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| London,
England,
September 25, 5pm Harvard Business Technology Forum. Auditorium at Bloomberg L.P., City Gate House, 39-45 Finsbury Square, nearest underground station: Moorgate. This quarterly event is aimed at those interested in hearing experts assess hot tech prospects and passing fads in an informal atmosphere (free). If you are interested in attending, please RSVP with a short e-mail (including name, address, telephone, e-mail address, occupation, and organization) to Spencer Rhodes. Seattle,
WA,
September 25, 6pm Hartford,
CT,
September 26 Boston,
MA,
October 1, 6-9pm Washington,
DC,
October 1, 7pm Bay
Area, CA,
October 3 Asheville,
NC,
October 3, 7pm London,
England,
October 9, 7:30pm *Washington,
DC,
October 10, 6pm New
York, NY,
October 10, 6pm *Tyson
Corner, VA,
October 11, 7:30am Portland,
OR,
October 11, 6:30pm Austin,
TX,
October 11, 8pm Boston,
MA,
October 12, 10:30am *Rochester,
NY,
October 15, 6:30pm *Chicago,
IL,
October 16th Silicon
Valley, CA,
October 16, 6pm Various
Locations,
October 17 *Chicago,
IL,
October 18th, 11:45am New
York, NY,
October 19 Miami,
FL,
October 19 Boston,
MA,
October 20, 9am-4pm Westchester
County, NY,
Oct. 25, 7-10pm Washington,
DC,
October 26, 7:30pm *London,
England,
November 14 *Johnson School specific events. View and search a complete listing of Cornell University events. |
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Welcome to a redesigned version of the Johnson School e-mail update. It's our hope that ease of use and a look and feel derived from our new brand design will strengthen your sense of connection to the Johnson School. We welcome your comments and feedback. Here is the latest news and information for September: |
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| New Professorship |
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The Executive Committee of the Cornell Board of Trustees has approved the establishment of the Rudd Family Professorship of Management. The chair is made possible by a $2.5 million gift from Andrew and Virginia Rudd, which they hope will help bolster the Johnson School's standing as a top business school. The endowed chair is intended to serve the needs of the Johnson School and be a catalyst for change and innovative thinking. Andrew Rudd was a faculty member in finance and operations research at the Johnson School between 1977 and 1981. Currently he is chairman of Barra, a leading provider of risk management technology and decision support tools for investment professionals. Barra contributes technology and support tools for use in the Johnson School's Parker Center for Investment Research. |
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Help Shape the Class of '05 |
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The
class of 2004 has arrived and is off to a terrific start. Many thanks
to all alumni who helped recruit the class. Yield was at an all
time high at 58% and the median GMAT was 680. The Admissions and
Financial Aid office at the Johnson School is gearing up for what
we hope will be another successful recruiting season. Their goals
for the next recruiting season are to attract the very best applicants,
increase the numbers of women and minorities in our program, support
enrollment of international students with the assistance of an international
student loan program, and maintain a selective yield of enrolled
students to applicants. As part of the process, staff members travel
both domestically and abroad to recruit strong candidates to apply
to the Johnson School and would welcome and appreciate your help
in achieving their goals for this year. By joining staff at an MBA
forum in your area-particularly the international venues-you can
help answer any questions from prospective students who enjoy hearing
your “real life” experiences. |
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Latest WSJ Ranking |
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The
Wall Street Journal (WSJ) issued their second annual ranking
of MBA programs on September 9. The WSJ's ranking is based exclusively
on a survey of 2,221 recruiters. Topping the list again is Dartmouth's
Tuck School of Business, followed by Michigan and Carnegie-Mellon.
