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Reunion
2003
The Johnson
School Reunion 2003 will take place June 5-8. Graduates in class years that
end in 3 or 8 are specifically invited, and all alumni are welcome. We're
adding new events this year, beginning with a welcome reception at the home
of Dean Swieringa on Thursday evening and continuing on Friday with a talk
by Dr. Marilyn Paul, MBA '78, management consultant and principal in the
firm Bridgeway Partners, and author of the
recently published book, It's Hard to Make a Difference When you Can't
Find Your Keys - The Seven Step Path for Becoming Truly Organized. Also
planned for Friday is an Executive Education presentation on leadership
development. Among Saturday's activities will be a State of the School
address by Dean Swieringa, an alumni panel presentation, school and campus
tours, and our reunion reception and banquet. An updated schedule of all
Reunion events will soon be available online. Look for your brochure in the
mail in early April.
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Executive Education Programs
Executive
Education is currently accepting registrations for spring programs. Johnson
School alumni are entitled to a 50 percent tuition discount on tuition. Review the
program details and register online. Also, we encourage you to mention
these programs to interested colleagues. Upcoming programs are:
- Finance and Accounting
for Nonfinancial Managers, April 6-11
- Executive Development
Program, June 8-20 (two consecutive weeks)
- Creating Competitive
Advantage Through People, March 30-April 4
- Leadership Development
Program, April 27-May 2
- Strategic Decision Making
and Critical Thinking, May 11-16
- Marketing Strategy, May
4-9
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Annual Fund Phonathons
It's Phonathon time! On March 9-11, 24-25, 30 and April 1,
6, and 7, Johnson School students will be calling alumni to obtain updated
contact information for JAC, discuss any contact information that you may
have for the Career Management Center, and to solicit your support for the
Annual Fund. We hope you will enjoy speaking with the students as much as
they enjoy sharing with you their perspective on the Johnson School.
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Coming Soon to Brussels, Belgium
European
Symposium
March 21-22
"Globalization:
Promises and Perils"
Throughout history
there are defining moments of revolutionary change that forever alter the
landscape. In the recent history of business, globalization is one such
phenomenon.
It is likely part of
the debate concerning globalization is driven by a partial understanding of
some of the issues at stake. This symposium is designed to raise your
awareness around the main threats and opportunities connected with
globalization. The topic is compelling, complex, timely—and one that
touches everyone in today's fast-paced and truly global business
marketplace.
This is also an
opportunity to connect with colleagues and fellow Cornellians
from both Europe and the United States. This year's symposium has been
designed by a group of Belgian alumni led by Frederic de Laminne MBA '83. It is also, once again, graciously
supported in part by the Ada Howe Kent Foundation
and Henry Renard CU '54, MBA '55. For immediate
information, contact Jennifer at jgsmalum@cornell.edu.
Please register online.
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Upcoming Events
New
York, NY
March 11
CEN Presents "The Business of eCornell:
Parachuting into a Venture" by John Neuman,
'62, MEng '63, interim CEO of eCornell.
Cornell Club of New York, 6 East 44th Street, 6:30-9:30 pm, $35 per person
(buffet reception, presentation, dessert, and coffee). Register
now on-line.
*San
Francisco, CA
March 16
"A Dialogue with Silicon Valley" with Professor John Nesheim, MBA '67, and Shannon Murray '94, director of
Cornell Silicon Valley. Cash Bar Reception, 6:30-8:00 pm, Crowne Plaza, 1177 Airport Blvd., Bulingame.
RSVP to receive a FREE drink ticket to jgsmalum@cornell.edu.
*Boston,
MA
March 17
Boston Johnson Alumni 2003 Kickoff Event. Breakfast at Le Meridien (250 Franklin St.), 7:30-9:00 am. RSVP to jgsmalum@cornell.edu. Special guests
are: Professor Joe Thomas, associate dean for Academic Affairs, Mike
Hostetler, associate dean, Executive Education, and Risa Mish, director of
Alumni Relations.
Atlanta,
GA
March 18, 6:30 pm
CAF Speaker Series Event: "Mapping the Universe with the Big Ear and
the Big Eye" by Martha Haynes, Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy. Fernbank Science Center, 156 Heaton Park Drive. RSVP by
March 10 to rmontano@greystone.net.
*Miami,
FL
March 19
Breakfast with Dean Swieringa. Hosted by alumnus Stewart Merkin, MBA '71, 444 Brickell
Avenue, Ste. 300, 8:00 am. RSVP to jgsmalum@cornell.edu.
