Thursday, May 07, 2009
School of Business Undergraduate Programs Weekly Announcements For the weeks of May 7-14, 2009 This will be the last Biz Newsletter for the 2008-2009 academic year. We'll see you in the fall! This newsletter will keep you up to date with opportunities to further develop your professional skills. Each time you take advantage of these opportunities you will be taking one step closer to building the best experience possible during your time at UConn. To review announcements in past weekly newsletters, please visit Undergraduate Weekly Announcements. Congratulations School of Business Class of 2009! The School of Business would like to wish the Class of 2009 congratulations and best wishes in your next endeavors! Commencement Commencement is on Sunday, May 10th. Graduating students need to check in at 8:00am in the Fieldhouse for line up. Parents and guests may enter Gampel at 8am. Please join us following the ceremony for a reception in the Student Union Ballroom hosted by the Undergraduate Programs Office. Undergraduate Programs Office - Walk-In Hours The Undergraduate Programs Office is open Monday-Friday from 8:30am-5pm. To schedule an appointment, please call 486-2315. The Office holds walk-in advising hours on Monday-Friday from 2-3pm. This time is available for non-business students with questions and those students who are not able to make an appointment during regularly scheduled advising times. Walk-in advising is on a first come first served basis. Do you like computers? Would you like to work for the BUSN IT department? The School of Business Information Technology department has openings beginning Fall 2009 for a few students eager to expand their technical skills. If interested, please send an email expressing your interests and abilities along with your resume and available hours to CBuckridge@business.uconn.edu.
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Business Career Center ________________________________________________ Upcoming Events: Tuesday, May 14, 2009 SPRING CT CAREER FAIR Groton Inn & Suites, Groton, CT 11:00AM-3:00PM For directions, more information or a listing of participating employers visit: WWW.CTJOBFAIRS.COM Wednesday, May 20, 2009 FREE Webinar: Entering The Workplace During Challenging Economic Times 12:00PM-1:00PM To register, please visit: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/782432595 To view a comprehensive list of upcoming events, please see Business Career Center Events. ______________________________________________ Lorraine Liswell, Program Administrator Business Career Center School of Business, Room 228 (860) 486-5136 Want to be a Leader in the School of Business? Do you want to make a difference in the School of Business? Apply to be a General Voting Member of the Business Leadership Council for the 2009-2010 academic year. The Business Leadership Council functions as a valuable liaison between the student body and the school’s administration. The Council is interested in developing events that strengthen students’ experiences at the School of Business and will be making plans for 2009-10 involvement. With regular monthly meetings during the academic year, the voting seats will consist of two elected members of each business student organization and two voting seats from the general School of Business student body. If you are interested in running for a General Member Voting Seat for the 2009-2010 academic year, please send the following to uconnblc@gmail.com: your resume a 250-word statement about your qualifications an appropriate business casual photo You must be currently enrolled as a School of Business student to apply. The statements and photos submitted will be posted on our Business Leadership Council voting website. Voting will take place at the beginning of the fall semester. If you have any questions regarding the Business Leadership Council or applying to be a General Voting Member, please contact us at uconnblc@gmail.com. Best of luck to all applicants! Seniors - have advice for the incoming freshmen? Want to share a piece of helpful information to leave behind to the incoming freshmen class? Share your thoughts by giving a piece of advice or two to be given to them next fall. You can make recommendations, such as: getting involved in student groups or activities on campus, how to select their courses, what to do on the weekends, how often to go home (or not), a good lesson you learned along the way, anything you think is helpful for them to know. Please email your advice to commencement@business.uconn.edu Include your name, major and hometown, which will be listed under your advice. Submissions will be reviewed for appropriateness. What should we call this project? Have a good name for this publication? Email it us! Graduating Seniors - Mobile Computing Program News By now you should have received an email outlining your laptop options: exercise the buy-out or return. If you didn’t receive the email, please let us know at mobilecomputing@business.uconn.edu Buy-outs can be completed on-line at http://www.genesiscapital.net/buy/ Returns: if not exercising the buy-out, you laptop MUST be returned to the Technology Center by Saturday, May 9th Please direct any questions to mobilecomputing@business.uconn.edu or stop by the Technology Center (room 225). Honor a faculty/staff member with a Legacy Gift Certificate Donate $20.09 to the SB Class Gift and honor a faculty/staff member who will receive a Legacy Gift Certificate in your name. For the first time, a group of graduating seniors has initiated the School of Business Senior Class Gift 2009 campaign. Students voted and the class gift chosen. A walkway outside the stairwell door facing the Student Union. We raised just over $1000, however the project costs near $4000. We need to raise more funds! To help fund the 2009 class gift, for every $20.09 contribution you make, you may honor a faculty or staff member who had a positive impact on you during your years at UConn. Those honored will receive a Legacy Gift certificate in your name. Certificates will be delivered following finals. To contribute, you can donate: online at https://secure.ga4.org/01/seniorclassgift09 OR download the pledge form here and drop off at the UConn Foundation. Thank you for your help! Graduating Seniors - Join the Business Alumni Network and stay UConnected If you haven't already done so, please join the UConn School of Business Alumni Network! This password protected resource is FREE and accessible only by UConn School of Business alumni and graduating students. There are many advantages in joining our alumni network: Search the alumni database for networking purposes Find a career contact in your field of interest Find job postings Post resumes UConn Lifetime Email Forwarding Account Access the Business Alumni Network at http://alumni.business.uconn.edu. Follow the Register Now! link and email uconnfeedback@alumniconnections.com to obtain your "Security Info". For more information contact office of Alumni relations, BUS Room : 305 or at alumnionline@business.uconn.edu. Posting ads in The Biz! To post an ad or article, please send an email to undergrad@business.uconn.edu by Wednesday before 4pm. Postings must be School-related and may be edited by the staff. The Biz is emailed every Thursday to all undergraduate business students, faculty, and staff. If you have designed a flyer or have a website, please include that information with the email. To review past Weekly Announcement, please visit www.business.uconn.edu/cms/p547.	