September 6, 2002
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In This
Issue
- Featured
Stories
- Alumni in
the News
- Reunion 2002
- Annual
Business Conference 2002
- UMBS/UM
News
- Alumni Events
& Activities (UMBS and UM)
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Atlanta, GA
- Chicago, IL
- Denver, CO
- Los Angeles, CA
- New York, NY
- Raleigh, NC
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Twin Cities, MN
- Washington, DC
- Lifelong
Learning
- Alumni Career
Services
- UMBS
Marketplace
Featured Stories
University of Michigan Remembers September 11
(Excerpts taken from U-M News & Information Services
website -
http://www.umich.edu/~newsinfo/releases.html and the
U-M Alumni Association website -
http://www.umalumni.com)
The University of Michigan
will commemorate the anniversary of September 11 with a
day-long series of events, including an appearance by Lt.
Gen. Brent Scowcroft, the dedication of a plaque for the
18 alumni who died tragically in the terrorist attacks and
culminating in a student-organized candlelight vigil.
Four UMBS alumni
tragically perished in the World Trade Center attacks on
September 11:
David Dewey Alger
David Dewey
Alger, who was president and chief executive officer of
Fred Alger Management, Inc., earned his master's of
business administration from the University of Michigan in
1968. His mutual fund firm operated from the 93rd floor of
the World Trade Center's North Tower.
Mr. Alger was the U-M Business School's
1997 commencement speaker, chaired its annual fund and was
an active member of the school's Visiting Committee,
comprised of senior level executives who provide counsel
to the dean regarding the programmatic and administrative
direction of the business school. Most recently Mr. Alger
was presented the school's 2001 Alumni Achievement Award.
This award has been renamed in his honor.
His service to the larger University
community included membership on the U-M Investment
Advisory Committee. He was a frequent speaker with student
groups and regularly attended football games, among other
campus activities.
He often appeared on television shows to
discuss Wall Street investments and was known for training
analysts in rigorous research methods. He also wrote
Raging Bull: How to Invest in the Growth Stock of the '90s
in 1991. He joined his brother's firm, Fred Alger
Management, in 1972 and ultimately owned 20 percent of the
firm.
Mr. Alger was born on December 15, 1943, in
California but grew up in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. He studied
history at Harvard as an undergraduate prior to attending
the University of Michigan.
He is survived by his wife, Josephine
and his brother, Fred, who remains chairman of Fred Alger
Management and will now return to serve as chief executive
officer. He is also survived by his sister, Suzette Howard
of Aiken, SC; and daughters, Cristina de Marigny Alger
of Cambridge, MA, and Roxanna Geffen of Manhattan.
A memorial service was held on October 5,
2001 at
11 a.m. at St. Thomas in New York City.
Scott Weingard
Scott Weingard was
born and grew up in Long Island, NY. At Half Hollow Hills
High School West, he was a well-rounded student with many
interests, including basketball, tennis, math, science and
computers. Scott chose the University of Michigan
because he was a fan of Michigan athletics and because his
friends were interested in the school. As his brother Mark
said, "He was smart enough to get in and it's a good
school."
Scott graduated
with a bachelor's degree in business administration in
1993. Following graduation he headed to New York City
where he joined Hypnotic Hats, a company his brother
Robert and friends had created. He did well at the
company, which made baseball caps, and quickly became
operations manager for the firm. He left Hypnotic Hats
about one year ago for his job at Cantor Fitzgerald, where
he became enthusiastically involved in equities trading.
Although living in New
York, he returned each year to Ann Arbor for football
games, enjoyed two Rose Bowl games in California and kept
up many friendships from his U-M days.
Scott Weingard, known as
Scottie to his brothers, is survived by his mother, Bonnie
Weingard; brothers, Mark and Robert (Robbie), and serious
girlfriend, Julie Kaufmann, whom Scott introduced to his
family just two weeks before his death.
Memorial gifts are invited
to a scholarship fund created in memory of Scott and two
other U-M graduates, Greg Richards and Larry Polatsch, who
died on September 11. Donations may be sent to:
The Greg Richards, Larry
Polatsch, Scott Weingard Memorial Fund
253 5th Ave., 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10016
Marc Zeplin
Marc Zeplin,
a vice president at Cantor Fitzgerald, received his
bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in 1990
and his master's degree in business administration from
the U-M in 1993. He worked on the 104th floor of the South
Tower of the World Trade Center.
Mr. Zeplin majored in political science
as an undergraduate and was in the Pilot Program at Alice
Lloyd Hall.
He is survived by his wife, Debra; sons,
Ryan, age 3, and Ethan, 9 months; parents Leonard and
Leona Zeplin; sister, Joslin; and many relatives and
friends.
A memorial service was held on Tuesday,
September 25, 2001 at the Jewish Community Center in Harrison, NY.
