Faculty-Staff ENEWS
Published each Wednesday for the faculty and staff of the NC State College of Management. Please submit information for upcoming newsletters to Anna Rzewnicki by 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Undergrad Career Fair Feb. 8
Faculty are encouraged to remind undergraduate students of the COM-CHASS Career Fair, scheduled for Feb. 8 at the Talley Student Center ... read more
Robert Niblock to present Feb. 12 Wachovia Executive Lecture
Robert A. Niblock, chairman and CEO of Lowe's, is this year's first Wachovia Executive Lecture presenter. Encourage students and associates to stop by to hear from the leader of one of the nation's leading companies. With more than 1300 stores in 49 states, Lowe's was ranked 42 on the FORTUNE® 500 in 2005, and was named 2003, 2004 and 2005 ENERGY STAR® Retail Partner of the Year. ... read more
Faculty and staff invited to appreciation breakfast
Alpha Kappa Psi will be hosting an appreciation breakfast for all COM faculty and staff. The breakfast will be February 21 from 9:00-11:00 a.m. in the Nelson Board Room. Please drop in for doughnuts and coffee.
Alpha Kappa Psi is hosting this breakfast in order to further its relationships within the college, as well as to say thank you for all the faculty and staff have done. For more information please contact Brooke Shevitz.
Faculty invited to MAC/MBA Alumni Networking Event
Faculty are welcome to meet and mingle with alumni and current students at the next MAC-MBA Alumni Networking Event. It will be held Wednesday, Feb. 21, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Council for Entrepreneurial Development's headquarters in RTP. Over 200 attended the last event held at Vaughn Towers, providing a great opportunity to learn what alumni have been doing since launching their careers.
Accounting students accept KPMG Audit Case Competition invite
A team of four accounting students have accepted an invitation to participate in a new six-week KPMG National Audit Case Competition. Team members are: Sarah Murphy, Master of Accounting (MAC) student; Isiah Plair, senior; Vionette Medero, junior, and Brooke Powell sophomore. ... more
AKP Golf Tournament scheduled
AKP is gearing up for its annual spring Golf Tournament, to be held April 5... details
Student News 'Bullet Points'
Stay current with with the students are doing. View their ENEWS edition or skim the headlines below
This week's Undergrad ENEWS
- Information sessions for those interested in law school: Feb. 5 and 19
- Peer Leaders Info Session: Feb. 14 and 19
- Hot chocolate, COMSAB's treat: Feb. 7, 8-10 a.m., Nelson Commons
- Counseling Center's Spring '07 workshop schedule
- Phi Kappa Psi's study abroad grant applications due Feb. 15
This week's MBA ENEWS
- MBAs joined Linda Taylor as guests at the Jan. 18 meeting of the Project Management Institute in Raleigh. The next meeting will be Feb. 22.
- John Keadle, second-year part-time MBA student, has been acknowledged in the new book "Developer's Guide to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0." John collaborated his MBA classmates and his co-workers at CC Intelligent Solutions, Inc. to assemble the book's content regarding Sharepoint Web Services and its service oriented architecture.
- National Capital Venture Association Meeting Feb. 1, 4-5:30 p.m., Carolina Club, UNC-CH.
- MBA Career Fair, Feb. 16, held jointly with career fair with Wake Forest, Duke, and UNC.
- MBA Facebook networking under way
- MBASA meeting at RTP MBA classroom, Feb. 1, 5:15 p.m. Association is developing its professional events calendar.
- MBASA building racquetball and softball teams, and IM basketball opportunities
This week's MAC ENEWS
- MAC Attack - basketball schedule posted
- Scholarship Opportunities
- CPA Review Information
This week's ECONews
- Ameriprise Financial is coming to NC State to discuss
Econometrician/Quantitative Analyst openings and to share more information
about the company
University-Community Events
India Day at Exploris on Feb. 3
On Saturday, February 3rd 2007 from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, Exploris and the Indian American Community will host India Day, a celebration of India, its people and culture. The festivities will include food, performances, hands-on activities and cultural demonstrations exploring both traditional and contemporary India, all culminating with the dedication of a life size bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi.
The dedication ceremony will begin at 2:00 pm with a performance of Gandhi’s favorite Indian folk song, to be followed by words from community leaders Tony Gurley, chair of Wake County Board of Commissioners, Arvind Shah of the Indian American Forum for Political Education, and Thakorbhai Parekh, who was associated with Mahatma Gandhi for 32 years.
Complimenting the weekend’s activities will be the showing of the IMAX film Mystic India: an incredible journey of inspiration. This film reveals the rich culture of India as it follows the incredible journey of Neelkanth, a young boy who walked for seven years and 8,000 miles across this vast land. Audiences will experience India’s geographic and cultural diversity, revel in the natural beauty of its land and architecture, and celebrate its spectacular festivals and spiritual wonders. For more information visit the Exploris website.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnist Nicholas Kristof to address Darfur Conflict as part of ‘Darfur Awareness Week’ at NC State
Nicholas D. Kristof, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and columnist for The New York Times, will address the ongoing conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan during a public lecture at North Carolina State University on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Nelson Auditorium (Room 3400). ... more
Seminars, panel discussions focus on Global Warming
Global Warming is the focus of a series of panel discussions and seminars - plus a musical performance - to be held Feb. 26-28 at NC State. Scheduled are
- Feb. 26: A presentation by author Elizabeth Kilbert about Man, Nature and Climate Change a panel discussion on Feb. 27, 4 p.m., at the Talley Student Center, followed by an Arts Now Series concert at 7 p.m. [flier]
- Feb. 27: Panel discussion on Global Warming: International Perspectives, at 4 p.m., followed by an Arts Now Series concert at 7 p.m. [flier]
- Feb. 28: Presentation by David Archer on Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast. [flier]