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The Student Council would like to bring to your attention the Harvard Business Publishing site which provides emerging leaders with the practical insights, tools and resources necessary to become effective executives and managers functioning at the highest levels of business.
A number of interesting Harvard video interviews can be found on YouTube to help you find inspiration in these challenging global economic times:
http://www.youtube.com/HarvardBusiness
Worth a look.
The SMC Student Council is happy to announce that a milestone of 50 members from the student population have signed up on LinkedIn to the Swiss Management Group. As you know LinkedIn is the best platform for professional networking on the net. All students of the SMC are encouraged to create a profile and join the SMC group.
To join the group the best method is to search someone already in the group such as Jeffrey Henderson, or Julie Beardsell and to click on the SMC logo in their profile. That will take you to the SMC Group page where you can request membership into the group. From there you can request to join up with other individuals within your own network and start building your own personal database of professional and academic colleagues.
Part of being in a business school is making the necessary connections between all the students, administrators and professors that will last beyond your graduation date. LinkedIn is a great way to do so and stay in touch both personally and professsionally.
It’s that time of year again, time to nominate your favorite professor for the award of “Professor of the Year” for 2008. This is the third year running and it is now an official tradition at SMC. Our professorial talent pool is continually increasing so we have some new candidates to pick from.
Students wishing to nominate one of their professors for the 2008 year must do so before March 1st 2009. So get your nominations in. Each student is allowed to nominate only 1 professor so think carefully as to your reason and remember to provide a paragraph explanation behind why you think your professor merits the award!
The winning professor will be selected both on the number of votes and on the compelling nature of the reasons behind his/her nomination. So again, provide some background as to why your professor merits the award. Ideally the professor you nominate should be one that you had as a course professor during 2008 but we will also take nominations for professors that have helped students above and beyond the call of duty of regular class. So if you have a professor that has gone out of his/her way for you then let us know. Submissions can be sent to our very own President of the student council Julie Beardsell at julie.beardsell@student.swissmc.ch.
Good luck to all our great professors !
Our very own Dr. Ted Sun, Dean of the Business School, is shown speaking with TV Interviewers concerning the upcoming US presidential election and the impact of body language.You can view the interview at the following link and see one of our own faculty in action !!!!
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader. www.TED.com
The annual conference now brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).
This site makes the best talks and performances from TED available to the public, for free. Almost 200 talks from our archive are now available, with more added each week. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted.
The digital revolution has changed much more than technology, entertainment, and design — it has completely transformed business, in ways that could scarcely have been imaginable at the first TED conference, in 1984. And now, what’s next? Charles Leadbeater looks for a new generation of business innovation in the talented amateurs who suddenly have access to professional tools and markets. Juan Enriquez and Ray Kurzweil both look at way-new technology’s effects on our future economies and cultures.
Meanwhile, nonprofits and for-profits have begun to learn from one another. Iqbal Quadir argues that business and philanthropy need to overlap — and that to a poor farmer, a mobile phone is more empowering than a check. Sasa Vucinic says that solid business principles are the key to a truly free press, especially in repressive or anarchic countries. And Jacqueline Novogratz makes a case for investing in home-grown solutions to poverty.
Meanwhile, Malcolm Gladwell reminds us that, new or old, business will always be about selling a customer something they really, really want.
One of the challenges of distance learning is that it’s not always easy to meet up with fellow students. Last week Jeffrey Henderson and Julie Beardsell of the student council met in Amsterdam in The Netherlands. It was great to discuss individual progress on the SMC program and exchange ideas relating to the SMC Student Council face-to-face.
One of the ideas discussed is how fellow students can arrange to meet each other in their own regions. We’re a diverse group but still have a need to meet one another in person to help solidify bonds. So think about how you can reach out to other students, create some bonds of your own and possibly physically meet up. It was found to be both very personally motivating and a cause for celebration and something to share with other students.
If you would like to host an SMC gathering for your region or act as a regional group leader, let the student council know by sending an email to swissmc-sc@hotmail.com and we will make an announcement.
We wish to formalize a structure where regional leaders interested in taking the lead on initiatives would help bring students in their region together. The SMC sees immediate need for groups in the Middle East, Asia, India, Europe, Africa and the Mediterranean, other groups are possible as well, just let us know what you are interested in and we will post your name so that others in your region can get a hold of you.
Together we can build a strong SMC student community but that starts with us all and the efforts we each put in, so don’t be shy! Join us in a big cheer for the SMC – “Prost!”
Julie Beardsell, Jeffrey Henderson
Fribourg-Style Swiss Fondue
A very sociable evening can be spent sitting around the table with friends, spearing a piece of bread with a long fork and dipping it into the luscious cheese that’s staying nice and hot in the fondue pot in the centre of the table, within the reach of every guest.
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: A few minutes
Costs: Varies according to the type of cheese you use
This fondue is traditionally made with a single kind of cheese, called “Vacherin Fribourgeois,” or “Freiburger Vacherin”. Another distinctive characteristic is that sometimes the wine is replaced with water, and the fondue is eaten warm.
If you live close to a shop that specializes in Swiss cheeses, then you could choose an alternative version with three cheeses – Gruyère, Vacherin and Valaisan raclette cheese, to create a “Three Cheeses Fondue”.
Of course, if you live in country where it is impossible or very expensive to buy Swiss Cheeses, then consider a local alternative, something like Cheddar Cheese (a hard, yellow cheese made from cow’s milk).
Ingredients for 6-8 people
1.2 kg (2 lb. 10 oz.) “vacherin fribourgeois” cheese.
6 small glasses of very dry white wine.
100 ml (6 tbsp.) kirsch (a cherry liqueur, which can be skipped from the recipe).
3-4 cloves of garlic, crushed into pieces.
Freshly ground black pepper to taste.
Only add salt if necessary (vacherin fribourgeois is a salty cheese).
Baguette bread (one day-old, since it will have more body and won’t crumble as much).
Preparation
1. Remove the rind from the cheese and grate with a large hole grater.
2. Peel the garlic; take a piece and rub the fondue pot generously with it.
3. Place the thin strips of cheese into the fondue pot; add the garlic.
4. Pour the wine and kirsch over the cheese; season with pepper.
5. Let the cheese melt over a very low heat; stir constantly to obtain a smooth mixture.
6. Keep the fondue pot over the heat source throughout the meal, making sure the heat is gentle.
7. Serve with the cubes of bread presented in a basket.
8. (optional) Accidentally spill the entire contents of the cheese fondue over your computer keyboard while completing your latest SMC assignment. Multitasking is never easy!
The SMC Student Council & Alumni is an approved Group on Linkedin. Also, through its council representative it is a member of The Association of MBAs. The SMC Student Council was formed specifically to provide the highest quality support for the graduate and doctoral student community. Its role is to improve the SMC experience for all students. We hope that all students will take an active role in the community.
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