The family requests that donations in
Marc's memory be made to the Alliance-College Education
Fund (please donate separately for Ryan Zeplin and for
Ethan Zeplin). Donations can be sent to:
c/o Debra Zeplin
14 Shelley Lane
West Harrison, NY 10604
Meredith Whalen
Meredith
Whalen, a research associate for Fred Alger Management,
Inc., earned her bachelor's of business administration
from the University of Michigan in 2000. She worked on the
93rd floor of World Trade Center Tower One.
Ms. Whalen, a native of Canton Township,
Michigan, graduated in 1996 from Plymouth-Salem High School
where she had been a member of the National Honor Society,
the debate team, the Executive Forum and the student
council. She studied at the Business School, serving as a
peer career counselor during her second year and regularly
counseling MBA students interested in the investment
field. She received her BBA with high distinction from the
U-M in the spring of 2000 and went to work for Fred Alger
Management, Inc., on June 1, 2000.
Eager to work, Whalen rarely "left work
at five." Her boss, David Alger, who also died on September
11, had described her as a "rising star."
She is survived by her mother, Patricia;
sister Kristen; sister Deborah; sister Katherine Jackson;
her brother, Stephen, and his wife, Michelle; and two
nieces, Katie Whalen and Katherine Elisabeth Jackson. Her
father, Henry C. Whalen, died in 1989.
A memorial service was held on Saturday,
October 13, 2001 at 10 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church
in Plymouth.
Friends of the family and the Canton
Township trustees (her father was a trustee) have raised
funds for a memorial bench and plaque honoring Meredith,
which will be placed in Heritage Park in Canton. The
family invites donations in Meredith's memory to the
Canton Foundation Scholarship Fund. Send checks to:
Meredith L. Whalen Memorial Fund
6863 Bostonhill Lane
Canton, MI 48187
For more information about
the September 11 commemoration at U-M, please visit
http://www.umich.edu/~newsinfo/Releases/2002/Aug02/r082802.html.
Entrepalooza 2002 is Just Around the Corner!
Entrepalooza 2002: The Foundation
of Future Business, will be held on
Friday, September 13 from
7:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at University of Michigan Business
School in Assembly Hall.
Keynote speakers and
entrepreneurial victors, Ravi Mohan, general partner,
Battery Ventures and Michael Jandernoa, chairman of
Perrigo Company will address their own entrepreneurial
feats along with strategies to achieving success. A series
of six panel discussions will be presented focusing on an
array of critical issues and tactics to help successfully
grow emerging companies. Among them: "Entrepreneurship in
Emerging Economies" with Richard Sabot, Co-founder and
Chairman of Eziba; "Franchising: The Business Alternative"
with David McKinnon, Chairman and CEO, Service Brands
International; and "Growing Your Business: How Big Should
It Be?" with Tom Borders, Founder, Borders Books.
The public symposium is presented
by the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for
Entrepreneurial Studies and the student led
Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Club (EVC). In
addition to the national and regional experts in
entrepreneurship participating as panelists, you will have
the opportunity to network with VCs, angel investors,
founders and academia. Registration is free. Registration
and roster of panelists is available at
http://www.zli.bus.umich.edu/news_events.
Spotlight! 2002 is Coming Soon
The Tauber
Manufacturing Institute welcomes you to attend
Spotlight! 2002
on
September 19 & 20, 2002 at The Michigan League, in Ann
Arbor, MI.
At
Spotlight! 2002,
students will showcase the innovative manufacturing
solutions from their summer team internships. These
results often save companies millions of dollars.
Spotlight!
is an excellent opportunity to establish relationships
with manufacturing leaders, expand your university
presence and see many new ideas in manufacturing.
For more
information and registration materials visit our website
at
http://www.tmi.umich.edu/Spotlight/index.html.
Alumni in the News
Two UMBS Alumni Promoted at NSF International
(Excerpts taken from NSF International website -
http://www.nsf.org)
NSF International,
The Public Health and Safety Company™, announces the
appointment of Kristen L.
Reimink (MBA '02), CPA, to Senior Vice President. NSF
is the world leader in standards development, product
certification, education and risk management services for
public health and safety.
As Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer,
Reimink is responsible for all financial matters of the
company and the implementation of NSF's acquisition
strategy. Previously, she served as Vice President of
Administration, Director of Finance and Controller. Prior
to joining NSF, she was a senior accountant at Coopers and
Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). Reimink holds a
bachelor of business administration from Central Michigan
University where she graduated summa cum laude and will
graduate this December from the University of Michigan
with a master of business administration.
For more information,
visit
http://www.nsf.org/press/seniorvp.html.
NSF International also
announces the promotion of Yoo-Mee Kim Tong (BBA '97)
to Director of Finance. As Director of Finance, Tong
is responsible for all financial and accounting activities
at NSF, including issuing financial statements, managing
budgets, and ensuring tight internal controls. Tong has
worked at NSF for four years. Previously, she served as
Accountant, Senior Accountant and Controller. Tong holds a
bachelor of business administration from the University of
Michigan.
For more information,
visit
http://www.nsf.org/press/tong.html.
