Russell Banks Lecture Series: Richard Grasso
November 17, 2011 Newman Library Dean Elliot welcomed the audience to the 10th-annual Russel Banks lecture series. It started in ’97 with Richard Grasso as the inaugural guest. Introductory remarks by distinguished Baruch Alumnus, Marty Kaplan of KR Capital Elliot: In your view, what the role of education in leadership? Grasso: Hired lots of people … Continue reading
Guest Speaker: Kenneth Bernstein
November 2nd brought Ken Bernstein, of Acadia Realty Trust, to the Oak Room of the Newman Building. Mr. Bernstein started with a simple question. Where in Real Estate did members of the audience want to be? Development, management, capital markets were some of the responses. Mr. Bernstein offered to the audience an overlooked area — … Continue reading
ZWIB: Societas- Meet a Mentor
by Maria Shpokayte, MBA Candidate 2012 Human Resources / Organizational Behavior and Information Systems On Thursday, October 13th, 2011 Zicklin Women in Business (ZWIB) held a mentorship event for Zicklin’s graduate students. The “Societas –Meet a Mentor” event was created to help our graduate students find a mentor. The objective of the event was to … Continue reading
ICSC+NAIOP Capital Marketplace Conference
September 20, 2011 brought the best and brightest of Real-Estate Capital Markets to Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers. Following opening remarks by the conference sponsors, ICSC and NAIOP,the conference brought a wide range of speakers via panel discussions. The following are highlights that this correspondent found most relevant. Seaside Chat with Mark Vitner, Senior Economist, … Continue reading
SPN: Adapting to Climate Change
September 20th brought 5 views about climate change to the Newman Library at Baruch College. The panel discussion, sponsored by Sustainability Practice Network (SPN,) included: David Kooris , RPA; Michael Marrella, NYC DCP; Malcolm Bowman, SUNY Stony Brook, Chris Zeppie, PANYNJ and Jake Baker, Deutsche Asset Management. The following are highlights that this correspondent took … Continue reading
ZLS: Marlon Young, “Write Your Destiny”
Takeaway “Success will be 40% on you, 20% on the company, 20% on the manager and 20% just plain luck. People will help you, but you write your own destiny.” More Reading NYT May 22, 2007 US Wealth Managers Try New Strategies Yankton Daily Oct 3, 2011 Distinguished Alumni to Be Honored by Tex Morgan, … Continue reading
ZWIB Presents: Women in Leadership – Negotiating Your Way Up
by Maria Shpokayte, MBA Candidate 2012 Human Resources / Organizational Behavior and Information Systems On Monday September 26th, 2011 Zicklin Women in Business hosted a speaker panel event. This event explored the topic “Women in Leadership – Negotiating Your Way Up”. Students had the pleasure of meeting distinguished panelists: Marietta Bottero (Vice President, Senior Human … Continue reading
Friedman LLP: Top Questions You Always Wanted To Ask Your Recruiter
by Emily McMillen, MBA, Accounting, 2012 Monday Evening, Friedman LLP joined Zicklin students for a workshop about all of those questions you have wanted to ask your recruiter, but didn’t think it was appropriate to ask. This event was hosted by Baruch Beta Alpha Psi and co-sponsored by Ascend, The Accounting Society, Cents Ability, Delta … Continue reading
Week 4 — Who by Fire?
by Lemuel Morrison, MBA 2012 The shine has worn off the semester and the reality of uninspiring coursework and petty politics has set in. Porter’s 5 forces, 4 Ps of Marketing, and Sayre’s law are basics any B-schooler will have under their belt. Haven’t heard of Sayre’s law? Oh but you have, you have lived … Continue reading
The Graduate Baruchian 