Bidding is here...

In the interest of increasing awareness about the Fall 2010 bidding process, here is some information we are passing along from the Program Office. For those of you who will be participating in bidding for the first time this year, don't worry about getting into classes, there will be plenty of interesting opportunities to chose from!

ALL 2010 BIDIDNG AND ELECTIVE EVENTS

As announced earlier this week in our bidding memo, bidding will begin next week. We’ve got a slate of elective events coming up, starting this evening with our elective chat with faculty. As a reminder, here are the dates/times:

Elective Nights
1. Thursday, 4/22, 7:30 - 8:15PM in the Andersen Auditorium: Chat with faculty about electives.
2. Wednesday, 4/28, 7:30 - 8:15PM in the Wells Fargo Room: Chat with faculty about electives.

Elective Lunch
1. Saturday, 4/24, 1-2PM in the Silicon Valley room: Chat about electives with fellow students.

For further details and instructions about bidding, please visit our website: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/EWMBA

BIDDING CONFERENCE CALLS

In addition, we have two bidding conference calls set up for next week. If you have questions about the bidding process, bidding strategy, course selection, etc, we encourage you to join the program office and members of the EWMBA Association Academic Affairs committee to discuss the fall 2010 schedule and bidding. Here are the details:

Monday, April 26th 12:00-1:00pm and Tuesday, April 27th 7:30-8:15pm.

To connect: Conference Dial-in Number: (218) 862-1000, Participant Access Code: 1034036#. We look forward to hearing from you!

Introducing the New Communications Committee!

I'm proud to announce the new members of the Haas EWMBA Communications Committee! We have a great group of folks joining the committee, and already they have interesting and unusual ideas to bring to our discussions. I think you can expect great things from your peers this year.

I'm beginning to feel a little nostalgic for my first year, so I'm glad to be working with all first year students, including my new co-chair Shadab Nazar. In addition, Kevin Krause has enthusiastically volunteered to share blogging duties with me, which means you'll have his unique perspective on the committee and the program as well. We're still working on getting team members photos together, so we'll let you know when the main page is updated with photos so you can recognize us when we are on campus.

Without further ado, the new Committee Members are:

Shadab Nazar 1st year, and Co-Chair of the Communications Committee, Technology Committee Liaison
Anand Pandey 1st year, BLUE - Alumni Committee Liaison
Jeffrey Chen 1st year, BLUE - Admissions Committee Liaison
Monish Sharma 1st year, AXE - Career Services Committee Liaison
Kevin Krause 1st year, Co-Blogger, Community Service and Academics Committees Liaison

Please feel free to send comments and suggestions to any one of the team members!

Happy 2010 - New Year Activities

Happy 2010 Everyone!

The Haas campus is starting to come alive over the next few weeks, and there are many activities to attend before school starts up in full swing. The first year evening students are beginning classes this week, and many of us attended the career services Winter Conference on Sunday. Hans Morris, president of Visa Inc. from 2007-2009, gave a strong presentation on managing and excelling in your career focused on eight distinct points. Ranging from advice on how to perform quality work (always challenge the status quo for continuous improvement) to managing a P&L, Mr. Morris provided a well organized presentation. More information about the speaker series can be found at the link below.

The second years will be attending the MPAR seminar this upcoming weekend, and I, for one, am looking forward to the opportunity to bond with my classmates across all co-horts in a simulation program. I've heard it can get pretty competitive, so watch out everyone!

For those of you that like to plan ahead, the first of the Spring Leadership development series is coming up at the end of the month, and on February 3rd Dean Lyon's will be hosting Steve Ellis, Worldwide Managing Director from Bain for the Dean's Speaker Series.

More about Mr. Morris from Visa:
http://www2.haas.berkeley.edu/Haas/Home/News/Newsroom/091221careerfest.aspx

More about the Dean's Speaker Series:
http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/haas/about/deansspeakers.html

49 Ways to get involved at Haas!

Do you know that there are

18 Clubs by Industry (Finance Club, Consulting Club...)
5 Social Clubs (Wine Club, Culinary Club...)
8 Student Run Conferences
9 Competitions & Associations
9 Student Affinity Clubs

at Haas?

Now that finals are wrapping up, it's a good time to think about what you'll be doing next semester. Participating in events outside of the classroom can be one of the most rewarding experiences at Haas, and we're encouraging EWMBA students to learn more about your options. Many of the clubs will be transitioning to new leadership in the winter and the EWMBAA will be looking for volunteers for various committees, so now is a great time to think about getting involved.

To learn more visit:
http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/MBA/student/

Careernet Feedback Sessions - Want to influence your Haas Careernet Experience?

The Career Management Center is looking for your feedback! This is a great opportunity to meet with the CMC team and provide feedback on the main tool that students rely on for job and career support.

How to sign up: Visit Careernet and look for the upcoming sessions -- there is one on 12/10 with spots still open!

Here's a description from the team:
Join us for a meeting with the web designers who are redoing the architecture and user interface, and give us some feedback on the layouts and designs they have mocked up.

Haas Holiday Party

Come join all current Haas students at the Holiday Party in San Francisco! We've already heard from a number of EWMBA Students that they will be there. It's a great opportunity to socialize with your classmates and meet a few new ones as well. Details below:

EWMBA, BCEMBA & FTMBA Holiday Party 2009

Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009
Time: 8:00PM-11:55PM
Location: The Galleria in the San Francisco Design Center; 101 Henry Adams Street, San Francisco
Registration: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=193419
Cost: $45/person through 11/22; $55 thereafter

Be Social: Haas Tailgating with Full Time Students & Early Halloween Party

There are two more Haas events this weekend - and one of them works for students with Saturday classes!

The first event is a Haas TailGate in the courtyard. The tailgate is being hosted by the 1st Year FT Students and will raise money to help the first year students who take internships in the non-profit sector over the summer. If you want to have fun, meet some full time students, and support a good cause please review the sign up information below.

The second is an Early Halloween Party in the city hosted by our Social Committee! Come out and have a good time at the Gallery Lounge in SF. You can check out details at the Social Committee's blog:

http://haasewmbaa-social.blogspot.com/2009/10/halloween-party-on-october-24-2009.html

Haas TailGate Information:

CAL vs. Washington State
Saturday October 24
TAILGATE from 11:30-1:30 PM in the Haas Courtyard – REGISTER BELOW
Tailgate will be jointly run by First Year Full-time MBA Cohorts AXE and Blue!!
Game Time at 1:30 PM
$15 Registration Fee Covers Food, Beer and Complimentary Good Times!
Register by 8 PM on Friday.

Check your email for details from Meg Roundy on how to sign up (Because both Paypal and Google Spreadsheets are required to sign up for the tailgate, we've decided not to publish the full sign up details on the web. But don't let that deter you from attending!)