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Please join Apple, athenahealth, Aurora Flight Sciences, Black Duck Software, Boston Dynamics, Boston Scientific, BBN Technologies (Raytheon), C4 Systems, Epic, General Dynamics, IBM, Intuit, HP, Microsoft, Mitre, SCVNGR, SoftArtisans on Wednesday, February 3 for a Career Fair. The event will take place on the 2nd floor of the campus center from 10:30am-1:00pm.
The Olin College Town Hall Meeting will be held in the Milas Hall Auditorium Wednesday, February 10. The meeting will start promptly at 11:15am and conclude by 12:15pm. President Miller will present a State of the College update and there will be ample time for Q&A.
* There will be no faculty meeting on February 10th due to the Town Hall Meeting.
On January 15, Rick and Steve hosted a Southern California reception for Olin families and friends at the UCSD Faculty Club. It was a wonderful opportunity for some of the Olin community to connect, reacquaint with old friends, and make new introductions. A good mix of students, alumni, parents, prospective students, staff and guests made-up the 41 attendees that evening. (Note: This was an increase from when had an event at this location two years ago.) Many arrived early and stayed late, which is always a sign of a fun event. Thank you to all who were able to attend. We hope you had a great time and we look forward to seeing you all again. Pictures from the event have been posted here and here. Stay tuned for another “Olin on the Road” that may be in your area!
In anticipation of increased volume in financial aid applications due to the change in the College’s tuition scholarship program, Jean Ricker, Olin’s Manager of Financial Aid has increased her hours to full-time. Jean’s office is in the StAR Center on the 3rd Floor of the Campus Center. Her extension is 2343 and her email is jean.ricker@olin.edu.
Over the next few months, the academic and operations areas of the college will be working on a space utilization review. This review is in response to feedback received from the master planning sessions, the financial sustainability planning exercises, and faculty and departmental requests.You may be asked to respond to an electronic survey or to a brief conversational interview. You can also expect to see dimensioning, measuring, and other such activities taking place in the various college buildings. Your cooperation in assisting in this utilization study would be greatly appreciated as we work on getting the most out of the space we have available. If you have any questions or concerns please contact: Joanne Kossuth, Terri Dunphy or Joseph McDonald.
On Wednesday, April 21 Olin will join forces with Babson and Wellesley College's to host the Boston Regional Summit on the Educational Imperatives of the Grand Challenges. The event will feature U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra, HBS innovation expert Clayton Christensen, IBM's Sharon Nunes, Charter Cities proponent Paul Romer of Stanford and appropriate technology advocate Amy Smith of MIT. Linda Wertheimer, NPR's award-winning correspondent, will moderate. The event will bring together educators and policy makers, as well as business and community leaders, for a discussion of the ways in which we can better prepare students to face the Grand Challenges, a critical grouping of problems that must be solved to ensure a sustainable future. We hope you will join us! Click here to download a fact sheet about the event and/or visit the event website to learn more!
February 2–Large Project Building Open House
February 3–Career Fair
February 10–Town Hall Meeting
February 19-20 –Candidates' Weekend I
February 26-27 –Candidates' Weekend II
March 5-6 –Candidates' Weekend III
April 21 –Grand Challenge Regional Summit
Faculty chairs are one of the highest honors a faculty member can receive from their institution. These chairs are typically given to faculty with a history of distinguished achievements in their scholarly activity and in their teaching. Gifts received for the Moody Chair Fund will be available to the chair holder for use in their research and curriculum innovation activities as well as for hiring students to help them in these endeavors. What better way to honor Dr. M’s life and say thank you for all he has done for your student/alum and Olin, than by investing in his legacy to continue lifelong innovative learning. All parent gifts to the Moody Faculty Chair fund count towards parent participation. Click here to make your gift online. Please contact the Development office (781-292-2290) if you have further questions.
Faculty chairs are one of the highest honors a faculty member can receive from their institution. These chairs are typically given to faculty with a history of distinguished achievements in their scholarly activity and in their teaching. Gifts received for the Moody Chair Fund will be available to the chair holder for use in their research and curriculum innovation activities as well as for hiring students to help them in these endeavors.
What better way to honor Dr. M and make a statement than by investing in his legacy to continue lifelong innovative learning. All parent gifts to the Moody Faculty Chair fund count towards parent participation. Click here to make your gift online. Please contact the Development office (781-292-2290) if you have further questions.
On Tuesday, February 9, in the Olin Auditorium at Babson College from 6-7:30pm, Alan E. Lewis, chairman and CEO of Grand Circle Corporation, will lead an unplugged interactive case study about where he finds himself and his organization "At the End of the Day." This event is the first forum in a four-part series about social responsibility from a pioneering business leader who embedded this value in his company as a key driver of competitive advantage. Forum 1: The Challenges of Creating an Enterprise for Profit and Purpose will be moderated by Professor Phyllis Schlesinger. Refreshments to be served following the discussion. Click here to register today. This event is free and open to the public.
Remaining Forum Dates
Forum 2: March 31–Influencing Social Enterprise in Boston
Forum 3: April 12–Grand Circle Travel: Impacting Communities in Which It Operates
Forum 4: May 4–Developing and Building a Culture of Gutsy Leadership for Purpose and Profit
Basketball, volleyball, dodge ball, indoor soccer, racquetball, squash, swimming, self-defense, exercise classes and much much more are available at the Webster Athletic Center. Click here for information + schedules.
Choose either the Tuesday night class, taught by
Samantha Stanely, or the Wednesday night class, taught by Joy Aginsky, both are from 6-8:00 pm in the Ceramics studio in Trim 221 at Babson. There is a $50 registration fee required. Click here to learn more and to register.
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On Wednesday, February 3, Babson will host a panel discussion on “Venturing in a Reset Economy.” The panel will be moderated by Anirudh Dhebar, Professor of marketing at Babso,n and will include Robert I. Adler, CEO and President of WordStream, Peter Bell, General Partner at Highland Capital Partners, Dr. Dov Biran, Founder and CEO of Fitango, Inc. and Jake Heller, Vice President of Symmetric Capital. The Breakfast meeting will take place from 7:30-9:45 in the Needham-Wellesley Room of Olin Hall. Please click here to register and learn more.
After week 1 Olin College is in the top five of five categories (Grand Champion #5, Per Capital Classic #2, Targeted Material Paper #3, Targeted Material Corrugated Cardboard #1, and Targeted Material Bottles and Cans #1) in the Recyclemania compeition.Click here for more information. ay! Keep it up Olin.
On February 2, Claire O’Sullivan begins her full-time appointment as an Administrative Assistant for Academic Affairs at Olin.Her office location is MH330 and phone extension is 2512.
On February 8, Ruth Levine will join Olin as a part-time Business Development Director for SCOPE. Her office location is MH223 and phone extension is 2743.
In the last issue we asked "What member of the Class of 2013 is part of a set of triplets?" and you came through! Several people answer correctly, Mariah Dunn, but Laura Firstenberg was the first so she was crowned our winner!
Trivia buffs, do you know...
Q:
Which Olin College board member previously served as President of the best grocery store on earth, Trader Joe's? A: First person to respond to Alyson Goodrow with the correct answer receives a prize.
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