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eComm newsBi-monthly e-newsletter for Commerce Alumni | Issue #13 June 2011 |
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Upcoming EventsTHE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE'S FESTIVAL OF IDEAS BEA@M HONG KONG ALUMNI REUNION DINNER - 8 JULY HILDA SURVEY RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2011 DOWNING LECTURE MELBOURNE ALUMNI CONVERSATION WITH BCOM ALUMNUS MIKE HIRST THE SPOT, HOME OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS @ MELBOURNE, TO FEATURE IN MELBOURNE OPEN HOUSE 2011 CORDEN LECTURE
Alumni CouncilThe members of your Business and Economics Alumni Council are: Mr Chris Leptos AM (Co-Chair)
Contact UsThis e-newsletter is produced by: Alumni Relations, Advancement and Marketing Unit Level 12, 198 Berkeley Street Tel: + 61 3 8344 3507 Email:
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The Faculty's innovative Career Mentoring program was also launched - now in its sixth year and with approximately 55% of mentors being alumni, it offers current students a unique and practical insight into the professional world through one-to-one mentoring. Finally, we have been doing a bit of redecorating in our building at 198 Berkeley Street, complete with a new Honour Board acknowledging our major donors, board and council members. And just in time for Melbourne Open House on 30 and 31 July! MOH celebrates Melbourne's hidden wealth of architecture and engineering - if you haven't seen The Spot yet, please do come along and visit us. Professor Paul Kofman B&E Alumni Council UPDATETogether with the Faculty, the Business and Economics Alumni Council is in the process of reviewing and developing the alumni program into one which engages alumni in a life-long value exchange with the university, facilitates a continuous exchange of ideas and knowledge, and begins the moment a student steps through our doors. Back to top^ALUMNUS PAUL HAMEISTER BECOMES 68TH AUSTRALIAN TO SUMMIT MT EVEREST
At the same time, Paul became the 68th Australian in history to summit Mt Everest, and raised $25,000 for a educational scholarship program in Nepal. Back to top^DEATH OF A SALESMAN? SOCIAL MEDIA DEBUNKS VIEWS OF ADVERTISING
MELBOURNE LEADERSHIP SERIES: REPORT FROM CHINA
HIP INDUSTRIES: BAGS THAT MAKETH A MAN
More than a century on, two University of Melbourne graduates are putting this notion into practice through a new e-commerce venture. Through their recently launched business, Hip Industries, brother and sister team Ben and Gim Loe hope to become a substantial player in the online men’s fashion industry in Australia. INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT FACILITATED BY THE BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS CAREERS CENTRE
Opportunities include the Career Mentoring Program, the Companies from the Inside series and the highly sought-after Business Practicum.These positive experiences provide another quality example of valuable industry engagement and community partnership, where the student, community and university win. COMMERCE ALUMNUS LAUNCHES teach for malaysia
Launched in December 2010 by BCom (2007) alumnus Keeran Sivaraj, Teach For Malaysia is building a nationwide movement of Malaysia’s most-promising graduates and young professionals, who will commit to two years full-time teaching in high-need schools, and who will become life-long leaders working across various sectors towards the pursuit of equity in education. CAIP WELCOMES TWO COMMERCE ALUMNI INTO EXECUTIVE-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
The program is designed to enhance partnership opportunities with business, government and the accounting profession enabling senior executives to visit the department to share their expertise with the students, staff and other stakeholders. EXECUTIVE EDUCATION AND LAUNCH OF CEO CONNECT
The Graduate School of Business and Economics is excited to be launching a new development program in July exclusively aimed at C-suite executives called CEO Connect. The program follows progressive stages of a carefully designed and facilitated learning model aimed at different ways of seeing, thinking and planning. HONOURS AND RECOGNITION
Suzanne (pictured left), herself a Melbourne University BCom graduate, made a huge contribution to the Faculty, moving into the fundraising and alumni relations area in 2007. Seven of our alumni received a Queen's Birthday Honour this year: congratulations to Mr Colin A Brick OAM, Mr Alastair F Lucas AM, Professor Rupert D Maclean AO, Mr Edward W O'Toole OAM, Professor Susan Richardson AM, The Hon Ralph Willis AO and Dr Peter W Yates AM. Details of alumni and staff recipients will be posted on the university alumni website shortly. We would also like to congratulate alumni Rod Sims and Greg Medcraft on the recent announcement by the Australian Government which nominates Mr Sims as the next Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and recommends Mr Medcraft's appointment as Chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). |
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In May we celebrated the outstanding achievements of our students at the Dean’s Awards Ceremony 2011, representing the top 3% of students who have performed with exceptional academic distinction. 
At 8.30am on 11 May, BCom/LLB alumnus Paul Hameister was privileged to be the first climber for the 2011 season to stand on top of the world.
More than 70% of people find advertising ‘sinister’ and ‘deviant’ if they dislike the company and social media enhances those feelings, a Faculty of Business and Economics study has found.
The popular Melbourne Leadership Series was held in China in May. The series brings together some of our most interesting and entrepreneurial alumni to share their experiences and insights into leadership. 
Mark Twain once wrote, “The clothes maketh the man.” 
This year already hundreds of students have benefited from various industry engagement opportunities facilitated by the Business and Economics Careers Centre. 
"We need our brightest minds to solve our biggest challenge."
The Faculty's Department of Accounting and Business Information Systems, through the Centre for Accounting and Industry Partnerships, is in the second year of its Executive-in-Residence program and is delighted to welcome alumni Scott North (pictured above left) and Dean Newlan (right) as the 2011 Executives-in-Residence.
Two new Executive Education Open Programs are scheduled for August and September. Brand Leadership Through Strategic Branding and Motivating and Managing Performance will be delivered by leading academics and business management experts. All alumni qualify for a 10% discount on course costs. 
This edition we farewell Suzanne Dixon, Director of Advancement for the Faculty of Business and Economics, who left the University at the end of May after nearly 19 years of service, and announce the appointment of Stephen May who will commence as Director of Advancement in mid-July.