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Welcome Ross BBA Class of 2015
Congratulations and welcome! …we will be tweeting….
Please check in by granite staircase so your participation is recorded for Strat390
Senior Convocation
Class of 2015
Lynn Wooten
Associate Dean, Undergraduate
Programs
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Convocation
(from the Latin convocare meaning "to call/come together) is a group of people formally assembled for a special purpose, such as academic
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Guess Who?
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Sophomore & Junior Years
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Ross BBAs truly are the “Leaders and Best”
• You are smart, willing to listen, willing to work hard, willing to learn, and willing to contribute to our community.
• You have much to gain from the School.
• You will join the a fine group of alumni.
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Creating & Contributing to the Ross Community
• Be a team player
• Be an ambassador
• Be a servant leader
• Be engaged
• Conduct yourself with honesty and integrity
~ Do your own work
~ Compete fairly
~ Report violations if you see them
~ If you don’t, you’ll let yourself down and will have serious consequences to deal with
• Maintain high expectations of yourself and others
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Sharpen your Integrative Thinking Skills
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Take Advantage of Action-Based Learning
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Looking Forward: Senior Year
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Thoughts on Senior Year
“Educate and enjoy yourself. These are the good old days and the good people you are going to miss in the years ahead.”
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The Challenge
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The Buckets
Your Senior Year
Experience
Curricular
Community Careers
Legacy
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Creating Your Senior Year Experience
•Electives
•Case Competitions; Senior Simulation
• Leadership Development Curricular
•Section Parties
•Meet & Eat with the Deans
•Senior Celebration Community
•Planning
•Coaching
•Transitions: Backpack to Briefcase Careers
•Be a Contributor
•Servant Leadership
•Class Gift Legacy
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Committing to Your Senior Year Experience
The Twitter Challenge – Tweet to #RossBBA • How will you finish strong in your senior year at
Ross?
• How will you make your senior year experience the best possible?
• What 1 or 2 things should all seniors do before graduation?
• How will you begin shaping your Ross legacy this year?
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Senior Convocation
Class of 2015
Paul Kirsch
Managing Director, Office of
Undergraduate Programs
Academic Advising is a Partnership
Katrina Andrea Jean Lauren Emily
• Understand Ross & UM requirements
• Make the most of your BBA education – finish strong!
• OUP newsletter now comes on Sundays
Legacy: Business Week Survey
• Annual program • Continues to create value
for Ross BBAs • Sent directly to student
email addresses – Many go directly to
spam….talk to your friends
• Sent late Fall term (November – December) and stays open for several weeks: NO EXTENSIONS
2015 #?? 2014 #12 2013 #8
Construction and New Building • Ross building largely unaffected:
– Tozzi and marketing behavior lab on ground floor
– Kresge Library is now Kresge Library Services and will rely on virtual services. Librarians are located in the MOs.
• Student task force: [email protected] – BBAs: Meghan Landeck, Molly Tompkins and Sree Kolli
• On iMpact: Ross Construction Site
• Wyly Hall and Executive Residence houses many services: Academic Advising, Ross Career Services, Academic Services, Office of Undergraduate Programs, CSI, Erb, RLI
Getting around Ross
Wyly Hall 1st Floor:
Career Services 3rd Floor:
OUP Academic Advising Global Initiatives
Academic Services
Executive Residence 2nd Floor:
CSI (and NPM) Tauber
Erb RLI
Ross: from above the law school
Ross: from across East U
New Developments
• Group study rooms – All now have webcams with
upgraded video technology for video conferencing (coming soon)
• To maximize study room utilization – Must check in within 10 minutes of
reservation
– Unused rooms become available to others
10 mins !!!
• Technology
– Doubled the size of the virtual lab
– WiFi in the Winter Garden enhanced
– Course packs electronic OR printed
• Pick up point in Law Library
– More power in Winter Garden (coming soon)
– Printing from phones and iPads
– Printers now staple also
New Developments
What does engagement mean? • Commit to the success of you and your colleagues
• Conduct yourself with honesty and integrity
• Maintain high expectations of yourself and others
• Demonstrate professional respect and courtesy – In person, on social media, in email
– Start now, it never stops paying off
• Be an active member of the community and FOR the community – In class, clubs, events, online
• Use the resources available to you
• Respect the Ross legacy and your role as alumnus
Senior Convocation
Class of 2015
Scott DeRue
Associate Dean, Executive
Education
Professor of Management
In Search of My Best Self: Lessons from Mt. Everest
In Search of My Best Self: Lessons from Mt. Everest
In Search of My Best Self: Lessons from
Mt. Everest
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Welcome Back!! Ross BBA Class of 2015
Congratulations and welcome back!
Reception in the Winter
Garden