May 29^th, 2008

MBA OFFICE NEWS & EVENTS CAREER SERVICES SOM LIBRARY

Headings marked in MAROON represent previously posted information; those marked in BLUE represent new information.

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

Updates for Week of 5/31 – 6/07
Graduation Updates
CGO Seeks Upcoming Graduate Assistant for Upcoming School Year
MBA Admissions would like you to Refer-a-Friend
2008 Forté MBA Women’s Conference

MBA Office Updates

Updates for Week of 5/31 – 6/07

Strategy Presentations Saturday May 31^st 9-4p.m. CR 2
Investments Saturday June 7^th 1-4p.m.

Public Speaking (A) 9-12p.m. Saturday June 7^th CR2

Public Speaking (B) 1-4 p.m. Saturday June 7^th CR2

Graduation Updates

Flags

If you'd like to have your country's flag represented at graduation please email Paula Bent at paula.bent@simmons.edu. Please note if you request a flag you will be asked to carry it at the ceremony. If you already indicated this on your data sheet there is no need to request again.

Invitations

Invitations for Graduation & Dean's Reception are ready for pick up in the MBA Office. Guests do not need the invitations to get into the graduation ceremony. If you wish to have more than 10, you can ask for them after all students receive theirs. Students will receive one Dean's Reception invitation each.

Voting

Ballots have been emailed out for voting for your class speakers, marshals, and the Pat Miller Awards. Please cast your vote by Monday, June 2nd. If the results are too close to call we will do another round.

Here are the links if you have not voted yet. Please vote only once!

FULL TIME:

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB227UXXKV82V

PART TIME:

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB227UY8HVDHH

CGO Seeks Upcoming Graduate Assistant For Upcoming School Year

The CGO office is looking for  a Graduate Assistant to assist with its
partnership with Madrinas, an organization of visionary Latina leaders. The
position requires approximately 5 hours per week. Responsibilities include:
maintaining the Madrinas membership list, forming monthly emails and

Newsletters to Madrinas members, assisting the CGO director with support of the partnership. 

Latina students encouraged to apply, and Spanish language strongly preferred. 

Interested applicants send their resume to: heatherjean.mac@gmail.com

MBA Admissions would like you to Refer-a-Friend

The MBA Admissions office is looking for you to pay-it-forward.  We know that many of you were referred to the Simmons MBA program by alumnae or current students.  Do you know someone you think would be a great new member of the Simmons MBA community?  Come by the MBA Admissions office to pick up an application fee waiver for your friend and let them know that we are still accepting applications for the Fall.  Give them some pointers on the GMAT and start them on their way to achieving the Simmons MBA.  Also, let them know that we have an upcoming information session on Tuesday June 3^rd at 6pm in the Green Room.  Thanks and have a great long weekend from the MBA Admissions Team!


2008 Forté MBA Women’s Conference
Underwritten by Lehman Brothers

Friday, June 27 - Saturday, June 28
New York City, New York

Purpose. Passion. Power.

Join the Forté Foundation for the one women’s conference that brings together everything you need to conquer your world and packs it into one exhilarating weekend. Marshalling an international network of progressive companies, world-class business schools and phenomenal women leaders, Forté’s MBA Women’s Conference brings you an unrivaled agenda of speakers and sessions that compel you to find your purpose, pursue your passion and project your power.

DEADLINE TO RESGISTER: June 16^th
For more information: click here


FRIDAY SUMMER HOURS: 7am-2pm (May 23 - August 29^th)

Students please take note that EVERY FRIDAY in Summer beginning May 23rd through August 29th, the College will be closing at 2:00pm.  Student Access on Fridays through August 29th will be 7:00am-2:00pm.


East Meets East!

While we are all more attuned to some of the more high profile culture clashes evident in the world today, your classmate Megha Bhutani had a first hand look at what happened when Honda's Japanese management team imposed their work style and ethics on the Indian work force at Honda Motorcycle and Scooters India Ltd. where she was in an Executive Training program. Ask Megha about the details next time you see her.


(SOMAA) 2008 Annual Meeting & Champagne Networking Reception

The School of Management Alumnae Association (SOMAA) will host the 2008 Annual Meeting & Champagne Networking Reception in June and would like to extend the invitation to all current SOM students.  The event will feature tours of the new SOM building and keynote speaker President Elect Helen Drinan ‘'75LS, ‘'78SM.  The discussion will focus on the evolution and future of the SOMAA.

When: Monday, June 16

Where: Simmons College, Linda K. Paresky Conference Center, 300 The Fenway

Schedule: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm SOM Building Tours
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm       Reception

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm       Annual Meeting

Registration: Individual Tickets $20 – please RSVP by June 1, 2008

Visit alumnet.simmons.edu and click on events calendar from the right navigation bar, the event is listed under June 16^th.

