WEEKLY EVENTS

• MBA Spring Forum Prep Session w/ BizComm, Monday, March 31, 5:00-5:50pm
• 2008 MBA Spring Forum, Tuesday, April 1, 4:30-6:30pm
• Presentation to MBAs on Foster Gift and PACCAR Hall Plans, Wednesday, April 2, 5:00-6:00pm
• Elective Registration Brown Bag Session: Finance, Business Economics and Accounting Classes, Thursday, April 3, 12:30-1:20pm
• Remaining Degree Requirements and Bidding Process Overview Session, Friday, April 4, 12:30-1:20pm

Welcome back! We hope your Spring Break was wonderful.

Registration Deadlines
April 4: Last day to add/drop classes without incurring a $20 fee and possible tuition forfeiture.

• Evening students: your add/drop requests need to be to the MBA Programs Office by Noon on Thursday, April 3 so that they may be processed before the deadline.
• Note: This deadline is for ALL spring quarter classes, even those that have not yet started.

Full-time Class of 2009: Elective Registration Brown Bags
The bidding process for autumn quarter electives begins April 23. To help you prepare, the MBA Programs Office is hosting a series of Brown Bag Events on elective classes, the bidding process and your remaining degree requirements. The schedule for these meetings are as follows:

Brown Bag Sessions:
All sessions are from 12:30-1:20pm in BLM 303 (except when noted below)

• April 3 Accounting, Finance & Business Economics Classes
• April 8 Entrepreneurship Classes and CIE Certificate
• April 9 Marketing and Business Communications Classes
• April 10 Operations Management, Quantitative Methods, & Information Systems and Global Trade & Transportation Logistics (GTTL) Certificate
• April 14 Management Classes (to be held in BLM 307)
• April 16 International Business Classes and Global Business Certificate
• April 22 Real Estate Classes & Real Estate Certificate

Remaining Degree Requirements and Bidding Process Overview Sessions:
All Full-time MBA students should attend one of the following sessions.

• April 4, 12:30-1:20pm, BLM 307
• April 15, 9:30-10:20am for Section A/C, BLM 307
• April 15, 10:30-11:20am for Section B/D, BLM 413
• April 21, 12:30-1:20pm, BLM 307

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: DEADLINE: THURSDAY, APRIL 3.  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.

Spring Quarter Graduation
If you are completing your degree this quarter and plan to graduate in June, you must file for graduation with the University and complete our graduation ceremony participation survey indicated below.  

• Official Graduation Application: Priority application deadline is May 18.
• Business School Graduation Ceremony Participation: Deadline is April 15. This survey is to let us know if you will participate in the MBA Graduation Ceremony. This survey will help us to allocate guest tickets for the ceremony and list your name correctly in the Graduation program.  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.

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.

Spring Forum Preparation Sessions:

• Monday, March 31st
  12:30-1:20pm, Balmer 304
• Monday, March 31st
  5:00-5:50pm, Douglas Forum

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. Please RSVP by clicking here.

UW SERVICES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

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.