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Graduates determined "grades" for each ranked school in three areas: Teaching, Curriculum, and Administration. The top 20 percent for schools get an "A" grade, the next 20 percent get a "B" grade and so on; the Johnson School rated "A" for Teaching, "B" for Curriculum, and "B" for Administration. The other portion of the ranking is based on a survey of EMBA directors who rank their "Top 10" EMBA programs (excluding their own). The Johnson School ranked #12 in graduate rankings and #20 in director rankings. The accompanying article said: "Students gave the highest marks to the programs that they considered to be the most rigorous. Cornell University, eligible for the EMBA rankings for the first time this year, entered the list at No. 14, with grads praising the school for its intensity even as they said it made for a challenging two years."

The BW ranking provides positive recognition for our growing program. We are pleased with this initial result and committed to improving the Executive MBA Program in every dimension and enhancing the program's reputation over time.

The student-centric ranking is based on a school's ability to deliver the most important elements (as identified by students) that students look for when earning a MBA including opening new career opportunities or furthering current career; personal development and educational experience; increasing salary; and the potential to network. Ranking data were supplied by the schools themselves and more than 23,300 MBA students and alumni were surveyed to give qualitative assessments of MBA programs. Minimum response thresholds were required to be ranked and 115 schools met those thresholds. For more information on the rankings and methodology visit www.which-mba.com.

Through AFA, Cornellians have free access to over 600 online reference databases, including catalogs, almanacs, encyclopedias, and directories. You can browse the library's special and rare book collections through online exhibitions and digital collections. AFA also offers link to a rich array of web sites for information on a wide range of topics, all reviewed and selected by Cornell librarians and organized by subject for easy access. Cornell librarians can also provide reference and referral assistance for short questions via e-mail and phone. Access to some full-text databases and reference assistance for in-depth research questions is also available for a modest fee. All fee-based services are clearly identified.

If every alumnus were able to encourage at least three to five candidates to apply to our program the quality of our applicant pool would dramatically increase. As alumni, you are in a unique position to recognize suitable applicants who demonstrate solid leadership and decision-making skills—students who are results oriented with stand and deliver qualities.

So if you are up for the challenge, follow this web link to an online form that will allow you to submit names, or download a printable PDF and fax your list to the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid. At end of the application season (spring 2004), the numbers will be tallied. All alumni who were successful in encouraging three or more qualified candidates to apply to the Johnson School during the application season will be entered into a prize drawing. The prize and winner will be announced in spring 2004.

Global news: Worldwide connections
We encourage JS alumni to take advantage of a dedicated career management platform for students and alumni of the world's leading business schools. Global Workplace, which can be accessed through the Johnson School's Career Services web page, features an online membership directory giving you access to fellow graduates of 50 of the world's top business schools on five continents. Global Workplace offers tailored career coaching services—cover letter and resume review and design, individual career counseling and interview training, as well as courses on networking and effective job searching. Services are now available in the UK, Netherlands, Spain, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Canada and the USA with China and New Zealand to follow shortly.

Featured alumni

	Holly Hulse, MBA '97, is president of Corning Frequency Control in Shanghai, China, where she is responsible for the company's manufacturing and commercial operations. Corning Frequency Control manufactures specialty crystals and crystal oscillators that provide a stable frequency reference in telecommunication, automotive and military applications. Hulse moved to Shanghai in 1999, when she was appointed general manager of Corning Shanghai Co., Ltd. In June 2001, she was appointed president of Corning Cable Systems in China. In addition to her responsibilities at Corning, Hulse is also a member of the board of directors of Concordia International School Shanghai. When asked to describe her major accomplishments as president of CFC, Hulse said, "I have learned an incredible amount. My role is quite broad—making decisions from funding to allocation of talent, hiring and firing to manufacturing metrics, customer interface to strategy, all with the added challenge of working with a completely local Chinese team. We are developing some talent that should provide key leadership for Corning in China as our overall business here continues to grow."
	Suk Y. Cha, MBA '84, president and chief executive officer of Haitai Confectionery and Foods Co., Ltd. in Korea, has been elected to the board of directors for Kookmin Bank, also in Korea. Before becoming CEO of Haitai, a 3,900-employee company that manufacturers dry confectionery, ice cream, and frozen foods, and that has an annual revenue of $500 million, Cha served as president and CEO of Procter & Gamble Korea.
	Gary Fassak, MBA '78, was promoted to vice president marketing sales and R&D at Binney & Smith, where he reports directly to the chief executive officer. He is also chair of the Binney & Smith Corporate Operating Committee, which is responsible for delivering Binney & Smith's cross functional global operating plan each year. Binney & Smith, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hallmark Cards, Inc., manufactures Crayola and is the leader in marketing creativity products, crayons, markers, accessories, and creative solutions to children, parents, and educators. Fassak joined the company in 2000 as VP for marketing, and before that worked at Campbell Soup Company, where he was vice president new business and launched the Campbell's Premium soup line.
	Marvin Chang, MBA '89, is the new president of the Cornell Asian Alumni Association. Founded in 1990, the CAAA serves the needs and interests of Asian alumni and students at Cornell University. The organization's objectives are to maintain an international network of Asian alumni from Cornell, promote greater Asian alumni involvement in all aspects of university affairs, support the academic and career development of Asian students on campus, facilitate the exchange of ideas and information between Asian alumni and students and the university, and increase the awareness of the university among Asian students who are potential applicants. Chang is a manager in the Business Advisory Services practice at Grant Thornton in New York, where he focuses on project management, systems implementations, business process improvement, and technology infrastructure planning, software development, corporate finance and business strategy.

