T-Shirt Pick-up   Offical MES Sponsored Event On April 15, 2008 From 3:00 pm To 5:00 pm At MES Office - Lorch 154 Here is your very last chance of the school year to pick up your T-shirts.
 
  Assessing the Financial Health of Nonprofit Organizations On April 10, 2008 From 4:00 pm To 5:30 pm At Room 2752 SSWB, 1080 S. University Assessing the Financial Health of Nonprofit Organizations

Dione Alexander, Detroit Site Director, Nonprofit Finance Fund

Thursday, April 10
4-5.30 p.m.
Room 2752 SSWB, 1080 S. University

Whether you’re involved with nonprofits as a board member, volunteer, staff member or donor, understanding their financial health is crucial to helping the organization meet its mission. The Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) is a national leader in financing nonprofits, strengthening their financial health and improving their capacity to serve their communities. With NFF's help, nonprofits across the country build and renovate facilities, fund growth needs, and expand and sustain operations over time.

Please join Dione Alexander, Detroit Site Director, in a discussion of how to discern financial strength and weakness in a nonprofit organization. Ms. Alexander has oversight of lending and consulting services, foundation and corporate relations, business development, and community outreach for a region that includes much of the Midwest.

This event is sponsored by the Nonprofit & Public Management Center. Refreshments will be provided.

www.nonprofit.umich.edu
 
  Goodness Day 2008   Offical MES Sponsored Event On April 10, 2008 From 11:00 am To 4:00 pm At Diag Join MES at Goodness Day 2008!

Welcome to the website for the 9th annual GOODNESS DAY! The theme for this year's event is "IT'S GOODNESS TIME!" Join over 100 other student groups in having fun and promoting kindness and goodness on campus! Participation is easy! All YOU have to do is provide a random act of kindness or fun activity to do on GOODNESS DAY!

http://www.umich.edu/~goodness/
 
  3 Wounds of the Asian Dragon: Obstacles to China's Growth On April 9, 2008 From 7:00 pm To 8:00 pm At Michigan Union - 2nd Floor - 2105A Association for Chinese Economic Development presents...

Speaker Series

3 Wounds of the Asian Dragon: Obstacles to China's Growth

1. Corruption
2. Exchange-rate Issues
3. Domestic Income Inequality

Guest Speaker: Bradley Farnsworth

Director for Int'l Business Education & Adjunct Lecturer of Strategy

Wed, Apr. 9th, 7-8pm 2105A, 2nd FL Michigan Union

China has been the fastest-growing major nation for the past quarter of a century with an average annual GDP growth rate above 10%...

But, are there problems resulting from the fast development?
Corruption, exchange-rate, and income inequality are becoming the obstacles to China's growth.

Come to ACED Speaker Series to learn more about China's economic and social problems and bring your friends!

*Refreshments will be provided!*
 
  How I spent my summer break... landing the perfect job! On April 9, 2008 From 4:00 pm To 5:00 pm At 201 Lorch Hall Calling all junior economics concentrators...

Did you know?
--Many employers targeting ECONOMICS students graduating in 2008-2009
will begin recruiting on campus this coming September and October
--Employer Information Sessions will begin mid-September
--Job Fair 2008 is scheduled for September 23 & 24
--Campus Interviews begin October 6.
--The Career Center has resources to help you connect with employers and
present yourself effectively

Thinking about graduation and job searching can feel very overwhelming.
Join us for the following workshop:

How I spent my summer break... landing the perfect job!
When: Wednesday, April 9, 4-5pm
Where: 201 Lorch Hall

The Career Center will share job search preparation strategies, employer hiring timelines, and resources to help you succeed. Learn what you can do this summer to make your senior year a bit less stressful. This program can be helpful for those who have identified career interests as well as those who are still trying to decide how they'd like to use their economics degree after graduation. We hope to see you there!

Sponsored by the Economics Department and The Career Center
 
  PROFS: Drugs, Brain, and Behavior On April 8, 2008 From 6:00 pm To 7:00 pm At Union - UClub Mortar Board and University Unions Arts & Programs present:
The Final Lecture in the 2008 Professors Reaching Out For Students (PROFS) series:

"DRUGS, BRAIN, AND BEHAVIOR"
by Professor Terry Robinson
Professor Terry Robinson is an Elliot S. Valenstein Collegiate Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience. In this month's PROFS lecture, he will discuss how drug use turns into addiction, how brain systems facilitate the transition to addiction, and the long-term neurobehavioral consequences of repeated drug use.

TUESDAY, APRIL 8 at 6 pm, in the UClub at the Union

Refreshments will be provided!
 
  Economic Growth and Business Development in the Middle East On April 8, 2008 From 5:00 pm To 6:30 pm At Ross School of Business W2760 The Ross School of Business Emerging Markets Club and The William Davidson Institute Global Impact Speaker Series Present:

"Economic Growth and Business Development in the Middle East"
with Fadi Ghandour, Founder and CEO of Aramex International and Alonzo Fulgham, COO of USAID

Tuesday, April 8, 2008
5:00 - 6:30 PM
W2760

Reception with light refreshments to follow, sponsored by WDI.

