ROSS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS EVENING MBA ASSOCIATION The Evening News Volume 1, Issue 1 September, 2005 The evening MBA Association is proud to announce... is proud to introduce the inaugural issue of The Evening News. We hope that this monthly newsletter will become a helpful and valued source of information for Ross Evening MBA students. We have so much to be proud of and excited about as Evening students. This newsletter will become a way of sharing this excitement with one another. Each issue will come out at the beginning of the month. Students are welcomed and encouraged to submit articles. We want to know about you and exists to promote and support the Evening MBA experience at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. The primary goals of the Evening MBA Assoc. are: To provide professional, what you re doing. Did you just win a case competition?? Did you just celebrate the birth of a child?? Have you got some information we all could use on how to land that dream job?? Send it in by the 3rd Friday of the month and we ll put it in. We also will have a classified section in which students can advertise. Now you ll have a place to advertise those game tickets you can t use or that car that you need to sell. Because we want this to be a useful tool for students, we'd love your input. Give us your feedback. Let us know how we can make this a better newsletter. We hope you enjoy this and see this as a value added benefit of being an Evening student. We will be using this to cut down on some of the emails that seem to always be going out to students. Make sure you read each issue so you know what s going on here at Ross for Evening MBA s. About the evening mba association academic, and social networking opportunities for Evening MBA students. To ensure continual Evening MBA student representation and perspective in Business School affairs. To contribute to the enrichment of the larger Business School community by partnering with other programs and clubs within the school. strives to fulfill these goals through events and (Cont. on pg.2) Inside this issue: Eve MBA Assoc (cont.) 2 Opportunities 2 EveMBA Ambassadors 2 EveMBA Section Leaders 3 Calendar 4 VP Announcements 5 Contact Info 6 Special points of interest: Check out our NEW and IMPROVED website at bus.umich.edu/evemba Watch for the Evening MBA Survey coming out soon. Make sure you give your input to help improve our school!!
P AGE 2 T HE EVENING NEWS About the Evening MBA Association (cont.) activities planned to the unique perspective and situation of the Evening MBA student. serves as an information source and support organization for each stage of involvement in the program: prospective students wishing to learn more about the program, new and current students navigating their way through opportunities and resources available in the Business School while facing work/school/life balance, and graduating students transitioning to the Alumni community. EveMBA supported events include: New Student Orientations, Prospective Student Evening MBA Information Sessions, Academic Advocacy Programs, Evening MBA Ambassador Program, Career Path and Career Change Panel Discussions, Annual Family Picnic, Semester Kick-off Gatherings, Graduation Celebrations, and Social and Networking Events. Membership is open to all registered Evening MBA students. We welcome and encourage students to become involved in the Evening MBA Association to maximize the potential of their experience here at Ross. For more information, please email evemba-info@umich.edu. Many Opportunities to get involved Work Class Group Projects Studying Somewhere in our busy schedules we even spend time with our families and friends! The Evening MBA Program is a very rewarding adventure, yet there are myriad valuable experiences to be had in addition to the rigors of the academic program. Getting involved in clubs, attending events, and participating in social activities are essential ingredients to get the most out of the program during your time here. has several opportunities open to interested students. Please let us know at evemba-info@umich.edu if any of the activities described in the newsletter sound like a great fit for you! Evening mba ambassadors Each semester, Evening MBA students are entrusted with the task of conveying to both prospective and newly admitted students the talent, spirit, and tremendous opportunities available within the Ross School of Business community. Evening MBA Ambassadors serve an essential role as an information source by leveraging their familiarity of the MBA program, as well as their personal experience balancing work, school, and social life during the program. school sponsored events, the list of Ambassadors is distributed to prospective and new students, allowing interested individuals to contact them with further questions. The Ambassador contact list is also made available on the Evening MBA website. The mission of the Evening MBA Ambassador Program is to ensure that prospective and newly admitted Evening MBA students feel welcome at the Ross School of Business, while supplying them with the necessary information to allow them to make the right decisions for their own academic, career, and personal goals. Ambassadors are also encouraged to offer suggestions for creating an even better experience for prospective and admitted students. Ambassadors participate in Evening MBA Information Sessions for prospective students and attend Evening MBA Orientation for admitted students. These events are held in the summer, fall, and winter every year. In addition to If you are interested in becoming an Evening MBA Ambassador, or if you have questions, please contact the Evening MBA Association by emailing evemba-info@umich.edu.
