October 19, 2020 Issue
PTMBAA Professional Development Series: Julie Zhou
November 17, 2020 | 5:30 PM

PTMBAA is excited to welcome Julie Zhou, Management Expert and Former VP of Product Design for Facebook. Julie will deliver a keynote speech on how to successfully manage people and build a strong team. Her speech will be followed by a 40-minute question and answer session.

In addition to being a top management expert and former VP of Facebook product design, Julie Zhuo is also the bestselling author of The Making of a Manager. Her book works as an “everything-you-need-to-know" field guide for leaders to rock their job, learn confidence, and lead their teams to new horizons.

Julie has led teams behind some of Facebook’s most popular mobile and web services, such as Facebook’s News Feed, the “like” button, and user profiles. As a leader, she helps oversee the design and launch of new features as well as recruit, hire, and make sure her team is living up to the company culture.

On her popular blog, The Year of the Looking Glass, she writes about technology, design, and leadership. Her thought leadership has been featured in the New York Times and Fast Company.

Tickets to attend are free, but limited! Don't miss this exciting opportunity to hear from an industry leader, reserve your spot today.
Keep Calm & Put Your Apron On
Take a study break with your fellow classmates. Join us via Zoom and follow along as Relish Catering provides step-by-step instructions to preparing a delicious Vegan Thai meal for 4!

All food supplies will be shipped directly to you.

Tickets are limited, so purchase your ticket today!
The deadline to purchase tickets is 10/23.

We look forward to seeing you there.
Spend your Lunch Break Helping Others
October 28th | 11:00AM

The PTMBAA is partnering with So Others May Eat (SOME) for this month's service project. SOME is a community-based organization that exists to help the poor and homeless of our nation's capital. SOME's Center for Employment Training (SOME CET) is a workforce training program that prepares adult learners for careers in Healthcare and the Building Trades. SOME CET empowers people to move themselves out of homelessness and poverty and into living wage careers through hard and soft skills training, adult basic education, and career development.

Please sign up to conduct a mock interview with a SOME student on October 28th at 11am. Once you sign up and provide your email, a SOME employee will reach out with dial-in information to conduct a mock interview with one of their students. You will be provided questions but are welcome to deviate if you feel comfortable. The deadline to register is October 22nd.

Please reach out to Tara Capelli with any questions.


Movie Night
Join your fellow students in an MBA Movie night discussion!

The PTMBAA will be hosting a series of discussion nights centered around a movie related to business.

We will watch the films on our own and the join together for a discussion via Zoom. 

The dates & movie selections are as follows:
  • Friday, October 30, 2020 at 8pm: Walmart, The High Cost of Low Prices
  • Friday, November 27, 2020 at 8pm: The Smartest Guys in the Room
  • Friday, December 18, 2020 at 8pm: The Founder
Updates from MPO

Mini-Spring and Spring 2021 Registration - Starts October 27!

  • Please review MPO's Weekly emails for registration instructions and course schedules
  • Registration Q&A Sessions with MPO will be on Tuesday, October 20 and Monday, October 26 from 5:30-6:15pm

1st Year MBA Feedback & Planning Survey - Due October 19!

The Smith School wants to hear from you! Feedback is very important to us and each fall we survey our first year students. Now that you've settled in, we ask you to reflect upon your interactions with us before classes started. Please think about your search process before admission, your interactions with us around the time of admission, and the orientation program as you complete this survey.

This year we have added a short section to collect feedback on student preferences for in-person and virtual events for the remainder for the Fall 2020 semester and for the Spring 2021 semester. This survey data will be used by Smith School administrators for planning purposes. Complete the survey here.

2nd Year MBA Planning Survey - Due October 19!

Please complete this brief survey as you think about co-curricular activities for Fall Term B & the Spring 2021 semester, and course options for Spring 2021. The survey data will be used by Smith School administrators for planning purposes. Thank you for your assistance!  
Updates from the Office of Development and Alumni Relations

Smith Day 2020
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Save the date and join the Smith community for a virtual Smith Day to show what Maryland Smith means to you! Smith Day is an annual tradition celebrating the strong Smith community - students, alumni, faculty, and staff. We are seeking volunteers to be Smith Day Ambassadors. If interested, sign-up to be an online or on-campus Ambassador.

Questions? Contact Mark Forrest at mforrest@rhsmith.umd.edu. 
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