In
This Issue:
Director's
message: You speak; we listen
In last month's issue of SageConnection, we invited you to give
us your feedback on what you like about this communication and how we
might improve it. Among the suggestions that we received were:
- "Give us more details about what is going on at the school" - Done! In this month's issue, you can read about an important addition to the Johnson School first-year curriculum: the Analytical Thinking Thread, which has been added to the NBA 570 Foundations in Leadership course (formerly Leadership Assessment for Managers).
- "Tell us more about Cornell resources such as CyberTower" - Done! In this month's issue, you can read about additions to CyberTower (Cornell's online "lecture" series), including a chat with new Cornell President Jeffrey Lehman. In future issues, we will let you know what is newly available at CyberTower, and also tell you about other Cornell resources to which you, as Johnson School alumni and Cornellians, have access.
- "Give us a link to the Cornell University web site so that we can find out more about what is happening at the university" - Done! The Cornell University web site is www.cornell.edu. The university's alumni web site is www.alumni.cornell.edu.
- "Give us a link to the Alumni Jobs Bulletin" - Done! Our Alumni Jobs Bulletin can be found at www.jac.johnson.cornell.edu. If you learn of job openings within your company/organization, please let us know so that we can post those openings in our Jobs Bulletin.
- "Please feature alumni who are working outside of the U.S." - Done! Beginning with the October issue, we will regularly feature at least one profile of a graduate who is working internationally.
- "Solicit input from alumni for the Class Notes section of Enterprise" - Done! In this issue, read a plea from me for news from those classes for whom we currently have no information for our next issue of Enterprise. Feel free to share news about yourself or to tell on others. (I promise to protect my sources!)
- "Give us information about how alumni can get involved in volunteering for the school" - Done! In this issue, read about a request from the Admissions Office for alumni referrals of qualified applicants. In future issues, we will share more opportunities for volunteer service to the Johnson School.
- "Tell us about some of the things that the students are doing" - Done! In this issue, read about the inaugural Johnson Black Alumni Connection, a project spearheaded by the Black Graduate Business Association. In future issues, we will feature other student organization and individual student initiatives.
You speak; we listen. If you have not yet had a chance to complete the brief reader survey, you may still do so. We are interested in hearing your views on SageConnection, and we will continue to respond to your suggestions so that this newsletter can serve you as fully and well as possible.
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| The Career Management Center's first Career Management Program on August 26 welcomed alumni speakers to Sage Hall. Alumni spoke with students about their day-to-day work and educational experiences at the Johnson School that tie to their work and critical skills for success. |
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| Felix Rouse, MBA '03, was one of several alumni who returned to campus to participate in the orientation of the MBA 2005 class. Other alumni who shared their expertise with the new students included Fred Walker '90, Keir Meisner '99, Marni Allen '00, Adam Ailloni '00, Ingrid Ellerbrock '02, Felix Rouse '03, John Graham '05. | |
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| On Saturday, August 9, during round two of the Wendy's Championship for Children at Tartan Fields, LPGA Tour player Lisa Kiggens turned to the leaderboard at the end of her round to see, not the scores of the tournaments, but a question just for her from her caddie, Robb D'Amore, MBA '98. What did Lisa say? Watch the video. | |
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16 Multiple Cities Cornell University's Annual International Spirit of Zincks Night! Join us, and thousands of other alumni across the world, to celebrate the International Spirit of Zinck's, as well as the inauguration of Cornell's 11th president, Jeffrey Lehman '77, the first alumnus to serve as president of Cornell. Find a listing of an event near you (there are over 70 locations worldwide!). History: Theodore Zinck was a saloon keeper in Ithaca in the 1890s. Zinck's pub, the Hotel Brunswick on North Aurora Street, was a popular gathering place for Cornellians. After Zinck's death in 1903, several bars using his name continued to provide a haven for students. When the last "Zinck's" closed in the mid '60s, celebrating the "Spirit of Zinck's" became a favorite Thursday night Collegetown tradition for students. |
What's the value of an MBA?
