March 2012 Newsletter

Volume III Issue 4 March 2012

Student Leadership & Community Engagement Newsletter

The Next ChapterFamily and Friends will come together in less than one month, on April 6th, to celebrate the hard work and accomplishments and of our Office of Diversity Affairs family, Diverse Scholars and Multicultural Business Students. Students will be honored, faculty and staff will be recognized, corporate partners will be thanked and guests will be delighted. And in the midst of all the celebration we will be challenged.

Challenged to see beyond what we think is possible and take action to being a more aware and intentional community. As our community grows we do so ‘on the shoulders’ of people who worked diligently to ensure that we take up the responsibility to take care of one and other.

As I reflect on this year’s banquet theme The World at Your Doorstep I realize we are preparing to not just be graduates of the Leeds School of Business, but rather be global citizens who make a difference in the world. The environment in which we operate is ever changing, and in a global marketplace you will want familiar faces to welcome you in your next adventure. My hope is that every student who comes in contact with our community will become ‘infected’ with a spirit of service and an understanding that, together, we should be greater than the sum of our parts. I encourage you all to bring your friends, faculty and instructors into the office. Be proud of what we have built together and be inclusive as we build going forward, both at Leeds and in the global market. In the words of a good friend, Dr. Patricia Maestas-Vigil, “We can’t have harmony, if everyone sings the same note”.

by Jamie Lujan




Table of Contents

Leaders Carrying Legacies

A Glance at E&Y

DSP Townhall

Student Staff Corner

DSP International

Alumni Highlights

Leeds Scholarships Corporate Opportunities

Academic Awards Banquet

Important Dates

& More

by Jamie Lujan


Leaders Carrying LegaciesThe Leeds School of Business is not just an institution that instills only academics; the “behind-the-scenes” development of the programs and organizations established in this University can be attributed to a hard-working staff, in particular, Donna Sockell. Dr. Sockell is the Director for the Center for Education on Social Responsibility (CESR). The purpose of this center is to “train tomorrow’s values-driven, socially-conscious leaders” with a special emphasis on developing undergraduates here to be outstanding business leaders of tomorrow. To achieve this objective, the curriculum designed in each class challenges the students by proposing ethical case studies seen in today’s highly competitive, globally- connected business world. Dr. Sockell believes having

this kind of syllabus highlights the idea that “your actions affect others.”

Her passion for education started after she pursued a traditional academic career in many prestigious Universities including Union College (BA, Economics: 1977) and Cornell University (M.I.L.R., 1979; Ph.D., 1982). On the path to her career, she started teaching industrial relations, human resources, and business and society at the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University. This launched her into the paths of teaching and research. Her commitment to academic research led her to work as a full professor at the School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University however she didn’t feel fulfilled as she was more interested in “the larger questions.” She later took on the duty of becoming an Assistant Principal/Athletic Director at Boulder High School but then recognized her true desire to be back in a traditional classroom environment. The experiences stated above have steered her to the Leeds School of Business. While speaking with her for a quick interview, Donna expressed how she knew this was the right place for her; “After announcing my leave at Boulder High School, I came home to a message from the University of Colorado inviting her to apply for job.”

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by Jessica Beard

Dr. Sockell helped carve the curriculum of the Leeds “Introduction to Business” (BCOR 1010) course which exposes first year students to an overview of how business works through application and integra-tion of the core business functions. After finishing the course myself last semester, I came to acknowledge the abundant amount of education I had learned in only four months. As a freshman, BCOR 1010 was one of my most enjoyable classes. Study labs, which are ran by students who did well in the course, are supplemental resources for students in BCOR to ensure optimal success for the students in the Diverse Scholars Program. Dr. Sockell continues to advocate for Leeds students, DSP, and has been a strong partner to the Office of Diversity Affairs.

