Drucker » MBA » Welcome Fall 2008

 

Last Friday, we had an exciting orientation day welcoming our new incoming students. With a full schedule packed with activities, students had positive remarks for their first Drucker experience. The day started off with Dean Ira Jackson welcoming our students and concluded with a unique experience for students to learn more about the Odyssey Project – a project that they will be involved in during the next few months.  The theme for orientation was to encourage students to think about their careers early and this theme were highlighted throughout the day in the program sessions. Students were asked to come to orientation in business suits for a group photo and made wonderful first impressions at President Klitgaard’s reception. Orientation day is just one of the exciting Drucker events and there will be many opportunities for students to meet one another (i.e. Welcome Back mixer today from 4- 6:30 p.m. Burkle courtyard)

 

Create Your Future – Professional Skills Development Workshop

 

Please go to http://www.cgu.edu/pages/5829.asp to print out the workshop syllabus and homework assignment for Session 1. The first mandatory session will be this Tuesday, Sept. 9 from 4 – 7 p.m. in Burkle Room 16. Please remember to bring $60.00 for the workshop binder. (Please make check or money order made out to Claremont Graduate University. We will be collecting the check during the first workshop session.)

 

Here is the registration process for the workshop sessions:

 

 

There are seven sessions for the entire workshop. You will be expected to attend all seven sessions including the first session, “Orientation/Assessment” (Sept. 9) and the last session “Professional Business Etiquette/Wrap-Up/Evaluations” (Nov. 11).

 

For Sessions 2-6, you will have three options to choose from per session. An email from the MBA office will be sent to your cgu email account 1 week prior for each of sessions 2-6. Students will email drucker.cgu.edu and include the following information:

 

Example:

 

First & Last Name: Peter F. Drucker

Academic Program: MBA

Session 2 Introduction & Written Communication: Option A, Sept. 15, 9 – noon

 

We will register students with their preferred session on a first-come, first serve basis. Since we want to ensure classroom learning, we will limit the class size to 30 for Sessions 2-6.

 

 

You will receive an email confirmation from the MBA office with the specific session date/time that you are registered for. We will try to accommodate your preferred session however, if the session has reached it capacity, we will contact you to attend another session.

 

 

For each session, attendance will be taken at the beginning of the class as well as after the break. We will have a confirmed student attendance list and students who did not register prior to the session will NOT be registered for the workshop session. Incoming MBA students (Class of 2010) will need to check in with the MBA program representative, who will sign off on the workshop checklist form. The MBA office will keep each student’s original checklist form and we will use the checklist form to track MBA student attendance.

 

 

If you need to change or cancel your RSVP for any sessions, please contact us at drucker.cgu.edu and indicate your new date/time. We will try to accommodate your request if spaces are available.

 

 

We understand that the workshop sessions may not accommodate part-time student schedules’ and we would like to extend the invitation to attend the workshops in the Spring and/or Fall 09.  (Full-time MBA students are required to attend the workshop during their first semester.) Please contact me if you have any questions.

 

 

We wanted to welcome our new Drucker School Internship Coordinator, Marsha Habib. Marsha comes from Boston where she worked in higher education for 3 years.She graduated from Wellesley College and earned a Masters Degree in School Counseling from Boston University. Marsha joined Drucker specifically to help first-year students identify their interests and secure a meaningful internship. In September and October she hopes to meet individually with each student who is seeking an internship. Marsha will be the contact for you before, during and after your internship. Her office is located in the Burkle suite, Room 122 and we encourage you to contact her for an appointment in the next few weeks at marsha.habib@cgu.edu.

 

Paul Hardister, Assistant Director, OCM has office hours now at the Drucker School. His new office hours at Drucker will be from 2-4 p.m. in Burkle Building, Office 226. For second year MBA students, we encourage you to take advantage of contacting Paul this semester to prepare for your career search. To view more information about the Office of Career Management and upcoming career events, you can check out the website at: http://www.cgu.edu/ocm and download the OCM brochure.

 

 

You will be receiving an email soon from Melinda Moers Harriman regarding the mentor program. More details to follow. Registration for the Mentoring Program is due by Friday the 12^th.

Giovanni Rolla '08, Mentor Program Coordinator, will be in touch with you to set a brief interview to assist in matching you with an appropriate mentor. Be sure to mark your calendar now for Wednesday, October 1^st, for the Mentor Program Kick-Off dinner where you'll meet your mentor.

Feel free to contact Giovanni Rolla at giparo@gmail.com if you have any questions or stop by the Alumni Office, 126 Burkle.