AROUND CAMPUS:
"Education is one thing that nobody can take away from you."
--Judy Johnson,
Associate Vice President of Admissions
To share your global business words of wisdom, e-mail: insider@thunderbird.edu
Comings & Goings
New Faces:
Rhonda Mihalic, senior copywriter, Marketing & Communication
Moving On
Alison Dalton Smith, Corporate Learning
Matilde Franciulli, Global Business
Yvette Guzman, Garvin Center for Cultures and Languages of International Management
Transfers
Berkley Roberts, program manager, Open Enrollment, Corporate Learning
Get Involved
HELP@work - Healthy Eating and Living Program
A group of about 15 Thunderbird employees has come together for weekly lunch meetings in order to build on the momentum achieved during last spring’s Weight Watchers @ Work program. Lacking the required 18 paid memberships in order to continue with WW@W, Paula Friesen, academic advisor in the Admissions office, proposed a voluntary lunchtime meeting schedule for this summer – and maybe beyond – for former WW@W members and any other interested Thunderbird community members.
Renamed HELP@work, the group meets every Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. in the Joan and David Lincoln Wing of the Herberger Building Academic Services Conference Room 140 for a healthy bag lunch. A $5 donation from each participant was used to purchase an official Weight Watchers scale for voluntary weigh-ins to help track success in pounds lost each week. Barb Rupp, from Human Resources, created a Personal Progress Tracker for each person who attends. Remaining funds from the $5 donation were used to purchase low calorie/low point healthy snack options.
Lunch meetings will include sharing recipes, product labels, success strategies, articles, good web sites, and discussion. This is the place to enjoy support and encouragement along with some accountability. Weekly weigh in is optional, and only pounds lost will be tallied. Each time the group loses the equivalent of one small person, a celebration will take place.
Contact Paula Friesen if you would like to join HELP@work.
Thunderbird Twilight Golf League is off and swinging
The Thunderbird Twilight Golf League met for the first time this season June 13 at the Cave Creek Golf Course. The next league night is today. If you are interested in joining, please fill out the online form. If you don’t have clubs, let the sponsors know. Rentals are available.
Any member of the Thunderbird community is eligible to play. The cost is $25 per person per round. Other tee dates include July 11 and 25 starting at 4 p.m. A tournament is scheduled for Aug. 8. Prizes will be awarded. If you would like to play but need lessons first, contact Robert at the pro shop at (602) 234-1992.
If you have questions, don’t hesitate to contact the sponsors of this event:
• The Thunderbird Golf Club: Takeshi Kamada
• The NAWMBA Club: Smriti Tuli
Give while you shop
Thunderbird alumni can now give to their alma mater while they shop. And they won’t need to spend any extra money.
All they will need to do is go online and register their grocery club cards, debit cards and credit cards at www.eScrip.com. Registration is free and takes only a few minutes.
After that, a percentage of every purchase made at participating merchants will go directly to Thunderbird to support alumni programs and services. The Thunderbird Alumni Network Board voted in March to join the eScrip program, which links hundreds of U.S. merchants with alumni who want to help their schools.
Participating merchants include Macy’s, American Airlines, Pep Boys auto supplies, Eddie Bauer clothing and many others.
“EScrip is a fantastic opportunity for alumni to give back to Thunderbird – specifically programs that will directly benefit the alumni – with absolutely no out-of-pocket cost to the alumni,” says network board member Lisa Jones ’91. “You merely register online and then you shop at the stores where you normally shop.”
For more information, contact Alumni Relations or call 602-978-7358. To register, visit the eScrip Web site and click the link that says “sign up – it’s free.” Designate Thunderbird to receive the merchant contributions using group ID No. 500018258.
Achievements
Thank You Gram (TYG) May Winners:
Becca Clarke in Corporate Learning received the most Thank You Grams in April. Clarke was recognized for tremendous assistance she provided in getting the pre-MBA program organized.
Eva Bautista, Global MBA On-Demand enrollment counselor, won May’s random drawing among Thank You Gram recipients. Bautista was thanked for managing an interim trip to Japan of a cohort of GMBA/LA T-birds.
For more information about these winners as well as others who were nominated, please click here.
To submit a Thank You Gram, Click here
Trip Reduction Program:
April drawing winners in Thunderbird’s Trip Reduction Program are Summer Fisk, Vito Tedeschi and Lora Wilcomb. Each winner will receive two free movie tickets.
To qualify for the program, Thunderbird employees may walk, bike, ride the bus or carpool to work, or they may refuel their vehicles between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. Employees must enter the drawing at least once each month to be eligible.
>>Click here for an online entry form.
Calendar of Events
July
July 4: School Closed
July 15: Support Staff Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., location: TBD
August
Aug. 7-16: EMBA 18 Residence Week, location: on campus
Aug. 8 – 15: LatAm Orientation for incoming class of 2010, location: on campus
Aug. 11-22: Full-Time Program Boot Camps, location: various
Aug. 21: Graduate Cocktail Reception, 3 – 5 p.m., location: Herberger Atrium
Aug. 22: MBA Commencement, 10 a.m., location: Glendale Civic Center
Aug. 22 – 29: Foundations Week, location: on campus
September
Sept. 4: Project Artemis Sunset at the Embassy event, location: Washington D.C.
Sept. 6 – 13: GMBA OD VII Orientation, location: on campus
Sept. 9: Global Issues Forum Speaker, John Chidsey, CEO and director, Burger King Holdings, 1:10 to 2:20 p.m., location: TBD
Sept 18: Support Staff Meeting, 10 - 11 a.m., location:TBD.
Sept: 19-21: Hospitality weekend, location: on campus
Sept. 25: Global Issues Forum Speaker, Robert Cremin, Chairman, president and CEO of Esterline Technologies, 1:10 to 2:20 p.m., location: TBD