Her contributions to this school have directly correlated to the achievements here in the Office of Diversity Affairs. Dr. Sockell believes in the ODA/DSP because “it provides a good way to identify with each other and faculty to establish a great education in a community.” For the reason that the ODA programs are non-exclusive, Dr. Sockell understands how embracing everyone, no matter what their background might be, is something no one can avoid. With help from Dr. Sockell, CESR, and ODA/DSP, the Leeds School of Business makes every student a leader. Dr. Sockell is passing on the wealth of knowledge to the students who will carry on the legacies of this University and make them “a little more special.”



How to Get 150 Top Performing Diverse Candidates Now.

A Glance at Ernst & YoungProfessional-services firm are not leaving the quality of its future workforce to chance. Its leaders are taking the initiative by engaging traditionally underrepresented students before they graduate from college as well as helping administrators and faculty members address existing diversity gaps on campus. For example, Ernst & Young takes its talent very seriously, which shows in their fourth annual Campus Diversity and Inclusiveness Roundtable in New York City this past month. This roundtable addressed three main objectives: 1. Why is diversity important to large companies?2. Why is diversity important to schools?3. How do you formulate an action plan on diversity that will move the needle?

Ernst and Young have been on the scavenger hunt to engage diverse freshman, sophomores, and juniors from 73 national colleges and universities who are primarily Black, Latino and American Indian. The goal for Ernst & Young has been to inspire up and coming business professionals to be a part of their talent pipeline. “I’m big on planting trees. From our talent-development pipeline, we have to invest early before students think about other careers,” said Ken Bouyer, America’s director of inclusiveness recruiting. Blacks, Latinos and Asians make up about 32 percent of Ernst & Young’s North American workforce, and women make up 48 percent of its North American workforces. In 2011, Blacks, Latinos and Asians

totaled 39 percent and women totaled 47 percent of all new North American hires.

CEO of E&Y Jim Turley has been directly engaging with students on campuses during Q&A sessions and states that “The world is a very turbulent place. There is a lot of angst. In turbulent times there are going to be winners and losers, whether a country or a company,” said Turley. He discussed what it takes to be a winner—the mindset of an entrepreneur with an aggressive eye for opportunity.

Diversity initiatives are on the rise in education and business. As we are gearing up for graduation, discussing trends in global business and economy as well as business imperatives for diversity and inclusiveness is extremely important. An encouragement to our administrators in both education and business is to educate students to have a much broader global mindset so they can contribute to increasingly global teams of workers; to build a pipeline for long term success.


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1. Kaiser Permanente2. Sodexo3. PWC4. AT&T5. E&Y6. Johnson and Johnson7. IBM8. Deloitte9. Kraft Foods10. Colgate-Palmolive11. Bank of America12. Coca Cola Co.13. American Express14. Marriott International15. Merck and Co.16. Prudential17. CSX Corp.18. Cummins19. Aetna20. Cox Communications21. Novartis Pharmaceuticals22. Verizon Communications23. Accenture24. Abbott25. Procter and Gamble26. Health Care Service Corp27. General Mills28. Time Warner29. KPMG30. Dell


by Chelby Jackson

Top 30 Diverse Companies with great careers for entry-level jobs






Diverse Scholars Program Townhall Meeting


This year’s DSP Townhall Meeting had a lot more participation after the first Townhall. More students showed up especially the freshman. Freshman through 5th year seniors, gathered in KOBL 210 on Jan 9th to re-connect, discuss and engage. The Townhall started out with Anselma, Jamie and Adrian discussing a few announcements of events, academic progress, and program updates. Then it was turned over to the peer mentors who led the rest of the meeting. The first thing that was discussed was the freshmen’s feedback and overall experience in their first semester at CU. We also checked in to make sure that each freshman was getting the most out of their relationship with their mentor. If they were not, we asked what we as peer mentors could have done or do to make it better experience. One thing that was brought up was for mentors and mentees to do more activities and as a result we have a bowling night scheduled this month.