If you would like to attend and cannot due to financial constraints, please let Mary D know prior to June 1^st. 

Hope to see you there!  This will be another great opportunity to network with alums and see the new building.

-- Jen Albert & Heather Lantz

The 2008 National Black MBA Association Case Competition

The event will be held at the 30^th Annual Convention and Exposition, September 17-20, in Washington, DC. To facilitate that process, all case participants must register via the conference registration document which can be located at www.nbmbaa.org. As has been the procedure in the past, case teams must register for the conference (at the student rate - $295.00), indicating case participation on the registration document. That registration document then should be forwarded to the NBMBAA. Each individual member of the case team must register. To indicate case team participation, look under the Registration Options heading. We urge all case teams to register before August 15, 2008. The tentative schedule at the conference is as follows:

Competition Schedule

(All competition activities will take place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, unless otherwise noted)

Thursday, September 18, 2008
12:00 PM   Student Orientation
1:00 PM     Preliminary Rounds
7:00 PM     Reception (Finalist Announced)

Friday, September 19, 2008
7:00 AM    Final Rounds
12:00 – 2:00 PM   Keynote Luncheon (Winners Announced)

All questions pertaining to the case competition can be directed to Case Competition (NBMBAA) at 314-580-8086 or via CaseCompetition@nbmbaa.org.

News & Events

Track Meetings

Day Track Meeting

Date: Wednesday June 4^th

Time: 12-1p.m.

Location: Caseroom 2

Lunch will be served!

Evening Track Meeting

Date: Wednesday June 4^th

Time: 5-6p.m.

Location: Caseroom 2

Dinner will be served!

Career Services Updates

UPCOMING EVENTS - IMPORTANT TIME SENSITIVE

EXPO PREP SESSIONS

Thursday, June 5, 12:00 – 1:30pm Mockler
Thursday, June 12, 4:00 – 6:00pm Mockler

Students are strongly encouraged to attend one expo prep session. We will be discussing the flow of the day, what to expect, and positioning yourself.

RSVP: julie.barenholtz@simmons.edu

CSO Annual Career Expo - Thursday, June 19

12:30 pm – 5:30 pm, Paresky Center, 300 Fenway Simmons Main Campus

LIMITED SEATING - RSVP TODAY! julie.barenholtz@simmons.edu

Preparation tips and company updates will be added weekly to the Career Connect Resource Library and posted in the MBA Update

Confirmed Companies (as of May 29)

Athenahealth

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc.

Boston Scientific

Commongood Careers

Communispace

Eduventures

Genzyme

Harvard

HP

IDG

Management Sciences for Health

MIT

Next Street Financial

Philips

Raytheon

Sovereign Bank

State Street

Umass Medical

Got An Off? Negotiations Seminar
Monday, June 23, 409 Comm. Ave, Green Room – 4:00 – 6:00pm

RSVP – LIMITED SEATING
Email: julie.barenholtz@simmons.edu

Facilitator: Ginny Rehberg (http://www.ginnyrehberg.com/)

Join us for a seminar and conversation filled with tips and concrete ideas about how to handle that exciting yet difficult time when an offer is on the table and the ball is in your court.

We'll be walking through the steps of accepting the phone call when an offer comes through, strategizing how to negotiate, what language to use and making the big decision. If you are interested in finding out about common negotiation mistakes, and how to manage the process in your own best interests, come and join our discussion.

Technology Workshops

Think you might be interested in market research, analysis, or data collection? Shelley Strowman will be offering two great workshops that will add value to your resume.

1) SPSS: This beneficial statistical software tool is used widely in many fields that require statistical analysis.

2) Zoomerang Survey: Learn how to create your own surveys and analyze the results

If you are interested in these workshops to be held in June/July please email your interest to julie.barenholtz@simmons.edu and specify what workshop(s) you are interested in attending.

Recent Job Postings – Visit Career Connect

~ Associate Director - MIT Leadership Center
~ Product Manager -  Recycline
~ Global Program Manager, Evaluation – HP
~ Director - Operations – Athenahealth
~ Senior Contract Analyst, Pharmacy Business Area: Health Care Services – Blue

Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Recent Internship Postings – Visit Career Connect

~ Intern - Recycline

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

(WAVE) Women’s Association of Venture and Equity, Inc and (NEVCA) New England Venture Capital Association

Panel discussion on Women who Aren't Afraid of Risk: Hear from women who've founded and are building private equity firms

Thursday, June 5, 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA

Admission is free for all members and guests of WAVE/NEVCA

Moderator, Sarah Camougis, Partner, Edwards Angell Palmer Dodge LLP

Panelists:

Maria Cirino, Founder and Managing Director, .406 Ventures

Linda Lynch, Founder and Managing Director, Fisher Lynch Capital

Gina Raimondo, Founder and General Partner, Point Judith Capital

Gwill York, Founder and Managing Director, Lighthouse Capital Partners

To register, please visit our website at http://www.women-wave.org

If you have any questions please email us at admin@women-wave.org or call 1-866-919-WAVE

10th Sino-American Pharmaceutical Association New England (SAPA-NE) Annual Conference

Saturday, June 14, 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Wong Auditorium, Tang Center, Building E51, Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139

The conference is free for active SAPA members or MIT students, $20 for general public.

