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Dear
Kate,
Despite what the world has been facing, this
has been a surprisingly good year for the Crummer
Graduate School of Business. For that, we
have you to thank. Your involvement and your
generosity have made a difference for your
school. Because of you, there has been a
marked increase in participation in the annual
fund campaign; there are more mentors to young
students; and more involvement and attendance at
alumni events.
Below is a recap of what the Alumni Board
and the Office of Alumni Relations have
accomplished this year with your support, as well
as a glimpse into what you can expect in the
coming
months.
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"The Drive for
55"
Thanks to the support of the Alumni, the
Annual Campaign - this year called the "Drive for
55" - brought in a higher level of alumni
participation than the school has seen in the past
5 years. For those of you that missed the
eVideo click
here to see some of your favorite
professors. Since your professors taught you
to look at the numbers and read the stories that
they tell, here are the numbers of the
campaign:
Participation: 11% - last year
participation was at 5.6%
Broken down by program (percent of each
program that gave):
Total Dollars donated to the Crummer School
this year by Alumni:
$376,086
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Events
 Graduate Student
Housing opened in August 2008 for the
first students following a complete renovation of
an apartment complex that had been purchased
specifically for use by Crummer MBA
students. To see the slideshow of the
changes in the apartments from purchase to the
point when students arrived, click
here. Oktoberfest
returned with over 75 people attending the raucous
event at The Willow Tree in Sanford, FL.
Alumna Linda Hollerbach MBA'00, owner of The
Willow Tree, has announced the recent expansion
that will make it possible for the event to seat
over 125 people next year! To see the
slideshow of the event, click
here.
Conversations with the
Faculty: The Economic Crisis brought back
more Crummer alumni to the Rollins College campus
than any event in  recent memory. Professors J.
Clay Singleton and William Seyfried spoke of the
economic situation and how the country and the
world reached the point of crisis. This
conversation was shown live online. If you
would like to view it, click
here.  Dr. Barry Render's Last
Lecture was the first in a new
series that invites students, alumni, faculty, and
staff to honor a retiring professor of the Crummer
Graduate School of Business. Dr. Render's
lecture, filled with memories and humor, was
attended by close to 200 people. To see the
video, click
here.
Networking Social held at
Citrus Restaurant brought alumni together ranging
in graduation years from 1972 through 2009.
Additional socials were held around the country
introducing hundreds of alumni to one another in
Washington, DC; Tampa, FL: New York City, NY;
Atlanta, GA; Sarasota and Naples FL; Denver, CO;
and Charlotte, NC.
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Social
Networking
With 33% of all Crummer Graduates coming from
the years 2000-2009, the alumni office has begun
to embrace social networking sites, specifically
LinkedIn and Facebook. As of today,
on Facebook, "Crummer Grad" has 775 friends who
are alumni and current students, and the "Crummer
Alumni Association" page has 577 fans. If
you're a member of Facebook, become a fan and a
friend.
LinkedIn has a professional social networking
approach and the Crummer Alumni Association group
now has 907 members who are alumni, students,
faculty, and staff.
Access to the group on LinkedIn is free,
completely optional, and is available only to
select members of the Rollins community. Members
of the group have been confirmed by Alumni
Relations & Development staff as members of
the Rollins MBA Crummer Graduate School
community.
These two options offer new ways to connect
to other alumni as well as remaining in contact
with the Crummer
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2009
Spring Graduation
Congratulations to all new Rollins
MBA Graduates this
year! 
Florida Senator Mel
Martinez was the commencement speaker for
the Spring 2009 graduation. To view his
speech, click
here. On May 2, 2009 there were
143 new Rollins MBA graduates. Of these, 40
were welcomed to the Beta Gamma Sigma
society. These students' academic
achievements placed them in the top 20% of their
respective classes. The new Beta Gamma Sigma
members are:
Diana Alberts
Victoria Andries
Ronald
Bellas
Shane Cleveland
Kenneth
Crews
Keith Crowe
Ruel Dato-on
Geoffrey
di Mauro
Brad Epstein
Juan
Gutierrez
Eugene Hanciles
Daniel
Hinden
Mckenzie Hoenicke
Katherine
Hoffman
Juan Iznaga
Mary Johnston
Sara
Kaiser
Stuart Laval
Susan
Mainquist
Stafford McCaghren
Whitney
McDonald
Brian McShaffry
Isar Meitis
John
Moore
Jason Napierski
Hayden Olson
John
Orosz
Martin Pupko
Brendan Richard
Sonya
Roef
Timothy Russell
Breana
Schreiber
David Srinivasan
Joseph
Sticca
Brian Suto
Lee Upton
Timothy
Vargas
Shawn Wattles
Ashlee Weisser
Janet
Wolbert
Nicholas
Wolsonovich |
Mentor
Program
Each year alumni and friends of the Crummer
School step forward to become mentors who will
support and guide the EAMBA students as they work
through the Crummer experience. These
mentors give time, funds, and experience to make a
difference to students. To become a mentor
for a member of the incoming EAMBA student cohort,
click
here. |
Faculty
Updates
Dr. Ed Moses has been
finding success in his fight against cancer.
He has responded well to the treatments, is
appreciative of the messages of support he
received from alumni, and expects to be returning
to the classroom this
August.
Dr. J. Clay
Singleton is the newly appointed George
and Harriet Cornell Chair of Finance. Dr.
Singleton has served as a professor of finance in
the Crummer Graduate School of Business since
2002, and he succeeds Dr. James Higgins as the
Cornell Chair. Dr. Singleton is also the
recipient of the 2009 Cornell Distinguished
Teaching Award for all of Rollins
College.
Dr. Ron
Piccolo is joining the Crummer faculty as
a new Professor of Management. Dr. Piccolo
received his MBA from Crummer in 1999 as part of
the PMBA program. (More information to
come)
Dr. Kyle Meyer
will be joining the Crummer Faculty as a professor
of Accounting. Dr. Myer received his MBA
from Crummer in 2000 as part of the CMBA
program. (More information to
come) |
What
to expect in the next year
Dr. Jim Higgins will
be presenting his Last Lecture to alumni, faculty,
staff, and friends on November 19, 2009.
Watch for more information.
Another Conversations with the
Faculty will be offered on a topic that
is relevant and timely, featuring faculty who have
been with the school for a long time and faculty
who are comparatively new to the Crummer
halls.
Oktoberfest returns on
October 26, 2009 with celebrity faculty,
alumni, and staff servers. The
festivities will again be at The Willow Tree in
Sanford, FL.
The official launch of the
Crummer Online Community.
You may have seen an announcement in May's
e-Newsletter asking you to join the new Crummer
Online Community. We are still making some
minor adjustments, but we look forward to
officially introducing this private, secure, and
free online community to our alumni. Until
then, please feel welcome to start taking
advantage of the great benefits this community has
to offer including the ability to update your
contact information, search the alumni directory,
post and browse for resumes, and manage your
permanent e-mail. Please click
here to begin your Crummer Online Community
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Thank you for making this year such a
success. On behalf of the faculty and staff
of the Crummer Graduate School of Business, I look
forward to seeing you at future events and hearing
of the changes in your
lives.
Sincerely,
Craig
McAllaster
Dean
Crummer Graduate School of
Business
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