UMBS Alumnus Involved in This Year's Largest Venture
Capital Funding of a Chicago Start-Up
(Excerpts taken from Chicago
Sun-Times website -
http://www.suntimes.com)
In the largest venture capital funding of a Chicago
start-up thus far this year, a Chicago software company
received $17 million in backing from a group of investors
to help the company expand from its niche in medicine to
other industries.
Madison Information Technologies, founded by Ron and
Jeff Galowich, a father-son team, received $17 million
from a syndicate led by high-profile Boston venture
capitalist Bob Davoli and his Sigma Partners in Boston
along with two Chicago-based groups, Apex Venture Partners
and First Analysis/MK Capital and several angel investors.
Armando Pauker (MBA '95), a general partner at
Apex, who was involved in the deal and will serve on
Madison's board, said Madison has potential for greater
growth by selling the software for customer relationship
management programs in other industries, such as telecom,
financial services, hotels and travel and government.
What’s New With You?
Alumni Relations is always interested to know what
exciting things our
alumni are currently up to. If you, or
an alum you know, have recently
been mentioned in the
news, please let us know! We would like to include this
information in this newsletter and possibly on our
website.
Please forward any news clippings, press releases,
articles, etc. to:
University of Michigan Business School
Development and Alumni Relations
701 Tappan St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
734.763.5775
alumni@umich.edu
Reunion 2002
University of Michigan Business
School Reunion & Annual
Business Conference (October 25-27, 2002)
Remember...Relive...Reconnect...Reunion!
John Sirrine (MBA 1969 and BBA 1968) WINS THE REUNION FOOTBALL TICKET DRAWING! John
won four free football tickets to the homecoming game
with Iowa October 26th, Reunion 2002 weekend. John was
eligible for the drawing by registering for Reunion 2002
on or before August 31st. Congratulations John!
TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR FOOTBALL TAILGATE & GAME -
Join the excitement of Michigan football during Reunion
2002 weekend by signing up for the Tailgate-Football
Ticket package ($64). Join us for the UMBS Tailgate and
then head to the Big House and cheer on the Wolverines
as they take on the Iowa Hawkeyes.
News Bulletin: Did you realize the
Tailgate-Football Ticket package includes bus
transportation to and from the game? That saves the hassle
of trying to find a parking place near the stadium.
Register for Reunion 2002 and sign up for the
Tailgate-Football Package today! Just log on to
http://www.bus.umich.edu/reunion2002.
ATTENTION CLASSES OF 2001, 1997, 1992, 1982, 1977 &
1962 - VISIT YOUR CLASS WEBSITE!
Class Websites have been launched in honor of your Reunion
Anniversary! Go to your class website to post personal and
professional updates (including photos) and see what your
classmates have been up to!
To access your class website, use your iMpact id and
password. If you need an id and password, contact Alumni
Relations at
alumni@umich.edu.
CLASS EVENT - THE PLACE TO CELEBRATE A MICHIGAN VICTORY
Join your classmates and guests as you renew old
friendships and make new ones. Sign up on the Reunion 2002
website
http://www.bus.umich.edu/reunion2002. All events
take place on Saturday, October 26, 2002 at 6:00 p.m.
Class of 1962
Kerrytown Concert House
415 N. Fourth Avenue (across from
Farmer’s Market)
Join your classmates in the intimate Kerrytown Concert
House, a small and unique facility in a premier location
in downtown Ann Arbor. It’s the home of a variety of
musical concerts throughout the year. The concert hall is
our stage to dine and renew acquaintances. $50.00 per
person.
Class of 1977
University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S. State Street
(across from the Union)
Enjoy one of the finest university art collections in the
country and the second largest art collection in the state
of Michigan. Our Class party will be surrounded by the
museum’s rich and diverse collection. The museum will be
open this evening exclusively for the 1977 class. $45.00
per person
Class of 1982
The Earle 121 W. Washington Street, at Ashley Street
Your tenth reunion will be memorable after partaking in
the finest in French and Italian country cuisine. Chef
Shelly Adams has built her reputation on the consistency
of fare that relies on fresh, seasonal ingredients. The
Earle has been voted Ann Arbor’s most romantic restaurant
and features one of the broadest wine selections. $50.00
per person
Class of 1992
D'Amato’s 102 S. First Street, at Huron Street
D'Amato's serves contemporary and classic Italian foods
and fine wines in a unique downtown setting. Join the fun
as we dine in the lower level at Goodnite Gracie, their
new jazz and martini bar. It has been described as
"swankily intimate" with Art Deco homage to big city clubs
of the mid-twentieth century. And after dinner, our party
is invited to remain for a live jazz performance with no
cover. $50.00 per person
Class of 1997
Phelps Lounge
University of Michigan Business School, 701 Tappan Street
Meet in the plush Phelps Lounge in the U-M Business School
to celebrate the fifth anniversary of your graduation.
Let’s renew old friendships and make new ones during this
evening of camaraderie. A catered buffet is included.
