Quarterly alumni news from Tuck
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Professor Quinn in Tokyo
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Tuck and IUJ alumns gathered with Professor Quinn and his family in Tokyo. |
On April 3, Professor J. Brian Quinn gathered with alumni from Tuck and IUJ. A total of 22 alumni—16 from Tuck and 6 from IUJ—along with spouses and Professor Quinn's family joined the event at Roppongi Hills Club in Tokyo. Professor Quinn gave a short talk on management and his recent activities. "We were impressed with Professor Quinn's passion, which has not been changed," says Kyojiro Hata T'64, who hosted the event. "In recent days, we have not much chance for Tuck alumni in Japan to get together. Everyone seems to have enjoyed this very much."
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Your Money Or Your Life?
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Cali Ressler, cofounder with Jody Thompson of CultureRx, was a keynote speaker. |
Should graduating MBAs seek jobs with the potential to reduce debt load quickly or work offers that promise a more balanced professional/personal life? It's a tough question, one of several that participants were asked to consider at Tuck's ninth annual Work/Life symposium, Culture Fit or Shock? The April 20 event examined how to achieve work/life balance in consulting, I-banking, and medical careers, and how to build it into corporate cultures. New this year: an interactive session on "The Integrated Life." Best Brands Chairman Doug Smith T'70, who led the session, advised the mostly student audience to rise above the constant fear of having—or being—enough. "We think that things like money, pleasure, or power will bring happiness. They don't necessarily," he said. "The only way to happiness is to find meaning and purpose." Joe Johnson, chair and CEO of The Telein Group, Caroline Moore, COO of Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse, and writer/consultant Ken Murphy also contributed to the session.
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Alumni Hockey
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The alumni team proved they still have what it takes! |
Tuck alumni and students took to the ice for two intense hours of play at Thompson arena on March 31 for the annual Tuck Alumni Hockey Tournament. Alumni bested the students in Game 1 with a score of 8-3. Then, with fresh student skaters coming onto the ice, to the great surprise of the alumni team the students prevailed in Game 2 by the mirror image score of 3-8. Guess they still teach solid strategy at Tuck! All enjoyed wraps, beverages, and conversation following play at the home of Andrew Medland T'07. Alumni team players included: Julien Bradley T'05, Erik Brine T'04, Dave Celone, John Choe T'05, Becky Joffrey T'97, Jack Lee T'04, Alec MacMillan T'80, Reese Madden T'04, Peter Olszowka T'96, David Perlman T'80, Brian Schulz T'97, and Josh Silverstone T'02.
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Business Sustainability
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Chris Seldon T'07 was co-chair of this year's Business Sustainability Initiative conference.
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Environmental responsibility was the hot topic in February. Al Gore's film on global warming won an Academy Award. The Oscar greenroom actually went green. And Tuck's Business Sustainability Initiative conference on February 23 was the school's best attended conference to date on environmental and social business leadership. "The energy behind the conference illustrates the widespread realization that business should play a key role in making the world a greener, safer, and better place," says Andrew Smith T'07, who co-chaired the event with classmates Johanna Kollar, Ravi Raj Prabakaran, and Chris Selden. A crowd of more than 300 attended panel discussions on sustainable business and the food sector, green supply chains, the dynamics of socially responsible investment, and more. Professor Andrew King, who moderated the discussion on natural capital markets, believes that in the area of sustainability, MBAs have an exciting opportunity to make the world a better place and make money to boot. "Market mechanisms are being brought to environmental and social services," says King. "Things that used to be unpriced in the economy are now becoming commoditized and transferred, and people are making money in this process as well as delivering these goods and services to the public. A lot of these require new financial mechanisms and new ways of thinking about property rights, and business students have an unusually valuable toolkit to bring to bear on this."
Professor Andrew King on sustainability and the BSI conference [audio] »
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Passage to India
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Samosas, sitars, and strategy—an incongruent mix? Not when the occasion is the Tuck India Business Conference. Hosted by Tuck's Center for International Business and the newly formed Tuck India Alliance, the May 4 event integrated Indian cuisine and music with advice from expert speakers and panelists on how to invest in and navigate India's business environment. The country's huge population offers enormous market potential-like "low-hanging fruit," noted one panelist-provided companies recognize and respond to its cultural and socioeconomic diversity. India's young, English-speaking workforce, solid banking system, and compatible legal system make it a particularly attractive proposition for U.S. investors. More than 200 people-nearly as many from the business community as from Tuck-attended the conference, which also featured Indian cuisine at lunch, a book signing with Steven Hamm, author of Bangalore Tiger, and a concert by sitar and tabla musicians at day's end. The event was made possible by support from The Khosla Family Fund.
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Help for International MBAs
International MBA students at Tuck and other domestic MBA programs are facing the prospect of graduating without being allowed to work in the United States. Due to the overwhelming number of visa applications, there is now an unprecedented blackout on obtaining a new visa. Tuck's Career Development Office has posted a work authorization website designed to encourage members of Congress to provide visa relief to international MBAs. Please visit the site to learn how you can quickly and easily help these Tuck students by writing to your congressmen in support of this legislation. Thank you for your support!
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