Thank you to all alumni who contributed to the cover story in the current (September 22) issue of BusinessWeek featuring a report on the value of an MBA. The class of '92 gives a big "thumbs up" to the value of an MBA, reporting high levels of satisfaction with their careers and attributing much of that success to their MBA experience. Of note, Johnson School alumna Patricia Friar is referenced in the main article as a case in point for challenges women still face in the marketplace (compared with men). The article is based on a survey of roughly 1,500 alumni from the class of 1992 at top-30 business schools. Cornell is also on the list of schools whose '92 grads had the largest average compensation (#11 for salary, #7 for bonus/other compensation.) Also interviewed for this article were Dean Swieringa and Associate Dean Richard Shafer.
JS holds #20 in Wall Street Journal rankings
The Wall Street Journal has released its 2003 business school rankings, which are based solely on a perceptual survey of nearly 2200 recruiters completed last winter. This year the Johnson School is ranked # 20 (the same spot as in the 2001 ranking). Last year we were #19, with a nearly identical overall score.
As part of the Johnson School's long-term strategic plan, our overall goal is to achieve a consistent and sustainable position as a top-ten business school worldwide over the next five years. To accomplish this, we continue working with a multi-faceted strategy that includes constant evaluation and improvement of curriculum, increased attention to student preparation, and increased visibility and reputation building. To address the latter strategy specifically, we are aggressively promoting Johnson School programs, expertise and nontraditional initiatives (such as last spring's "Just about Jobs" event) with media, stakeholders and with business school peers through personal contact, mail campaigns and other marketing programs. This is an ongoing and cumulative process, and we have added staff to support this area. These initiatives take time and focused effort, but do yield results and are a critical part achieving our objectives in a way that will be reflected in major media rankings.
A challenge to alumni
Are you up for a rewarding challenge? The Office of Admissions and Financial Aid would like to extend an invitation to you. What could be more rewarding than assisting in the recruitment of future students here at the Johnson School? Well, all alumni who are able to refer three or more qualified candidates to apply will be entered into a prize drawing!
If every alumnus were able to encourage at least three to five candidates to apply to our program our quality 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 the 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.
Thank you, and good
luck!
Program highlights: JS students stand and deliver
This fall's incoming class is experiencing two new learning initiatives that have already been previewed by this summer's TMOs. Developed by Professors Doug Stayman and Kathleen O'Connor with consultant-in-residence Randy Allen, the programs involve a group of second-year students focused on improving teamwork and strategic thinking for the first years: Teamwork and Leadership Fellows are dedicated second years specifically trained in identifying team problems and assisting in the generation of solutions. These fellows are assisting first-year core-learning teams. Strategic Analysis Fellows help groups of first years develop skills in analyzing, presenting and defending cases. Faculty or staff members, along with the fellows, guide sessions throughout the semester during which first years receive short cases to read, consider and discuss. Fellows are instrumental in observing the groups and providing detailed feedback. This emphasis on analytical thinking is now part of the five-day Foundations in Leadership course, which begins during orientation.
Student focus: Students recognize first black graduate
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Wilbur Parker '50 was the first-ever recipient of the Black Graduate Business Association's (BGBA) Distinguished Alumni Award. The award was presented to Parker - the first African-American graduate of the Johnson School, and New Jersey's first African-American certified public accountant - during the luncheon the BGBA held in his honor on September 5, 2003, as part of the inaugural "Johnson Black Alumni Connection" event. The award will now be known as the Wilbur Parker Distinguished Alumni Award. |
The Wilbur Parker
Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes alumni who demonstrate outstanding