$45.00 per person
Class of 2001
Cottage Inn Pizza, 512 E. William Street (across from
Tower Plaza)
Join your classmates to honor your first
anniversary at an Ann Arbor tradition. The warm cozy
atmosphere of the Cottage Inn remains one of the most
popular college gathering spots. Many students rate it the
best place in Ann Arbor for pizza. Cottage Inn’s delicious
entrees cater to everyone's tastes. $25.00 per person
MBA CLASS OF 1997 SECTIONALS KICK-OFF REUNION WEEKEND
Join your classmates and guests and renew your Section
friendships. Sign up on the Reunion 2002 Website.
All events take place on Friday, October 25, 2002 at 8:00
p.m.
Section 1
Zanzibar 216 S. State St. (Mezzanine Room)
Join your Section 1 classmates at Zanzibar, Ann Arbor’s
unique pan-tropical bistro. Space has been reserved for an
evening of cocktails, savory cuisine and reminiscing.
Photographs, stories and friends are welcome!
Section 2
Arbor Brewing Company 114 E. Washington St.
A great place to recall great times. The award-winning
Arbor Brewing Company features Pub favorites brats,
burgers and grilled chicken, plus pasta, foccacia and a
vegetarian selection. Fresh craft-brewed beer produced on
site.
Section 3
Zydeco 314 S. Main St.
Join your section mates at Zydeco, Ann Arbor’s new
Louisiana-style restaurant, where we’ve reserved space for
all of us. A fantastic buffet selection of Cajun
appetizers, entrees and desserts is being prepared
especially for our group. So please, bring friends, spouse
and camera.
Section 4
Dominick's 812 Monroe St.
Enjoy an evening with your fellow Section 4 classmates.
Homemade Italian food. Ann Arbor’s original sidewalk café
where the second floor has been reserved just for us!
Section 5
Pizza House 618 Church St.
Join us for delicious pizza served piping hot in Chicago
deep dish or traditional style. Also, pasta, wings,
burgers and chapatis. We will break bread in their newly
remodeled second floor room. Valet parking 6-11 p.m.
Located in the heart of campus.
Section Six
Grizzly Peak 120 W. Washington St.
Enjoy Grizzly Peak’s unique and distinctive fare, in a
warm, inviting atmosphere in Ann Arbor’s downtown.
Featuring wood-fired pizza, steaks, pasta and fresh
handcrafted beer.
Annual Business Conference 2002
Look Who’s Talking At Annual Business
Conference
It’s
time to sign up for the UMBS Annual Business Conference
which will be held on Friday, October 25, 2002, during
Reunion Weekend. Conference seminar sessions have limited
availability and will be filled on a
first-come-first-served basis so register now to get your
top choices.
In each
issue of MichiganMail, we will be highlighting some of the
15 professional and personal development seminars.
Information on the other seminars and online registration
can be found at our Reunion website,
http://www.bus.umich.edu/reunion2002. The Conference
fee, which includes a full day of seminars, continental
breakfast and lunch, is $100.
Here
are descriptions of two seminars which will be presented
by senior UMBS faculty:
Professor Rajeev Batra,
Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing,
will
discuss lessons from some cases of successful and
unsuccessful brand-building, and offer a framework and
road-map for "strategic brand-building" in his seminar
entitled Strategic
Brand-Building: Lessons and Cases.
He will
apply this framework to our own Business School's
brand-building challenge today, and discuss the School's
plans for creating our own brand. Professor Batra has
taught the very popular "Strategic Brand Management"
elective for several years, and has been tasked by Dean
Dolan to lead the School's brand-building initiatives.
Experience the world of the future in the brand new
Internet 2 lab at the Business School. During
Internet II: The New Cyber
Frontier, you will be able to interact
simultaneously with several different people at multiple
locations, seeing them all on one large screen. With
Internet 2’s fully dedicated bandwidth, video conferencing
will be instantaneous, 24/7, with no delays like those
which happen on the Internet today. In addition,
Internet2 data will travel 40,000 times faster than the
current Internet and 180,000 times faster than the
standard dial-up modem. The entire Encyclopedia
Britannica could travel coast to coast in under one
second. Although many people have heard of Internet2,
most have no idea what it is. Professor Andy McGill,
Director of the Global Business Partnership, invites you
to preview Internet2’s exciting new capabilities during
Reunion Weekend.
UMBS/UM News
U-M Report: Spending Should Rise Slightly as Customer
Satisfaction Holds Steady
(Excerpts taken from UMBS website -
http://www.bus.umich.edu)
Although
customer satisfaction remained the same for the
second quarter of this year - following two straight
quarters of improvement - household spending should not
weaken, according to the American Customer Satisfaction
Index.
The ACSI, which held steady at 73 (out of a possible 100),
measured customer satisfaction levels this quarter in
manufacturing durables (automobiles, personal computers,
household appliances and consumer electronics) and
e-business (Web portals, search engines and news sites).
Professor Claes Fornell, director of the University of
Michigan Business School’s National Quality Research
Center, which compiles and analyzes the quarterly ACSI
data, says that an obvious relationship exists between
spending and the resulting satisfaction of the spender. It
shows up, he says, in the correlation between the ACSI and
government statistics on personal spending.