There are a few key roles that the peer mentor plays. One is to serve not only the freshmen but also the DSP community as a whole. To make sure everyone is getting the support and help they need to succeed personally and

professionally. Another role is to make sure everyone feels like an essential part of DSP which hopefully leads to them feeling the sense of the community and family that DSP provides. This is especially important for the underclassmen because they are the future leaders and peer mentors of the DSP and the Leeds community.

Another topic of discussion was the increase in tuition, so a huge emphasis was placed on encouraging students to fill-out their FAFSA and apply for scholarships. As the semester is coming to a close, student were encouraged (if they weren’t already) to participate and join in join a planning committee for the academic awards banquet and getting more freshman to attend the Multicultural Business Student Association meetings. The Townhall Meeting ended with seniors giving advice to the underclassman. The main theme of the advice was to get involved early because all of our “family” members will be needed and are vital in helping DSP reach its full potential. We need to spread the word of what the Diverse Scholars Program does and what it means to not only us but to the Leeds School and to the entire CU campus. We

want to make sure this community is around for years to come because as Aswad said “ There is no other organization on campus that has the same sense of community as the Diverse Scholars Program.” So with that said spread the word about DSP! As always feel free to stop by the office whenever you need to study or just want a break from classes and someone to talk to! We are always open and love to see those of you that we haven’t seen in a while.

We look forward to seeing every-one at the banquet April 6th, good luck to you all on your upcoming mid-terms!


by Marion Brown


by Marion Brown

This years Annual Awards Banquet Presented by the Of-fice of Diversity Affairs and the Multicultural Business Student Association will be held on April 6th, 2012 at the Omni Hotel in Broomfield, Colorado. There currently are meetings every Friday starting at 11:30 a.m. in The Office of Diversity Affairs. We could use every-one's ideas, your participation would be great in planning this signature event!

TUITION PRICES: SHOWING THE VALUE OF GOING TO CLASS.

Spring Tuition for a student taking 12-18 credit hours in the Busi-ness School is $6,131.00

12 Credit Hours– Cost Per Course= $1,532 [$51/class] 15 Credit Hours– Cost Per Course= $1,226 [$41/class] 18 Credit Hours– Cost Per Course= $1,021 [$34/class]

BY NOT SLEEPING THROUGH THAT CLASS, YOU WILL NOT ONLY SAVE MONEY, BUT IT COULD HELP YOU GET RECOGNIZED AT THIS YEARS

AWARDS BANQUET!

STUDENT STAFF SECTION

UPCOMING MBSA EVENTS Tuesday, March 13th Officer Elections at 6:00 p.m.

Thursday, March 15th Bake Sale at 9:00 a.m.

Thursday, March 22nd Ice Cream Social at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, March 31st Habitat For Humanity at 8:00 a.m.

Friday April 6th MBSA Banquet at 5:30 p.m.

Friday, April 13th Relay For Life

ATTEND THE AWARDS BANQUET


DSP International

Continue to follow Samantha Argos, junior marketing major, as she blogs about her study abroad experience in Sevilla, Spain!

http://vidasevilla.blogspot.com

As the sun slowly begins to set over the Rocky Moun-tains in Colorado, here in Sydney the people are waking up to start a new day. Amongst those people is me. Almost a month ago I packed my belongings in a single luggage bag and flew almost 15 hours in a plane to begin my second semester-long study abroad adventure in Australia. A few days ago I began at-tending University of New South Wales were I will be studying International Business until late June.

