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November 30, 2007

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Nov 30 – San Francisco
Big Game Happy Hour

Dec 1 – Mexico City
Big Game Party

Dec 1 – Los Angeles
Big Game Party

Dec 4 - Boston
Cross B-School

Dec 5 – Los Angeles
All Schools Holiday Party

Dec 6 – Shanghai
Evening with Asst Dean Andy Shogan

Dec 7 – Hong Kong
Big Game Party

Dec 13 – San Francisco
Holiday Party

Dec 15 – Taipei
Year End Party

Dec 17 – New York City
Haas Winter Celebration

Dec 30 - Oakland
Raiders vs. Chargers

Jan 23 – Oakland
Haas Celebration at Dreyer’s

Feb 18 – Taipei
Reception with Dean Campbell

Feb 20 – Hong Kong
Reception with Dean Campbell

Feb 23 – Singapore
Reception with Dean Campbell

Feb 26 – Shanghai
Reception with Dean Campbell

Feb 27 – Atherton
Haas Celebration in South Bay

Feb 28 – Tokyo
Reception with Dean Campbell

SAVE THE DATE

Feb 27 - Haas Celebration in the South Bay at Menlo Circus Club

Mar 19 - Haas celebration in SF at Gap, Inc.

April 26 - All Alumni Reunion Conference

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Alum Among B-Week's Top Entrepreneurs Under 25 Jacob Kloberdanz, BS 05, was named one of the "Top 25 US Entrepreneurs Under 25" by BusinessWeek for founding Hope Wine, a winery that gives 50% of its profits from wine sales to charity. Full Story Prof. Edelstein Helps Launch New Real Estate Indices New financial options based on real estate indices designed with the assistance of Haas Professor Robert Edelstein debuted in October on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Full Story Haas Winter Celebration in New York City Please join fellow Haas alumni, students, staff, and friends on December 17 at our Second Annual Haas Winter Celebration in New York generously hosted by Goldman Sachs. At this year's Winter Celebration we will raise a toast to our recruitment efforts, welcome current MBA and MFE students working or visiting in NY, connect alumni with one another and celebrate all things Haas in New York! Register Berkeley MBA Students Meet Warren Buffett One hundred Berkeley MBA students visited renowned investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett in Omaha, Nebraska, on a trip organized by the Haas Finance Club. Just prior to the trip, Haas School Dean Tom Campbell presented Buffet with the 2007 Berkeley Award for Distinguished Contributions to Financial Reporting. Full Story Global Entrepreneurship Leaders Learn From Haas Fifty-three educators in entrepreneurship education, from countries with markets as diverse as their cultures, wrapped up two weeks of intensive workshops at the Haas School at the second Technology Entrepreneurship Education Global Faculty Colloquium. Full Story NAVARIS Medical Wins Intel+ Tech Challenge The German team, NAVARIS Medical, that is developing 3-D imaging technology to pinpoint threatened lymph nodes during breast cancer treatment, won first place in the 3rd Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge (IBTEC) at the Haas School. Full Story New Fellowships Created in Responsible Business Teaming up with LifeScan, Inc., the Center for Responsible Business has launched a new fellowship opportunity for Berkeley MBA students to help develop key corporate social responsibility initiatives. Full Story Diverse Ideas From Alumni for Alternative Energy Matt Caspari, MBA 06, CEO of Aurora Biofuels, runs a startup that plans to squeeze oil from algae and convert it to biodiesel. Full Story Study Shows Happy Employees are Better Investors A new study showing that companies with high employee satisfaction have historically demonstrated superior stock performance was awarded the 2007 Moskowitz Prize for Socially Responsible Investing by the Center for Responsible Business at the Haas School in cooperation with the Social Investment Forum. Full Story
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Your First 90 Days: On-Board Yourself! Webinar - December 5, from 7- 8 pm How do you avoid becoming a statistic and ensuring your success in your new position at your new company, group or business unit? About one-quarter of all new hires won't make it through their first year, according to research from the Employment Policy Foundation. If your employer doesn’t have an on-boarding and assimilation program in place for new hires or employees moved between business groups then it’s time to DIY (do it yourself). There are straightforward initiatives you can take at the outset of a new position to ensure increased job satisfaction and effectiveness, Increased likelihood of success and productivity as well as effectively aligning your abilities with business objectives. All of which reconfirms and reinforces your employer’s original decision to hire you. In this webinar, we will cover the steps to put in place from day one on the job: Who to meet and greet and how to build a support system Understanding the politics and the stakeholders Setting yourself up for success not failure Creating credibility and managing expectations Integrating into the social norms and groups Register Alfa Fellowship Program The Alfa Fellowship is a high-level program that enables outstanding young American professionals (ages 25-35) to work for ten months at Russian business enterprises, media outlets, government and non-government institutions, and civil society organizations. Related travel expenses, a three-week seminar program in Moscow, monthly stipends, and housing are included. Key goals of the Alfa Fellowship Program are expanding networks of American and Russian professionals, developing greater intercultural understanding, and advancing U.S./Russian relations. The application deadline is December 15. More Info Use Our Career Services We'll soon revise our site's career section and unveil our revamped career services. Download our new brochure for a sneak preview.
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Pricing for Profitability in the Information Age UC Berkeley Center for Executive Development Four-Day Course: January 14, 15 and February 11, 12 Companies leave millions, sometimes billions, of dollars on the table every year through sub-optimal pricing practices. This pricing course will equip you with proven and new techniques for assessing, formulating, and monitoring pricing strategies in this new era. The course is led by Teck Ho, one of the Haas School's most charismatic professors and a well-known expert in the field of pricing. He won the Best Teacher of the Year Award three years in a row and consults for many of the Fortune 500. Fee: $5,445 Corporate Offer: Three for the price of two from one firm. Location: The Haas School Details and Registration If you have any questions or would like to register a group, call (510) 642-9167 or (415) 637-4913.
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