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Connections
September 9, 2015
(A newsletter for CoB Undergraduate Students)
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Welcome to the inaugural edition of the CoB
Connections newsletter! In this issue, learn more about
the Office of Experiential Learning and the resources that help students develop and enhance their leadership and professional skills. CoB Connections will be published regularly to keep you up to date on opportunities to enhance your business education at JMU.
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Planning is Underway for the
2015-2016 Experiential Learning Tours!
Are you interested in participating in an experiential learning tour? This year's tours are:
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Richmond, VA (one-day tour)
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October
9
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Richmond, VA (one-day tour)
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October 16
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Washington DC Metro Area (one-day tour)
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November 23
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Washington DC Metro Area (Winter Break)
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January 5-8
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San Francisco/Silicon Valley
(Spring Break)
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March 6-11
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New York City
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May 8-13
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APPLICATIONS for the Fall 2015 Tours are now online! Apply now! Visit our website at http://www.jmu.edu/cob/experiential-learning/student-tours.shtml, or contact Samantha Collier in the Office of Experiential Learning, Room 205M or at colliesb@jmu.edu for more information. Read more about last year's tours on our blog, at https://jmucobexperientiallearning.wordpress.com/ "We were so grateful to be able to meet and learn from so many JMU alumni from the Washington, DC metro area. It is an experience that we will always remember!"
- Madison Fazio, Finance and Marketing major
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Join a Student Organization!
There are twenty-five student groups associated with the College of Business. Being active in a student organization is a great way to network and build your résumé.
More information about 2015-2016 CoB Student Organizations will also be on our web page this fall!
College of Business
Student Organizations and Fraternities
(Note: This list also includes the Hart School of Hospitality, Sport and Recreation Management affiliated student clubs):
Alpha Kappa Psi
Association for Information Systems
Beta Alpha Psi
Beta Gamma Sigma
Club Managers Association of America
Delta Sigma Pi
Enactus
Epsilon Chi Omicron
Eta Sigma Delta
Financial Management Association
International Business Club
Madison American Advertising Federation
Madison Economics Club
Madison Investment Fund
Madison Marketing Association
National Society of Minorities in Hospitality
Net Impact
Phi Chi Theta
Pi Sigma Epsilon
Professional Convention Management Assoc.
Professional Sales Club
Society of Entrepreneurs (campus-wide org.)
Society for Human Resource Management
Sport & Leisure Association of Madison
Student Diversity Council
Visit the new interactive touchscreen on the second floor of Zane Showker Hall to learn more about how to get involved in these organizations!
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Meet the Business Fraternities!
Interested in rushing a Business Fraternity?
Learn about all four business fraternities (co-ed) at JMU:
- Phi Chi Theta (PCT)
- Alpha Kappa Psi (AKPsi)
- Delta Sigma Pi (DSP)
- Pi Sigma Epsilon (PSE)
Friday, September 11
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4:00-5:30pm
Zane Showker Hall room 105
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Career and Academic Planning Office (CAP) Corner
JMU's Career and Academic Planning Office (CAP) offers opportunities to enhance your JMU education.
CAP provides workshops and advice on resumes, interviewing, finding internships and jobs, and more. Visit CAP at
https://www.jmu.edu/cap/.
The College of Business welcomes our new CAP Liaison, Venus Miller. Ms. Miller has office hours in Zane Showker Hall 219 on Thursday afternoons. To sign up for an appointment in September there is a sign up sheet on her ZSH office door. Questions? Contact Ms. Miller at millervs@jmu.edu.
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Need to Brush Up on Your Resume?
Upcoming CAP Resume Review Workshops:
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Tuesday
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9/15
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12-2 pm
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ISAT 259
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| Thursday |
9/17 |
12-2 pm |
SSC 3270 |
| Friday |
9/18 |
2-4 pm |
SSC 1075 |
| Monday |
9/21 |
1-2 pm |
HHS 1201 |
| Tuesday |
9/22 |
2-3 pm |
HHS 1201 |
| Thursday |
9/24 |
2-4 pm |
SSC 3202 |
| Friday |
9/25 |
1-3 pm |
SSC 3202 |
Upcoming CAP Resume Writing Workshops:
Thursday
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9/10
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11 am-noon
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SSC 3270
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Tuesday
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9/15
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3-4 pm
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SSC 3270
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Wednesday
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9/16
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1-2 pm
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SSC 3270
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CAP Seminars:
Internships 101
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Wednesday
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9/9
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11 am-noon
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SSC3270
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Tuesday
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9/15
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11 am-noon
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SSC 3270
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Thursday
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9/24
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3-4 p.m.