*Paris,
France
March 19
"Financial Strategies in Uncertain Times" by Hal Bierman, professor of business administration and
finance at the Johnson School. Reception at the Zango
Restaurant (15, rue du Cygne
75001-Metro: Etienne Marcel), 19:00 pm. RSVP to jgsmalum@cornell.edu and to Curtis Bartosik.
Cornell Club of France members, 15 Euros pre-paid, 20 Euros at door; for
non-members: 20 Euros pre-paid, 25 at door.
Washington,
DC
March 27
CEN Presents "What's Ahead for the U.S. Economy: Global Tension, Economic
Stimulus, and Cut-Throat Competition" by Knight Kiplinger '69. Capital
Hilton, 1001 16th Street; $35 per person (buffet reception, presentation,
dessert, and coffee). Register now on-line.
*New
York, NY
April 5
Kickball and family fun at Chelsea Piers! Details forthcoming...
New York,
NY
April 8
CEN Presents "Entrepreneurship in the New Millennium" by Rob Ryan
'69. Cornell Club of New York, 6 East 44th Street, 6:30-9:30 pm, $35 per
person (buffet reception, presentation, dessert, and coffee). Register
now on-line.
Boston,
MA
April 9
CEN Presents "The Business of eCornell:
Parachuting into a Venture" by John Neuman,
'62, MEng '63, interim CEO of eCornell.
Cornell Club of New York, 6 East 44th Street, 6:30-9:30 pm, $35 per person
(buffet reception, presentation, dessert, and coffee).
Menlo
Park, CA
April 22
CEN Presents "Your Healthy Diet: What Your Genes May Someday Tell You"
by Dean Patsy Brannon '79 of Cornell's College of Human Ecology. Stanford
Park Hotel, 100 El Camino Real, 6:00-9:00 pm, $35 per person (buffet
reception, presentation, dessert, and coffee). Register
now on-line.
*Johnson School specific
events.
View and search a
complete listing of Cornell University events.
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Here is
the latest news and information for March:
Meet the Director
Greetings
from Sage Hall! It is a privilege and a pleasure to be able to introduce
myself to the Johnson School alumni through Sage Connection. In my first five
weeks on the job, I have enjoyed meeting our Boston Alumni Steering
Committee and meeting those of you who traveled to campus to recruit our
talented students, and I look forward to greeting alumni at our Boston
Alumni/Admitted Student breakfast on March 17, the European Alumni
Symposium in Brussels on March 21-22, and the NYC Kickball Event on April
5. You are an impressive and enthusiastic group, and I am excited about
what the future holds for our alumni program.
Our three initial
alumni relations priorities are to increase the accuracy and completeness
of information in the Johnson Alumni Connection (JAC), our alumni database;
to revive and strengthen regional alumni clubs; and to expand the content
and scope of our Reunion program. Your involvement is critically important
to achieving these goals. If you have not yet, or have not recently,
accessed JAC, please look at your profile, and add or revise any
information that is missing or incomplete. JAC permits you to search alumni
by name, company, city, state, country, job, industry, undergraduate
institution, student organization membership, and more. It is a marvelous
tool for networking and maintaining your connection to the Johnson School
community, but it is only as effective as the data it contains. Please help
us, and all Johnson School alumni, maximize the potential of JAC by
completing and updating your profile today.
Likewise, our
regional clubs and Reunion programs have tremendous potential to provide
networking, social, educational, and business opportunities for alumni. We
do, however, need your help. If you are willing to assist by planning an
event, hosting an event, generating ideas for events, speaking at an event,
attending an event, recruiting classmates to attend an event...we want you!
Please contact me if you are willing
to become a regional club and/or Reunion volunteer or if you simply want to
share with me your ideas for our alumni relations program.
Last, but not least,
if your travels take you to Ithaca, I hope you will stop in at 215 Sage
Hall and introduce yourself. I look forward to getting to know you, and I thank
you most sincerely for the opportunity to be of service.
 Risa M. Mish '85, JD'88
Director, Alumni Relations
215 Sage Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-6201
(607) 255-9442
(direct dial)
(800) 847-2082, ext. 2
rmm22@cornell.edu
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State of the School
In his sixth
State of the School message, Dean Robert J. Swieringa reiterated the
opportunities and challenges facing the Johnson School, and outlined a
short-term and longer-term strategy for meeting those challenges.
Reflecting the theme
of this year's event—"Leaders Stand Out"—Dean
Swieringa said: "In this time of extraordinary change and uncertainty,
we need to be clear about our commitments and vision," emphasizing the
Johnson School's focus on firmly establishing itself as one of the premier
general management education programs in the world. The external
environment has affected job and internship prospects for all b-schools,
and recent media rankings—including Business Week and the Financial
Times—have heightened the sense of urgency among Johnson School
students, faculty, and staff.
