WEEKLY EVENTS

• MBA Coffee Break, Tuesday, April 22, 10:15-10:45am
• Elective Registration Brown Bag Session: Real Estate Classes and Certificate, Tuesday, April 22, 12:30-1:20pm
• Meet the Firm: Amazon, Tuesday, April 22, 12:30-1:20pm
• MBAA Finance Club Speaker, Wednesday, April 23, 12:30-1:20pm
• Business Plan Competition - Investment Round, Wednesday, April 23, 1:00-5:00pm
• BCC Workshop: How to Use LinkedIn Effectively to Network, Thursday, April 24, 12:30-12:55pm
• BCC Workshop: Networking Your Way to a Successful Internship, Thursday, April 24, 12:55-1:20pm
• 2nd Annual MBA Diversity Dinner, Thursday, April 24, 6:15-8:15pm
• Global Strategic Leadership Symposium: Howard Behar, former president of Starbucks North America and Starbucks International, Friday, April 25, 9:30-11:30am
• New Economy in India, Friday, April 25, 5:00-8:00pm
• MBAA TG, Friday, April 25, 5:30-9:00pm

Companies represented on campus this week: Amazon

Summer Quarter 2008 Registration

• Evening Class of 2010: You will be enrolled in MGMT 500 starting April 30. If you do not plan to take this class, please let us know by emailing mbacore by April 29.
• MBA Summer Elective Classes: Please see the Summer 2008 Elective Course Schedule for more information. If you are interested in registering for summer classes, mail mbaregis to request information.
• NON-MBA Elective Classes: If you are looking for additional course options this summer, you can access the full UW Time Schedule for Summer for possibilities. Keep in mind, you need to get these approved by submitting a non-MBA Course Request Form.

Autumn Quarter 2008 Elective Bidding Opens Tomorrow
Bidding for autumn quarter elective classes begins Wednesday morning (April 23) at 8:00am. Bidding closes on Wednesday, April 30 at midnight. All 1st-Year and continuing 2nd-Year Full-time, and 2nd-Year and continuing 3rd-Year Evening MBAs are eligible to bid for elective classes for autumn.

Instructions for bidding:

• Read the Elective Course Pre-Registration instructions.
• Review the Elective Course Schedule for Autumn.
• View course descriptions and faculty bios for autumn classes and faculty. (Note that as course descriptions become available for new courses, we will post them on this site.)
• Familiarize yourself with the MBA Registration Calendar.
• Complete the Preregistration Bid Form between 8:00am on April 23 and midnight on April 30.

If you have questions about the registration process, please email mbaregis@u.washington.edu.

Full-Time Class of 2009: Core class BECON 501 will be offered Autumn and Winter quarters
There will be one section of the core class BECON 501 offered Autumn quarter and two sections Winter quarter. If you would prefer to take this class in Autumn quarter, remember to include it as part of your bidding process.

Full-time Class of 2009: Final Elective Registration Brown Bag this week!
To help you prepare, the MBA Program Office has one remaining Brown Bag Event on elective classes:

• April 22 Real Estate Classes & Real Estate Certificate, 12:30-1:20pm, BLM 303

Meet the Firm:

• Amazon
  Tuesday, April 22
  12:30-1:20pm, Balmer 304

Networking:
The BCC invites you to two mini programs on Thursday, April 24 in Balmer 304

How to Use LinkedIn Effectively to Network (12:30-12:55pm) and Networking Your Way to a Successful Internship (12:55-1:20pm)
Bring your PC as this will be a working session
Build your LinkedIn profile to promote your career goals
Use the Advance Search Tool to find alumni and non-alumni contacts
Discuss appropriate methods to connect

Please RSVP

Mentor Visit:

• Student Mentor Visit with Alaska Airlines
  Wednesday, April 23
  12:00-2:00pm, 4545 Building

UW EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Check out UW Earth Club's list of Earth Week events:
http://students.washington.edu/uwearth/

Henry Luce Speaker Series: Jim Puckett
Tue, 6:30pm, Kane 110
"Toxic Trade: The Case of Electronic Waste and the Basel Convention" with
Jim Puckett (Basel Action Network). Mr. Puckett will explore the issue of
toxic trade through the lens of electronic waste trade and he will provide
the context, history, evolution and relevance of the Basel Convention -- one
of the world's landmark multilateral environmental agreements.
For more information see flyer:
http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/news/flyers/Puckett_flyer.pdf