It’s not easy to leave your comfort zone back home for half a year and start from zero in a new country. However, I came to learn that going abroad is one of the most rewarding experiences college has to offer. Thanks to my scholarship I was able to study Spanish in Mexico for 6 weeks where I got to live with a lovely elderly couple in the heart of Guadalajara. My “abuelita Lupe” (grandmother Lupe – as we used to call her) taught me how to make chilaquiles and delicious quesadillas during her usual history story telling evenings, while the people I met around the city told me their stories and introduced me to the true Mexican lifestyle. One semester later I packed my luggage once again and left Colorado to go to the Southern hemisphere for 6 months to experience “la vida porteña” of Buenos Aires, Argentina. During these 6 months I met some of the most amazing people from all walks of life. I will never forget the graffiti covered walls in UBA (University of Buenos Aires), the delicious empanadas my host sister would make me for dinner, the sound of the fire crackers that locals used to protest against different parties each day, nor the nonstop cumbia that played in each disco we went to. The lifestyle in Buenos Aires was completely different from what I was used to back in

Colorado. I had to step out of the comfort zone and be open minded to every new thing that came my way. The greatest gift I took away from this experience was not the knowledge I gained at the local universities. It was the people I met that created my stay in Argentina one that I will never forget. Anyone can pick up a book and read about Spain, Egypt, or Chile. But to really understand a country, you must immerse yourself in the culture and meet the people, talk to them, and experience new things.

As I begin a new day here in Sydney I stop and remember the six months I spent in Argentina. That place has a special place in my heart. As I begin a new journey here in Australia I encourage all of those reading to do the same. Stop considering and go abroad; whether it’s for a semester or a summer. You will learn more than you can imagine, if you keep your mind open.

by Gintare Ambotaite



Alumni Highlights

Mark Montoya, 2008

Kristina Norman, 2008

Mark graduated in 2008 with a B.S. in Biz Admin with Marketing emphasis and received his Master’s Degree in Public Relations from the University of Denver in June. Mark is a dynamic PR professional with government and nonprofit experience, having worked with the Office of Denver Mayor Hickenlooper, Denver City Councilwoman Deborah Ortega and several non-profits.

“Working in politics was very interesting, but also very frustrating,” says Mark, “ I did not have to pursue passions that are very important to me, such as playing music and working on creative projects.” Since the beginning of the year, Mark has been working on developing his own Public Relations company called Mark Anthony PR, and has worked with a diverse range of clients from entrepreneurs to entertainers.

In the last year, Mark has worked with DSP Alumns Kristina Norman, who operates an amazing cupcake business (krissysweettreats.com) and singer/song-writer Zach Karl (zachkarl.com). Mark recently had a cameo in a music video called “Let it Grow” for Denver rapper DJ Cavem (DJCavem.com) and spends time working hard to raise funds for non-profit organizations that serve at-risk communities.

Upon graduating from CU-Boulder, Kristina became a Retail Store Manager with AT&T and managed two stores at Park Meadows Mall for almost 3 years. In 2010, she was laid off and decided to take a leap of faith and start my own baking company, Krissy’s Sweet Treats now featuring my gourmet candy Perfect Pralines. Seeing the fruits and labor of her business has been very rewarding, she loves that she bakes everyday, and glad she made it a priority to follow my dreams. After four years, she is still friends with those that she met her freshman year in DSP!



by Gintare Ambotaite



Corporate OpporunityAre you interested in the media industry? Check this out!

The Emma L. Bowen Foundation for Minoirty Interests in Media invites students to apply for a unique work/study program in the media industry. This multi-year program offers opportunities for hands-on work experience with media partners.

The application deadline date for 2012 has been extended to March 15, 2012.

Visit emmabowenfoundation.com to download the Western application today!



The Worldat yourDoorstep

Celebrating 10 Years of Service, Leadership, and Community

The Office of Diversity Affairs &

12th Annual Academic Awards Banquet

Multicultural BusinessStudent Association

Friday, April 6, 2012Omni Interlocken Resort, Broomfield, CO

University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business


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Important Dates

Leeds Scholarship - March 12DSP Bowling Night - March 15Student Symposium - March 19Awards Banquet - April 6Diversity Symposium - May 18

Thank you for reading.


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connected business world

intentional community

conscious leaders

hardworking staff

table of contents leaders

global marketplace

donna sockell

global citizens