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November 22, 2021 Issue
PTMBAA Winter Wonderland Gala - Waitlist Info
December 4 | 6 - 10 PM | The Bethesdan Hotel
Part-time MBA tickets are sold out due to the limited capacity of our venue. If you or your guest can no longer attend, please respond back to this email to let us know. We are happy to refund your tickets. 

If you would like to attend the gala, but couldn’t buy a ticket, please join our waitlist. If a ticket becomes available, we’ll reach out to you with directions on buying a ticket. Unfortunately, students on the waitlist, who are provided a ticket, will not be able to bring a guest. 

Please let us know if you have any questions. 

Myth of Private Equity
Friday, December 3 | 6 p.m. | Zoom
Join the Finance & Venture Capital Associate (FVC) and PT-MBA for our Virtual Speakers Series: The Myth of Private Equity on Friday, December 3 at 6 p.m. Jeff Hooke, former investment banker and current Senior Lecturer at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, will be speaking about his experiences in the private equity industry and its flaws. 

Prior to joining Carey, he was Managing Director of Focus Investment Bank, and earlier a director at the Emerging Markets Partnership, a $5 billion private equity group; Managing Director of Focus Investment Bank; and Principle Investment Officer of the International Finance Corporate (IFC), World Bank’s $30 billion private sector division. Prior to the IFC he was an investment banker at Lehman Brothers and Schroder Wertheim in New York. 

This talk was presented at Google Talks, Harvard, Wharton and NYU Stern School of Business.

We hope to see you there!

Upcoming MBA Round Tables
Please join Kathryn and Paulo for a lively virtual discussion with fellow students. Round Tables are limited to 8 students to ensure all feedback is heard. 

1st Year Round Table -  RSVP!
  • Wednesday, 12/1, 5:30pm - 6:25pm via Zoom
  • Focus on Events/Programming & Required Course Feedback
2nd/3rd Year Round Table -  RSVP!
  • Thursday, 12/2, 5:30pm - 6:25pm via Zoom
  • Focus on Events/Programming & Course Feedback
Virtual Trivia
Friday, December 10 | 5:30 p.m.
Form your teams for online trivia!
Thanksgiving Schedule Reminder
November 22-28
No PT Flex MBA classes: November 22-26
The University & MPO will be closed for Thanksgiving Break: November 24-28
Hot Jobs Alert!
SEI is looking for MBA talent with previous consulting experience! If you apply on HireSmith for any of their three open roles, your resume will be forwarded directly to a UMD alumni, who will review it.

1) Experienced Business & Technology Consultant
 
2) Technology Enablement Consultant
 
3) Data & Analytics Consultant
 
The application deadline is December 3, 2021, 11:59pm EST. For more hot jobs, visit www.HireSmith.net and join the OCS Smith MBA & MS: "Hot Jobs!" LinkedIn Group.