V OLUME 1, ISSUE 1 P AGE 3 Evening mba section leaders A section is a geographical grouping of Evening MBA students. Sections are meant to augment your opportunities as an Evening MBA student and enhance your enjoyment of UMBS. They are useful for: Networking Making contacts and establishing social and professional networks is much easier and viable in smaller, closer groups. Resources Students will have access to other students who live near them to facilitate the formation of study and/or carpooling groups. Community-building Evening students brought together in Sections can feel a stronger bond establishing new relationships and a real sense of community within the Ross School of Business - Evening MBA program. Reaching Out to New Students Prospective students considering admissions will be drawn to the benefits of Sections for building a network of friends and colleagues, as well as for academic reasons. Fun! Fun! Fun! - No explanation needed. Section Leaders plan events and activities for their assigned geographic areas. Past events have included happy hours, dinners, bowling, Tigers ballgame, canoeing, and coffee chats. We still need Section Leaders for Lansing, Detroit, Toledo, Kalamazoo, Troy, and Royal Oak areas. The Ann Arbor and Farmington Hills Section Lead positions have been filled, but if you have event ideas or would like to help with planning in these areas please contact your section lead. SIGN UP FOR SECTION EVENT NOTIFICATION TODAY!! Section event notification is not automatic; if you are interested in getting information about social, networking or professional events near where you work or live, please sign up for the impact email group for your geographic area -- or sign up for more than one group! You can participate in any and all activities all across southeast Michigan and into Ohio. Once you have opted in to a section, you will be on the email list for all events in that region. If you do not opt in, events may also be posted on the website or in future newsletters, but you may be missing out! Go to your profile on impact and sign up for: EVEAnnArb, EVEDetroit, EVEFhills, EVEKzoo, EVELansing, EVERoyoak, EVEToledo, or EVETroy You ll enjoy meeting new friends and spending quality time with current ones! EveMBA Committees If you are interested in becoming more involved in the association, such as helping to plan an upcoming event or contacting corporate sponsors, please get in touch with the officer for the area that grabs your attention! See list of committees on Contact page.
P AGE 4 T HE EVENING NEWS Schedule of Events 9/6 Fall Semester begins 9/7 Meet the Clubs in the Portico 9/11 Adopt-A- Highway clean up 9/23 Entrepalooza 2005: Define Your Path 7:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Assembly Hall 9/24 Evening MBA Association Family Picnic 9/30 Women in Leadership Conference Hale Auditorium/ Assembly Hall September 2005 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Evening mba association board welcomes you!! sent to you. Emmanuel Legbeti and Marwan Rateb s articles on the next page help to enlighten all of us about what they are working on for community service and academic affairs. Paul Singh has been busy completely redoing our website (bus.umich.edu/ evemba). Please check it out as it s a great resource for all evening students. Amit Mantrow has been busy putting together some great events for us such as the Board would like to welcome the incoming class. We look forward to meeting you at Orientation and we hope your time at Ross is rewarding and fun! We would also like to welcome back the returning evening students. We re all very excited about our new look on our website, our new newsletter, and the enthusiasm we re feeling all around us. Each officer will be introducing themselves over the next couple of months in the newsletter. Mindee Elam (our President) contributed the bulk of this newsletter in describing the Association and the opportunities we prefamily picnic at the end of September. Sriram Gopalan, our finance guy, has been jumping through all the university hoops to get us set up so we can spend our cash. Rajeev Jain is working on some awesome career development opportunities. Keep reading the newsletters to see details on those events. Vineet Kumar has been contacting companies and alumni to support the work of our association and provide more opportunities to our members. We re all looking forward to a great year!!