The Johnson School was ranked #19 (#10 of schools with enrollments
greater than 500 and #10 among private schools). Last year we were
#20 on the overall list. |
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1 Johnson School MBA |
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| The new brand ad campaign, scheduled to run through November, continues with the September 23 issue of Business Week.The current ad features Luther Tai '02, an alumnus of the EMBA program. The ad was recently given a favorable review in B To B magazine. The third ad in the series—featuring alumna Laurie Hawkes '79—will premiere in the October 7 Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). | |
| A Friendly Reminder from Karin Ash, the New Director of the Career Management Center |
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| Building upon the outreach and informational programs developed last year, we have created a new Career Management Program (CMP) for first year students. The CMP includes a full schedule of learning opportunities that will help first year students (and MBA II's) develop the necessary skills to launch an effective search. The CMC and the Career Assistants (2nd year volunteers) are planning programs to assist students in the development of a clearly articulated job search strategy that will complement and expand upon the on-campus recruiting opportunities. But we will need your help too! I would like to take this chance to remind you, our alumni, that we are in the midst of a tough market for finding internships and full-time jobs. We would appreciate hearing from you about any appropriate MBA opportunities. I also look forward to meeting you in the future and can be reached at ksa2@cornell.edu. | |
Class E-mail Lists |
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Now staying in touch with your classmates is easier than ever! You can reach all of your classmates at one simple e-mail address: mbaXXXX@jgsmalum.cornell.edu, where XXXX is your graduation year. Everyone that has entered a forwarding e-mail address into JAC is enrolled in their class e-mail list. If you are receiving this e-mail then you are all set, but if you know of classmates who have not done this yet, encourage them to visit JAC and update their info. Get everyone on board so you can stay connected. We encourage you to start using these class e-mail lists today! |
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Focus on Global Education |
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Dr.
Jan Katz, Senior Lecturer at the Johnson School, has been designated
as the Suter/Staley Director of Global Business Education. In this
role, she will lead a steering committee that will include Professors
Warren Bailey and Jan Suwinski and Associate Deans Cathy Dove and
Joe Thomas. This committee will guide the Johnson School in developing
a strategy and in implementing new educational opportunities for
our students-focusing first on crafting a strategic plan for global
education that draws from both Johnson School and Cornell resources
and opportunities. |
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More Faculty Highlights |
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Professor Annique Un received a faculty fellowship award, given annually by Air Products & Chemicals to the Johnson School and the School of Chemical Engineering to support the career development of newly appointed faculty. She also received the INFORMS TMS 2002 Best Doctoral Dissertation Award. This award is based on a worldwide competition for the best dissertation research on technology and innovation. |
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Johnson School in the News |
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Johnson
School alumnus James C. Morgan '63 is featured in the cover story
of the September 23 issue of Business Week. Entitled “The
Good CEO,” the story spotlights six chief executives who “built
enduring U.S. companies without bending the rules.” Morgan,
CEO of Applied Materials, is dubbed “the forward thinker”
and with 25 years at the helm, the long-serving CEO in Silicon Valley. |
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| As part of the Cornell-wide activities recognizing the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the U.S., the Johnson School held a special commemoration ceremony in the Dyson Atrium of Sage Hall on September 11, 2002. The event included a short address by Dean Robert Swieringa, an a capella tribute by the Sound Investments, and featured the dedication of a permanent memorial to the events of September 11. This memorial, which consists of origami cranes folded by a contingent of Johnson School community members, has been on exhibit in the Management Library since last fall. As Japanese legend has it, if one folds one thousand cranes, the gods are so pleased that they will grant the folder a wish. Immediately following the attacks, Kazuhiro Harada '02 solicited his classmates' help in folding cranes to represent their prayers for the victims. “I believe that such a traditional Japanese custom was the appropriate gesture for me to take,” says Harada, who organized folding sessions, complete with volunteer-staffed tutorials in origami technique. The project even got support from outside the school: upon hearing of the effort, an old friend of Harada's in Japan quickly sent 100 cranes that his family had made. By Oct. 27, more than a thousand cranes had been made; the final count was 1,151 paper cranes. | |
A Window into Sage |
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Reconnect with the day-to-day buzz and activity at the Johnson School through Cornell Business, the student newspaper. In the current edition, Student Council President Erin McMahon lays out their four strategic priorities—alumni, career support, club activity and the pervasive “Johnson School spirit.” Also learn more about the Community Consulting Group—a unique project that combines consulting preparation with a non-profit focus. |
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