From: Tamara Lee
Date: March 16, 2016
Subject: EMBA-World Newsletter, 03.10.16


EMBA-World News is your monthly newsletter of all pertinent EMBA happenings here at the Jones Graduate School of Business. We will include EMBA events, all large scale JGSB events and main campus events.

 
In this issue:

Word from the Executive Director

Dear EMBA’s,

Spring. The days become longer, the azaleas and crocuses are blooming and kids are spring-breaking! It’s that time of year when graduating students are all smiles as the MBA finish line nears and first years are excited that they are at about the halfway point of the program!

The season also ushers in a flurry of activity on campus – Family-friendly Spring Fling is planned, Investiture and Commencement plans go into high gear and the campus is excited about the annual Gala!

There are several professional development and Rice community-oriented events coming up. Do mark your calendars and make the effort to attend:

  • March 15 – Jones School Night at the Rice Baseball Game!
  • April 2 – Spring Fling - bounce house, train rides around the quad, face painting, dj!
  • April 9 – Rice Gala – held at the Houston Zoo!
  • April 13 – CMC’s “Executive Compensation Puzzle – Making the Pieces Work For You”


Read on for details about these events and other “need to know” information!!!

A special thanks to those of you who welcomed the prospective student visitors on Saturday, March 5th. We appreciate your willingness to help in the recruitment effort as you are the best ambassadors for the EMBA program!

Likely, you have seen the announcements regarding Dr. Peter Rodriguez, incoming dean of Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business!

Find out more at: business.rice.edu/PeterRodriguez
  
In the words of Ellis Peters: Every Spring is the only Spring – a perpetual astonishment!

May the season be a source of inspiration to you!

 
Best,
Lina

 

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General Announcements


Spring 2016 Breakfast/Lunch Menu

The EMBA program office will publish the meals menu beginning with this semester.  There is a copy attached below (and posted on the MBA for Executives Campus Groups page for both class years) *Please note that the listed menu items are subject to change.  

EMBA Meals Spring 2016


Save the Date 

EMBAs –

Wednesday, April 13, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM – McNair Hall
 
Executive representatives of Bernstein will present to you and current JGSB Alumni on the topic of: “The Executive Compensation Puzzle: Making the Pieces Work for You”

Program, reception and registration details to follow. Please make plans to join us.
 

Advance Notice Announcement

In case you are not already aware, the Rice Alliance Business Plan Competition (RBPC) in which 42 teams from the world’s top universities will compete for more than $1.5 million in prizes.  This competition will bring 500+ additional people into the Jones School April 14-16.  It will a busy class weekend in the building.RBPC) in which 42 teams from the world’s top universities will compete for more than $1.5 million in prizes.  This competition will bring 500+ additional people into the Jones School April 14-16.  It will a busy class weekend in the building.
 
Here are a few of the highlights on how you will be affected:
 
Breakout Rooms
 
There are no breakout rooms available from Thursday, April 14 through Saturday, April 16.  Rooms will be available again starting Saturday at 4:00p.
 
Parking
 
Parking will fill up quickly!  Plan to be here early that weekend!  Should parking be full when you arrive, your access card also works in West Lot 1 (APB). (http://www.rice.edu/maps/maps.html)
 
We will send out more information once we are closer to the event.

 

 Rice Business Wisdom


 http://ricebusinesswisdom.com/


Kitchen

Friendly Reminder - the kitchen is open for your use during EMBA class session weekends. 

Food/Breaks

Any leftover breakfast pastries will be available in the AFC until approximately 10:15 am.  The caterer will then move any remaining pastries down to the kitchen.  Typically, afternoon snacks are available in the kitchen area by 2 pm on class days.


 

 

 

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Class Kudos

Congrats to our own Melissa Cote! She graduates from the Professional MBA Program in May!

 
 

Congratulations - Fernando Villarreal Marcos welcomed baby Fernando Manolo Villarreal Garza about 7 weeks ago. 
 


 
Congratulations - Hazem Halim, James Madson, Kaushik Subramanian
Byron Cooper, Chris Rollo & Khalid Alnaji on your new addition to your families.













 

EMBA Events

EMBA Spring Fling- Saturday, April 2

Please join us for some Spring Fun! 

 Rsvp: http://cglink.me/r301473

 

JGSB Events

 

Veterans In Business Administration - March 11

VETERAN BUSINESS LEADERSHIP
IN THE 21ST CENTURY  
A RICE VETERAN LEADERSHIP SERIES EVENT 
MCNAIR HALL, RICE UNIVERSITY 


WELCOME RECEPTION — 5:15 PM
SPEAKING EVENT — 6:00 PM
Q&A — 7:00 PM
VIP DINNER — 8:00 PM  

http://business.rice.edu/rvls/


Rice Customer Management Symposium - April 8

The Rice Customer Management Symposium (RCMS) is an annual conference organized by students and faculty from the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. The conference addresses emerging topics in the area of customer management for members of the business community working in marketing, business development, and senior management roles. 

