News and Notes
Smith Net Impact Weekly E-News for
October 4, 2008
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Salutations!
Be sure
to join
us at
the 1st
Cases N'
Beer of
the
school
year
this
Thursday,
October
9th at
5pm in
1520 VMH.
Don't
miss out
on this
great
Smith
tradition
and one
of the
most
popular
events
of the
year.
Beer and
snacks
will be
provided!
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In this week's newsletter:
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1.
Cases
and Beer
–
10/9/2008
5-6pm in
VMH 1520
2. 2008
Net
Impact
North
America
Conference
in
Philadelphia
–
11/13-11/15/2008
3.
General
Announcements
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1.
Cases
and
Beer
October
9, 2008,
5-6pm
@
VMH 1520
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In 1978
Dr. P.
Roy
Vagelos,
an
executive
at the
pharmaceutical
company
Merck,
was
presented
with a
tough
decision.
One of
his
researchers
had
discovered
a
potential
cure for
African
River
Blindness,
a
disease
that
caused
intense
itching,
skin
deformation,
and
blindness.
At least
18
million
people
in the
third
world
were
infected
with the
disease
and an
estimated
85
million
people
were at
risk for
the
disease.
Dr.
Vagelos
knew
that
developing
and
testing
the drug
could
cost
tens of
millions
of
dollars
and that
few of
the
people
stricken
with
African
River
Blindness
would be
able to
afford
it.
Mediated
by
Professor
Rachelle
Sampson.
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2. 2008 Net Impact
North America
Conference in
Philadelphia
November 13-15, 2008
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This is the big one.
The annual Net
Impact conference
will be held at the
Wharton School this
year. A group of
student will be
carpooling up
together and it
should be a lot of
fun. If you are
interested in
attending, email
zgirod2009@rhsmith.umd.edu
. For more details,
visit: http://www.netimpact.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=1864
If you
are
interested
in
attending,
it is a
good
idea to
join Net
Impact
Worldwide
first.
Members
get a
discount
on
attending
the
conference
that is
greater
than the
price of
membership.
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3.
General
Announcements
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Weekly
planning
meetings:
Smith
Net
Impact
planning
meetings
are held
every
week
from
1-2pm in
the
Dingman
Center
“Bull
pit.”
All are
welcome
to join.
Upcoming
case
competitions:
A list
of
upcoming
case
competitions
can be
found on
the
Smith
Net
Impact
Web
site:
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/organizations/net-impact/competitions08-09.html.
Join
Net
Impact
Worldwide:
You can
join Net
Impact
for an
annual
fee of
$30 by
visiting:
http://netimpact.org/
Members
will
receive
newsletters,
access
to job
postings,
and a
discount
on Net
Impact
events.
Add
or
Remove a
Name
from the
Net
Impact
Mailing
List:
If you
would
like
your
name
taken
off the
Net
Impact
mailing
list or
if you
know
someone
who
would
like to
join the
list,
send an
email to
brian@brandbrand.us
What is Smith Net Impact?
At the R.H. Smith School of
Business, we understand that true
business leadership creates positive
economic, social and environmental
change. Net Impact at Smith serves as a
hub for both academic and
career-oriented activities related to
developing a broader perspective of
leadership and entrepreneurship. Through
guest lecturers, student discussions,
interactive workshops, and community
volunteering, we explore new business
models and methods to exert a positive
impact upon our environment.
Net
Impact at Smith is dedicated to:
Educating
business professionals to
become business leaders that
VALUE all their stakeholders
Providing academic and
professional SUPPORT to this
growing network business leaders
Creating tangible, POSITIVE
CHANGE in the world
To learn more about our
chapter, please visit the
about us
section or email us at
net-impact@rhsmith.umd.edu.
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