July 4 - Campus holiday
August 31 - Last day of summer quarter
Sept 3 - Campus holiday
Sept 17 - Fall quarter begins
Sept 27 - Manhattan Beach alumni reunion, hosted by Chris Strickfaden (Business Administration ’86) and held with the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Manhattan Beach Country Club, contact Leslie for more information
Oct 3 - Orfalea College of Business Distinguished Speaker Series presents William Ostrem, President & CEO of The Eastlake Co. Time and Location TBD, contact Leslie for more information
Oct 18 - Business Council Professional Development Speaker Series presents Jennifer Azzi, Spanos Theatre, time TBD. Contact Leslie for more information
Oct 30 - Orfalea College of Business Distinguished Speaker Series present Hilary Schneider, Yahoo - Senior Vice President for Marketplaces, Chumash Auditorium, 9:10am, contact Leslie for more information
Nov 8 - Dean’s Advisory Council dinner, location TBD
Nov 9 - Dean’s Advisory Council meeting, 8am, location TBD
Nov 9 - Honored Alumnus Banquet, Chumash Auditorium, 5:30pm
Nov 10 - Homecoming! Mustangs vs North Dakota at 4pm – Alex G. Spanos Stadium
Nov 12 - Campus holiday
Nov 22 & 23 - Campus holiday
Dec 8 - Fall quarter commencement
Carlee C. Ball, Accounting/Finance senior, was awarded the Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key for Academic Excellence for 2006-07 at the Orfalea College of Business Awards Banquet. Carlee has been on the dean’s list every quarter since fall 2003 and graduated with the highest GPA in the college.
Voted by students as outstanding faculty for the Orfalea College of Business for 2006-07 were (left to right): Cliff Barber, Industrial Technology; Janice Carr, Distinguished Teacher of the Year; Norm Borin, Marketing; Lisa Simon, Adjunct – Marketing; Tad Miller, Accounting; and Colette Frayne, Management. Not pictured are tenured faculty Dan Villegas, Economics and Larry Gorman, Finance; and Adjuncts Clare Battista, Economics; Sharon Dobson, Finance; Michelle Bissonnette, Accounting; Bob Grosse, Industrial Technology, and Jere Ramsey, Management.
Honored by their concentrations as outstanding seniors for the Orfalea College of Business are (left to right): Caleb Cross, Economics; Christopher Meadows, Human Resources Management; Shasta Palmer, Industrial Technology; Lisa Donaldson, International Business; Leann Tovar, Management; and Christiane Kragel, Marketing. Not pictured are Adam Steinmetz, Accounting; Mattson Fernandez, Finance; and Timothy Aing, Information Systems.
Two happy faces of graduation – Vanessa Slavich, Marketing, will leave for London in August and one year with the Mountbatten Internship Programme. Troy Monken, Accounting/Finance, has a position as a financial analyst with Apple starting in August. Good luck to ALL of the Orfalea College of Business grads!
Meeting with Wal-Mart executives in China this month are MBA students (left to right) Lee Smith, MBA; Chris Carr, Associate Dean of Graduate Programs; Adib Assassi, MBA; Lotus Wong,Divisional Merchandising Manager, Shenzhen Operating Group - Wal Mart Global Procurement (Shenzhen, PRC); Patrick McGuire, MBA; and Peter Wu, EMP.