July 17, 2009
Jenna's VP Update
Hi everyone,
Not much to update on my end. Sorry for the delay in my post, I gave my first official presentation for my internship yesterday (109 slides..1.5 hrs) so that's been taking up a lot of my time.
Just think, 2 more posts and we'll all be back in Ann Arbor.
Enjoy the rest of summer!
~Jenna
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July 15, 2009
Vickie's July 15 Update
Happy birthday Nate! Also, Nate please see the comments I wrote for your previous entry (to answer your question).
We have a little over one month before most of us are moving back to school. We need to plan a meeting before school starts in which ALL OFFICERS AND ADVISORS can attend. If you know what day you will be moving back to school, please post it. So far, we have Nate for Aug 24. The earlier we can plan this meeting, the better. The first month of school is always very hectic for DEX so we need to get things organized and start recruiting!
I hope all of you have gotten a chance to read Tom's email regarding the Michigan International Speedway for a fundraiser from August 14-16. I highly encourage you to attend if you can. Please respond to Tom ASAP, even if you cannot attend.
Also, let's get t-shirts at the beginning of the year so we can have them at our informational meetings and give them away when people pay their dues. Please send me t-shirt designs!
Thank you all for your updates. I have to admit I have been a little sidetracked by my internship but I will hammer out all the details of what we need to do for the next couple weeks to plan for the beginning of the year. I want to encourage all of you to do the same because it is such a pain to scramble to pull everything together last minute. We obviously don't want to leave anything out!
Harry Potter tonight!
Vickie
Posted by vhwang at 02:34 PM | Comments (0)
Michigan International Speedway Fundraiser! Please participate!!!
Who wants to join me August 14-16 at the Michigan International Speedway for a fundraiser?! Here are the details from Tanya:
Hello:
I hope everyone is enjoying their summer.
We had interest in working MIS again this year. I need anyone that is
committing to working to get in touch with me in the next couple weeks. I need
to confirm camping as well as our count to ensure we have enough workers.
If, your student is committed to working, I will need the following information
for everyone working: Full Nsme, Birthdate, Driver's License or Social
Security Number. I will also need to know if they have their own camping items
or need some provided.
If, you have any questions please feel free to let me know.
Regards,
Tanya Blehm
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Success with this fundraiser is very important for help support other fundraisers Julia and I have planned throughout the year. I would love to see people from the UM chapter come to support DEX. If you want to come, email me or call me. My email is tstowers@umich.edu. My number is (248) 229-0703.
Posted by tstowers at 08:08 AM | Comments (0)
July 13, 2009
MD July 15 Update
I am writing slightly early as the 15th is my 19th birthday. A turning point in my life: legality in Canada. Anyway I just found out that I will be moving to AA around Aug. 24th so I was wondering when we could actually start the physical preparations for welcome week? (This is mostly directed towards Vickie) I will continue brainstorming plans to get the DEX name out, we should have a good spot on the Diag for Festifall. Any suggestions about how to get a good head start on DEX preparation before school gets busy?
For a social event, on Sunday January 17th U of M is playing UCONN in basketball. Assuming we are decent this year it will be a pretty good game so maybe we could reserve those long tables in the back of Buffalo Wild Wings and watch the game with everyone. As far as the meal, I would need to talk to Shane about funding. Maybe we could do something where we pay for $6 of everyones meal, or we just order a ton of different types of wings and pay for the whole meal, or we don't pay at all. Just throwing around some ideas.
Nate
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July 05, 2009
Secretary Update
Hey everyone! Sorry for not posting an entry last time, but I didn't have much to say then and still don't now haha. I will definitely keep commenting though because everyone else has been throwing around ideas and updates. I got into Ross if that helps our status as a bschool club (I don't think so but just in case)? Let me know if any of you need help with anything! Paris is beautiful and I hope the rest of you are having an amazing summer thus far.
Posted by laurney at 05:34 AM | Comments (0)
July 03, 2009
MD Update
Hey!!
