evolve semester after semester. Think about how you approach problems or situations vs. how you did 6 months, a year, two years, or three years ago. Think about how you read the newspaper or react to financial or world events. Think about how your confidence levels have risen as a result of your experiences in the classroom. Think about moments when you didn’t think you would get through the day, week or semester and what you did to rally. Think about class participation and what you did well, whether it was just having the confidence to try, if you took a stand on a issue, encouraged someone else to get involved in the conversation, or presented as part of your BGGE, Leading, or Marketing presentations knowing it was really difficult and would have been easy to defer to your colleagues that are comfortable speaking in large groups. Think about your grades and how psyched you were to get a grade on a paper or exam that reflected all of your hard work and effort. Think about how you helped or saw someone else help a classmate struggle through a concept and then all of a sudden the light bulbs go off!! Think about the things that excited you intellectually. Think about how you balanced all the other competing priorities in your life with school, and how you have learned to juggle them all or at least stay afloat! Think about next year and what you want to do, try, continue or change. But for the next 5 weeks, relax and have some fun!! Go to the beach, read a book, go out to dinner with friends and family. September will be here before you know it and we will be thrilled to see you all back again in a few weeks!! Read my note to non graduating students because as you have now all completed your program, lots of memories and moments will surface with every question!! Can you believe that graduation is next week?? As we talked during our champagne and strawberries celebrations many of you are bittersweet about the moment. Happy (thrilled would probably be a better adjective!!) to be done with all the papers and deliverables, happy to not have to read another case and do more analysis! Excited that you have earned your degree and bubbling with confidence, new skills and a different view of so many things. But, leaving the familiarity and routine of coming to school every day or after work, being intellectually stimulated and seeing your friends and colleagues on a regular basis is a strange feeling as you have dedicated so much to get to this moment. However by October, you will wonder how you did it all as your lives will quickly fill back up with work, family and new jobs!! I am so proud of each of you and I know that great things lie ahead for each of you. Many people will say to you “good luck” over the next week. Remember my favorite definition of luck, which is “luck is when preparation meets opportunity.” We have prepared you, and the opportunities await you. Graduation is just the beginning of another great chapter in your lives. We are proud to have worked beside you and with you during your MBA program and will miss you. But know that a warm welcome will always be here when you come back!! Quotes of the Week for Graduating Students “Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.” -- Tom Brokaw “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” – Semisonic “Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. it's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do and you've done it. “ “Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.” --Mark Victor Hansen
TODAY-Thursday, July 31st, Graduation meeting, 6:15pm, Gold Room Wednesday, August 6th, 4-5pm, Roundtable with the Dean This will be the last MBA Update for the semester break. We will resume the update on Thursday, August 28th. New Simmons School of Management Sweatshirts have arrived! The Simmons College Bookstore will be selling newly designed Simmons SOM hooded sweatshirts for $34.95 at Graduation on August 8th. Cash, check and credit card payment will be accepted. Keep an eye out for these new sweatshirts at the Simmons College Bookstore in the fall as well! Please send the order forms and a check or money order to: The Office of Student Leadership and Activities W-002 300 The Fenway Boston, MA 02115. Questions about the program? E-mail leadership@simmons.edu Fall Registration Finance B and C have been combined into one section for Fall 08 with Indra Guertler teaching. Your cap & gowns will be distributed at this meeting and there is a lot of important information that you will need to know. If you can't make it you will be responsible for picking up your cap & gown before graduation from the MBA Office. A summary of the meeting will be posted to eLearning for those of you who can't make it. We do encourage you try to make it!! Health Insurance Extension
RSVP via email by Monday, July 28, 2008 to This event, sponsored by the Simmons School of Management Alumnae Association Board of Directors and the SOM, marks a wonderful tradition of welcoming the new class of MBA graduates to the distinguished ranks of Simmons SOM alumnae. Almost there! As we approach our final soirée together at the Dean’s Reception, and the celebration of all of our hard work, we would like to remind you about the importance of the Class Gift for Sustainability and Principled Leadership. All of us benefitted from the generosity of the women who walked before us, and it is our sincere hope that we may enhance the program for the next generation of principled leaders. We currently have 43% participation including the raffle, although only 16% as direct pledges. Our goal is to reach 100% participation among graduating class members of 2008. With this in mind, the Class Gift Committee Co-Chairs encourage you to pledge immediately, and submit your contributions before August 4th. Remember, you can utilize the payment plan option if you would like to defer or spread out your contribution over the next fiscal year ending 6/30/09. Follow the link below to make your pledge: https://alumnet.simmons.edu/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=1140 To show the SOM's gratitude for your support, the following gifts will be presented to all Class Gift participants at the Dean's Reception: $1000+ Contribution: Silver business card holder $250-$999: Silver key chain $249 and under: Silver letter opener If you have any questions at all, please reach out to any of the Class Gift Co-Chairs. We look forward to seeing you all at the New Alumni Reception & Dean’s Reception. Jen Albert, Martha Conover, Erin DeCurtis, Heather Lantz, Erin McFee
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News & Events NSHMBA Boston, along with Conexión, CC4Kids, Comadres and other local diverse organizations would like to invite you to a "friendly takeover" of the MFA Summer Fridays on August 1, 2008. The Museum is reaching out to several organizations to increase diversity at MFA events. To register follow the link below: |
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UPCOMING EVENTS – IMPORTANT & TIME SENSITIVE The Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA) is offering free student memberships for a very limited time. If you are looking for career development, mentoring and networking opportunities, ALPFA is a venue where you can find that and more. Sign up as an ALPFA student member before July 31st and enjoy a free one-year membership that makes you eligible to participate in ALPFA’s mentoring program and attend networking events sponsored by top employers in the Boston area. With almost 50% of non-Latino members in Boston, ALPFA is a diverse organization that welcomes individuals from different countries and diverse backgrounds. In addition, members represent diverse functional areas in addition to finance and accounting, including marketing, operations, technology, human resources and more. To sign up, please email georgette.jover@simmons.edu your name, address, expected graduation date and company you work for (if you are currently employed) no later than 4pm on July 31st. Please consider joining the CSO team for this pilot seminar where graduates will become part of a cohort group designed to jump start and advance your job searches! Limited to 8 members, the CSO will facilitate four 1.5 hour sessions for graduates to deepen peer mentoring relationships, share job leads and facilitate networking. Space is limited to 8 members for each section. RSVP by 8/15 to Georgette Jover at georgette.jover@simmons.edu. Day Group Dates/Times: Evening Group Dates/Times - Tues, 8/26 – 11-12:30pm - Wed, 8/27 – 6:00-7:30pm Visit the individual websites for registration details, resume upload instructions, etc. For financial assistance to attend these events, contact Lisa Toby at lisa.toby@simmons.edu National Black MBA Association National Society of Hispanic MBA’s The Massachusetts Society of CPAs Public Accounting Career Fair National Association of Women MBA’s Hire Purpose MBA Career Fair
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