IN THIS ISSUE

Alumni Connections

Fuqua Alumni Give Back in New Orleans
While in town for the National Black MBA Association conference, a group of alumni and students, organized by Tyrone Thomas '04, spent a morning at Second Harvest sorting donated food for needy New Orleans residents. Among those in the group were: Ashanti Herndon '10, Prentis Murphy '03, Cameron Arrington '04, Najjiyya Perry '05, Wilson Muscadin '11, and Erika Jennings '10.

Alumni Connect at Diversity Conferences
Fuqua alumni gathered in September and October at the National Black MBA Association conference in New Orleans and the National Society of Hispanic MBAs conference in Minneapolis. Many thanks to the alumni who attended our receptions and networked with current MBA students.

see more photos from the conferences »

Faculty Research

Fuqua Faculty Receive High Honors
Research by Adriano Rampini, Associate Professor of Finance, and co-author Andrea Eisfeldt of Northwestern University, was recently honored by the Journal of Financial Economics. Rampini and Eisfeldt received second place in the Jensen Prize for "Managerial incentives, capital reallocation, and the business cycle," a paper examining the relationship between compensation and managers' willingness to reallocate underperforming resources to other business units.

Will Mitchell, the J. Rex Fuqua Professor of International Management, has received the Irwin Outstanding Educator award from the Business, Policy and Strategy division of the Academy of Management. The award recognizes Mitchell’s excellence as an educator, scholar and colleague, including his long and distinguished career mentoring PhD students and junior faculty members.

Volunteer Corner

Admissions Interviewers Needed in China
The Duke MBA Office of Admissions is seeking Daytime MBA alumni to serve as interviewers in both Shanghai and Beijing. Interviewers will be asked to assist at one, or all, of three interview weekends between October and April in either Shanghai or Beijing. If you are interested, please e-mail Allison Jamison, Associate Director of Admissions, at allison.jamison@duke.edu for more information.

CASE Announces National Business Plan Competition: Judges Needed!
Fuqua’s Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) has announced the creation of a first-of-its-kind collaboration of philanthropic funders, practitioners, researchers and others. This "Social Impact Exchange" aims to make it easier for top-performing social purpose organizations to make a meaningful and sustainable impact by serving more people in need. A major activity of the Social Impact Exchange is an annual Social Impact Business Plan competition, and judges are needed! learn more »

The Duke MBA Workshop for Minority Applicants, November 19-22, 2009
To continue our valued tradition of alumni participation, we cordially invite you to join us for The Duke MBA Workshop for Minority Applicants on November 19-22, 2009. This is our flagship recruiting event for minority students. As active leaders in the field of minority recruitment, we aim to convey to our workshop attendees the value of The Duke MBA. We count on alumni support to help make Duke stand out from our competitor schools. RSVP today »

The Duke MBA Weekend for Women, December 3-6, 2009 Did The Duke MBA alumnae network influence your decision to apply to and then enroll at The Duke MBA? If so, you understand the significant impact Duke MBA alumnae have on prospective students. We invite you to join us for the 2009 Weekend for Women, December 3-6, 2009. Share your experiences with 80 prospective students who will be participating in panel discussions, admissions interviews, class discussions, networking sessions and more. To make this event a success, we are counting on alumnae support and involvement. We hope you will be able to join us. For more information, please contact Sharon Thompson at sharont@duke.edu.

Fuqua Reunions 2010

Book Your Hotel Room Today!
Classes of 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2009, make plans to reconnect with classmates and your alma mater at Fuqua Reunions 2010! We have room blocks at several local hotels for the weekend of April 23-25, 2010. Make your reservations today! learn more »

Drum Up the Nostalgia: Send Your Photos
Take a walk down memory lane as you prepare for Fuqua Reunions 2010. Dig through those photo albums and send in your favorite memories of your time as a Fuqua student. Photos will be shared on your class Web page. You may send photos to alumni-relations@fuqua.duke.edu. Captions and commentary welcome!

