The big news in the Columbia Bottom Line this week was the creation of a student-run microfinance investment fund, which will be referred to as Microlumbia, short for “microfinance at Columbia.” The fund is sponsored by the International Development Club and is currently seeking applications for vice-president and assistant vice-president positions. The paper’s other top story was Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack’s speech at the Silfin Leadership Series, where he told the packed room that he got to where he is at Morgan Stanley by giving his opinion, and urged others to do the same. This year’s applicants to Columbia might also be interested in the article on page 6, which discussed Dean Hubbard’s address at the school’s first Town Hall Meeting of the academic year. In his talk, Dean Hubbard discussed Columbia’s strengths, including what the school is doing to stay competitive in a rapidly changing world (does that wording sound familiar?). The Dean isn’t the only one interested in continued improvement – page 7 has a list of the Graduate Business Association’s primary objectives for the 2007-2008 school year, which include projects from online course reviews to creating more events to integrate partners and children into the school’s social life.
At Duke, the Fuqua Times offers several articles this week reflecting on the year so far. The MBAA, Fuqua’s student government, writes to say they’ve been coordinating club kick-off meetings, organizing first-year elections and starting up Fuqua Fridays, while still finding time to debate two key issues: club governance structures and student professionalism. Elsewhere in the issue, a second-year student reflects on the similarities between a corporate retreat and ILE2, Fuqua’s second-year pre-term course, and another discusses making four new friends at the first Fuqua Courage/Culture Tables event. According to the Fuqua Connections column, more new friendships were formed during memorable moments of last week’s school-wide Campout.
Finally, students at Michigan’s Ross School of Business were buzzing about the start of the recruiting season. The most recent issue of the Monroe Street Journal examined general recruiting etiquette and career prospects for MBAs while also looking at the specific recruiting practices of Proctor & Gamble and Harley-Davidson. For those Ross students and applicants looking to make creativity more than just a buzzword, the Arts Enterprise at has a rapidly growing list of events to help Ross business students think like artists, and artists like business people. The club was founded by two MBA students last year and has now grown to include members from across the University of Michigan. Its events help members to develop entrepreneurial skills and to use the arts to encourage creative strategic thinking. Rounding out this week’s issue are a trio of restaurant reviews that anyone planning a trip to Ann Arbor should be sure to check out: Oasis Mediterranean Grill, No THAI!, and Silvio’s Pizza, which serve Mediterranean food, Thai food and organic pizza, respectively.
That’s the news from campus this week! Check back as the semester continues for more news and reviews from the MBA student papers.
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