Meet
Michigan! Fall 2002 Admissions Events
The University of Michigan
Business School invites you to "Meet Michigan!" in cities
around the world! The forums, fairs and receptions
detailed in this brochure are opportunities for
prospective students to learn about our MBA program and to
talk with current students, alumni and admissions staff.
Admissions is again
seeking help from you, UMBS alumni, to meet with and
answer questions for prospective students. Alumni
involvement in our recruiting efforts often makes the
difference in the minds of our prospects, since alumni can
answer questions candidly based upon their own
experiences. We appreciate the importance of alumni
involvement and would love to have your participation.
Upcoming events:
- September 7 - MBA Fair, Monterrey, Mexico
- September 9 - World MBA Tour, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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September 11 - World MBA Tour, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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September 13 - World MBA Tour, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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September 16 - World MBA Tour, Santiago, Chile
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September 17 - World MBA Tour, Lima Peru
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September 19 - World MBA Tour, Mexico City, Mexico
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September 21 - World MBA Tour, Miami, FL
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September 23 - World MBA Tour, Atlanta, GA
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September 25 - World MBA Tour, Toronto, Ontario
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September 27 - World MBA Tour, Boston, MA
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September 29 - World MBA Tour, New York, NY
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October 1 - GMAC Forum, Chicago , IL
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October 2 - GMAC Forum, San Francisco, CA
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October 3 - Prospective MBA Reception, Boston, MA
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October 5 - GMAC Forum, Los Angeles, CA
For more information on
these events, visit
http://events.embark.com/info/umich/mba/evMBA.asp.
UM
Alumni Association Introduces New Alumni Career Website
(Excerpts taken from U-M Alumni Career Center website -
http://career.umalumni.com)
The goal of this new
career website is to be the first choice and best career
site for University of Michigan alumni and the firms that
wish to recruit them. To achieve that goal, the Alumni
Association has created this new, fully automated,
dynamically driven Web site which serves job postings and
resumes from our online databases. In addition, they've
joined forces with some of the most outstanding career
service organizations to provide you with personal career
support nationwide. Combined with their award-winning
networking services and best-of-the-Internet career guide,
the Alumni Association created a superlative resource
designed to help you make the most of your career, whether
you're starting out, considering a career change, or just
trying to be the best at your current job.
To check out the new site,
visit
http://career.umalumni.com/.
Alumni Events & Activities
The following
is a partial listing of UMBS (and some U-M) alumni club
events, local
business events, and University programs and
activities of potential interest to UMBS
alumni. Most UMBS
events are open to alumni, prospective/ admitted/current
students, faculty, and staff. If you are interested in
more information about a particular event,
please get in
touch with the event contact or with Alumni Relations at
alumni@umich.edu.
For a full calendar of UMBS alumni club events and
information about UMBS alumni
clubs, visit the UMBS Alumni
Relations website at
http://www.bus.umich.edu/AlumniCommunity.
Information regarding U-M alumni clubs and events can be
found on the U-M Alumni Association website at
http://www.umalumni.com.
Ann Arbor, MI
Website Strategy
and Tactics Workshop (September 20)
LEARN TO IMPROVE
YOUR WEB-SITE BUILDING SKILLS! Sooner or later we will
all be involved in the building of web sites for our
companies, departments, student clubs or just for
ourselves.
But building an effective web site is very different
from putting a print brochure together. It requires
judgment and skills in deciding what content to feature
and what functionality to build on the site; how the
many web pages in the site should "fit" together and how
to make the site easily navigable; and how to make each
web page easy and interesting to use. Additionally, as
more and more businesses use the web for
business-to-business application, the web plays an
increasingly important role in all facets of business
life.
To get expert advice on these and other issues, sign up
for the open enrollment day-long workshop on Friday
September 20 on WEB SITE STRATEGY AND TACTICS organized
by the Yaffe Center for Persuasive Communication at the
University of Michigan (http://www.yaffecenter.org).
The workshop will feature nationally-known experts from
relevant disciplines to help students, faculty,
administrators, and practitioners learn how to use and
create more effective web sites. The workshop will be
held at the University's Business School.
Co-sponsored by the
Schools of Art, Business, Information and the Department
of Communications.
For more information
and to register, visit the Yaffe Center online at
http://www.yaffecenter.org.
Atlanta, GA
Alumni Happy Hour
(September 12)
The UMBS Society of Atlanta invites alumni from all
classes to attend a Happy Hour at 7:00 p.m. at The Rose
and Crown in Buckhead (288 E. Paces Ferry Road).
Mingle with old friends, meet new ones, and network for
improved career opportunities. We have over 350
UMBS alumni in the Atlanta area, and we look forward to
seeing you there! For further information, contact
Barry Trout at
barry.trout@mindspring.com.