Alumni Education

Fuqua Launches "The Future of Capitalism" Series

We are delighted to announce that Fuqua and McKinsey are collaborating on a four-part series, "The Future of Capitalism," to be hosted at Fuqua and shared with The McKinsey Quarterly’s online subscribers. The series will consist of forums on four topics: energy, the financial system, globalization and business education. The inaugural session, "Building a Sustainable Energy Future: Market Approaches to Choices and Trade-offs," will be held on Thursday, November 5, from 4-6 p.m. in Fuqua's Geneen Auditorium and feature a remarkable panel of experts and leaders: Tom Albanese, CEO, Rio Tinto; Aubrey McClendon, CEO, Chesapeake Energy; George McLendon, Chairman, PTP Energy, and Dean, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, Duke University; Scott Nyquist, Managing Director of McKinsey’s Energy Practice; and Bill Timmerman, CEO, SCANA Energy. Alumni are welcome to attend.

Defying Uncertainty: "Changing the Future of Healthcare"
Alumni are invited to attend the Duke MBA Health Care Conference on November 17-18, 2009. This year's conference, "Defying Uncertainty: Changing the Future of Healthcare," will explore forces impacting health care in the wake of health care reform. Specifically, the conference will dissect the role of health care IT, strategies for cost containment in the provider/payor space, and commercialization given diminishing reimbursements in the medical device and pharmaceutical sectors. learn more and register »

Medical Innovation and Strategies Conference: Wireless and Consumer Healthcare

The Medical Innovation and Strategies Conference, held in September 2009, was a great success, gathering presenters and participants from across the health care community. view the conference summary »

Careers

Online Career Workshop: Perfecting Your Story
Thank you to all who voted in our poll last month. You chose the topic "Perfecting Your Story" for Fuqua's next online alumni career workshop on November 12 at 11 a.m. EST. Whether you are planning for advancement within your company, approaching contacts about external opportunities or expanding your network, telling an interesting and relevant story is essential for making a strong impression and can determine whether you get a call back or not. The Perfecting Your Story session will give tips for developing and organizing your story, and help you practice and refine your communication for greater impact. learn more and register »

Tele-Seminar: "A New Strategy for a New Economy"
BlueSteps and The Duke MBA Career Management Center invite alumni to participate in a complimentary tele-seminar: "A New Strategy for a New Economy." Join Peter M. Felix, President of the AESC, for this free one-hour session, as he and a panel of executive search consultants detail the executive search world as the market begins to show signs of recovery. Panelists include Kelly O. Kay, Heidrick & Struggles; Eric Nielsen, Korn Ferry International; Simon Russell, Spencer Stuart; and Courtney Hagen, Russell Reynolds Associates. learn more and register »

MBA Recruiting

Find Top Fuqua Talent on the West Coast
Want to get more Fuqua grads at your West Coast company? The West Coast Interview Forum is an MBA interview fair that allows companies to identify and interview candidates from a number of top business schools, including Fuqua. Interested students will come to the West Coast to meet with companies, eliminating the expenses associated with East Coast travel and multi-school visits. The event provides a forum for companies to conduct formal interviews with pre-selected MBA candidates for both full-time and internship positions. There is no fee to participate. To register, access the website and create a profile to post your positions. Questions? Contact Meg deLuca (megan.deluca@duke.edu) or Malcom Riley (malcom.riley@duke.edu) in the Duke MBA Career Management Center. register now »

Upcoming Events

FuquaNet Favorites

In the September issue of FuquaNet, you and other readers were most interested in:

• Fighting Flu with Game Theory
• Fuqua Launches the Master of Management Studies: Foundations of Business Program
• FuquaNet Birthdays

Happy Birthday!

Angel Gavieiro '02
Anne Hooper '91
William Johnson '94
Amit Nagpal '07
Armando Nogueira '02
Dan Rellis '02
Anna Rips '05
Kevin Ruhl '97
Andrew Waine '93
Wanji Williams '04

We asked the alumni above celebrating a birthday October 22, "Where are you now?" Here's what they said...

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Executive Education

Advanced Management Program
April 18-30
& June 13-25, 2010

Duke Leadership Program
December 6-11, 2009
March 21-26, 2010
June 20-25, 2010
October 3-8, 2010
December 5-10, 2010

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