The Carlson School Full-Time MBA program was ranked 21st in the nation by U.S. News and World Report April 2, moving up five places from last year’s ranking at 26. This is the highest position our Full-Time MBA program has ever received, and it places us as tied for sixth place among public business schools. Several other academic programs also earned national rankings: information systems (4), management (21), operations (22), and marketing (22). Our Part-Time MBA and Executive MBA programs continue to be nationally ranked as well; the Part-Time MBA program was ranked 11th (down one position from last year), and the Executive MBA as ranked 21st (from 16th last year). We continue to work to keep all our programs among the best.
$10 Million for CarlsonSchoolUndergraduateCenter : Alumnus Herbert M. Hanson Jr. and his wife, Barbara, have made a $10 million gift to the CarlsonSchool to support the expansion of the CarlsonSchool ’s undergraduate program. The gift will be used to construct a new facility adjacent to the existing CarlsonSchool building to serve more undergraduate students. Click here to read more.
On April 5, the Undergraduate Studies Program launched CUB: Carlson Undergraduate Bulletin, a new electronic newsletter for undergraduate students, faculty, and staff. The newsletter includes information on club events, career news and events, and program notices, and it is sent by e-mail to all undergraduate students and staff every Monday. Check out the latest issue at www.carlsonschool.umn.edu/cub. To submit an event or get on the distribution list, e-mail cub@carlsonschool.umn.edu.
On March 31, the school offered its first-ever Carlson MBA Elective Fest for full-time and part-time MBA students. MBA students planning their academic courses were able to talk one-on-one with faculty members about electives offered in Fall 2004 and get detailed information on so they could choose the best fit for them. A large number of faculty and students participated. (At right, students preview fall courses and chat with professors about electives.)
The Performance Review Improvement Process Committee requests the feedback of all Carlson School faculty and staff. The committee is conducting a survey on the current performance review process with the goal of devising a new performance review system that will more clearly align with the Carlson School’s vision and culture. Click here to open the Performance Review Survey. Mark your responses by hand or electronically and return the completed survey via campus mail by Monday, April 12, to Mindy Deardurff, Human Resources (room 4-300).
Thursday, April 22 is "Beautiful U Day." Beautiful U Day is an annual initiative celebrating the University natural resources, buildings, and grounds. A tradition since 1997, it combines hands-on beautification efforts with academic forums to celebrate the Twin Cities campus and acknowledge our responsibility to maintain our physical and natural resources. For additional information on Beautiful U Day click here .
The Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies Reference Room has joined the Amazon.com Associates Program. As an Amazon.com Associate, the Reference Room receives five percent of all purchases initiated through the link to Amazon.com on the Reference Room catalog website, WorksOnWork. When you click on the Amazon.com logo button bar on the CHRLS webpage and place an order, the Reference Room receives five percent of the cost of the order. Please support the Reference Room by using the WorksOnWork links to Amazon.com.
Because Minnesota weather brings temperature fluctuations in the spring months, temperatures in the Carlson School and other University buildings may periodically and temporarily be uncomfortable over the next few months. The Offices of Classroom Management and Facilities Management are working on making buildings as comfortable as possible. Click here for an update on building heating and cooling.
Twin Cities Public Television (TPT Channel 17, or channel 13 on Minneapolis cable) will air a one-hour taping of the Carlson School event “Inside the Boardroom with Xerox CEO Anne Mulcahy” May 1, 8:30–9:30 p.m.; August 28, 8:30–9:30 p.m.; and October 23, 8:30–9:30 p.m. A taping of the previous event, “Inside the Boardroom with PBS CEO Pat Mitchell,” airs May 22, 8:30–9:30 p.m.; August 21, 10:00–11:00 p.m.; and October 30, 8:30–9:30 p.m. These dates are all Saturdays.
Entrants in the Business Case Writing Competition: The deadline to submit cases is Monday, April 12. The deadline to enter the contest was April 2; cases are due April 12. Winners of the contest will be announced the week of May 3.
Workshops and Training
Work/Life Balance Programs on a range of topics—parenting, elder-care issues, choosing child care, and flexible work arrangements—are free for University employees. One such program is “Developing Respect and Responsibility: Building Character in Children” (May 20), offered in partnership with the Working Family Resource Center. Click here for more information.
Congratulations
Congratulations to Phil Bromiley, Strategic Management and Organization, who was elected president of the University of Minnesota Chapter of the American Association of University Professors last month.
