WEEKLY EVENTS

• Wednesday, April 11: Evening MBA Program Dinner, Douglas Forum, BAEEC RSVP required
• Thursday, April 12-Saturday April 14: Full-time Program Admit Weekend

Companies represented on campus this week: PACCAR, Wells Fargo HSBC Bank and Alvarez and Marsal Business Consulting

ACADEMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Spring 2007 Add Deadline
The last day to add a class for spring quarter is this week. You will incur a $20 late add fee. This add deadline is for all classes in spring quarter—even those that haven’t started yet.

• Evening and GMBA Students: Friday, April 13 by noon. All requests should be sent to mbaregis.
• Full-time Program: Sunday April 15 midnight via MyUW. If you need the assistance of the MBA Programs Office or UW Registrar's Office, your deadline is Friday, April 13 by noon.

Full-time Class of 2008: Elective Registration Brown Bags
Elective bidding process: For those of you unable to attend one of the general elective bidding brown bag sessions, a copy of the Registration Handbook was put in your MBA mailbox on Friday. The information is also posted on the MBA Elective Registration website.

This week's Brown Bag Schedule:

• April 10 Information Systems, Operations Management and Quantitative Methods Classes and Global Trade and Transportation Logistics (GTTL) Certificate, BLM 307, 12:30-1:30pm

Click here for the complete schedule of Brown Bags.

Spring Quarter Graduation
If you are completing your degree this quarter, there are two online forms you need to complete. Visit the graduation web page for more details.

• Official Graduation Application: Priority application deadline is May 13
• Business School Graduation Participation Ceremony: Deadline is April 15. This survey is to let us know if you will participate in the MBA Graduation Ceremony. Initially we can only promise each student 4 guest tickets, but hope to have extra tickets to allocate to those who need them. If you do not complete the survey by the deadline, we will assume you do not need any tickets and/or do not intend to participate in our graduation ceremony and will allocate your guest tickets to other students.

Meet-the-Firm

• Business and Economic Development Center
  Wednesday, April 11
  12:30-1:20pm, BLM 304
  Contact Wil Tutol

• Alvarez & Marsal Business Consulting
  Monday, April 16
  12:30-1:20pm, BLM 304

Events

• DFS Coffee
  Wednesday, April 18
  8:00-9:00am, BCC Conference Room 208
  RSVP to Desiree

Workshops

• Salary Negotiations Workshop
  Tuesday, April 10
  12:30-1:20pm, BCC Conference Room 208
  
• Interviewing Workshop
  Tuesday, April 17
  5:30-7:00pm, BCC Conference Room 208
  RSVP Requested

• Interviewing Workshop
  Thursday, April 19
  12:30-1:20pm, BCC Conference Room 208
  RSVP Requested

BUSINESS SCHOOL EVENTS

• USA Today CEO Forum Featuring Steve Ballmer
  On Thursday, April 19, the UW Business School will host a group;of USA Today writers from around the country along with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for a public interview that will become a full-page story in the paper. The event is in Kane Hall Room 130 and the doors open at 5:30pm. RSVPs are requested.

• GBC Study Tour Open House
  Monday, April 9, 3:30-5pm
  Lewis Hall, Room 315

• Business School Blood Drive
  Wednesday, April 11
  10:00am -4:00pm (closed for lunch 12:30-1:30)
  Bus Parked East of Balmer
  
  This is our LAST blood blood drive for this school year. Please help us build up the blood supply for summer!

SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

• Aguilar Scholarship
  This scholarship is awarded to a UW graduate student in Business who is of Latin American Heritage and is a US citizen or permanent resident of the United States. The application is open to MBA students in the Full-time, evening, Technology Management MBA and Executive MBA programs. Application deadline is April 16. If you have questions about the scholarship, ask this year's recipient Vanessa Brewster.
  
• Full-time Class of 2008 2007-08 MBA Scholarship Application priority deadline is April 16. If you have questions about scholarships, email mbaschol. (Please note: 2006-07 scholarships are not automatically renewed, and you need to reapply for 2007-08 funds.)
  
• Seattle Society of Financial Analysts Scholarship
  Application is due April 11. Once scholarship is awarded to a UW MBA Student in the Full-time program. If you have questions about the scholarship, ask this year's recipient Steve Center.

FULL-TIME MBA PROGRAM ADMIT WEEKEND: APRIL 12-14
This Thursday admitted students are on campus for Admit Weekend (formally Preview Weekend). This time on campus gives admitted students a chance to learn more about the program, meet future classmates and get a better feel for the program. The students are on campus Thursday night and all day Friday.  Please welcome any new faces and be ready to answer a lot of questions.

UW EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Future Potential in IT
  Tuesday, April 10
  Mary Gates Hall Room 389
  Check-in & Food begin at 5:30pm
  Speakers include: Robert Reeder, CIO and Senior Vice President of Alaska Airlines and Kerry Olin, Senior Director College Recruiting at Microsoft
  
• UW Center for Career Services Spring Career Fair
  Wednesday,April 18, 3-7pm
  HUB Ballroom
  
• Life Lessons from Reality TV
  Featuring James Sun, UW Alumnus, CEO of Zoodango and Apprentice candidate
  Thursday, April 26, 6-7pm
  Kane Hall, Room 210