Highly recommended for anyone interested in economic development, business opportunities, entrepreneurship, and public-private partnerships in the fastest growing emerging market in the world.

Fadi Ghandour is the founder and CEO of Jordan-based Aramex International (www.aramex.com), the largest logistics and transportation company in the Middle East and South Asia and the first company from the Arab World to go public on the NASDAQ stock exchange. He is actively involved in community and NGO work, serving as the chairman of the Jordan National Microfinance Bank, the vice-chairman of the Jordan River Foundation, and a member of the advisory board to the Olayan School of Business at the American University of Beirut. Mr. Ghandour is also a founder of the corporate social responsibility advocacy organization, Ruwwad Development. In 1998, he was a founding partner of Maktoob.com, the world's largest online Arab community.

Alonzo L. Fulgham is the Chief Operating Officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), where he provides leadership and direction on a wide range of operational and policy issues impacting the achievement of the Secretary of State's transformational diplomacy goals.

Fulgham is a member of the Senior Foreign Service. Most recently, he served as Mission Director in Afghanistan from June 2005 to July 2006. Prior to that, he served as the Director for South Asian Affairs in the Bureau for Asia and the Near East; as acting USAID Deputy Director for Serbia and Montenegro; and the Regional Mission for the Caucasus's Director for Economic Restructuring and Energy, responsible for Georgia and Azerbaijan. In June 2000, he was selected to study at the National Defense University (ICAF). From March 1993 to February 1998, he served in Jordan, initially as Private Sector Officer and then as Director responsible for economic policy and poverty reduction.
 
  How does the current market turmoil impact the prospects for start-ups? On April 4, 2008 From 5:30 pm To 7:00 pm At Ross School of Business - E1530 We are pleased to invite you to a guest speaker event, "How does the current market turmoil impact the prospects for global start-ups?", on Friday, April 4, 2008 from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM.



Our guest speaker is David J. Brophy, Ph.D. University of Michigan Professor David J. Brophy is director of the Center for Venture Capital & Private Equity Finance at the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and a Finance faculty member at the Ross School of Business where he teaches venture capital and private equity finance. Dr. Brophy serves as a director and advisor to banks, money-market funds and financial-services firms, including Compass Technology Partners, Munder Capital Management, Continental Capital, River Pace Holdings and General Motors Acceptance Corporation Wholesale Auto Receivables Corporation. He also invests in and advises emerging technology-based firms. Dr. Brophy is the two-time winner of the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies Research Award, as well as a widely published book and journal author and a founding editorial-board member of three finance journals.



Please see below for the details of the event:



Guest Speaker: David J. Brophy, Ph.D., (Director of the Center for Venture Capital & Private Equity Finance)

Topic: "How does the current market turmoil impact the prospects for start-ups?"

Date: Friday, April 4, 2008

Time: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Location: Room E1530 at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
 
  Faculty Seminar Series: Prospects For Private Water Provision in Developing Countries   Offical MES Sponsored Event On April 4, 2008 From 4:00 pm To 5:00 pm At Mason Hall 1401 Professor Scott Masten
Business Economics
Ross School of Business

"Prospects For Private Water Provision in Developing Countries: Lessons From 19th-Century America."


One of the biggest public health issues today is getting the populations of developing countries access to clean water and effective sanitation systems. To promote that, the World Bank set out to encourage reform of water systems in the developing countries, mainly by advocating privatization of state-owned water systems. Generally speaking, privatization of public utilities is a good idea. But there is one glaring problem in this case: In the U.S., about 85% of water is provided by publicly owned water systems, even though the U.S. has an economic system favorable to private ownership, and other public utilities in the U.S. -- telephones, natural gas, electricity -- are overwhelmingly privately owned. So if private ownership of water systems is such a good idea, why aren't watersystems privately owned in the U.S.?

Well, it turns out they used to be. Most of the waterworks built in the United States beginning around 1800 were owned and operated by private companies,and it wasn't until the late 1890's that the proportion of publicly owned waterworks reached 50%. So now the question becomes, what happened? Why were water works originally
private and then later -- about a hundred years later -- became public? And if something caused public ownership of waterworks more efficient later on, what was that and what does it say about what the best policy is for getting clean water to residents of
developing countries?
 
  Kids-Fair   Offical MES Sponsored Event On April 3, 2008 From 9:30 am To 1:30 pm At Crisler Arena Join MES at the K-Grams Kids-Fair!

Short for "Kids Programs," K-grams is a mentoring and learning program that pairs college and elementary school students through a suite of programs. In its sixth year as a student-led organization, K-grams brings together people from all facets of the University of Michigan campus and the local community.

The highlight of the year-long program is the K-grams Kids-Fair, where elementary school pen pals, college students, parents, teachers, and faculty fill Crisler Arena to celebrate an entire year of Kids Programs at the University of Michigan. This expansive participation makes Kids-Fair the single largest student-run volunteer event on campus. These elementary school pen pals spend an entire day with college buddies, participate in hundreds of activities sponsored by over 100 student organizations, and experience different highlights of college in one day!