e-Newsletter for alumni

Spotlight:
Mentoring Opportunities

January is National Mentoring Month! We hope that you will consider becoming a mentor to a current student or a recent graduate.

A strong network can make all the difference in career success. Intelligence, confidence, professional experience and a respected degree are extremely important, but any successful executive will tell you that having a support system of advisers is key.

Fordham’s Black/Hispanic MBA Association (BHMBAA), through a partnership with New York University’s Stern Black and Hispanic Alumni Network (BHAN) and the New York Chapter of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA), is now launching a mentoring program for recent graduates. This partnership, the Alliance Development Committee, pairs members of NSHBMA and select alumni of NYU and Fordham University with recent NYU and Fordham graduates. The mentoring program combines advanced professional development with meaningful community involvement to create a structured and beneficial enterprise.

Through a second mentoring program, led by the GBA administration, you have the opportunity to mentor GBA first year students. This mentoring program is in its third year and provides alumni mentors to approximately 30 select MBA candidates. The long-term goal of both programs is to build a worldwide network of GBA alumni who are recognized in the business community as natural mentors to their employees, co-workers and fellow alumni. Mentor responsibilities vary between the programs, but are minimal.

For more information about mentoring a student, contact Stephanie Cziczo at cziczo@fordham.edu. For more information about the Alliance Mentoring Program, contact Chenelle Blackman at fordhambhmba@gmail.com.

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Dean’s Forum

Each day I realize what the Graduate School of Business Administration has accomplished since I was last interim dean in 2005. We have a vibrant, growing alumni outreach program that has engaged thousands through LinkedIn, career events and networking opportunities. We have launched the second full-time cohort MBA program; and we are in our third year of the master’s degree program in quantitative finance. Our efforts have resulted in recognition from prestigious publications such as Forbes, The Wall Street Journal and US News & World Report. These are tremendous advances of which we are all proud.

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Multi-School MBA Job Fair

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New Product Development in Turbulent Markets

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Marketing Financial Services in a Downturn

On February 24, 2010, the Graduate School of Business Administration will host the Third Annual World Wise Network Alumni Reception at Fred’s at Barneys. The past two years, more than 100 alumni have attended each event and mingled with board members, administrators, recent grads and experienced alumni. We hope that this year is an even greater success! For more information about upcoming WWN events, please contact Stephanie Cziczo at cziczo@fordham.edu.