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WWIB News and Sponsored Events – September 2007

WWIB 1st Year Officers' Election Information

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One of the greatest experiences you will have at Wharton, both personally & professionally, is getting involved in co-curricular activities. For us, WWIB has been among our most rewarding endeavors.

See positions available and instructions on how to run for a position on web café at the following link:

https://webcafe.wharton.upenn.edu/eRoomReq/Files/mba/wwib/0_6e7e5/WWIB 2007 - 2008 First Year Officer Positions.doc

Overview of Election Rules:

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Explore Wharton Prospective Weekend: Friday, September 21st: Volunteers Needed!!

Explore Wharton is an event co-sponsored by AAMBAA, WHAMBAA, WWIB, Out4Business and the Wharton Admissions Office to give prospective students an opportunity to live the Wharton experience, with a focus on students of color, women and LGBT. Over two days, prospective students will meet current students and administrators, learn about Wharton’s programs and resources, attend classes with Wharton’s top faculty and get valuable insight into Wharton admissions. We need enthusiastic volunteers to represent WWIB during registration, as class escorts, essay readers and at the networking reception.

1) Registration

a. Thursday (9/20) 8am - 10am
b. Thursday (9/20) 2pm - 3pm
c. Friday (9/21) 7:30am - 9am

2) Class Escorts

a. Thursday (9/20) 8:30am - 9am
b. Thursday (9/20) 10am - 10:30am
c. Thursday (9/20) 1pm - 1:30pm

3) Essay Readers (note: Admissions' GAs cannot be essay readers)

a. Friday (9/21) 4:30pm - 6pm

4) Networking Reception, Friday (9/21) 6pm - 7:30pm

All club members are encouraged to attend and meet prospective students. Please sign up to volunteer on web café at the following link:

https://webcafe.wharton.upenn.edu/eRoom/mba/wga/0_6ed9f

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First Annual NAWMBA (National Association of Women MBA’s) Case Competition

Thursday, September 20th is the last day to register a team for the First Annual NAWMBA Conference Case Competition. A limited number of spaces are still left!

What kind of case: Corporate Strategy/HR

What will be required: A 2-3 page case brief outlining a response to the question posed by Hilti on September 21st. The brief will be due on Oct. 5th.

What´s in it for your team: An opportunity to test skills against the brightest women from the best schools from across the US and win $5,000 for first prize, $3,000 second and $2,000 third prize.

What you need to do: Register your team by 5:00pm (MST). Simply click on the following link then select the case comptition tab and go from there:

http://nawmba.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=NAT_conf2007

We look forward to seeing you at the conference!

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First-Year Kick-Off Meeting:
Monday, September 17 @ 4:30 PM – Attendance is HIGHLY encouraged

Please represent the club and your position at the First-Year Kick-Off Meeting:

Date/Time: Monday, September 17th, 4:30pm
Location: JMHH F95
Positions available have been posted here:

https://webcafe.wharton.upenn.edu/eRoomReq/Files/mba/wwib/0_6e7e5/WWIB 2007 - 2008 First Year Officer Positions.doc

If you are not able to attend, please let the co-presidents know via email by today @ 10 PM.

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First Year Officer / Conference Volunteer Timeline

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Explore Wharton –WWIB Student Life Panel:
Friday, September 21 @ 3:45 PM – WWIB Officers Needed

Explore Wharton is an event co-sponsored by AAMBAA, WHAMBAA, WWIB, Out4Business and the Wharton Admissions Office to give prospective students an opportunity to live the Wharton experience, with a focus on students of color, women and LGBT. On Friday, September 21 @ 3:45 PM in JMHH 340, WWIB will hold its own student life panel for these prospective students. We need 4 WWIB officer volunteers to speak at/moderate the panel. Please let So Young Park, Urvashi Singh and Dimple Khurana know if you can represent WWIB by Wednesday, September 19 @ noon. For Sample topics, please see the Student life panel questions document at the following site: https://webcafe.wharton.upenn.edu/eRoom/mba/wwib/0_6f1cd. If you can participate in the panel, please see the WWIB student life panel bios in this folder and send So Young, Urvashi and Dimple your bio in this format by Wednesday @ noon.

