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Undergraduate Scholarships From Beers & Cutler
The accounting and consulting firm Beers & Cutler has established
the James R. Beers Scholarship Endowment with a donation from
Beers & Cutler, matched by founding partner James R. Beers, totaling
$250,000. The endowment will provide scholarships for undergraduate
students at the Smith School’s College Park and Shady Grove
campuses. The endowment honors Jim Beers’ contribution to the
profession and recognizes outstanding academic performance in the
Smith School’s undergraduate accounting program.
“We have a deep familiarity with the quality of students who come
from the Smith School as many of our partners and professionals are
alumni. We are delighted to be able to make a financial contribution
to such a successful and widely-respected program,” said Beers &
Cutler managing partner Ed Offterdinger. Twenty-five Smith alumni
work for the firm. |
1. Stay in contact with former colleagues. You never know who
will land a job with your dream company.
2. Volunteer to assist the professionals you are interested
in connecting with by participating in their events and connecting
them with coveted career opportunities. Others will be more likely
to help you when the need arises.
3. Approach every social interaction as an opportunity for
career-related advancement. Connecting outside of the work
environment can afford you time to get to know and connect with
business professionals away from the distractions of an organized
networking locale.
4. Be proactive, productive and creative. Engage desirable
business contacts and then respect their time by having your value
proposition ready and your request(s) clearly articulated.
5. Come prepared. Always keep business cards on hand; you
never know when an opportunity to network may present itself. Also,
bring extra copies of your (up-to-date) resume to formal networking
settings.
6. Follow-up, follow-up, follow-up. People in today’s
business world are extremely busy and even those with the best of
intentions may need a few gentle reminders. Don’t be afraid to keep
the dialog going and always thank those who have interviewed and/or
taken time out of their jobs to devote to your career needs.
7. Utilize available career resources. Many companies, groups
and resources are available to business professionals looking to
network. Smith’s Office of Career Management is available to you and
happy to provide guidance in this regard.
The Smith School’s Office of Career Management
(OCM)
offers career assistance to alumni as well as current
students. Have a question for the OCM?
Submit it via e-mail. |
Read more & watch
video »
Nearly 1000 business degrees were awarded to undergraduates, MBAs
and PhDs at the Smith School commencement ceremonies on May 22,
2006. Joining 16 U.S. EMBA graduates were 22 recent graduates of
Smith’s Beijing EMBA program. The following graduates earned PhDs:
Dax Basdeo, Long Jiang, Patrick Maggitti, Likoebe Maraping,
Antoaneta Petkova, Holly Slay, Debora Viana Thompson, and Liu Yang.
Undergraduates Roger Fox and Anthony Geisler performed the National
Anthem. Student speakers included undergraduate Joel Willcher and
MBA Tawney Bains.
Carly Fiorina, former chairman and CEO of Hewlett Packard and
1980 MBA graduate of the Smith School, delivered the keynote
address. Fiorina told graduates the essence of leadership involves
being the ability to lead through change, in an era when the very
nature of business is changing from “the physical and the analog” to
“the digital, mobile, virtual and personal.” She described the
difficulties of Kodak and the proliferation of fantasy baseball
teams to illustrate the ubiquitous effects of technology and the
electronic sharing of music to illustrate the power of today’s
individual consumer. |
