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TOPICS COVERED IN THE DECEMBER STUDENT EMAIL INCLUDE:

Academic Services

Career Center

Four Year Program

Learning Center

Library

New Jersey Transit Discount

Senior Survey

ACADEMIC SERVICES - December 2007 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

(1) Changes for Accounting, Finance & Marketing Majors - The following changes are effective immediately:

A) Accounting (010) majors may also use Economics of International Finance (50:220:329) or International Economics (50:220:331) to satisfy the International Business requirement.

B) Finance (390) majors may use a Finance (390) elective in the place of Applications of Financial Mgmt (52:390:450).

C) Marketing (630) majors may use Career Planning & Management (52:533:360) to satisfy an approved elective for the major.

(2) Intra-University Transfers

All students who plan to transfer to a different college within the University must do so using the School to School (S2S) intra-university transfer application process. Students, who are completing the final pre-business requirements this semester, should apply now. Please refer to the S2S web page for more information and instructions. http://admissions.rutgers.edu/collegetocollege/

(3) SBC Minors for non-business students

All non-business majors who plan pursue business minors (accounting, finance, human resources, international business, management & marketing) must have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.500. Students must make an appointment to meet with Academic Services staff to obtain approval to enroll in the minor and to have it posted on your transcript.

CAREER CENTER

The Career Center will be offering a special Job Search Strategies seminar for the January 2008 graduate on Wednesday, December 12th during the free period (12:15 - 1:10 pm)

All January graduates participating will receive "The Very Quick Job Search Guide" published by the JIST Corporation of Chicago. More importantly, participants will receive some valuable tips on setting up an effective job hunting campaign with information on how to locate jobs, employers and have a winning interview. To register for this session, email: careercenter@camden.rutgers.edu with your name and major. The program will take place at the Career Center, lower level of the campus center. On behalf of the Career Center staff, congratulations to all the January graduates on completing a degree from Rutgers-Camden. Services of the Center are always open to you. Keep in touch with your University by joining your alumni association.

ACCOUNTING MAJORS: Attend a special seminar - Wednesday, December 5, 2007 @ 12:20 -

School of Business - Room 334

You are invited to a 30 minute presentation featuring: Summer Leadership Program with a “Big 4” firm - Find out about opportunities to submit your resume and participate in on-campus interviewing in early February 2008 for summer opportunities for sophomore students to develop their leadership skills, network with student leaders from other campuses, gain new perspective on public accounting, and get a head start on the on-campus recruiting process.

· Entrance to this program is very competitive. Find out what you need to do to apply for these positions. The Career Center will begin accepting resumes soon from interested candidates. Interviews will take place soon after the Spring Semester begins; you must apply in advance.

· Information on the Career Center’s online system for jobs and recruiting

· Q’s & A’s

* * * Employers start early…why shouldn’t you? Maximize your possibilities. * * *

Enjoy refreshments while you get a head start on your future.

or call 856-225-6046 or stop by the Career Center, Lower Level of the Campus Center

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All students are reminded that the Center will be open during the break with the exception of Dec. 24th through January 1st, It's a great time to talk to counselors about your career plans or major, write a resume, search for internships and more. We look forward to seeing you.

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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)

FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM

Starting in Fall 2008 the School of Business will transition from an upper division program to a full four-year undergraduate program. This means that starting in September 2008, freshmen can be admitted directly into the School of Business. While Rutgers-Camden will continue to welcome students who transfer from county colleges in order to earn their Rutgers business degree, the campus soon will provide new high school graduates with a full business immersion experience from their first day as a college student.

You can help us prepare by sending your suggestions. What types of activities would our new freshmen want? What types of support might they need? It’s important for us to get your point of view. Also, what are your ideas in general for improving our overall program?

If someone you know would like more information about our undergraduate curriculum, activities or events please visit tell them to visit our web site at http://business.camden.rutgers.edu/ or call 856-225-6800.

RUTGERS-CAMDEN LEARNING CENTER

The RCLC will be open for tutoring up until Wednesday December 12^th. Please go online at http://learn.camden.rutgers.edu to make an appointment with a tutor or writing assistant for the last few weeks of the term. Students can still make appointments with our learning specialist, Tim Pure, for this term by contacting the RCLC at 856-25-6442 to make an appointment.

On Wednesday December 5^th the RCLC will host the last of its Fall Academic Support Workshops from 12:15-1:10 pm in ARM 105. Please feel free to stop by to see Dr. Robert Ciervo present the workshop “Stress Management for School and Life.” This workshop will educate students about the different components of stress and how stress can have negative effects on both academic performance and one’s personal life. Learn the techniques that elite level athletes use to manage stress and enter into a relaxed and focus state to achieve success.

LIBRARY

If you need help using any of the library resources, or finding information, contact your Business Librarian at the Robeson Library: Theo Haynes, haynes@camden.rutgers.edu or (856) 225-2838.

NEW JERSEY TRANSIT DISCOUNT

Tired of sitting in traffic? Need to save money? You may want to take advantage of the NJ Transit discount that is offered to our students through MyRutgers. Go to the MyRutgers homepage, and you will see NJ Transit discount listed in the Shortcuts. Click on the link, and you will be asked to provide your password. To be eligible, you must be a full-time undergraduate or graduate student to qualify.

SENIOR SURVEY

To help our program improve and to maintain a high degree of excellence, we ask graduating seniors for their suggestions and comments on their experience at Rutgers and the School of Business - Camden (SBC). Your input is very important to us, so please take the time to complete this confidential survey. Please go to the URL below or paste the URL into your browser.

http://sbc-server3.rutgers.edu/survey/

WINTERIM

There is still some room for enrollment in Winterim. Newly registering students who have difficulty after December 3rd with
their spring registration and can use Winterim course work may have late fees waived as appropriate. Please contact the Winterim director Dr. Tom Venables to help in this matter

Best of luck with your final projects and final exams!

Dr. KS

Carol Kaufman-Scarborough, Ph.D

Professor of Marketing and Undergraduate Program Director

BSB 219

Office: 856-225-6592

Fax: 856-225-6231

ckaufman@camden.rutgers.edu