TOPICS COVERED IN THE APRIL STUDENT EMAIL INCLUDE:
 
Academic Services
Career Center
Course News
International Studies Trip to France
Learning Center
Rotary International Scholarships
Rutgers Learning Center
Sarbanes-Oxley Lecture
Waterwatch
 
ACADEMIC SERVICES – APRIL 2008 Official Notices

            The Dean’s Office of the School of Business, Camden (SBC, School 52) will list new policies, procedures and/or changes for the benefit of the University community.  It is the students’ responsibility to be informed. This effort is designed to make this information available to the broadest possible audience in the widest possible forum available to the campus community.  Please pay careful attention and make every effort to comply. Official notices will be published in the Gleaner the first week of the
month.  Please direct your questions regarding these notices to
asksbc@camden.rutgers.edu.


CAREER CENTER – YOU’RE INVITED!
SPEED NETWORKING EVENT - The Career Center is going to host a SpeedNetworking Event on Thursday, April 10th 4 to 6 pm. Meet Rutgers Camden alumni in a variety of career fields to build professional relationships and improve your networking skills. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED, no walk-ins
will be allowed. Register by e-mail, careercenter @camden.rutgers.edu. Include your name, major, yr. of graduation.  Or stop by the Career Center to register. Space is limited

 
ATTEND THE PHILLYMAGNET JOB FAIR on Wed, April 23, 2008 from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA.  For a list of recruiting companies, visit: http://go.philly.com/careerfairs Mr. Marino, Director of the Career Center will be at the counselor’s table
if you need assistance during the fair. Stop by to say hello.

UNDERGRADS - Don’t wait to start looking for a summer or fall internship.  Start now. Visit the Career Center. Also see Joe Haro at the School of Business.

SENIORS – Don’t’ forget to register with the Career Center’s eRecruiting System  and have access to employers looking to hire Rutgers Class of 2008 graduates.  Visit: http://rutgerscamden.erecruiting.com/er/security/login.jsp and create youraccount today. 

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The Career Center is located in the lower level of the campus center – 30 seconds from Starbucks.
Jim Marino, Assistant Dean / Director – Career Center - 856-225-6046 - jmarino@camden.rutgers.edu

COURSE NEWS – PREREGISTRATION IS COMING SOON!!
Scheduling your classes is difficult and complicated. If you don’t let us know about problems/conflicts when draft schedules are posted, there is little we can do when a semester actually begins. At best, if we know that
enough students have a specific need EARLY enough, we can make a change. If we hear about it at the last minute, it’s much more difficult to accommodate you.

While you are working with Dean Muse on planning your Fall 08 and Spring 09 courses, I thought that you might like to see what we have tentatively planned for Spring 09. You can find our tentative schedule online at the
Current Students/Student Resources page:  http://camden-sbc.rutgers.edu/CurrentStudents/resources.htm. Please note: the Spring 09 schedule is tentative. In the effort to offer more flexibility in scheduling, we have noted down several alternative-time class possibilities, such as Friday, Saturday, and half-semester courses. Please give me some feedback on these options.

FALL 2008:
1.  Our preliminary Fall 08 schedule:
http://camden-sbc.rutgers.edu/CurrentStudents/resources.htm

2. Preregistration for Fall 08 begins  on April 6, 10 PM for students with 90+ credits. On April 7, 10 PM for all others. 

3.  We are planning to reintroduce our Business Communications course in Fall 2008. This course builds public speaking and professional business writing skills. Watch for an updated schedule!

 GRADUATION INFORMATION

1. Seniors  - all graduation information is posted at this URL: 
http://camden-sbc.rutgers.edu/AcademicServices/graduationinfo.htm

2. I have the privilege of reading your names at our graduation ceremony. If your name is difficult to pronounce, please email, call, or visit me!