Keynote Speakers

Mr. Daniel Cotlar
Chief Marketing Officer
Blinds.com		 Mr. Gregory Knight
Senior Vice President and
Chief Customer Officer
CenterPoint Energy
 

Rice “40 Under 40” Entrepreneurship Panel

A panel of distinguished Rice alumni entrepreneurs, moderated by Ms. Gita Kulkarni, president of Avinta Services & JGSEO board member, will share their insights about entrepreneurial strategy. Panelists include the founders of Pinot’s Palette, The Expanded Environment and Houston Dairymaids.JGSEO board member, will share their insights about entrepreneurial strategy. Panelists include the founders of Pinot’s Palette, The Expanded Environment and Houston Dairymaids.

Details

Friday, April 8, 2016
Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University
Shell Auditorium at McNair Hall
7:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

REGISTER NOW: business.rice.edu/rcms2016


MBA Gala - April 9

Early Bird Tickets until March 13th
Register Here


 

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Rice Campus Events

Rice Baseball (Jones School Pride) - March 15 

Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 6:30 pm, at Rice University – Reckling Park
Jones School Alumni, Students, and Friends are invited to join the Rice MBA family for an evening at the ballpark, where we will cheer our mighty Rice Owls baseball team to victory over the TCU Horned Frogs. The Owls enter the season ranked #24 in the country.

The Jones School has a block of tickets and one suite reserved for our group. Complimentary food and beverage will be served. Please RSVP below by March 8th and reserve your tickets here!

TICKETS
$16 for Alumni, Friends, Family and *Students
*Students may pay the $16 price and sit in the reserved seat section or get in free with their student ID and sit in student seating.

REGISTER

Current students of Rice University with valid Rice IDs are permitted free entry to all games by having their ID swiped. Students must sit in Sections 115-116, and these seats are available on a first come first serve basis. A student of Rice University can buy a guest ticket for the student section at a reduced price only in advance of an upcoming home football game.

Ticket Details - http://www.riceowls.com/tickets/rice-tickets.html


Machines of Loving Grace: Will the robots and AIs we are creating be our partners? - March 11

Abstract: We have quickly moved from the Internet to the AI era. Personal computers are beginning to grow legs and walk around in the world. Increasingly many of our interactions are with proxies rather than directly with other people. Science fiction notwithstanding, these systems are designed by humans and they encompass the values of their designers. The question remains, will they act in our interest or will they bring a Brave New World?

Speaker:
John Markoff
Pulitzer prize-winning science reporter

Friday, March 11 @ 4 PM
Rice University, Sewall Hall room 301. 

 

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Helpful Hints

Breakout room reservations:

Breakout room reservations for the 1st floor can be reserved by sending an email to tlee@rice.edu. Please submit request at least 24 hours in advance.  Same-day requests can be accommodated, but it is not guaranteed that a room will be available (or that staff can immediately respond).

Breakout room reservations for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floor must be reserved via http://rooms.rice.edu

You will use your NetID and Password to log in.

If you want to reserve a room:

  • Click on Reservations and choose Room Request.

  • Fill in the requested information.

  • Click Search, and you’ll see which rooms are available.

  • Select the room(s) you wish to reserve.

  • Click Continue and fill in the required event details.

Click Submit and you will see a Reservation Summary. Your reservation is not confirmed until you see Confirmed listed as its status.

Please feel free to email Rebeca Reyes at Rebeca.Reyes@rice.edu if you have any trouble.

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Alumni Spotlight

Our Alumni Spotlight guest is Stella Raymaker Class of 2010.


Company/Title: Waste Management, Ethics & EEO Compliance - Director 
 

  1. Fondest memory: 
    Late night project work sessions with my teammates.  As tired as we all were after all day at work, we somehow were always re-energized when we got to school to start our project work.  Of course, there were those challenges like how to give proper directions to pizza delivery guy who was not familiar with Rice U area, let alone inside of the campus!  

  2. Favorite class/professor and why: 
    I will have to say the favorite class is the “ethics” class given my job.  Of course, I think we can update some of the case study topics (Ford Pinto?  I think we can come up with some handful of extremely bad corporate issues that are within this century, or even the current decade. I will make sure Waste Management doesn’t come up as one of the case studies, unless the new classes want to do a best practice study (that’s just bragging on my work!)  That is making me think now.  Maybe I will approach the professor and see if we can coordinate an overview of what companies are doing to ensure the ethical decision-making at the highest level.  

  3. Advice to current students:
    Enjoy the experiences as much as the knowledge you are gaining.  Friendships and connections you make can last a lifetime!!

 

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