professional achievement and commitment to their community, and who embody
the Johnson School's shared values of mutual respect, collaboration, integrity
and trust, pride and accountability, professionalism and investment in
self. The BGBA created the award as a legacy to the Johnson School because
of the importance of providing a forum for African-American alumni and
students and the greater Johnson School community to come together, connect
with one another, and celebrate business and life successes. As was the
case with Parker, each recipient will be selected by a committee that
includes the dean, the Office of Alumni Relations, the Office for Women
and Minorities in Business, faculty representatives, and the BGBA. For
more information, please contact BGBA president Kimberly
C. Young at 770 329-3776.
Featured alumni
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John Clark '72, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Science for Resource Management in the U.S. Department of Energy, received the DOE Leadership Award on August 19 in recognition of "Sustained Outstanding Leadership within the Department of Energy Training Community." Clark, who is also a recipient of a 1990 Point of Light award from President George Bush for outstanding volunteerism, and the 2002 DOE Special Employment Entrepreneur Award for developing proactive funding strategies and mentoring, is the principal advisor to the Director of Science on all resource management matters. The DOE Office of Science manages a fundamental science portfolio of approximately $3.3 billion. |
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Abbie J. Smith, MBA '79, PhD '81, the Boris and Irene Stern Professor of Accounting at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, has been elected to the Board of Directors at Ryder System, Inc., a Fortune 500 company providing transportation, logistics and supply chain management solutions worldwide. Professor Smith has been a member of U Chicago's Graduate School of Business accounting faculty since 1980, and has held the Stern Chair since 1999. She was named a Marvin Bower Fellow by Harvard Business School in 2002, was cited as an "Outstanding Faculty" member in BusinessWeek's "Guide to the Best Business Schools" in 1998, and received the McKinsey Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1990. She currently serves as a co-editor of the Journal of Accounting Research and has served as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Accounting and Economics. Professor Smith is a member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of DFA Investment Dimensions Group, Inc. and Dimensional Investment Group, Inc., is a member of the Board of Directors of HON Industries, and formerly served on the Board of Directors of Helene Curtis Industries. |
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Timothy Rutenber '83, Associate Vice Provost in the Office of International Education at SUNY Buffalo, received a 2003 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Professional Service. Vice Provost Rutenber developed the fiscal and personnel policies for SUNY Buffalo's overseas programs and managed the university's Malaysian Cooperative Education Program and Indonesian Language Training Center from inception to completion. In July, the Association of International Education Administrators established the Timothy J. Rutenber Award to recognize long and distinguished service to AIEA, in honor of Vice Provost Rutenber's "dedicated service and outstanding contributions to the Association." |
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Patrick Lynn, MBA '92, is co-founder and Chief Business Officer of Rinat Neuroscience Corporation (www.rinatneuro.com), a Palo Alto, California, company that just raised $40 million in Series B venture capital financing. The company was founded in 2001 when Genentech, Inc. (NYSE: DNA) spun out its key neuroscience assets under a broad license to Rinat. Rinat is the pioneer in developing antibody drugs for treatment of nervous system diseases and disorders. |
Foundation
creates opportunities for entrepreneurial execs
Cornell Research
Foundation (CRF) is a Cornell University entity that owns and manages
intellectual property created by Cornell University employees in their
Cornell capacity (including professors, staff and graduate students
with research appointments). CRF then licenses such intellectual property
to companies that are in a position to exploit the technology. For
example, Brad Treat, MBA '02, started SightSpeed,
an Internet video conferencing company, based on technology licensed
from CRF.
When CRF licenses its intellectual property to startup companies, the opportunity periodically arises to fill executive management positions in a variety of areas, including business development, finance, operations, and marketing. Because CRF collaborates closely with the Johnson School to foster entrepreneurial activities, Johnson School alumni represent one potential source to fill such positions.
The Johnson School's Career Management Center (CMC) is assembling a pool of candidates that have strong entrepreneurial inclinations and are interested in joining startups. The CMC will make the resume pool available to CRF, which will review the pool as positions arise. If you would like to be added to the candidate pool, please send your resume to Donna Fleming.
If you have any questions about CRF, contact Dr. Corine Farewell, MBA '02, (Senior Licensing Associate at CRF) or Zach Shulman (senior lecturer at the Johnson School) or see the foundation's web site.
Big
Red resources: Meet new Cornell President Jeffrey Lehman, BA '77
CyberTower,
Cornell's free online program series, is celebrating exciting changes
at the university. To honor the arrival of Cornell's eleventh president,
this month's series features a not-to-be-missed conversation with
President Jeffrey S. Lehman. Just click on http://cybertower.cornell.edu,
fill out the quick registration form (if you haven't already), and
enjoy an in-depth discussion with President Lehman and Dean Glenn
C. Altschuler.
CyberTower now
offers weekly "Views and Reviews" alongside our monthly "Study Rooms"
and "Faculty Forums." All of these areas offer you a place to comment
on the subjects or chat with faculty and fellow CyberTower users.
Global education director awarded grant
Dr. Jan Katz, the Suter-Staley Director of Global Business Education at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, is the recipient of a U.S. Department of Education grant to develop international teaching materials that address areas of overlap between business, government, public interest groups, non-profits and other agencies that serve civil society. Awarded by the federal department's Title VI International Research and Studies Program, the grant is for three years, pending yearly renewal. Katz, who also is a senior lecturer in international business and marketing at the Johnson School, is working on the project with Sarosh Kuruvilla, a professor at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and Elena Iankova, a visiting lecturer at the Johnson School. Most of the materials they develop will focus on Colombia, Bulgaria and India and will be used in a range of courses in area studies, business, political science and other subjects. The team also will include graduate student research assistants and other members of the Cornell community interested in working on the project. For information, contact Katz at 255-7395.