INTERNATIONAL MARKETING/MANAGEMENT PROGRAM WITH TRIP TO FRANCE
           Offered 1st Session Summer Session - Introduction to the concepts, framework and issues of global business and how they influence management decisions: multinational firms, international trade, and the
cultural, political, institutional, social and economic environment of the global marketplace.  The School of Business–Camden (SBC) offers a study program on doing business in France. The program highlight is a 10-day study trip (June 6-June 15) to France, where we will visit businesses and government institutions to learn more about management and marketing practices in this region. The course is open to MBA and undergraduate business students. Students will earn their choice of three marketing or management credits. In addition to tuition cost of trip will be approximately $2,300. Please contact Cal Maradonna
(cal.maradonna@rutgers.edu) for additional details.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS
This is the link to the Rotary International website page regarding the
Ambassadorial Scholarship.
http://www.rotary.org/en/StudentsAndYouth/EducationalPrograms/AmbassadorialScholarships/Pages/ridefault.aspx
The scholarship is valued at $24,000 to fund one year of post graduate study abroad.  Candidates list their top five choices of schools to attend.  Other than the application process, the only obligations required by Rotary are some progress reports and attending some Rotary meetings during and after the study year.  More information is available at the website. Our scope is for students who will have completed a four year degree by May of 2009 and are prepared to study abroad in the 2009 - 2010 academic year. We are primarily searching for students who live or whose families live in Camden County, however, our Rotary District covers Camden, Gloucester, part of Atlantic, and Salem Counties. Applications are due by April 10th, so interested candidates will have to focus their efforts to complete the application and references quickly. Applicants also need to attend a Haddonfield Rotary meeting during the screening process.
 
RUTGERS-CAMDEN LEARNING CENTER
Rutgers-Camden Learning Center

Make sure to visit the learning center website at  http://learn.camden.rutgers.edu to make an appointment with one of our many tutors and writing assistants.  For students seeking more overall assistance with their academic performance in the areas of study skills and learning strategies feel free to call our learning specialist, Tim Pure, at 856-225-2717 to make an appointment.

Our final academic support workshops for the term are as follows:

Writing a Great Research Paper, Ashley Babcock, RCLC Writing Assistant
4/2/08, 12:15-1:10 pm, ARM 108

Understanding and Optimizing Your Learning Style, Timothy Pure, Learning
Specialist 4/9/08, 12:15-1:10 pm, ARM 108

"But Wikipedia Says It’s Right!”  Evaluating Resources Critically, Timothy
Pure, Learning Specialist 4/16/08, 12:15-1:10 pm, Robeson Library (Follow the signs to the Electronic
Classroom)

Stress Management for School and Life, Dr. Robert Ciervo, Director of the RCLC
4/23/08, 12:15-1:10 pm, ARM 108

Test Taking Strategies, Dr. Robert Ciervo, Director of the RCLC
4/30/08, 12:15-1:10 pm, ARM 108

SARBANES-OXLEY LECTURE
                      On behalf of Rutgers University-Camden and the Career Center, we cordially invite you to a special event on campus in April.  Retired U.S. Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes, co-author of the famous Sarbanes-Oxley
Act that has transformed American business, will discuss “Regulating Business in the 21st Century:  The Case of Sarbanes-Oxley” when he delivers the 2008 Robert Bailey Memorial Lecture at Rutgers—Camden during a special
reception at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10, 2008. The Bailey Lecture will be held in the 401 Penn Street classroom at the Paul Robeson Library located on the Rutgers—Camden campus.  A reception will follow the lecture.
Please feel free to share this invitation with your colleagues.  The event is free of charge.  Seating is limited.  For questions and to register, please email krwalker@camden.rutgers.edu or call at 856-225-6325.

SPORTS ON THE CAMDEN CAMPUS!!
               Are you interested in participating in a focus group about our Sports Programs here on Campus?  If so, please contact Andrew Lihotz at hotzie@camden.rutgers.edu. Focus groups are scheduled for multiple times
during April.