Chicago, IL
UMBS
Chicago Club Fall Kickoff! (September 19)
MBA and BBA Alums alike - Join the UMBS Club of Chicago
at the Goose Island Brewery on Thursday, September 19
from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. as we welcome new alums to the
Chicago area! Mix and mingle with old and new friends
and learn about all of the exciting plans that we have
for the upcoming year. We will have appetizers and
a cash bar with plenty of good beer specials!
Any
questions, email Laura Glick at
lauraglick@yahoo.com. The Goose Island Brewery
is located at 1800 N. Clybourn Ave, phone 312.915.0071.
Denver, CO
Doing Business in
China Panel (September 19)
The Denver Business Series presents Doing Business in
China on September 19. The
business panel will discuss the challenges of doing
business in China, including the economic, legal,
cultural and geographic challenges from the perspective
of companies with first hand experience.
Panel topics will include
suggestions on how to: Select a local partner; deal
with cultural differences, especially as they pertain to
relationships with potential partners, government
officials and employees; determine the best investment
structure; negotiate and execute a legal contract; and
determine the best location for an office or factory.
The event will be held on
Thursday, September 19 at the Pinnacle Club (Qwest
Tower, 37th Floor, 555 17th
Street, Downtown Denver). There will be a cocktail
reception from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., and the Business Panel
will be from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. The cost is $25 per
person for paid registration received by Friday,
September 13, 2002 and $35 per person beginning
September 14, 2002 and walk-ins. To RSVP, register
online at
www.dbseries.com or contact Josh Duignan
303.756.5143/ Email:
djoshua1@qwest.net.
For more information,
visit the Alumni Relations Events Calendar at
http://www.bus.umich.edu/clubs/clubevents.asp?clubtype=alumni.
Los Angeles, CA
Happy Hour
(September 12)
It's time again for our monthly UMBS Happy Hour. Join us
this time at McCormick & Schmick's downtown from 7:00
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10:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 12. McCormick's & Schmick's is located at 633 West 5th Street / South
Grand, Los Angeles. Phone - 213.629.1929; website
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http://losangeles.citysearch.com/profile/11460578.
Go Blue!
New York, NY
Football
Viewing Party - Michigan vs. Western Michigan
(September 7)
Join us on Saturday, September 7 at 12:00 noon at the
Park Avenue Country Club, at the southeast corner of
Park Avenue South & 27th Street for the Michigan vs.
Western Michigan game. Call 212.685.3636 by Wednesday
for table reservations. (Subway: #6 to 28th St.)
Last week, over 230 Michigan fans packed the club, and
watched one of
the most thrilling come-from-behind victories in
Michigan football
history. In a game that featured six lead changes, and
is destined to
wind up on ESPN Classic some day, Michigan kicker Philip
Brabbs booted
a 44-yard field goal as time expired to give the
Wolverines (1-0) a
dramatic 31-29 victory over the visiting Washington
Huskies (0-1). The
game was played before 111,491 sun-drenched fans at
Michigan Stadium,
the fifth largest crowd ever at The Big House.
See you Saturday at the PACC!
Presentation by
Todd Dagres, General Partner, Battery Ventures
(September 12)
The Young Venture Capital Society cordially invites you
to an exclusive gathering with Todd Dagres, General
Partner, Battery Ventures. Todd is a General Partner
with Battery Ventures, one of the world's leading
venture capital firms, with a focus on communications,
software and Internet/e-Commerce and over $1.8 billion
in capital under management. The firm has been involved
at the initial stages of such companies as: Akamai,
Infoseek, HNC Software, Stratasys and Fore Systems.
Todd will give a not-to-be-missed
presentation on the fundamentals of Due Diligence,
including:
- Tactics for analyzing start-ups
- How to evaluate management
- Critiquing product and market opportunities
- Analyzing company strategy
- Determining valuation
- Strategies for success in doing proper due diligence
Please join us on September 12, 2002;
Reception/Networking will be from 5:45 - 6:30 p.m., the
Speaker will be from 6:30 - 7:10 p.m. and Q&A from 7:10
- 7:30 p.m. The event is located at the Credit Suisse
First Boston Headquarters, 11 Madison Avenue in the Club
room on level 2b. General Admission is $20; Business
School Students - $15 (Current ID required).
Register and pay online at
http://www.yvcs.org. For more information, please contact
us at info@yvcs.org.
Young Venture Capital Society
The Young Venture Capital Society, (YVCS), is a
not-for-profit educational organization, created for
young professionals interested in the venture capital
industry.
Raleigh, NC
North Carolina B-School event
(September 14)
A North Carolina B-School gathering will take place
on September 14 at 1:30 p.m. The event will take place
at Out of the Park, which is near the RDU
Airport. Take I-40 to the Airport Boulevard exit. Take
the Airport Boulevard West exit (away from the Airport),
and go about 2 miles, and Out of the Park is in a little
strip center on the right, along with Remington Grill
and the Baby Moon restaurant.
We encourage
everyone in the NC area to join us. RSVP to the NC
Regional Contact, Karen Mishra, at
karen.mishra@mba.wfu.edu.