Please note that those who plan to volunteer for the essay reading session cannot also volunteer for the student life panel. For all other volunteer opportunities, please sign up at:

https://webcafe.wharton.upenn.edu/eRoom/mba/wga/0_6ed9f

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Reminder to vote for WWIB 1st Year Officer Positions

The Polls are Open! Elect your WWIB First Year Representatives!

We have a truly amazing group of ladies this year running to be your WWIB representatives with diverse backgrounds, experiences and ideas. This election promises to be a close one, so we encourage you to read the candidates’ statement of interests carefully, and vote for your WWIB first year representatives at the following webCafé link: https://webcafe.wharton.upenn.edu/eRoom/mba/wwib/0_71898

Thanks in advance for taking the time to elect YOUR WWIB leadership!

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WWIB Brings you Center City Restaurant Week (9/23 – 9/28) - ADDENDUM

Description: More alternate spots have been created for Thursday and Friday evening Restaurant Week seats. If your time on those evenings is flexible as to which reservation you may be added to, please sign up!!! The subsidy from WWIB is now $15 instead of $20. Sign up here:

https://webcafe.wharton.upenn.edu/eRoom/mba/wwib/0_71735?P=1

If you have any questions, please contact Nancy Lai at nlai@wharton.upenn.edu.

Dates: Thurs. 9/27 and Fr. 9/28 evenings
Time: Ranges from 7:30 pm reservation to 11:00 pm reservation
Location: Center City/Old City

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International Coffee Chats

DESCRIPTION: There is still room for sign-ups!!! WWIB is sponsoring coffee chats between wg08s and wg09s interested in international backgrounds and careers. WWIB will give each pair participating in the coffee chat a $7 Cosi gift card. The first 40 pairs will be eligible for gift cards.

Second-years: we need more of you!!

First-years: please review the current sign-ups to see if there are 2nd year students you are interested in meeting with.

Please sign up at https://webcafe.wharton.upenn.edu/eRoom/mba/wwib/0_7171c

A Cosi gift card will be put into the second year’s mail folder.

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WWIB Conference Team: Positions Still Available

Not too late! We are still looking for:

If you are interested in joining the Conference Team, please fill out the following survey by Friday, September 28th at 12pm:

http://www.surveymonkey.com

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WWIB Golf Clinic – CANCELLED

Due to insufficient demand to meet a minimum requirement of participants, the WWIB Golf Clinic for Friday September 28th has been cancelled. We will try to reschedule this event in the spring. Refunds will be given to everyone who has paid.

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Goldman Sachs Women’s MBA Summit

Goldman Sachs will be hosting our annual Women's MBA Summit on Friday, November 16th. This is a terrific opportunity for women on the Wharton campus to learn about the financial services industry and career opportunities in our various regions, network with Goldman Sachs women and navigate the recruiting process. Please note that the registration deadline is October 31.

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JCrew Private Shopping Event for WWIB: October 3rd

WWIB is proud to bring you a Private Shopping Night at J.Crew on
October 3rd from 7-9pm. J.Crew has also generously offered a 20% discount
that evening and will be serving drinks and light appetizers. The store
will be closed just for us. With the right clothes, you’ll be ready
to take on EIS’s and FIP week!

Upon arrival, please use the Chestnut Street J.Crew entrance. Because
Liberty Place closes at 7PM, the store will not be accessible through
the inside of the mall.

RSVP by Friday Sept. 28th at:

https://webcafe.wharton.upenn.edu/eRoom/mba/wwib/0_72443

Contact Eugenia Chen (eugeniar@wharton.upenn.edu) if you have any
questions.

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WWIB First Year Officer Election Results

Congratulations to the following first year WWIB officers!