Congratulations to Andrew Whitman, Human Resources and Industrial Relations, who was was recently appointed to the Governing Committee of the Minnesota Automobile Insurance Plan by the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
Congratulations also go to Jim Begun(at right), Healthcare Management, who has been appointed to the Pedagogy Enhancement Work Group of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration/American College of Healthcare Executives. The group develops and disseminates learning resources in healthcare leadership.
The University Office of the President, the Office for Student Affairs, and the Student Activities Office have awarded the following Carlson School undergraduate students 2004 President’s Student Leadership and Service Awards. The awards recognize outstanding leadership and service at the University. The students will accept their awards from President Bruininks at an awards banquet Monday, May 3. For more information, click here. Congratulations to:
Emily Berken, senior
Sarah Espe, senior
Kristin Larson, senior
Nathan Sahar, junior
Austin Miller, senior
Sarah Solfelt, junior
Welcome
Please also welcome Bobbi Dufek to the Carlson School. Bobbi is a new staff member in the Undergraduate Studies Office and will be overseeing the front desk and front office activities. She is a 2003 graduate of the College of Liberal Arts and holds a degree in history.
The following new staff members started work recently at the Carlson School. This list includes full-time and part-time faculty and staff from all job classes who joined the school in the last month. Please give them a warm welcome.
New faculty and staff members:
James Hilbert, Strategic Management and Organization
Ainhoa Urtasun, Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies
New student employees:
Nga Thien Ho, Strategic Management and Organization
John Nelson, Full-Time MBA Program
Laura Stroup, Executive Development Center
Chiung-Hui Tseng, Strategic Management and Organization
Carlson School of Management Names New International Programs Director
Michael Houston, associate dean of international programs, has named Randal Zimmermann as the director of the office of international programs, effective Monday, April 5. Zimmermann, 46, will oversee the school’s array of international programs, including the study abroad programs the school offers to its students as well as its offshore degree programs in Austria, Poland, and China.
International Programs invites all faculty and staff to a reception Thursday, April 8, to meet and welcome Randal to the Carlson School. The reception will be held from 2:00–4:00 p.m. in room 4-104.
2004-05 Faculty capacity meetings held with departments and Office of the Dean administration
April 14–30
Faculty performance/salary review process by the ADC
The Next Step in the Carlson School Website Evolution
Work is underway on the Carlson School website evolution. As a powerful marketing tool, the school’s website is a central source of information and a key point of contact for many of our most important external audiences: prospective students, potential faculty, and the business community.
The goal of the website evolution is to maximize the site’s effectiveness as a marketing tool. The evolution will bring the site in line with the Carlson School’s new brand and visual identity standards and create consistency in navigation, voice, and content. It will also create a clearer, more streamlined way for contributing content for the website. An up-to-date site will help the Carlson School attract more prospective students and claim a distinctive position in the educational and business community.
Marketing Services is working with the Office of Information Technology, Gage Marketing, and the Website Council to plan and implement the changes by the beginning of the fall recruiting season. The website council is made up of website users, contributors, and department representatives from around the school. The groups will work to update the site’s architecture, content, and “look and feel” to fall in line with the Carlson School’s goals and brand standards.
The first iteration of changes are scheduled to appear by the end of August 2004. Look for more about the website evolution in the coming months.
E-mail Policy Change
Starting today, April 7, the all-faculty, all-staff, and all-PhD e-mail groups will no longer be available to most Lotus Notes users. This change will establish an e-mail policy at the Carlson School that is similar to those used in most large businesses, organizations, and other colleges on campus. Most importantly, it will help eliminate e-mail abuse and spam and will help make e-mail communications more effective.
Deans and directors will have access to these large group lists for sending school-related communication that will impact the majority of people on the group e-mail.
Additionally, group e-mail lists will no longer be managed by the Office of Information Technology (OIT), but instead by area and department administrators, who have already been alerted of this change. The new school faculty lists will be maintained by Catherine Bjerkebek, the all-staff list by Kenyatta Carter, the all-School PhD list by Earlene Bronson. Because these large lists have been recently updated, please notify the appropriate list manager if you know of someone not receiving school-wide announcements (such as Inside Carlson, the recent Herb Hanson gift announcement, and the U.S. News & World Report rankings announcement.) Also, OIT will continue to maintain student class group lists for faculty and staff use.
Please consider the following methods for communicating your announcements.
