Alumni news from the Tuck School
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MBA Diary
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Kate Reiling T'09 |
"When I was younger, I believed I could have a positive impact on the world," writes Kate Reiling T'09 in her September entry for the Times Online's MBA diary, The Insider. "I still do." The weekly column for the London-based website provides readers with an insider's look at the MBA experience from those who know it best—the students. One of four contributors from top business schools in the United States, Europe, and the United Kingdom, Reiling's honest and eloquent dispatches from Tuck neatly capture the highs and occasional lows of life as a first-year MBA student. February's column covers Reiling's thoughts on recruiting season. "[Job hunting] is exhausting. It feels like the first high school dance, only with less acne and fewer braced teeth—you have a crush on someone but you're not sure they like you," Reiling writes.
The Insider: February 7 column » |
Golf Outing
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First annual Florida Alumni Golf Outing participants |
The first annual Florida Alumni Golf Outing, held at Calusa Pines last April, was a big hit. Nine players competed for the honor of holding the Tuck cup for one year. The victory went to Prentiss Higgins T'70. Plans for the second annual Florida Alumni Golf Outing this coming April are underway, so here's your chance to wrest that cup from Higgins! If you're a Tuck alum living in southeastern Florida and have a suggestion for a club that can host the event, let us know. Invitations will be sent to all alumni once arrangements are final. (Please send suggestions to Melissa Locher.)
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Living and Learning Complex Update
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Just one year ago this month, construction of Tuck's new living and learning complex began in earnest. Engelberth Construction, who had just completed building Dartmouth's McLaughlin Cluster, was chosen as the general contractor. They established an aggressive schedule designed to allow us to occupy the new buildings in December 2008. Given the challenges presented by the dramatically sloping site, they divided the construction into two phases—beginning with Achtmeyer Hall to the west and moving east to Raether Hall and Pineau-Valencienne Hall. This enabled the crew to start erecting steel on the west while finishing the site work to the east. While work progresses inside Achtmeyer Hall, masons are laying brick outside. The connector leading from Whittemore Hall to Raether Hall is nearly complete. Construction is on schedule and plans for the opening of the new complex are on track. To see the work underway, take a look at the live web cam.
Construction webcam » |
Business & Society Conference
Tuck's sixth-annual student-run Business & Society Conference in January brought experts and sponsors from Fortune 500 and grass-roots nonprofits together in support of the triple bottom line—opportunities that are simultaneously profitable, socially responsible, and environmentally sustainable. The conference was titled "Oil and Water: Business Opportunities to Fuel our Future," because as co-chair David Adams T'08 explains, "Over the next 30 years the issues and challenges created by these two commodities will yield the greatest opportunities to drive earnings, implement conservation programs, and enact social good." Keynote talks by John Brock, president and CEO of Coca-Cola Enterprises, and Matthew R. Simmons, chairman of Simmons & Company International, were well received, as were panel discussions ranging from the financial risk of climate change to clean tech investing strategies. Alumni took part as both panelists and sponsors, and student involvement was high—15 percent of the student body helped plan the event, while more than 300 students registered to attend.
More on the Business & Society Conference » |
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