Send us your class notes!
We are currently working on the winter '04 issue of Cornell Enterprise, our biannual alumni publication, and we ask you to share with us news about what is happening with you and your classmates so that the Alumni Class Notes section will be full of good tidings. We currently have no news items for the following classes: 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1985, and 1990. If you are a member of one of these classes (or any Johnson School class, for that matter!), please let us know where you are working, what community organizations you are involved in, what you are doing for fun, and/or what you remember most fondly about the Johnson School. Send your class notes information to Risa Mish. We look forward to hearing from you.
Recent media hits
The Office for Women and Minorities in Business Director Angela Noble-Grange, MBA '94, was quoted in two recent Wall Street Journal Online (WSJO) articles that focused on minority MBAs and their efforts to get hired in a depressed hiring market, and whether or not MBAs meet women’s expectations. For these and more media hits for Johnson School members, take a look at Johnson School in the News.
September 30
Boston, MA
CEN presents "Will Smart Growth Help Us Build a Thriving Economy?"
a panel discussion moderated by Christine Duvivier, MBA '82. The event
will be held at the Transportation Building, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, 6:00
to 8:00 p.m., $25 (includes hors d'ouevres and non-alcoholic beverages).
For more information and to RSVP, please visit www.cen.cornell.edu.
New York, NY
The Johnson School Club of New York would like to invite you to a special event with Professor Wendi Adair, assistant professor of management and organizations. The event will take place at 6:30 p.m. at Mitsubishi Securities, thanks to host Randy Chafetz, MBA '85. For more details and to RSVP (space is limited), please contact Ken Gurrola, Esq., MBA '95. Professor Adair's bio may be found online. For more information on the Johnson School Club of New York, please visit their Web site.
Austin, TX
Speaker Luncheon Series: Comets and the CONTOUR Mission Event. Professor Anita Cochran, Research Scientist in UT's Department of Astronomy, speaks about her experience as a member of the CONTOUR science team, a NASA Discover mission (lost in August 2002) aimed to visit and study two comets. RSVP to Harvey Beldner, 512.723.3857.
October 3
Chicago, IL
The Johnson Club of Chicago and the Cornell Club of Chicago invite you
to their Quarterly Business Luncheon "Working with Lawyers." Panel
discussion of legal experts to share their wealth of knowledge and experience
in client services and provide tips on how to most effectively select
and work with attorneys. Time and location: 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at
the Chicago Club, 81 East Van Buren St., Chicago. The cost is $30 per
person. Please RSVP by October 1 to Jackie
Clark, 312.236.7580. For general questions, contact Jie
Li, 312.336.4039.
Boston, MA
MIT's Fourth Annual MIT Sloan Software Symposium: I See A Light. The foci of this year's event will be on the current state and coming trends in the software sector of the technology market. For more information, contact Jack Langworthy, 617.350-3101.
New York, NY
CEN presents Mark Tatum, CU '91 (HBS MBA), Senior Director and Group Manager of Marketing Partnerships for the NBA. The event will be held at Cornell Club, 6 East 44th Street, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., $30 (includes buffet reception, presentation, dessert and coffee). For more information and to RSVP, please visit www.cen.cornell.edu.
New York, NY
Exploring career transition? Attend the MBA Career Panel Discussion and Networking Reception sponsored by UBS Financial Services and hosted by Mary Farrell, Managing Director and Chief Investment Strategist of UBS Wealth Management USA, expressly for MBA graduates who may be exploring career transitions. To be held at UBS Financial Services, Inc., 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York., 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Advance reservations required, space is limited. Please send your RSVP to newfarecruiter@ubs.com.
London, England
Join the newly formed Women's International Network, affiliated with the London Business School, for their launch dinner with guest speaker Allison Pearson, author of I Don't Know How She Does It. The cost is £60 per person with a reception at 6:30 p.m. followed by a dinner at 7:45 p.m. To RSVP, please contact Lisa Duke.