Hope that everyone is having a great summer!! Sorry about neglecting the DEX blog but I just figured out how to submit an update and also don't have much to report. On an unrelated note: I'm having a great time in DC. To answer questions from wayyyyyyyyy before: Circle K is November 14-15 so I think that's a good way to get people involved first semester. I'll try to brainstorm some recruiting ideas for my next update. Good to hear from all of you and Happy 4th of July!!
-Kathleen
Posted by knelis at 11:15 PM | Comments (0)
July 01, 2009
VP Update
Hi everyone!
I hope your summers are still going swell.
At my internship we have a lot of Lunch & Learns, and seminars to teach us how to be better employees, marketers, teammates, and people. The session last Friday was called "The Right Start" and it was about making the transition from "school" to "work" (or college, to a job). We did a bunch of fun activities on teamwork, personality, and collaboration.
He has done workshops at colleges all over the country, and I think it would be great to have him come out and do a session for DEX. As we would have to hire him to come, it would be great if we had a solid audience (~20-30). We can't have it too big, or the workshop looses its functionality and personal interaction.
His website is www.jb-trainingsolutions.com. The guy is quite the comedian too, and very enjoyable.
Let me know what you think!
~Jenna
Posted by jlclar at 08:17 PM | Comments (0)
Vickie's July 1st Update
Hey everyone!
My summer has been amazing so far and I hope you are all having a great time :)
Don't forget to post your updates even if it's just to pop in and throw around some ideas -- I haven't heard from some of you in a while. Only heard from Alex, Nilesh, Jenna and Nate last round.
Here's a couple things on my mind:
Speakers - any word from KPMG, Google, Erich Freiny? Did Target pick a specific topic yet out of the several ideas?
resume, cover letter, & internship search seminar - I like the idea of the resume, cover letter, & internship search seminar. Were you thinking of just having people come in to speak for this? Or doing more of a peer tutoring session?
Social event & budget - How much money do we have allocated to this in our budget for this year? (more of a question for Shane)
target grant - Any updates on this? Do you need our help on answering any of the questions?
Michigan International Speedway Fundraiser - Haven't heard about this in a while. Is this still happening? Who from UM is participating?
Posted by vhwang at 10:08 AM | Comments (1)
June 19, 2009
Hola
Hope all is well with you guys. Things are going well for me just busy with school and work. My DEX update isnt going to be as good as the news alex gave everyone. I have emailed my personal contact at KPMG (an accounting firm in Detroit) about a possible speaking engagement with DEX about their marketing schemes. I have yet to hear a response, however I am going to touch base with them next week. Other than that, alex and I are waiting for a contact inside Google so we can schedule an event hosted by them. Also now that the Wings season is over (what a sad way to end it) i am going to touch base with Eric Freiny, my wings contact, very soon and see if he has an idea for when he will have the Red Wings Career Day.
Finally, Alex and I were brainstorming possible event ideas for the month of october, besides our sports marketing event. Alex and I both thought that DEX should host a resume, cover letter, and internship search seminar in either late september or early october for its members. Since there is a career fair in October, we thought it would be beneficial if we prepared our members to land themselves the best possible internship. It would be kind of like an insider information to getting the best internship and also what avenues students can take to seek that great internship. Lynne and Kay would be able to help us with this event seeing as how Lynne works in the career center and has a strong understanding on how to perform the internship search and prepare students for job interviews. Kay has a strong knowledge of public speaking skills and how to present yourself in an appropriate manner that would make prospective employers like our DEX members. If we combine both of their skills into one event I think it would be beneficial to our students. Especially if we hold an event like this earlier in the year this way it gives our members an edge over other organizations on campus and its career outreach events. Let me know if this is a good idea and I can go ahead and speak to Kay and Lynne and see if they would be interested in being our speakers for this event. It would be again at the end of september or beginning of october and only open to our DEX members.
Take Care. Enjoy your summer.
Nilesh Dagli
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