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SSC 3270
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CAP LinkedIn Workshops
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Monday
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9/21
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3-4 pm
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SSC 3270
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Tuesday
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9/22
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11 am-noon
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SSC 3270
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JMU Fall Career and Internship Fair is September 28 & 29
The Fall Career and Internship Fair is an opportunity to learn about available jobs and internships, talk with employers representing different organizations, and network. Employers of interest to business students include Grant Thornton, Deloitte, Capital One, and dozens more! Visit the CAP Fairs page to learn how to prepare.
Graduate and Professional School Fair September 22
More than 100 graduate schools, medical schools, and law schools will be recruiting and providing information on their graduate programs on Tuesday, September 22nd, from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. in the Festival Ballroom. Students are not required to register in advance. For more info, see:
https://www.jmu.edu/gradfairs/students.shtml
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| Recruit-A-Duke Posts Jobs AND Interships, Externships Analyst, Marketing, Financial Representative and more... You may already use Recruit-A-Duke to find jobs, but did you know you can find a plethora of internships and externships there too? Log in to Recruit-A-Duke (https://www.jmu.edu/cap/recruitaduke/), select the "Jobs and Interships" tab, and use the "Advanced Search" feature to select "Internship-paid," Internship-unpaid," and/or "externship" in the Position Type box. Or you can go to http://www.jmu.edu/cob/experiential-learning/intern-listings.shtml for a more select list of internships and externships of interest to business students in all majors. |
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Meet the 2015-2016 Student Advisory Council (SAC) Members
The Student Advisory Council (SAC) represents the CoB student body by serving as a liasion to the dean, administration, faculty, alumni, and the Board of Advisors while actively planning initiatives for the betterment of the CoB.
Later in September, the SAC will be holding "Drop-In Office Hours" for freshman seeking advice from current College of Business students. Watch your email for more information!
Charles " Scott" Archer
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Accounting
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Lindsey Bass
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CIS
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Collin Church
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Finance
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Will Ford
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QFIN & Mathematics
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Lauren Garufi
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Marketing
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Alfred Guillen-Escobari
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International Business
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Mitchell Huber
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Economics
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Frank Imoehl
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Finance & Economics
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Derek Pierce
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QFIN
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Joseph Pitsenbarger
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Finance
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Jake Pompeo
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Finance & Economics
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Nicholas Stopak
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Finance & Economics
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David Tessier
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Finance
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Tory Zehnder
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CIS
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Allison Zeppuhar
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CIS
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Yuqing "Shiny" Zhang
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Management
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Meet the Firms Night
Are you an accounting, finance or CIS major looking for an internship or a full time position? Beta Alpha Psi is hosting an opportunity for students to meet over 40 prospective employers. At the event, KPMG will also be sponsoring professional headshot photographs for students.
Meet the Firms Night is for Accounting, Finance and CIS Majors ONLY and will be held in the Festival Ballroom on Wednesday, September 9th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.
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Shape Your Future
Series
Begins this Fall
The Shape Your Future professional development series at the CoB will help you build key skills for success in the workplace through workshops and seminars designed to help prepare students to become leaders in business. Sessions on prioritizing, team-building exercises, maximizing LinkedIn, case study discussions, conflict-resolution workshops and more will be offered. The schedule for Fall Semester is:
October 16
2:30-3:30 pm |
Working in a Diverse Team with Terry Fernsler, JMU Doctoral Assistant
ZSH 101 |
October 30
2:30-3:30 pm |
How to Create a Strong LinkedIn Profile and Manage Your Social
Media Presence
with Dan Dziuba, Recruiting Associate,
SpectrumCareers (JMU 2013)
ZSH 101 |
November 13
2:30-3:30 pm |
Ethics in Business
ZSH 101 |
All sessions are held on Fridays and typically last about an hour. For more information, visit our website's Professional Development Opportunities page or contact Samantha Collier at the Office of Experiential Learning.