New York, NY
Exploring career transition? If so, attend the free Transition and Networking Breakfast for Executives sponsored by Morgan Stanley for MBAs. The breakfast begins at 9:00 a.m. and will be held at the Princeton Club, 15 West 43rd at 5th Avenue. Several local career coaches and consultants will speak about career strategies for executives in today's challenging marketplace. To RSVP, contact Kara Rappaport, 212.705.4594. Space is limited! Look for more events similar to this, sponsored by Morgan Stanley in the future!
October 25
Ithaca, NY
HOMECOMING 2003. All Alumni Pre-Game Rally and Tailgate! Time:
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Lynah Rink parking lot tent. Join alumni and friends
from several colleges and other departments for a great chicken barbeque
before the Cornell Big Red vs. Brown Bears football game (1:00 p.m.).
Informational tables, give-a-ways, musical entertainment and more! Ticket
prices are $15 per adult and $8 per child; however, the first 25 alumni
to register are FREE! To receive special Johnson School reserved seating,
please be sure to contact Ginny Starr at 800 847-2082, ext. 2, or e-mail
her at alumni@johnson.cornell.edu
to hold your reservation. Once your ticket has been purchased, it will
be held for you at the door.
Other weekend highlights include:
- Homecoming Forum on "The BioRevolution: Accelerating Discovery and Improving Lives", featuring G. Peter LePage, interim dean, College of Arts & Sciences; Richard A. Cerione, professor of pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Marjolein van der Meulen, associate professor, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
- Glee Club Homecoming Concert at Sage Chapel
- Johnson School "Frozen Assets" students v. alumni hockey match
For more information on university activities, please see http://homecoming.alumni.cornell.edu/.
Washington, DC
Joint Business Luncheon. The Johnson School Alumni Club of Washington and the Cornell Club of Washington will hold their first joint business luncheon at noon. The speaker will be James A. Rowan Jr., Managing Director of Legg Mason Wood Walker, a full service investment banking firm. Rowan received his undergraduate degree from Cornell and his MBA from the Johnson School. The venue will be Sam & Harry's, 1200 19th Street, NW (19th St. between M and N). The Dupont Circle Metro stop is less than two blocks away from the restaurant and there are several parking garages within walking distance. For more information about this and future luncheons, or to RSVP, please contact Nestor Curz, 703.256.4109.
Boston, MA
CEN presents Steve Leveen, MS '79, PhD '82, co-founder of Levenger. The event will be held at the Hilton Back Bay, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., $30 (includes buffet reception, presentation, dessert and coffee). For more information and to RSVP, please visit www.cen.cornell.edu.
Boston, MA
MIT CFO Summit: Leadership from the Eye of the Storm. With an expected attendance of 350 to 400 regional CEOs, CFOs, controller, academics, regulators and senior service providers from the legal and accounting community, this all day event will bring together the leading thinkers and practitioners in a day of learning, discussion, and networking that will be helpful to all communities involved. Invited Keynote speakers are: Honorable William Donaldson, Chairman, SEC, Maryland Senator Paul Sarbanes, and Maria Bartiromo, CNBC News Anchor. This will be held at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Tang Center, E51, 70 Memorial Drive, Cambridge. Cost is $200 and will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. For more information, contact Andrew Nelson, 617.342.4329.
New York, NY
CEN presents Jan Rock Zubrow, CU '77, President of MedCapital, LLC. The event will be held at the Cornell Club, 6 East 44th Street, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., $30 (includes buffet reception, presentation, dessert and coffee). For more information and to RSVP, please visit www.cen.cornell.edu.
Washington, DC
CEN presents Building Your Business by Maximizing Intellectual Property by Kevin McGovern, CU '70, Chairman and CEO of McGovern Capital LLC. The event will be held at the Tysons Corner Marriott, 8078 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., $30 (includes buffet reception, presentation, dessert and coffee). For more information and to RSVP, please visit www.cen.cornell.edu.
Johnson School specific events appear in red.
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- The Johnson Alumni Connection JAC, our online alumni database, is your ticket to networking, the Alumni Job Bulletin and connecting with the Johnson School community. You can search the database by class year, geography, company, industry and more. Please help us keep our data current by updating your alumni profile and by letting us know if JAC contains inaccurate information for any of your Johnson School friends. We thank you for your assistance and support, and we look forward to receiving feedback from alumni who are JAC users. Cornell
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