2007 MBA Orientation Schedule
College of Business Administration
University of Nevada, Reno
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Room 102, Business Building on the UNR campus
| 8:30 - 9:00 am |
Check In and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 9:10 am |
Welcome from the Dean, Greg Mosier |
| 9:10 - 9:20 am |
Overview of Orientation Schedule by Associate Dean, Kambiz Raffiee |
| 9:20 - 10:20 am |
Ice Breaker Activity/Meet Your Colleagues, Melanie Minarik |
| 10:20 - 10:30 am |
Break |
| 10:30 - 11:00 am |
Overview of the MBA Program, Kambiz Raffiee |
| 11:00 - 11:15 am |
Research Venture Inc. (RVI) Fellowship Program: Market Feasibility of New Technologies, Kambiz Raffiee |
| 11:15 – 11:30 am |
Break |
| 11:30 – 12:00 noon |
MBA Specializations, Bill Eadington and Sheri Faircloth |
| 12:00 – 12:30 pm |
Intercultural communication: Real world applications, Kevin Gaw |
| 12:30 – 1:30 pm |
Lunch - - Speech on Strategic Planning Major General Ronald Bath (UNR MBA Graduate in 1971)
Group Pictures Taken for the MBA Website |
| 1:30 – 1:45 pm |
Break |
| 1:45 - 2:30 pm |
MBA Alumni, Christopher Burk, Andy Gagnon and Trent Baldwin |
| 2:30-3:00 pm |
Small group breakout and discussion on the Case Study: GE's Talent Machine: The Making of a CEO, Jim Sundali |
| 3:00 – 3:15 pm |
Break |
| 3:15 - 4:00 pm |
Large group discussion on the Case Study, Jim Sundali |
| 4:00 – 4:30 pm |
Office of Career Services, College of Business, Jane Bessette |
| 4:30 – 5:00 pm |
Introduction to COBA and UNR IT and Library Electronic Resources and tour of the computer lab facilities of the College of Business, Duncan Aldrich
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