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Register now for the 29th Annual WWIB Conference

Join over 500 students, alumnae, and professionals at our annual Conference.

This year’s Wharton Women in Business Conference will focus on empowering women to achieve success in every aspect of their lives. Women leaders forging their own unique paths, whether in careers or elsewhere, continue to inspire us, challenge expectations, and explore new frontiers. The conference will bring together leaders from various industries and backgrounds to engage in meaningful dialogue about the critical issues facing women inside and outside of the workplace, and to explore ways women can achieve personal success, however they define it.

Date: Friday, November 2nd
Place: The Park Hyatt Bellevue , Philadelphia
Keynote speakers: Michelle Peluso, President & CEO of Travelocity, and Traci Lerner, Founding Partner of Chesapeake Partners, L.P.

Other events include: Kickoff Cocktail Party, Workshops, Panels, Tea Chats and Lunch Tables

You must register to be able to sign up for Tea Chats and Lunch Tables.

Register before October 19th and save with our early rate.

Click on this link to register

http://www.whartonwomen.org/conf2007/registration.html

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Annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk: Join the WWIB Team!

Wharton Women come out and enjoy the continuted beautiful weather with your friends..for a good cause! The 8th annual Annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk is Sunday October 14th. Help raise breast cancer awareness and donations!!!

Details:
5 mile walk
Registration opens at 7:30AM, walk begins at 9AM
Start point: Philadelphia Art Museum (5 mile loop up and down Martin Luther King Blvd )

To join the team, follow this link:

http://makingstrides.acsevents.org/site/TR/MakingStridesAgainstBreastCancer

Click Join a Team and enter "Wharton Women in Business" to begin. There is no fee to join.

See you there!

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Help Wharton Lead the Way in Women at Business School : Be an Email Buddy to a Perspective Student

This year’s entering class had a record-setting 37% females. A WWIB Admissions goal is to keep this number growing! To help those who come after you and to keep the WWIB tradition going, please sign up to be an Admissions Email-Buddy. We get lots of requests from prospective students wanting to hear about the student experience. WWIB Admissions seeks to pair prospective female applicants with current female Wharton students who can answer their questions, give advice and offer suggestions via an e-mail interactive relationship. This program is administered on a rolling basis throughout the year.

Please sign up in webcafe <https://webcafe.wharton.upenn.edu/eRoom/mba/wwib/0_72da7>, and include your undergraduate university and professional interests so we can pair you up accordingly. As requests roll in for buddies, we will assign individuals accordingly.

This is a low time commitment, but will make a huge difference in an applicant’s image of Wharton, and knowledge of the school to make the right decision in applying!

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Job Opportunity with University Chic Media

Are you an MBA student looking for an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a hot start-up company for college women? This may be just the opportunity you're looking for.

University Chic Media is looking for a numbers-savvy MBA (preferably with a background in investment banking and/or the retail industry). School credit available. Possible equity compensation involved.

Email your resume today with a cover letter to UniversityChic@gmail.com. Please include MBA in the subject line. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Novartis Coffee Chats for Second Years

Interested in a fast-paced and challenging career at Novartis? Come learn more about the Finance and Marketing leadership development programs from first-hand experiences of recent Wharton graduates. Interviews are rapidly approaching, so this is a great way to prepare for the recruiting process. Please signup for a 30 min, one-on-one timeslot (between 9 and 5:30) by emailing Daniel Yip at danyip@wharton.upenn.edu

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JP Morgan Chase – Product Management Development Program Coffee Chat and Cocktail Hour

Come learn more about the Product Management Development Program at the cocktail hour at Pod on Wed, Oct 3rd 5 -7PM. You can also sign up for coffee chats on Wed, Oct 3rd by emailing kamal.d.pallan@jpmorgan.com.

Please follow the link below to a presentation that gives a brief outline of the program.

https://webcafe.wharton.upenn.edu/eRoom/mba/wwib/0_72f8e

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