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.
The MBA Program staff would like to welcome back returning students and new students. As a reminder, the MBA e-newsletter will be posted at the beginning of each week. If you have anything that you would like to post in the newsletter, please submit the write-up to Adrienne Jablonski by Friday of each week.
The photos taken during orientation will be used for both your student ID card and for the online student directory. After your All-Campus student ID card is made at the Campus ID Card Office (a couple weeks), we will deliver them to your classes.
Don’t forget that your NC State issued email account (Unity) is where all of your MBA-related communication will sent to.
In addition, your Unity email address is the address that NC State uses for correspondence with you. Email regarding your classes, student information, eBILLs and correspondence from faculty will be sent to your Unity address. To check your Unity email, you can use Webmail or you can use an IMAP-compliant email client.
This email requirement will overwrite any non-Unity email address you may have as your preferred email address in PackTracks. If you still want to get your university related emails at a non-NCSU address, you will need to forward your Unity email to that other address. To forward your Unity email, please visit the Unity forwarding page.
For more information on the email address information that NC State maintains, please see: Email Processes at NC State
For information on how to increase your NCSU email quota:
1. Go to http://sysnews.ncsu.edu
2. Under “User Info” hit the login button and login with your Unity ID and Password
3. Under “User Info” hit the “Quota Manager” button.
4. Adjust your allocation of space up to 300MB
5. Hit the “Submit Change Request” button. If you would like to purchase more space, the option is available on this webpage as well.
If you have questions, please contact the NC State Help Desk at 515-HELP.
Registration for summer 2008 courses begins on March 11. Please see the schedule below so that you may begin planning your summer classes.
For the first time this spring semester, returning part-time students may take courses on both the main and RTP campuses. Although our understanding had been that students would pay tuition based onthe program (either main campus or RTP) to which they were originally admitted, we have now learned that tuition will be charged by the location of each course. So, for example, if you are registered for one course on main and on course at RTP, you will have two separate charges on your bill: the main campus course charge is billed in groupings of credit hours, the RTP campus course is billed by the credit hour.
Please refer to the attached chart for tuition/fees details. We understand that this change may cause confusion for you and for your employer. The college has raised the issue of two different tuition/fee structures and the problems it causes with university officials in hopes that these differences will be resolved in the near future.
Recently, I was in a classroom and heard an MBA student ask whether he was going to be “forced” to attend corporate information sessions again this semester. This set me to thinking that we in Career Resourcesprobably need to do a better job explaining the benefit of these sessions to our MBA students.
Corporate information sessions serve a dual purpose: They allowour MBA students to learn more about the various employersAND allow employers the chance to get a good impression of ourstudents. With the relativelyyoung age of our MBA program, NC State is sometimesoverlooked as a potential source of talent by certain employers.In an effort to get“on their radar”, we court them and invite them to campus to see for themselvesthe talented students enrolledhere. Once they have agreed to visit, it is imperative that we make a good showing. This means adequate numbers of professionally attiredstudents actively posing good questions. Our studentsdo a great job and their attendance at the sessionshas changed the minds of several recruiters about adding NC State to their recruiting school list.
Students not currently seeking full-time jobs (generally first year students) can begin making vital networking links early in their MBA career by attending these sessions. Perhaps the function the recruiter is seeking does not match up with the student’s area of concentration. Attending the session allows a student to make a connection with the recruiter and perhaps get a “warm” introduction to the proper hiring authority rather than making a cold call.
Sessions are scheduled in the late afternoon in an effort to allowour working professionalpopulation (part-time students) to attendprior to class at 6 PM and usually include beverages and a snack.
We realize that information sessions are yet another item to juggle along with homework, projects andtests. But, we believe they are a great investment. The ultimate goal of an MBA student is not to graduate with a 4.0, but to secure a position worthy of theirtraining and talent. It’s about getting the job you really want. Attending information sessions are just oneway to achieve this.
Be sure to check out our updated list of recruiting eventsfor the Spring 2008 semester. To RSVP for any of the events, log onto the JobLinkand click on the events tab. If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Borrego.
What: Biomanufacturing and Pharmaceutical Student Seminars and Internship Fair When: Friday, January 25, 2008 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Where: At the Golden LEAF Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center on Centennial Campus
How: Pre-register before January 22, 2008
Who: NC State students
Participating Companies: Novozymes, Diosynth, Catalent, Kelly Scientific, Biogen Idec, Griffin Engineering and Technical Services, Inc., Merck, REM Services, Eisai, Aerotek Scientifici, LLC, Wyeth Biotech, DSM, Novo Nordisk, Targacept and Talecris Biotherapeutics
Why Attend: To meet with representatives from companies and talk about internship opportunities
Some of you will be involved with Mock Interviews for Career & Managerial Effectiveness, but the company booths are open from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM, so you should be able to attend both events.
The NC State MBA Chapter of the National Association of Women MBAs (NAWMBA) would like to announce their new officers for 2008.
President – Carol Nguyen
VP of Alumni Relations – Jessica Willoughby
VP of Events – Shelly Sabhikhi
VP of Finance – Seena George
If you are interested in learning more about NAWMBA, please contact Carol directly.
MBA students are invited to SWEP’s January dinner event which will focus on networking and the development of negotiation skills. SWEP’s Glenda Lee of Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment and Health Sciences, will be the featured presenter.
*Negotiation Skills *
featuring speaker, Ms. Glenda Lee, Duke University
at Crabtree Embassy Suites, 4700 Creedmoor Road, Raleigh
Tuesday, January 22, 2007
Cost: $25.00 (includes dinner and program)
5:30 pm Networking, 6:30-7:30 pm Dinner/Presentation
This event is held in partner with the Business and Professional Women of Raleigh (BPW/Raleigh) BPW was founded in 1919 and is the oldest advocacy group for working women.
RSVP by January 15th if you wish to attend.
The 2008 National Conference of the Association for NonTraditional Students in Higher Education (ANTSHE) will be held at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) located just 30 miles southeast of Nashville, TN. This is a conference for non-traditional students (also called adult learners) and the professionals who work with them in higher education institutions.The 2008 ANTSHE Conference will take place February 29, and March 1-2, 2008. For more information, please see: National Conference for ANTSHE
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
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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.