Inside Carlson – monthly newsletter for faculty, staff, and PhD students – contact Beth Weixel
MBA Weekly – weekly newsletter for Full-Time MBA students – contact Toby Cryns
Carlson Undergraduate Bulletin (CUB) for undergraduate students – contact Nicole Pilman
Part-Time MBA – contact Bill Pomerenke
HRIR students – contact Susan Suchy
MHA students – contact Mary Ellen Nerney
MBT students – contact JoAnn Ash
Urgent announcements also can be distributed under the news@carlsonschool.umn.edu e-mail managed by Marketing Services. Contact Catherine Peloquin for more information about this or with questions about the policy.
Carlson at the Capitol
On March 4, Carlson School faculty, staff, and students participated in “Carlson School Day at the Capitol,” an event-filled week that included a school-wide information session, a calling night to alumni, and direct e-mails to legislators urging their support for the school’s request of $1.7 million in planning money for a new undergraduate facility.
Dean Larry Benveniste and Undergraduate Programs Director Mary Maus Kosir, students Britta Anderson and Shannon Peloquin, and prospective student Nolan Soltvedt testified before the Senate’s Higher Education Committee regarding the Carlson School’s request.
After the testimony, the Student Legislative Action Partnership (SLAP) delivered petitions to the offices of the governor, senate majority leader, and the speaker of the house. Students, staff, and faculty also met personally with legislators and were able to watch the members of the House in session.
The following week, Dean Benveniste and Jim Campbell, Chairman of the Carlson School’s Board of Overseers, met privately with Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson and House Speaker Steve Sviggum to request their support for the new facility.
Addressing Recruiting Challenges In Colombia
by Alex Bucheli
During winter break, I headed back home to Colombia. It is one of the countries in South America that was not visited by the Carlson School as part of its recruiting tour. With the help of the Full-Time MBA office, I had the opportunity to plan an information session about our school for experienced professionals who are interested in pursuing an MBA in the United States.
The idea for this event came up about two months before winter break. During that time, I contacted the alumni relations department at two of the top universities in Colombia to inquire about setting up an information session. The response was better than I anticipated. More than 25 people reserved a spot for my info session and several more requested a brochure and made general inquiries. I was also able to interview some candidates who were interested in applying to the Carlson School this fall.
Findings from Stephen Parente, Jon Christianson, and Roger Feldman’s research project “Consumer Driven Health Care” can now be viewed at: www.ehealthplan.org. Their work was also cited in the March 15 Star Tribune article “Building a Revolution.” For more information on this project, see the Fall 2003 issue of Centerline, available on the Center for the Study of Healthcare Management website.
Theresa Glomb(at right) and Brian McCall, Human Resources and Industrial Relations, head up the research team conducting the University of Minnesota’s PULSE survey. The University has partnered with the Human Resources Research Institute to conduct the project. The survey, which will be an ongoing university-wide effort to “take the pulse” of University employees, asks a variety of questions about employees’ experiences and attitudes about their jobs, departments, and the University. So far, over 5,000 employees have responded to the survey. In the years to come, the University plans to administer similar surveys to track changes in University employees’ experiences.
“U students rally for CSOM funds” The Minnesota Daily, March 5
Larry Benveniste, dean; Mary Kosir, Undergraduate Program; and Shannon Peloquin, Mark Gough, and Britta Anderson, students
“Bus strike set for Thursday” Star Tribune, March 3
John Budd, Human Resources and Industrial Relations
Possible Sale of Mervyn’s and Marshall Field’s
“Possible sale of Marshall Field’s and Mervyn’s” Almanac, March 12
Myles Shaver, Strategic Management and Organization
“Analysts praise Target for considering sale of Marshall Field’s, Mervyn’s” Pioneer Press, March 12
Michael Houston, Marketing and Logistics Management
“Cancer Center lays off 89 employees amid insurance dispute” Biotech Week, March 3; Cancer Weekly, March 2; Health and Medicine Week, March 1
Stephen Parente, Healthcare Management
Office of Learning Excellence Brown Bag Forum Kay Nelson will provide an overview of QuickPlace and SameTime communication and virtual workspace tools. Dessert will be provided.
Noon–1 p.m.
LL-118 Carlson School
Sponsored by the Office of Learning Excellence
For more information, call Paul Wieser at 612-626-1598. Reception for New Director of International Programs International Programs invites all faculty and staff to come meet and welcome the new director of International Programs Randal Zimmermann. 2:00–4:30 p.m.
