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August 25, 2023

Announcements

Welcome MBA Class of 2025

We hope that you enjoyed your Orientation and Boot Camp. Your detailed session A schedule has been posted to myMBA in the Academics section. Please be sure to check the schedule on myMBA regularly as it is subject to change.

Your faculty are excited to have you starting classes on Monday. Doors will open at 7:30am Monday morning. Your assigned seating will remain the same as in Boot Camp. Please remember to bring your name tent and wear your gold name tag to class each day.

Photos from your Orientation week can be found here. Feel free to download and share them.

Welcome Back MBA Class of 2024

Re-Orientation for the Class of 2024 will take place on Tuesday, August 29 beginning at 9:30am in Brinkley Commons. Re-Orientation is required for all second year MBA students. Lunch will be provided.

Reminders & Tips for a Successful Academic Year

myMBA - The my MBA website is your primary resource for program information. It contains announcements, advising appointment information, academic calendars and class schedules, specialization requirements, registration forms and much more. We highly recommend that all students bookmark the site in order to access it easily as you will need to reference it frequently throughout the program.
Email - Remember to check your W&M email account daily. All communication from your faculty and the MBA Programs faculty will go to your W&M email.
Outlook Calendar - The MBA Programs team will frequently send invitations to required and optional events through the Outlook calendar system. These calendar invitations will generate an email asking you to confirm your attendance. We ask that you please use the Outlook calendar system and respond to calendar invitations sent from the program in timely manner.
Communicating with the MBA Programs Team - Please send emails to mbaprogram@wm.edu. We ask that you not email individual members of the MBA Program directly. Each of us has access to and monitors the MBA Programs inbox and sending emails directly to the program will ensure that you receive the quickest response.
Communicating with your Faculty - If you have specific concerns related to assignments, exams, grades, attendance, or any other issues inside of the classroom, please communicate directly to your faculty. Communicating with them early and often will enable them to best help you and provide the support that you need.
Program Participation - You will have many opportunities to attend and participate in a variety of programs and events throughout the year. Some of them will be required, and others will be optional. If you are planning to attend an event, please RSVP by the given deadline. If you RSVP to attend an event, be sure to show up and participate. Our office and partners across the Mason School community work hard to provide you with opportunities to grow and enhance your experience while in the program.

Women in Leadership World Café Networking Event

Join the MBAA Women in Leadership Club and the Executive Partners Women's Leadership Development Group as they kickoff the academic year. The World Café Networking event will take place on Tuesday, September 5th from 5:00pm to 6:45pm in Brinkley Commons. Students are invited to participate and make personal connections with other women in the Mason School Graduate Business Community. Light refreshments will be served.

RSVP to attend by Wednesday, August 30.

Join us every Monday for Ask the Staff & Graduate Career Lab

Join us every Monday in the Grad Gathering Area, between Classrooms 1008 and 1013, from 12:15pm to 1:15pm. Stop by and see the MBA Programs Team and GCMC Career Advisors with general questions!

McGlothlin Leadership Forum - September 11 & 12

The McGlothlin Leadership Forum brings together two generations of leaders: the next generation from the business and law schools and the McGlothlin Leadership Forum Fellows, pre-eminent leaders in their fields. The Fellows will engage with students and faculty in discussion, debate, and analysis on the most pressing issues of the 21st Century economy and the global political, legal, and free enterprise systems that comprise it. You can learn more about the Forum and this year's Fellows here.

Full-time MBA students will have the unique opportunity to participate and engage with the Fellows during several events throughout the Forum.

Welcome Reception & Dinner - Monday, September 11

6:00pm - 8:00pm | Alumni House, Hunter Hall

(Reserved for second year MBA students. Attendance and RSVP is expected.)

*Transportation will be available to and from the Alumni House and Miller Hall.

Forum Fellow Classroom Sessions - Tuesday, September 12

Session I: 9:30am - 10:50am

Session II: 11:00am - 12:20pm

Keynote Luncheon - Tuesday, September 12

12:30pm - 2:00pm | Miller Hall, Brinkley Commons

(Reserved for all first year MBA students. Attendance and RSVP is required.)

Please RSVP to attend the Forum events no later than Monday, September 4.

*Attire is business professional (i.e. blazer and tie) for all events.

MBAA News & Events

Announcements

MBAA Club & Committee Events Training - The MBA Programs Team will host a required events training for all second year MBAA club and committee leaders on Tuesday, September 5 at 1:00pm in classroom 1019. Check your W&M email for the calendar invite.
The MBAA will be offering 20 discounted train tickets for MBAA members to the National Black MBA Conference. Please fill out this form to inform them of your travel plans before the ticket sign-up is released next week.
The final collection of MBAA dues for the class of 2025 will be on Monday, August 28 in the Grad Gathering Area during Ask the Staff.

Leadership & Business Podcast Spotlight:

Culture & the CEO, with Jeff Barna

As all leaders know, leadership comes with opportunities and challenges. But leading an organization whose parent company is located in another country poses a different set of challenges, especially when the cultures of the two countries are quite different. Jeff Barna is President and CEO of Yokohama Tire Corporation. He oversees the organization's business in North America. The parent company - Yokohama Rubber Company - is in Tokyo, Japan, where it was founded in 1917.

Under Barna's direction, the organization has experienced solid growth, and the relationship between the leaders in the US and Japan has contributed to the success. While visiting William & Mary last week, Barna took time to join us to talk about the importance of company culture, the tire industry, and how liberal arts education prepared him for leadership.

Listen to the Leadership & Business Podcasts here!

Diversity Goes to Work Podcast Spotlight:

The Architecture of DEI, with Everette Harper

On this episode we are pleased to be joined by Everett Harper, CEO of Truss - a human-centered software development company that has been designated by Inc Magazine as a Fastest Growing Company for the past two years. Everett's book "Move to the Edge, Declare it Center: Practices and Process for Creatively Solving Complex Problems" was released in March of 2022.

Everett and host Phil Wagner talk about the very means and challenges of creating a DEI infrastructure for both leaders, employees, and more.

Listen to the Diversity Goes to Work Podcasts here!

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