Camp Deloitte for Freshmen! For applying instructions, please click HERE Who is eligible to attend/requirements? Students attending colleges/universities interested in a career in business or accounting. Students currently in their freshmen year of college. Cumulative GPA: 3.0 or above. Deadline to apply is Friday, May 8, 2009 Please Note: All sessions will be held in the New York, NY office BUT THIS OPPORTUNITY IS OPEN TO STUDENTS INTERESTED IN ANY DELOITTE LOCATION. Accommodations (including transportation and hotel) are the applicant’s responsibility. Harvard Business School's "Summer Venture in Management" Program The Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP) hosted by Harvard Business School http://www.hbs.edu/mba/svmp/ is a week of HBS instruction (June 20-26, 2009) that exposes high-potential college students in the summer between their junior and senior year to the HBS MBA experience and the variety of opportunities a degree in management can afford. This twenty-year HBS tradition demonstrates the many rewards of an MBA degree to students who may not otherwise have considered this path. Participants spend a week on campus living the MBA student experience – attending classes, analyzing case studies, and debating management issues with peers and faculty. This unique educational experience, in combination with a summer internship at a sponsoring company or organization, gives participants a broader understanding of the challenges business leaders face, the innumerable opportunities that exist in management, and the impact they can have on their community and the world through leadership. Participants will be selected based on academic achievement, demonstrated leadership, and personal characteristics. Consistent with the objective of promoting educational diversity and opportunity in business leadership, additional criteria to be considered among others, are whether the applicant is: the first family member to attend college; a member of a group that is currently underrepresented in business schools and corporate America (e.g. African-American, Latino, Native American, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender); from a family with little business education or experience; and/or from a school whose graduates do not typically attend a top-tier university ( e.g., attends a rural or predominantly minority college, or has attended a community college as part of a four-year degree). The Application Deadline: May 11, 2009 Read more: http://www.hbs.edu/mba/svmp/ "Digital Media 360°: A Focus on Web Video & More" Learn from The Fortex Group's Ephraim Cohen about the real digital media deal. An interactive digital media workshop with active on-site and online participation and attendance. Actual Consumer Activity & Watching The Early Adopters What Media, Cable And IPTV Companies Are Doing What Are The Challenges Utilizing advanced web conferencing tools, this Online interactive digital media workshop will allow attendees the opportunity to see, hear and engage with the speaker and the classroom to find out about the different ways consumers interact between video and TV and how it relates to programming. Wednesday, May 13, 2009 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. The Online workshop will be hosted live from UConn's School of Business Graduate Business Learning Center in Hartford, CT. Online Workshop Attendance = $30 for members, $35 for non-members. On-site Breakfast Buffet Workshop = $45 for members, $50 for non-members Event is free for 2 volunteers who would like to help with registration prior to event. If interested, please let us know. Reservations for the UConn location will be accepted on a "space available basis" with abundant online attendance space available. For more information, contact Rachana Katkar, WICT NE's Virtual/On-Location Programs Director at 860-766-2387. 2009 Undergraduate Student Leadership and Creativity Symposium Building Future Leaders Innovative seminar hosted by The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business and sponsored with the generosity of KeyBank. October 15 – 18, 2009 Fisher College of Business, Columbus, OH This three-day event will provide a one-of-a-kind forum for skill building: • Leadership training • Creativity and the power of creative thinking • Product innovation and new product development • Entrepreneurial theory and practice • Persuasive Communication • Room/board will be provided • Participation allowance of $200 and $400 available • An opportunity to win 1 of 5 scholarships for $1,000 If you are interested, please contact Seanice Austin, Director of Diversity at Seanice.Austin@uconn.edu or 860-486-4135. REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 15, 2009 Read more here website: http://www.business.uconn.edu/odi/keybanksymposium.pdf Human Resource Association of Central CT (HRACC) Jim Roberts Scholarship The HRACC is oferring a scholarship award of $2,000 who meet the following criteria: Full-time student enrolled in a bachelor degree program as a sophormore, junior or senior Minimum GPA of 3.0 Submission of completed application including one page statement of interest Scholarship Application Deadline: May 30th For more information and the scholarship application click here. NBMBA-WGC Student Business Case Competition Case: A successful global company based in South Korea aspires to "Tier One" status among its competitors through mastering the less tangible, more intuitive qualities of superior design. You have been hired by this company to develop a strategic direction that will lead the company to the next level. Open to High School, Undergraduate and 1st Year MBA Students. Entrance Fee $100 – For one team at each level (Undergraduate and MBA), the entrance fee will be sponsored by the Office of Diversity Initiatives! (We already have a MBA team) Prizes Awarded to the First Place Team: Undergraduate Team - $4000 For a printable flyer, please click here. For the competition rules, please click here. To sign-up or for more details, contact: Seanice Austin, Director UConn School of Business Office of Diversity Initiatives 860-486-4135 seanice.austin@uconn.edu. Please note: The details of the case cannot be released until a team officially registers.