For the short term,
the dean outlined action steps in what he termed a "90-day dash"
to accelerate initiatives already underway in four key areas: jobs/career management,
alumni networks, marketing, and admissions. He also shared details on
longer range initiatives and discussed the five-year strategic plan that
has been in development for the last several months.
Cornell President
Hunter Rawlings and student leaders Felix Rouse '03, Erin McMahon '03, and
Matthew Trokey '04 also spoke.
Rawlings—whose tenure ends in July—noted the Johnson School's
many accomplishments during the last several years. Each of the student
speakers challenged the audience and their peers to seize the opportunity
to be leaders who stand up and stand out through their individual and
collective response to the challenges of the current environment.
See the complete coverage.
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Alumni/Admissions Volunteers Wanted
The Office of
Admissions is seeking alumni volunteers to contact admitted students,
discuss your Johnson School experience, and encourage the admitted students
to accept our offer of admission. This kind of alumni contact—which
many of our peer business schools use in the admissions process—can
have a significant impact on our admissions yield, and we would be very
grateful for your assistance. If you are willing to serve as an
alumni/admissions volunteer, please contact Michael Corbett. Thank you!
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BR Ventures Awards Big Ideas, Makes Second Investment
The winners of
the Big Red Ventures' 2003 Business Idea Competition were announced at the
Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Symposium on February 21. Taking top
honors (plus $10,000 and ten hours of legal services from the Science and
Technology Law Center) was Johnny Applestix, a
fast-food snack project from the Hotel School's Anthony Dellamano
'03 and Mark Kuperman, MMH '03. Taking second
place and $2,500 was Invenio, a technology
platform to speed lead optimization and drug development, by engineers
Samuel K. Lai, Ernest Fung, Howard Kwong, and Kakit Tsui (all '03). Third place and $1,000 went to ClinicTracker, a system to manage patient information,
from engineer Joshua Gordon '04 with colleagues Michael Gordon and Fred Dufour. The BRV also recently announced the second
investment in its portfolio: SightSpeed (formerly
QVIX), a low-bandwidth, high-quality videoconferencing system. The
technology was developed by Cornell engineering professor Toby Berger
(currently CTO for SightSpeed) and Aron Rosenberg '02; the company's CEO is Brad Treat,
MBA '02. The product could be commercialized as early as this spring. For
more information on BRV's newest venture, visit
the Cornell News Service.
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JS Welcomes New Student Organization
The Johnson
School welcomes a new student organization, the Hispanic-American Business
Leaders Association (HABLA), whose mission is to create pathways to
leadership for Hispanic-Americans through education, opportunity, and
networking. Among its initiatives, HABLA plans to host an Ethnic Marketing
Case Competition, sponsor a speaker series of innovative Hispanic-American
business leaders, participate in the National Society of Hispanic MBA's
annual conference, and celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with cultural and
educational programming events. In addition, the group intends to build a
Johnson School Latino alumni network and connect with the Cornell Latino
Alumni Association. Alumni who are interested in serving as case evaluators
for HABLA's Ethnic Marketing Case Competition or
participating in a Hispanic-American business leader speaker series should
contact Risa Mish.
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Be a Part of "Just About Jobs" Event
The outlook
for this year's job market is about the same as last year, if not a little
worse. To date, 40 percent of the responding second-year MBAs have accepted
employment. Only 35 percent of responding first-year MBAs have secured internships. Because we are a small school,
our alumni network is a vitally important tool to help overcome the
obstacles that our students and some of our alumni face in this daunting
job market. This month, we invite your involvement in Just About Jobs, a
unique initiative that S.C. Johnson has provided to us in which recruiters
from Boston, Chicago, and New York will be transported to Ithaca for free
on S.C. Johnson jets. Companies can take advantage of this free transportation
to the Johnson School if they have an available job or internship and are
willing to travel to Ithaca round trip in one day, March 28, to interview
students. We ask that alumni based in these cities contact Karin Ash,
director of the Career Management Center, at 607 255-4888 or e-mail JAJ@johnson.cornell.edu to let us
know of any full-time positions, summer internships, or short-term projects
(two-six months' duration) that may be available in your organization. Our
students can succeed in these challenging times with your help. We thank
you for your support of these all-important efforts.
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Johnson School in the News
The Just
about Jobs event scheduled for March 28 (described above) is already
attracting media attention. As this recent Boston Globe article suggests, the idea is not only
novel but also necessary in a very tough job market.
Check out JS
in the News for other coverage.
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