EWMBA eZine - Week of September 4, 2008

Introducing the EWMBAA Community Service Committee

As we watch the events unfold in the Gulf coast region this week, we are reminded of the inspiring stories following Katrina: such as the many volunteers from the Bay Area trekking to New Orleans several times a year to help restore St. Bernard Parish. While the Hurricane victims have grabbed our attention, we shouldn't lose sight of the needs in our local communities, from families of seriously ill children to local food banks. Giving back to the community is an important part of the Haas culture. This is where the Community Service Committee comes in.

Meet Our Dedicated Team: Our dedicated members include Abha Bhagat, Josh Lauman, Paigie Light, Monika Matthews, Steve Park, Uday Putcha, and Rossanna Aranibar Schach; co-chairs are Jennifer Elliott and Ken So. But we don't stop here; we continue to look for members to actively participate in organizing events and reaching out to communities and non-profit organizations.

For those who have missed our past events, our team pulled off many successful events this past summer:

* Joining forces with the Social Committee, Steve Park led a group of Haas runners navigate through the retreating French soldiers and naked runners at the Bay-to-Breakers event.
* Abha and Anlei showed off their sales talents (not an easy task selling to MBA students) and ran a successful raffle at Haas EYOP to help China earthquake victims.
* Josh Lauman and inspiring Haas homebuilders flex their muscles to help build low-income homes at the Habitat for Humanities (see Josh's article below).

Don't Miss Out: We have many great events coming up this Fall. Despite the heavy first year course load, we especially encourage the first year students to come out as it is always a great opportunity to meet students in upper years. We are finalizing the event schedule; it will be sent out shortly.

A Reminder of the Haas Community Fellows Program: Any EWMBA student who completes 50 total hours of community service over their three years of education at Haas will qualify. The program poses no limit to the number of fellows who qualify. All Haas Community Fellows will be recognized during their graduation ceremony as their names will be highlighted in the commencement program. To be included, you will need to submit a volunteer hours log sheet by April 15th of the graduating year. Please contact Jennifer Elliott (jenn_elliott@mba.berkeley.edu) or Ken So (kenneth_so@mba.berkeley.edu) for more details.

Habitat for Humanity = Fun Times

Our annual Habitat for Humanity event was a great success and a good
time was had by all. Haas students partnered with Greater San
Francisco Habitat for Humanity to help build low income housing in
Redwood City. We spent a beautiful, sunny, although a little hot, afternoon nailing shingles, hanging drywall and honing our construction skills. And if you wanted to come but weren't able to make it don't worry we plan on having another Habitat for Humanity event around the same time next year. For more information on the Habitat for Humanity visit their website at http://www.habitatgsf.org/

Josh Lauman, EWMBAA Community Service Committee

Get Involved in Clubs@Haas

Welcome (back) to Haas! As the year begins, we wanted to reach out and provide some information around the logistics of and benefits surrounding membership in the full-time MBA Association (MBAA). Why would you do this? Because, to become a member of a student club, you need to first be a member of the full-time MBAA as all student clubs exist under the MBAA.

MBAA Membership Benefits: In addition to being eligible to join clubs, you are also entitled to attend all MBAA-sponsored social and networking events, like monthly consumption functions, where you can meet and mingle with both current students and alumni (For more information:
http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/MBA/student/fmbaa-benefits.html)

How to join: The fee to become a member of the MBAA is $50/year. Please make a check payable to MBAA for the number of years you have remaining in your program and deliver that check to the EWMBA office.

Questions: Please email Rachel Wolan (rachel_wolan@mba.berkeley.edu) with any questions.


Events This Week
Friday, September 5
Welcome Parties for Haas’ Newly-Admitted Students, Current Students & Graduates

Upcoming Events
Thursday, September 18
Focus on the Firm: Boston Consulting Group

To plan or check out new events, visit the Haas Calendar:
http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/calendar/


UPCOMING EVENTS
Welcome Parties for Haas’ Newly-Admitted Students, Current Students & GraduatesSan Francisco, CA
Date: Friday, September 5, 2008
Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Location: Varnish Gallery, 77 Natoma Street (btwn 1st & 2nd Streets), San Francisco, CA
RSVP or Questions: Elaine Kan at ekangaroo@alumni.haas.org


Focus on the Firm: Boston Consulting Group
Date: Thursday, September 18
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: S489

Starting this month, the Career Services committee is organizing a series of events to highlight leading consulting firms. Each event will feature a Berkeley Alum from the featured firm who will provide an insider’s view of consulting in general and the firm in particular. Think of this as a mini firm-night with all of the information and none of the pressure. We are delighted to kick-off this series of events with Arif Janjua, Partner, Boston Consulting Group, San Francisco.

In order to maximize the return for all attendees, we encourage only those individuals to attend who are committed to consulting and who have used the resources available on CareerNet to obtain a reasonable understanding of this career path.

Bio:
Arif Janjua - Partner, Boston Consulting Group, San Francisco
Arif joined BCG in 2005. He is active in BCG’s Technology and Communications Practice Area. Arif has over 25 years experience in operational management and consulting in the high technology and services related industries. He has held many roles throughout his career. Prior to joining BCG Arif served as CEO of idrive, a storage services company, as President of Consumer Services at Infospace, and as Director of Marketing at Gould Electronics. His consulting experience includes leading the High Technology practice at A.T. Kearney, and serving as Managing Director of the worldwide Technology and Communications Practice at Strategic Decisions Group. Arif received his Bachelors and Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Windsor, Canada, and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.


DID YOU KNOW?
You can rent Haas study rooms through this site: http://reserve.haas.berkeley.edu/login.pl It’s great if you need a group study area or a place to practice your interview skills with a friend.