After the meeting, the 10th anniversary celebration and dinner reception will be held in Cambridge Marriott from 6pm to 9pm.  You may network with the speakers from the day-time conference and other distinguished guests.  The ticket for the dinner reception is $25.

Topic: "From test tube to pharmacy shelf, the opportunity and challenges for biopharmaceutical industry" and focuses on the frontiers of: 1) Breakthrough of R&D in the Industry, 2) Intellectual Property and Business Development and 3) China and Globalization.

Questions: For all other questions, please contact
hlin88@post.harvard.edu
bingli_ma@yahoo.com
xiaotian_zhong@yahoo.com
 or Visit http://www.SAPA-NEweb.org <http://www.SAPA-NEweb.org>

Speakers include:

Davinder Gill, Ph.D.,  AVP, Biotechnology, Wyeth
Barbara Hibner, Ph.D., Director, Discovery Strategy, Millennium Pharmaceuticals.
Thomas Chan, Ph.D., Senior Vice president of Research, Arqule Pharmaceutical
Gunther Winkler, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Strategy Initiatives, Biogen Idec
Brian Seed, Ph.D., Professor of Genetics, Director, Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Harvard University
Sam Liao, M.D., MBA, Head of BD &Licensing Asia, Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Inc
Michael H. Brodowski, Ph.D., Partner, K&L Gates
Norton, Peet, Ph.D., International Pharmaceutical R&D Consultant
Riting, Liu, Ph.D., MBA, Vice President, FoSun Pharma
Canwen Jiang, Ph.D., Senior Director, Head of Genzyme Science China
Kechun Li, MBA, General Manager, Chiral Quest (China)
Chengyu Jiang, Ph.D., Professor and Chairperson, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, PUMC
Dan Zhang, M.D., MPH, CEO, Fountain Medical Development Ltd

2008 MBA Women’s Conference*

Friday, June 27 - Saturday, June 28

Registration Deadline June 20

Kimmel Center at NYU
60 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012

For complete details and to register for Conference: http://www.fortefoundation.org/site/PageServer?pagename=MBAWomensConference * Ask CSO for help with funding

Register with Forte: http://www.fortefoundation.org/site/PageServer?pagename=cc_powertools

The Wall Street Journal Virtual Career Fair

Tuesday, July 29 (Online)

You’ve never had a job interview this easy.

At The Wall Street Journal Virtual Career Fair, you’ll get immediate access to the decision-makers who can hire you. Without traveling any farther than your computer, you can:

Explore opportunities

Do your career homework

Drop off a resume or virtual business card

Interview by live chat with company representatives

Network in The Wall Street Journal Lounge

Learn more about this opportunity at: http://online.wsj.com/careers/career-fair?frame_src=http://www.wsj-classified.com/virtualcareerfair/

Interesting Career Articles

Phone Interview Tips

Employers use telephone interviews as a way of identifying and recruiting candidates for employment. Phone interviews are often used to screen candidates in order to narrow the pool of applicants who will be invited for in-person interviews. They are also used as way to minimize the expenses involved in interviewing out-of-town candidates.

Read article: http://jobsearch.about.com/cs/interviews/a/phoneinterview.htm

Microsoft demos future Windows with touch-screen

CARLSBAD, Calif.—Microsoft Corp. said its next operating system will be made for touch-screen applications, an alternative to the computer mouse, and its top executives reaffirmed interest in joining forces with Yahoo Inc.

For complete article go to: http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/05/28/microsoft_demos_future_windows_
with_touch_screen_1211978804/

Library Updates

Library Hours

This Saturday, the library will be staffed from 12pm – 4pm.

From Friday, May 23 until Friday, August 29, the SOM Library will be closing early on Fridays at 2pm, due to the college instituting summer hours.

Library Blog Update

There have been some very interesting reports & news articles that have come out in the last week that we have blogged about. Check out the SOM library’s blog (found on the web at http://somlibrarian.wordpress.com/) to read these articles about the 25 most desirable MBA employers and the rise of the socially-minded consumer.

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