San Francisco Bay Area
Football Viewing
Parties (multiple September dates)
Football Season is approaching - save these important
dates and join the U of M Golden Gate Club and UMBS Bay
Area Club to cheer on the Wolverines in San Francisco!
The meeting location for 2003 is The Bus Stop at 1901
Union Street (Cow Hollow), San Francisco, CA. If you are
looking for UM options outside of the city, please
visit: South Bay: Double D's, 354 N. Santa Cruz Ave, Los
Gatos CA 408.395.6882 East Bay: Crogan's, 1387 Locust
St., Walnut Creek CA 925.933.7800. Visit the
San Francisco Bay Area Club
website for the full schedule.
- Saturday, September 7 - Western Michigan TBA
- Saturday, September 14 - at Notre Dame 1:30 p.m. EST/CDT NBC
- Saturday, September 21 - Utah 12:10 p.m. EDT ESPN
Taipei, Taiwan
Alumni Reunion (September 8)
On September 8, 2002, join UMBS alumni in Taiwan for
an alumni reunion at
the Formosa Regent Hotel
located at
No.41,
Chung Shan N. Rd, Section 2, Taipei, Taiwan. The
event will be held from
2:00 - 4:30 p.m. in 4F of the hotel, Banquet Room #7.
For more information
about this event, please contact David Lee at
davlee@umich.edu.
Twin Cities, MN
Save the Date!!
Golf Tournament (September
7)
The UMBS Twin Cities Alumni Club will be holding a Golf
Tournament on September 7. Location TBD;
afternoon. More details to come soon.
Wharton-Sponsored Wine Tasting
(September 19)
To all who are interested, Wharton is hosting a wine
tasting open to all of the local clubs:
Meet fellow Twin Cities-based MBA alumni
from Wharton, Chicago, Michigan, Harvard, and several
other schools. A walk-around tasting organized by the
Big Top Wine Club will be held on September 19, and we
will be featuring wines from the Beringer Blass Company
. They represent many award-winning wines and wineries
in California, Australia, and Europe. Wineries that will
be showcased include: Beringer, Chateau St. Jean,
Chateau Souverain, Meridian, St. Clement, Wolf Blass,
Black Opal, Greg Norman, Gabbiano, and Campanile. Hot
and cold hors d’oeuvres will be served.
The event will be held at The Lexington
- 1096 Grand Ave. (at Lexington), St. Paul - from 6:00 -
8:00 p.m. The cost is $20.00 per person. Make check
payable to "The Wharton Club of Minnesota"
Please RSVP by September 10. Mail check and form
(located on the Twin Cities
Alumni Club website) to:
Lia Theologides
2900 Thomas Ave. S., #1823
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Questions? Contact Lia Theologides at
952.943.4116 (w) or
liatheologides@yahoo.com OR Brian MacDonald at
612.928.9361 (h).
Washington, DC
Presentation by Dr. Jan Svejnar,
Executive Director of the William Davidson Institute at
UMBS (September 18)
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BUSINESS SCHOOL SOCIETY OF DC
invites you to its "welcome back" event of the 2002-2003
season. DR. JAN SVEJNAR, Executive Director of the
WILLIAM DAVIDSON INSTITUTE AT THE UMBS will speak about
the WDI’s work in TRANSITION AND EMERGING MARKETS. Come
and reconnect with your old UMBS buddies and make some
new friends among other DC area alums.
This event will be held on SEPTEMBER 18, 2002 at Latham
and Watkins, 555 11th Street NW, DC (METRO: Metro
Center. 2 block walk south from 11th St. Metro exit).
Drinks and hors d’ouevres are from 6:30-7:15 p.m., and
the program will run from 7:15 - 8:00 p.m. The cost is
$20 per person.
Please RSVP to Judith Spector by
September 13 at
globusinc@msn.com. Please make check out to UM Club
of DC and mail to: J. Spector, 11608 LeHavre Drive,
Potomac, MD 20854.
Lifelong Learning
Executive Education
Three great reasons to come back to campus this fall!
Executive education courses offered in October include the
Management Development Program, Brand Equity Management,
and Strategic Human Resource Planning.
Management Development Program
- October 27- November 8, 2002
Perfect for your organization’s "rising stars", this
program provides comprehensive and leading-edge coverage
of key issues, processes, and techniques in the areas of
corporate strategy, marketing, finance, measurement, and
reporting. This powerful two-week program is aimed at
developing a general manager’s point of view on matters
that cut across a firm’s functional boundaries,
including a familiarity with the leadership skills
involved in transforming an organization to enhance its
effectiveness and competitiveness. For more information,
visit our website:
http://execed.bus.umich.edu/programs/pgr_overview.asp?programID=MDP
Brand Equity Management: A Strategic Approach -
October 28-30, 2002
Businesses today are on par in terms of product, pricing
and quality. Smart businesses know that the power of
their brand is the tiebreaker. Acquire the capability to back your branding
program with intelligent strategic thinking. Attend
Brand Equity Management: A Strategic approach, offered
on October 28-30, 2002 at the Executive Education
Center. Taught by Rajeev Batra, this exciting new
program will help you create and nourish a brand that is
strategically on target. For more information, visit our
website:
http://execed.bus.umich.edu/programs/pgr_overview.asp?programID=BEM
Strategic Human Resource Planning
- October 21-25, 2002
This highly interactive program offers you an analytical
framework that will help integrate your firm’s strategic
challenges with human resource strategies and practices.
