MBA E-Newsletter
News for and about the NC State College of Management MBA community. Submit MBA ENEWS items to Adrienne Jablonski by Friday of each week.
Please remember that the e-newsletter is the MBA Program's primary method of communication with students. Therefore, it is very important for you to read and absorb the weekly e-newsletter.
Pizza Socials
Please join your fellow students and faculty at our upcoming pizza mixers. These events are great opportunities to meet up with new and old colleagues, and to grab some dinner before your evening class!
Main Campus, MBA Student Lounge, 5-6pm
(Student Lounge Codes: 1st door 5584, 2nd door 6942)
April 7
RTP Campus, 5-6pm
March 20
Summer School Abroad Experience
The University of Surrey, UK is offering a summer school abroad opportunity for MBA students. Topics include Enterprise Information Management from June 30 through July 11 and Product and Service Innovation from July 14-25. For more information, see: MBA Summer School 2008
New Student Photos Online Now
Photos of our new Spring 2008 students have been posted online to the student directory. To view the Face Books (MBA Student Directory), you will need to enter your unity ID and password. Click on the link below and select "Face Books" from the left navigation.
MBA Face Books
BioPharma
BioPharma Lectures
Dr. Kouri is inviting interested MBA students and faculty to attend lectures held during the BUS 590W "Current Topics in BioPharma Management" class. All lectures are in the Ericsson classroom 2403 in Nelson Hall from 6:00 pm-8:50 pm on Wednesdays.
More Information
- Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - Gregg Davis, Director, Worldwide Business Development at GSK, discussing
"Pharma Marketing and Brand Management," and "Managed Markets/Demand
Markets" - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - Susan Cantrell, RPh, Managing Director of ASHP Advantage, discussing
"Pharmaceutical Sales Management" - Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - Myla Lai-Goldman, executive vice president, medical director and chief scientific officer, LabCorp, discussing "Leading and Managing in the Diagnostics Industry"
- Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - Louis Arp, vice president, production operations, Eisai, discussing "
Eisai’s strategy for Growing U.S. Capabilities; Transforming Procurement from Tactical to Strategic"
Any interested party must contact Dr. Kouri, as space is very limited in the classroom.
BioPharma Student List
The BioPharma Initiative is putting together a BioPharma MBA student list. If your first or second concentration is BioPharma, please email Rosanne Smith with your name, date of graduation, full-time or part-time status, and email contact information. Please also indicate if BioPharma is your first or second concentration.
Summer 2008 Course Schedule
Registration for summer 2008 courses begins on March 11. Please see the schedule below so that you may begin planning your summer classes.
Career Resources
Career Beam - A Powerful Tool, IF you know how to use it.
Last year, NC State's MBA Program purchased Career Beam, a state-of-the-art career research tool that has loads of great features. If you've been in Career & Managerial Effectiveness class lately, you had an assignment that required you to use this tool. If not, you may not know what power you have at your fingertips. Or, you may simply appreciate a refresher course. EJ Alston and Dolan Ballabh will hold a series of workshops on how to use Career Beam on February 26, March 21, and April 15. Items covered include:
- How to get intelligence on your target companies
- How to find alumni working at your target companies
- How to find the latest press releases about your companies
- How to prepare to discuss industry trends
- How to find lists of "conversation starters"
- How to locate companies within certain industries
- How to locate industries and companies within a certain geographic area
- How to learn about geographic area salaries
- How to find the real estate costs in a particular geographic area
- And much more.
To attend a workship, email Stephanie Borrego with your preferred workshop date.
Red Hat Summer Internship Job Fair
Red Hat has over 30 challenging internships available and this event is the perfect opportunity for you to meet the the hiring managers. Opportunities are available across the board and they are looking for the best of the best!
Tuesday, February 26, 3:00pm-7:00pm
Red Hat, NC State Centennial Campus
If you have any questions, please contact:
Dawn Gibbons, North America Intern Program Coordinator
Posting Documents to JobLink
As many of you are aware, all documents uploaded to the JobLink must first be approved by the Career Resources office before you may use them to apply for any job postings. Resumes must be in the MBA format that was presented to you in BUS 590, Career and Managerial Effectiveness. For a template and refresher slides, please visit the Resources page of the Career Resources website.
Typically, all documents will be reviewed within 24 hours during the work week. For those documents submitted after 5 PM on Friday, they will not be reviewed until Monday. When customizing resumes and cover letters to apply for JobLink postings, plan ahead!! It is suggested that you keep a generic cover letter and resume on the JobLink so you will not miss any job opportunities. Please note that the JobLink limit for uploaded documents is 50.
The JobLink is also where students should now RSVP for information sessions they plan to attend. To view the list of info sessions, click on the Events link at the top of the page. Once you have selected a specific event, you will be able to RSVP.
If you have any questions about the JobLink, please contact Stephanie Borrego.
Are you signed up for this week's on-campus recruiting events?
Be sure to check out our updated list of recruiting events for the Spring 2008 semester. To RSVP for any of the events, log onto the JobLink and click on the events tab. If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Borrego.
NAWMBA
Private Shopping Event at Ann Taylor
NCSU MBA and MAC students, staff, spouses and friends have a wonderful opportunity to find beautiful women's clothing at a terrific discount!
Ann Taylor at the Streets of Southpoint is hosting an after-hoursPrivate Shopping Event for us on Sunday, March 16th, from 6:30-9:00 p.m.
This is an excellent opportunity to shop for clothing and accessories for interviews and beyond. We'll have the store to ourselves, receive personal service, AND a discount of at least 20% off* whatever we purchase or order. That's on top of whatever other sales they have. (*If Ann Taylor has an even better in-store promotion/coupon to offer, we'll get that!)
See Evite for more information
NAWMBA Breakfast
NAWMBA invites all interested MBA students to a catered breakfast meeting Saturday, February 23, 2008 to learn more about the events and programs planned for the Spring Semester.
DATE: Saturday, February 23, 2008
TIME: 9:30 am
PLACE: Panera Bread
2234 Walnut St
Cary, NC 27518-9208 Please RSVP if you plan to attend to Jessica Willoughby
Topics of Discussion
- Website roll-out
- Alumni and Member Directory
- T-shirt Design Contest
- Community Service: Dress for Success/Service Raleigh
- Networking/Fundraiser with Triangle Women MBAs
- Joint Social with MBASA
Tax Return Assistance
Accounting students are offering free tax return service through VITA on February 16 and 23 in the basement level of Nelson Hall, on a walk-in basis from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Other COM and University Events
Wachovia Lecture Series
Created to support the leadership development of our students and business community, the Wachovia Executive Lecture Series provides attendees tremendous insight into the personal and professional careers of the leaders from some of our nation’s top companies. The presentations are held 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., 3400 Nelson Hall
More...
Wednesday, March 24 - Wachovia Executive Lecture: Sam Palmisano, chairman and chief executive officer of IBM [open to NC State University students, faculty and staff only] , 4:30 p.m., Nelson Auditorium
ERM Roundtables and Events
The Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Roundtables are a series of presentations by company leaders involved in enterprise risk management. The ERM Roundtable series provides risk management professionals a forum where they can discuss and exchange ideas about effective ERM practices and techniques. Presentations are made by practitioners who share their best practices in working through the challenges of managing risk across the enterprise, as well as by faculty who present their related research.
For more details and to register, please see ERM Initiative.