[Mba-nd-students] Clemson MBA Announcements- December 20

[Jamie Patterson]

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Holiday Break!

Congratulations on the completion of another semester and CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR DECEMBER GRADUATES!!!!  Please enjoy your well deserved time off over the holidays.

Just a friendly reminder that classes begin on MONDAY, January 6!  (Do not follow what iRoar says or the Academic Calendar)  MBA classes always start the Monday before the rest of campus.  Again, MONDAY January 6th, we will be excited to welcome you back for the Spring Semester in your new facility! (1 North Main Street)

On behalf of the MBA staff, we would like to wish you all and very happy, healthy and safe holiday season!

Gaining access to new facility- January 2-3
We will be moving to our new facility at 1 N. Main Street over the winter break in December.  On January 2nd and 3rd we will have open house hours from 4-7pm where you can come pick up your access card and take a tour of the new space.  You will enter at the first floor Main Street entrance.  You must stop by at some point during the open house on the 2nd and 3rd so that you are able to gain access to the building for the first day of classes on Monday, January 6.

We are very excited for you to see your new facility.  The classrooms are state of the art and there is plenty of great student space!

Paying for Parking at the new building- DEADLINE DECEMBER 30
If you signed up for parking in January, you can now pay via the links below.  Please make sure you take care of this before December 30th in order to have your card activated at the start of the Spring 2014 semester.

https://secure.touchnet.net/C20569_ustores/web/store_main.jsp?STOREID=41

https://secure.touchnet.net/C20569_ustoresmobile/web/store_main.jsp?STOREID=41 (mobile friendly version)


Spring/Summer 2014 Schedule

Please find the Spring/Summer 2014 Schedule attached.

New Elective for Spring 2014- Economics of Innovation
The Economics of Innovation, ECON 899 in the Spring 2014 semester is described below. The class is taught by myself, and guest lecturers.  These individuals are generally successful entrepreneurs.  The class meets Wednesdays from 6:00 - 8:45 pm.  On the evenings when a guest lecturer presents, they will speak for roughly 1 hour and answer questions following their talk.  We will typically take a short break, and then I will follow up their talk with a few comments.

                Your grade will be based on two activities.  First, one week after each talk at the start of the next class, you must turn in a report on the talk, summarizing the talk and giving some economic analysis from their talk.  These reports are typically 2-3 pages, and can be done in groups with a maximum allowable size of 4.  The second activity is a final paper, due on Friday, April 25 by noon.  Every thirty minutes after noon loses one full letter grade.  So a paper turned in at 2:00 pm on April 25 will receive an F.  The paper must be on some topic related to innovation.  It is not a book report.  Successful A papers have included one student's business plan for starting up a professional alternative triathalon, mountain biking, cross country running and kayaking.  He already had experience in running this event in Greenville.  Another example was a description of new technology that translates motion in a night club from dancers into electrical power.  This method powered the entire club.  Another was a business plan for a startup ebusiness, in which the student was already a co-owner of the operation.  The paper is roughly 8-12 pages in length and is an individual effort.

                Below I list the speakers who have already committed to speaking.

January 8:            Steve Bondura - Shareholder Dority & Manning: Intellectual Property Rights
January 15:         Markus Farrenkopf - President Alfmeier Corporation
January 22:         (tentative) Art Seaver - Founder Southern First Bank
January 29:         Robert Sullivan - Owner Sully's Steamers
February 5:         Steve Allen - Owner Especially Auto Service

February 12:       Cynthia Whitacre - Owner 5500 Tax Group
February 19:       Tommy McAfee - Co-Owner Thomas McAfee Funeral Home
February 26:       Edwin Waingart - Sr VP Raymond James Morgan Keegan
March 5:              Carl Sobocinski - Owner Table 301
March 12:            Susan Hewett - VP Human Resources Honeywell Scanning & Mobility
March 26:            Chuck Gaschler - Owner Masters Car Stereo
April 2:  OPEN
April 9:  Joe Dierickx  - Co-Founder Axis Elite Volleyball Academy
            - District Director PGL
April 16:                tentative Greg Thompson - Strategic Development Director, Milliken
April 23:                Tim Weithers - Director Chicago Trading Company
                                David Barker - Co-Owner DRB Apartments


                If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to call me at 864-656-1242, or email me at rtamura at clemson.edu<mailto:rtamura at clemson.edu>.

Sincerely,


Robert Tamura



May Graduates- IMPORTANT DEADLINES

In order to apply for May graduation please have your GS2 form completed and submitted to Jamie Patterson (jpatte4 at clemson.edu<mailto:jpatte4 at clemson.edu>) for approval. You will not be able to access your GS4 form (graduation application) until your GS2 has been approved and submitted to the Registrar's office.

You can find the form here: http://www.grad.clemson.edu/forms/pdf/GS2_fillable.pdf

Student Association Book Exchange

The MBA Student Association will host a book exchange during the first full week of classes when we return for the spring semester so save your books if you wish to sell them and look for an email after the holiday for more info.

Textbooks

The Clemson University Bookstore will no longer come to our building to sell books. However, you can still order your textbooks from the CU Bookstore and they will ship them to you via UPS. To see your required books please visit the website at www.clemson.edu/bookstore<http://www.clemson.edu/bookstore> and click on "buy books online".
You may sell your books back to the bookstore located at Hendrix Student center during store hours.


Spring 2014 Academic Calendar
Jan 6, M MBA Classes Begin
Jan 14, Tu Last day to register or add a class
Jan 20, M Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
Jan 22, W Last day to drop a class or withdraw from the University without a W grade
Jan 29, W Last day to order diploma for May commencement
Feb 28, F Last day for instructors to issue midterm evaluations
Mar 14, F Last day to drop a class or withdraw from the University without final grades
Mar 17-21, M-F Spring break
Mar 31, M Registration for fall term begins
Apr 24-25, Th-F Classes meet; exams permitted in labs only
Apr 28-May 2, M-F Examinations
May 6, Tu 9:00 a.m.-Deadline to submit candidate grades
May 7, W 9:00 a.m.-Deadline to submit other grades
May 8, Th Candidates for graduation may access grades
May 9, F Commencement

Have a great holiday!

Jamie Patterson
Director of Student Experience
Clemson MBA Program
1 North Main Street
Greenville, SC 29601
864.656.8183 (office)
jpatte4 at clemson.edu<mailto:jpatte4 at clemson.edu>
www.clemson.edu/mba<http://www.clemson.edu/mba>

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