V OLUME 1, ISSUE 1 P AGE 5 VP OF COMMUNITY SERVICE SIDELIGHTS AS FARMINGTON HILLS SECTION LEADER Are you interested in community service, but aren't sure how to fit it in to your busy schedule? The Evening MBA Association can help! We have the EveMBA Adopt-A- Highway Day coming up on September 11, 2005! Please mark this date on your calendar to help out and also to meet other EveMBAs. Watch for more information shortly! The EveMBA Association will keep you in touch with community service events both in Ann Arbor and in the other areas that Evening MBA students live and work. If you would like to propose an idea for EveMBA service events or need EveMBA help in promoting an event that you are involved with, please drop me a line. I also serve as Section Leader for the Farmington Hills area i.e. F. Hills, Novi, Northville, etc. For all EveMBAs that live in these areas, please add EVEFhills to your IM- Pact profile. We plan to have many happy hours and other fun events! If you would like to propose an idea for our section to try out, please drop me a line or just stop me in the hallway to chat! We look forward to working with you to make your time at Ross as an evening student a fun, rewarding and memorable one! ~Emmanuel Marketing & Communications wants you As VP of Marketing and Communcations, I d like to take a moment to welcome you to our monthly get together because that s what I m hoping this newsletter will provide for our evening student community...an opportunity to get together and share with each other what s going on. In order for that to happen, YOU need This newsletter will provide an opportunity for evening students to connect with each other to be an integral part of that process. Please take time to share with us events, classifieds, articles, anything you feel would be a benefit to our community. If there is something in the newsletter that is missing or you have suggestions for improvement, I m always happy to hear them. One of the most exciting benefits of being on the association s board has been to hear about all the hard work that the university and specifically Paul Clyde (Eve MBA Academic Director) and his office are doing to improve our experience and its associated benefits here at Ross. Another has been to work with a group of committed students who are taking extra time out of their busy schedules to provide us all with opportunities for connections that will last a lifetime. ~Merrill Introducing vp of Academic affairs This is a very exciting time to be part of the evening MBA program. We have a great board and I am very proud to be serving as the VP of Academic Affairs for the 2005-2006 calendar years. My role is to address any academic concerns that you may have, ranging anywhere from suggesting new courses to inquiring about dual degree offerings. I'm working on a variety of projects this year, the most exciting of which is the development of a list of suggested courses based on profession. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or suggestions at mrateb@umich.edu. Have a great year! ~Marwan
ROSS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS EVENING MBA ASSOCIATION Connecting Evening MBA s with each other and the Ross community! Check out our NEW website!! bus.umich.edu/evemba Primary Goals of the Evening MBA Association: To provide professional, academic, and social networking opportunities for Evening MBA students. To ensure continual Evening MBA student representation and perspective in Business School affairs. To contribute to the enrichment of the larger Business School community by partnering with other programs and clubs within the school. Committees and Contact information President Mindee Elam melam@umich.edu Academic Affairs VP Marwan Rateb mrateb@umich.edu Career Development VP Rajeev Jain rajeevj@umich.edu Community Service VP Emmanuel Legbeti legbeti@umich.edu Corporate & Alumni Relations VP Vineet Kumar vineet@umich.edu Events VP Amit Mantrow mantrow@umich.edu Finance VP Sriram Gopalan gopalans@umich.edu Marketing & Communications VP Merrill Guerra merrillg@umich.edu Technology VP Paul Singh gpsingh@umich.edu SECTION LEADERS Ann Arbor Ravi Dixit rkdixit@umich.edu Farmington Hills Emmanuel Legbeti legbeti@umich.edu NEEDED: Lansing, Toledo, Kalamazoo, Troy, and Royal Oak