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January 16, 2006
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WEEKLY EVENTS
For a list of this week's club events, visit the MBA Calendar.
Companies represented at MBA events this week: Weinstein A/U Architects & Urban Design, PACCAR, Inc., Cranium, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Microsoft and Washington Mutual. |
ACADEMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Winter Quarter Registration Deadlines
- Dropping Classes: Today, Tuesday, February 16, is the last day to drop classes for winter quarter. After today, you will need to use your annual drop in order to withdraw from a winter quarter class. You will be charged a $20 late drop fee and a possible tuition forfeiture.
- Adding Classes: Last day to add a winter quarter course is January 22. You will be charged a $20 late add fee.
Fulltime Core Schedule Changes for January 25 and 26
On January 25th, Gary Wipfler, VP and Treasurer of Apple, will speak to all fulltime core students from 9-10am in the Douglas Forum. To accommodate this presentation, the session of Finance that was scheduled for Section B/D at 8:30 has been rescheduled to 3:30 and will be held in Balmer 302.
On January 26th, the postponed session of Strategy will be held. The core schedule for that date is as follows:
- Section A/C: 8:30-10:20 Marketing, BLM 302; 1:30-5:20 Strategy, BLM 303
- Section B/D: 8:30-12:20 Strategy, BLM 303; 1:30-3:20 Marketing, BLM 413
Spring Quarter Elective Bidding
Bidding for spring quarter electives begins on January 31. You can find an updated tentative spring quarter schedule of elective of classes here. [Please note: this schedule does not include the Bridge Electives (509 classes) which are not part of the bidding process and will be posted at a later date.]
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BUSINESS CONNECTIONS CENTER
Meet-the-Firm
- PriceWaterHouseCooper
Friday, January 19
12:30-1:20pm
BLM 304
Contact Carrie
- WaMu
Tuesday, January 23
12:30-1:20pm
BLM 304
Contact Carrie
- T-Mobile
Tuesday, January 23
6:00-7:30pm
Douglas Forum
RSVP on-line; Contact Kava
Workshops
- Finance Interview Workshop
Tuesday, January 16
12:30-1:20pm
BCC Conference Room
Open to first-year MBA’s.
RSVP on-line ; Contact Desiree
- Success Now for 2 nd year MBAs
Thursday, January 18
12:30-1:20pm
BCC Conference Room
Contact Dodi
Events
- Onsite Microsoft Alumni Panel & Reception
Wednesday, January 17
4:00-6:00pm
Microsoft Campus, Redmond
RSVP on-line; Contact Desiree
- Etiquette Dinner
Thursday, January 18
5:45-9:00pm
Columbia Tower Club
RSVP on line; Contact Desiree
- Northwest MBA Consortium Career Fair
Friday, January 19
2:00-4:30pm
World Trade Center, Portland, OR
Contact Ann
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UW EVENTS AND SERVICES
Minority Career Fair
Wednesday, Jan 17, 6:00-9:00 pm, HUB Ballroom
Society of Women Engineers Career Fair
Thursday, Jan 18, 1:30-5:30 pm, HUB Ballroom
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NON-UW EVENTS
USF PSI International Business Plan Competition
The USF PSI International Business Plan Competition is one of the World's Premier Graduate University Business Plan Competitions. The 2007 Contest will be held March 28 - 31. All Graduate Students from every nation are invited to submit business plan proposals for participation.
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