WEEKLY EVENTS

• ALL 1st Years "Success Now!", Friday, March 21, 8:30-9:20am
• 2nd Year International MBA "Success Now!", Friday, March 21, 9:30-10:20am
• 1st Year International MBA "Success Now!", Friday, March 21, 10:30-11:20am

This is the last newsletter until March 31st. Happy Spring Break!

MBA Program Office Hours for March 17-28, 2008
For finals week and spring break, the office will be open weekdays from 8:00 am to 5 pm. Beginning March 31st, we will resume our normal hours of operation: 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Winter Quarter Grades
Winter quarter grades should be available for viewing on MyUW by March 25, 2008. If you find an "X" grade, you will need to check with your instructor for more information.

Scholarships for Continuing Full-time Students

• The 2008-09 MBA Scholarship Application is now available.  The priority application deadline is April 15.  You should complete the online scholarship form and submit your supplementary materials (explained on the website) to mbaschol.  (Please note:  Most 2007-08 scholarships will not be automatically renewed, and you need to reapply for 2008-09 funds.)  If you have any questions about scholarship, email mbaschol.

• McGowan Scholarship: The application for the McGowan Scholarship is now available. This $18,000 scholarship is awarded to one MBA student in the fulltime program. The 2007-08 recipient is Carrie Pederson--if you have questions about the scholarship, please ask Carrie. This scholarship requires the student to write 2 essays and have a faculty member submit a recommendation letter.  The application deadline is April 3.  (Note that this deadline is during the first week of spring quarter, so you should ask your faculty sponsor now to prepare a recommendation letter to be submitted to our office no later than April 3.

Summer Health Insurance--Sign up Now!
If you want to ensure that your UW student insurance benefits will be available to you this coming summer, now is the time to sign up! The only ways to ensure you are covered during summer quarter are (1) register for classes during summer OR (2) sign up on MyUW for Annual Insurance by the 7th day of spring quarter. (Note that if you signed up for annual coverage earlier in the year, you will already be covered for summer.) When you sign up for annual insurance, you will be covered until the start of next autumn quarter.

You may want to consider this if you will be working in an internship that doesn't provide benefits or will be taking an extended break before starting a full-time job later in the summer or fall. There have been students in the past who faced serious financial consequences because they did not sign up for insurance and then had significant health issues arise during the summer. For more details about the Student Health Insurance Plan visit their website.

Board Fellows Application Due Date
Board Fellows applications and resumes are due April 1, 2008. For those of you who are going on study tour, we encourage you to get them in before you leave. For more information and/or questions, please contact Jerilyn Young at jerilyn@u.washington.edu.

2008 MBA Spring Forum:
Tuesday, April 1st
4:30-6:30pm, East Ballroom - HUB

This career fair is the UW's biggest MBA employer event of the spring. The energy-packed evening allows employers to meet and identify highly qualified, motivated MBA students for employment, internship and project opportunities. Students from UW's full-time MBA, Evening MBA, Executive MBA, TMMBA, and joint MBA degree programs (MBA/JD, MBA/MHA, MBA/Eng) will all participate. Companies registered so far include: Deloitte & Touche, CB Richard Ellis, All Star Directories, Catalysis, PACCAR, EMC, NewEdge, Wunderman, Medtronic, Fluke/Danaher, Moss Adams, Target, Expedia, Weyerhaeuser, RealNetworks, Akona, Vulcan, Microsoft, Classmates Online, Slalom Consulting.. plus more to come!

Have a great spring break!
For those of you who are in town, the BCC is open. We would love to have you stop by to recalibrate, reassess, renew and re-launch your career search. We are happy to help. For those going on Study Tour, have a wonderful trip! We look forward to seeing you when you return.

UW SERVICES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Author Series: Fred Krupp: Earth The Sequel
Tuesday, March 18, 3:00-4:00pm, Mary Gates Hall

The forecasts are grim and time is running out, but that's not the end of
the story. Fred Krupp, president of Environmental Defense, introduces us to
innovators and investors who are reinventing energy and the ways we use it.
Co-sponsored by the UW Program on the Environment and the University Book
Store. For more information view the flyer:
http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/news/flyers/FredKrupp2008.pdf

NW Environmental Training Center: Defining Sustainability in Practice, Policy, and Law
Friday, March 21, 9:00am-4:00pm, REI Downtown Seattle

One day class defines sustainability in theoretical and practical terms.
First half covers definitions, an introduction to trends in business,
international, national and local policy, and emerging laws. Second half
covers sustainability tools, and performance metrics and reporting,
More information: http://www.nwetc.org/sust-403_03-08_seattle.htm

Career Symposium for Graduate Students and Postdocs
Wednesday, April 2, 3:30-7:30pm, HUB 108

The Graduate School and the UW Career Center are presenting the fourth annual Career Development Symposium for Graduate Students and Postdocs. The event is designed to be an opportunity for graduate students to learn what other graduate students have done and to think about how to make career choices. For more information, go to their website.

Interested in Teaching a Class with ASUW Experimental College? Do you have a unique skill which others would pay to learn?
Applications to teach for Summer 2008 quarter are due March 31, 2008. To find more information about becoming an instructor, go to their website.