Alumnus delivers Hatfield address

In his October 2 Hatfield lecture, James Morgan, MBA '63, BSME '62, gave his listeners valuable insight into the leadership that brought his organization from the brink of bankruptcy to undisputed dominance of its sector. Chairman of the board and previously CEO of Applied Materials, Inc., by far the foremost provider of equipment for semiconductor manufacture, Morgan credited his success not only to his willingness to take risks, but to his ability to understand the world as a series of complex, interrelated systems. Morgan, whose first action in 1976 as CEO of Applied Materials was to drastically cut back the company's unfocused portfolio to instead concentrate on equipment, has undertaken many other bold ventures, including forging into the Japanese and Chinese markets decades before his competitors, and continuing to invest in R&D during cyclic downturns. Morgan, who has been named among BusinessWeek's six "Good CEOs," Worth's top five "Best CEOs," and

Investor's Business Daily's "Top 10 CEOs," received the National Medal of Technology in 1996, advised former President Bill Clinton and Congress on market access and trade relationships, and is vice chairman of President Bush's Export Council. Hear Morgan's address on the web.

Faculty news: Two tapped for Whitcomb fellowships
Congratulations to Johnson School professors Sachin Gupta and Justin P. Johnson for their nomination by Dean Swieringa to be the Clifford H. Whitcomb Faculty Fellows for the one-year term commencing November 1, 2003. Clifford Whitcomb '43, MBA '48, is the retired president of Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance Company and is a lifetime member of the Cornell University Council. He established the fellowships in 1993. Income from the endowment of the fellowships is used to support the work of the recipients.

Celebrate your favorite professors
Communique magazine recently e-mailed members of the Cornell Association of Class Officers (CACO) requesting stories about favorite Cornell professors. Responses helped inspire the new Celebrate Cornell Faculty web site, which features articles about faculty and comments from CACO members about the impact Cornell professors—including those from the Johnson School—have made on their lives. The site also includes an interactive forum where you can share your faculty recollections with the rest of the Cornell community and/or send your favorite professor an electronic greeting card.

Alumni participants wanted for faculty research project
Melissa Thomas-Hunt, assistant professor of management and organizations, would like your help! "I am writing to ask for your help in a research study that we are conducting here at the Johnson School. The study can be completed via email/internet and will take less than an hour, and we will pay you $20 for your time. Plus, if you perform in the top 10% of all participants we will pay you an additional $50. It is possible to have your compensation donated to a student or non-profit organization if you wish. All we are asking from you is to read some background information about a firm and provide a simple assessment of its worth, then answer a brief online survey. If you would like to participate, please e-mail me at mct24@cornell.edu."

Recent media hits
Mark Nelson, professor of management and accounting, was interviewed in late September by Thailand's "Newsline" television program on issues relating to expensing stock options.

The "Intrinsic Value of the Dow" research of Professors Charles Lee and Bhaskaran Swaminathan attracted the attention of various nationwide media outlets in early October as their groundbreaking calculations were released for the first time—Lakshmi Bhojraj, director of operations at the Parker Center, was quoted in several of the articles indicating that, based on Lee's and Swaminathan's research, there is still room for the Dow to advance over the next six to twelve months.

Kevin Baradet, Johnson School's network systems director was quoted in an eWeek article highlighting various corporate attempts to provide secure wireless access for handheld device users.

The Northwest Indiana News featured Professor Stuart Hart's comments about generation of growth while satisfying social and environmental stakeholders in an article that focused on the future of the steel industry.

Johnson School alumnus Prasanth Kuchibhotla, a senior airline analyst at eClipse Advisors, was quoted in a USA Today article on the Air France-KLM merger.

For these and more media hits for Johnson School members, visit Johnson School in the News.

Loan forgiveness available
The Johnson School offers a loan forgiveness fellowship to alumni who are engaged in a viable entrepreneurial endeavor. Applicants for this program must have outstanding student loans from their enrollment at the Johnson School and be exclusively engaged in an entrepreneurial venture—their business may not be a secondary source of income. Jonas Weil initiated the fund in an effort to relieve our graduates of the burden of student loan debt.

Those selected to receive the fellowship will receive up to $5,000 from the Johnson School to make student loan payments for the year of the award. The amount of the fellowship is determined by the amount of outstanding student education loan debt accrued while in attendance at the Johnson School and the actual/projected income. If there are more candidates than resources, priority will be determined based on need.

We will accept applications for this award until December 2003, with selection and disbursement of the funds in January 2004. You may apply at any time, but we review candidates twice a year—once in January and once in July. For more information on the Jonas Weil Fellowship, e-mail your mailing address to the Financial Aid Office.