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SAVE THESE DATES!
Upcoming Professional
Development Events
Gilliam Center Speaker: Jennifer Baker, PhD
"Visible Hands: Virtue in the Market"
Wednesday, September 16, ZSH G5
5:30 - 6:30 pm
Careers at Goldman Sachs
Thursday, September 17, ZSH G5
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Drop-In Office Hours with Goldman Sachs
Friday, September 18, ZSH 242, 221, or 622
Goldman Sachs representatives will be on campus to talk to students about finance, professional networking tips, and best practices in resume writing. Stop by and visit a representative between 9:00 am and Noon.
Madison Investment Fund
Career Development Seminar
Open to All CoB Students
Friday, September 18, ZSH G5
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
My Career Path to Apple
Presented by Allison Von Hausen (JMU 2013)
Sunday, October 11, ZSH G5
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
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Academic Services Center Corner
The College of Business Academic Services Center
(ASC) supports students' academic success by providing a quality advising experience. If you have questions about your major or what courses to take, make an appointment to see your advisor. The ASC Center is located in room 205 of Zane Showker Hall.
Learn more at the ASC website.
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Meet the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs:
Ms. Molly Brown
As Associate Dean, Ms. Brown focuses on identifying, designing, and implementing programs that engage undergraduate business students in professional development and experiential learning activities.
Dean Brown has a M.S. in Accounting and B.S. in Home Economics from James Madison University. She is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Management Accountant. Dean Brown also serves as the faculty advisor for Beta Gamma Sigma, the academic honor society for business students.
Dean Brown's office is located on the 6th floor of Zane Showker Hall, and she can be reached at
brownmg@jmu.edu .
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Meet the Director of Experiential Learning: Samantha Collier
Ms. Collier opened the CoB Office of Experiential Learning in October, 2014. She spent the previous 13 years as Director of External Affairs at Rutgers School of Business-Camden. Sam's strong programming skills and student-centric approach enables her to develop leadership and professional development programs for JMU's College of Business students.
Sam received her B.A. in Political Science from Lynchburg College and a Master's in Public Administration from Rutgers University.
Sam's office is Room 205M on the second floor of Zane Showker Hall, and she can be reached at
colliesb@jmu.edu.
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| Meet Our Doctoral Assistant:
Terry Fernsler 
Terry is a PhD student in the School of Strategic Leadership at James Madison University.
He has extensive and diverse leadership experience, primarily in the nonprofit sector, including five years as the Economic Development District Director for a four-county, rural region of Washington state. Prior to arriving at JMU, Terry supported the needs of graduate and non-traditional students as a Collegium Community Leader at Seattle University. Terry can be reached at
fernslts@jmu.edu.
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| Get more information at our new website! The College of Business Office of Experiential Learning has a new website at http://www.jmu.edu/cob/experiential-learning/index.shtml where you can learn more about internships and externships, experiential learning trips and activities, and other professional development opportunities. This is a new site, so please give us any information to help populate it--experiential learning activities, improvements, or suggestions. Contact our Doctoral Assistant, Terry Fernsler, with your ideas. |
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The Office of Experiential Learning's
mission is to complement and enhance the student learning experience at the College of Business. The office engages students in leadership and professional development programs that increase students' capability to be proficient in the workplace.
The Office of Experiential Learning collaborates with employers, alumni, student service offices on campus and community partners locally, nationally and internationally to help them access talented students and assist in the educational process of preparing students to become engaged and qualified business leaders.
Learn more about our programs on our web site.
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Contact the Office of Undergraduate Programs
Contact the Office of Experiential Learning
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Ms. Molly G. Brown
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
email at cobundergradprograms@jmu.edu
phone at 540.568.1697
Zane Showker Hall 644
For more information contact Christine Shiflet at shiflecd@jmu.edu
Samantha Collier
email at colliesb@jmu.edu
phone at 540.568.7415
Zane Showker Hall 205M
Terry Fernsler
email at fernslts@jmu.edu
Zane Showker Hall 219
This is our first edition of Connections, so please give us feedback or to help populate future editions (club activities, improvements, or content). Contact our Doctoral Assistant,
Terry Fernsler,
with your ideas!
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