It provides an opportunity to assess your strategic
human resource capacity as well as real-time practice in
developing strategy. You will gain the greatest benefit
from this program if you are a professional who is
responsible for the design and implementation of human
resource strategies that are linked to business
strategies. For more information, visit our website:
http://execed.bus.umich.edu/programs/pgr_overview.asp?programID=SHRP
Alumni Career Services
Job Opportunities for Alumni!!
Job descriptions taken from the Alumni Job Postings
website in iMpact at
http://www.bus.umich.edu/StudentServices/CareerServices/SearchJobs.asp.
If you would like to post an employment opportunity for
current students or fellow alumni, please visit
http://www.bus.umich.edu/WebRecruiters/RequestForms/PostaPosition.asp.
Omega
Insurance Services
CFO
Location: Florida
Job Description:
This is a phenomenal opportunity for someone to lead our
Finance and Accounting division to the next echelon.
Omega Insurance Services is a dynamic, privately held
company with a national reputation for success. We are
the premier nationwide provider of background checks,
surveillance and investigations for the Insurance
industry. We have experienced explosive growth over the
past several years and are in need of a superb financial
leader. We are looking for a CFO who wants to contribute
to the continued success of the company. This person
will oversee the finance division and will be a key
member of the senior management team. We are looking for
a hands-on, entrepreneurial leader with the knowledge
and experience to help us reach the next echelon. We
have a great corporate culture in a fast-paced
environment.
You will
need your iMpact login and password to access this
information. If you need an iMpact login and password,
email Alumni Relations at
alumni@umich.edu
or call 734.763.5775.
Honeywell
Strategic Financial Analyst (2 positions)
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Job
Descriptions:
Position 1:
Financial business partner for the Services Marketing
organization. Position responsible for supporting
Industry Marketing (Pharma, Healthcare, Mission
Critical, Airports, and Automotive), Portico, Field
Specialists, and Marketing Communication. Financial
support of acquisitions/divestitures. Provide financial
support during Annual Operating Plan and Strategic Plan.
Position 2:
Assist in preparation of Monthly Operations Reviews with
Executive Management Position will focus on P&L planning
and forecasting (line of business and regional) Develop
models to analyze backlog conversion trends by pole.
Work with marketing to further refine statistical
forecasting tools. Monitor and analyze actual tax rate
vs. effective tax rate. Compete various financial
analysis - F/X, Productivity, mix etc/.
Provide financial support during AOP/STRAP.
Risk/opportunity analysis including driving team to
identify solid actions to close gaps to plan/estimate.
Provide key financial training to Field leaders.
Special projects as required.
You will
need your iMpact login and password to access this
information. If you need an iMpact login and password,
email Alumni Relations at
alumni@umich.edu
or call 734.763.5775.
To view all
UMBS job postings, visit the Alumni Job Postings in
iMpact at
http://www.bus.umich.edu/StudentServices/CareerServices/SearchJobs.asp. For
additional job postings, visit the U-M Alumni Association
Career Center website at
http://career.umalumni.com.
If you have a position that you would like to post for
UMBS alumni and students, please fill out the form located
on the Business School’s website at
http://www.bus.umich.edu/WebRecruiters/RequestForms/PostaPosition.asp.
UMBS Marketplace
New Items
Available at UMBS Marketplace
It’s a new school year and the perfect time
to purchase UMBS logo merchandise to show your school
spirit. UMBS Marketplace is the only place to get
clothes and accessories sporting the UMBS logo.
This
fall, Marketplace is offering a number of new items.
Our new golf line features Top Flight XL golf balls, a
navy golf towel and navy golf club head covers. We
also are offering new baby/children items such as a
pull-over towel baby bib, a new cotton baby onesie and a
silk-screened toddler sweatshirt. New gift items
have been added as well, including a beautiful silver
desk clock and a new travel mug. Plus we still offer
our tried and true products - fleece pullovers,
t-shirts, shorts, business accessories and much more!
Be sure to check out
our new items, as well as our other logo merchandise, on
the UMBS Marketplace website at
http://www.umbsmarketplace.com.
MichiganMail
is sent out on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month
(excluding holidays). Please send information or
announcements for MichiganMail to alumni@umich.edu.
Submissions must be received at least 2 business days
prior to mailing. Please put "MichiganMail" in
the subject line of your email.
If you would like to unsubscribe from the MichiganMail
email list, send your request to Alumni Relations at alumni@umich.edu.
Please note that currently this request will remove you
from all Alumni Relations email correspondence. Your
request will take 24 hours to process.
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