The Master Plan for April 7, 2008
RSVP today for “Coffee with Caryn”
Graduates, celebrate your success with Dean Caryn Beck-Dudley. The dean is hosting a reception for graduating students from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Friday in Weichelt Lounge, 220 Rovetta Business Building. RSVP today to Jacqui Bybee, assistant to the dean. Graduates attending will receive a special graduation gift.
Check out the Real World MBA
Three graduates from last year’s full-time MBA class share what to expect the first year in the real world post-MBA. Plan to attend at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in Starry Conference Room, 214 Rovetta Business Building. The MBA Association will be providing lunch. MBA 2007 panel members include:
- Jamie Bertoch, an account manager at The Zimmerman Agency, a marketing and public relations firm in Tallahasseee. Bertoch manages the Club Med account and has worked on other projects, including Ritz-Carlton, the FSU College of Business and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.
- Mike Shapiro, a manager at General Dynamics Land Systems Shapiro, who earned an undergraduate degree in industrial engineering, manages assembly workers, does forecasting and preventative maintenance on the machines.
- Sherry Thompson, a financial analyst for Mainline. Based in Tallahassee, the company is IBM’s leading business partner across the eServer and storage product lines.
Pursue a final opportunity to meet CEOs
Take advantage of a last stellar opportunity this semester to talk to key movers and shakers of the business world. The College of Business “Leadership Day” – Friday, April 18 – is specifically for graduate-level students to interact with past and current Hall of Fame inductees. Full-time MBAs, plan on attending the leadership roundtable from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. All MBAs are invited to participate.
By Friday, e-mail Joanna Southerland, director of graduate programs support, that you’ll be there and which two executives you’d like to meet from the following list:
- Daniel Dillon, (Hall of Fame, 2006) president and CEO of Welch’s;
- James Massey, (2008) retired vice chairman of Salomon Brothers Inc.;
- Bruce Redditt, (2008) executive vice president at Omnicom Group;
- Jeff Rohr, (2007) chief financial officer of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP; and,
- Randy Smith, (2007) CEO and co-founder of Smith Travel Research
Read more about these business leaders on the Hall of Fame Web site.
Kudos to Christiansen
William Christiansen, finance department chairman and longtime teacher of the MBA Economic & Business Conditions course, has received Florida State’s prestigious University Distinguished Teaching Award for 2007-08. Nominations for the Distinguished Teacher Award are submitted by students who seek to honor professors who have made a great impact on them. Those nominations then are reviewed by a faculty committee, which makes the final selection.
“Dr. Christiansen is well deserving of this significant honor,” said Dean Caryn Beck-Dudley. “In the classroom, he displays a passionate attitude toward teaching and learning, and he has a genuine interest in motivating students to discover their own potential.
“He has received University Outstanding Teaching Award three times and the Outstanding MBA Program Professor Award six times during his tenure with the College of Business. This recent award is another example of his dedication in producing top graduates for our college.”
If you have career information or news about our graduate students or alumni, please e-mail Melanie Yeager, MBA 2007, director of communications for graduate programs.