4-104 CarlsonSchool
Friday, April 9
“How Legacy Firms Can Introduce Radical and Disruptive Innovations: Theoretical and Empirical Analyses”
Presentation by Vijay Govindarajan of the Amos C. Tuck School of Business . 10:15–11:45 a.m.
1-142 CarlsonSchool
Sponsored by the StrategicManagementResearchCenter and the Strategic Management and Organization Department
For more information, contact Sharon Hansen at 612-624-0226.
Faculty Forum A forum for faculty to discuss support needs for the new course management system. 1:00–2:00 p.m.
1-113 CarlsonSchool
Sponsored by the Office of Learning Excellence
For more information, call Paul Wieser at 612-626-1598.
April 15–17
Ethics in Financial Services After Sarbanes-Oxley This conference will focus on the ethical impact of Sarbanes-Oxley and will include discussions on the marketing of credit cards to college students, executive compensation and corporate malfeasance, and the ethical lapses in the financial markets.
Conference begins Thursday, April 15, at 6 p.m. Sessions run 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. April 16-17.
Sponsored by the CarlsonSchool and the College of Liberal Arts in cooperation with the Center for Ethical Business Cultures.
Free and open to the public.
Registration is required for April 16–17 sessions.
For more information, contact Lois Graham at 612-625-2485 or e-mail EthicsConf@csom.umn.edu.
Friday, April 16
“Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Disease: Challenges and Evidence” A talk by Bruce G. Link, PhD, professor in the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
1:30–3:00 p.m.
2-215 Carlson School
Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Healthcare Management
For more information, call 612-624-6151.
Thursday, April 22
Mind Maps Professor John Budd will present a teaching technique that helps students construct relationships between concepts. Refreshments will be served. 3:00–5:00 p.m.
1-147 CarlsonSchool
Sponsored by the Office of Learning Excellence
Open to faculty, staff, and students.
For more information, call Paul Wieser at 612-626-1598.
Friday, April 23
Public Accounting 150-Hour Rule Event Presentations by the Minnesota State Society of CPAs, Accounting Department Chair Judy Rayburn, and the Institute of Management Accountants concerning the new 150-hour rule to commence in 2006
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Held at the Carlson School, room to be determined
Sponsored by the Accounting Department and the Undergraduate Business Career Center
For more information, contact Mike Henle at 612-624-0011.
Friday, April 30
HR Tomorrow Conference: “Navigating Unknowns: HR Success in Uncertain Times” This year’s event features keynote speakers Don Riley, vice president of human resources at IBM Global Strategies, and Debra Lindsay, international HR manager for Asia Pacific/Latin America with ExxonMobil. 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. , with a reception to follow
All sessions held at the CarlsonSchool
Sponsored by the Carlson School Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies
$50 special rate for CarlsonSchool faculty and staff
Call Nell Kauls at 612-626-9748 for more information.
Tuesday, May 4
First Tuesday Daniel C. McElroy, chief of staff for Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, will speak. 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. University of Minnesota ’s McNamara Alumni Center
$23
For more information, please call 612-626-9634, or email firsttuesday@csom.umn.edu.
Friday, May 7
FirstFriday JoinCarlsonSchool MBA students and alumni at Solera, one of Food & Wine magazine’s “10 Best New Restaurants.”
5:30–7:30 p.m.
Solera, 900 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis
Sponsored by Carlson School Corporate and Alumni Services
$5 event fee will be collected at the door
For more information, call Lori Kocer at 612-625-7309.
June 15–16
The Summit
A rare opportunity for senior executives and leading researchers to gather and examine issues related to quality renewal, a century-long quality advantage, and revolutionary leadership in healthcare.
Sponsored by the JuranCenter for Leadership in Quality
For more information about this invitation-only event, please contact Todd Martell at 612-625-4554.
On March 31, the school offered its first-ever Carlson MBA Elective Fest for full-time and part-time MBA students. MBA students planning their academic courses were able to talk one-on-one with faculty members about electives offered in Fall 2004 and get detailed information on so they could choose the best fit for them. A large number of faculty and students participated. (At right, students preview fall courses and chat with professors about electives.)
Congratulations to Andrew Whitman, Human Resources and Industrial Relations, who was was recently appointed to the Governing Committee of the Minnesota Automobile Insurance Plan by the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
Important Dates for Faculty
Research Updates
Herb Hanson, donor
Faculty Research
“Analysts praise Target for considering sale of Marshall Field’s, Mervyn’s”
Relations
Events Calendar