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The Middle East Business Association (MEBA) is organizing a dinner to celebrate Eid Al Adha – a three-day festival that is celebrated throughout the Middle East.

Join us at MoMo’s Middle Eastern Cuisine to celebrate Eid Al Adha on Friday, October 26, 2012 at 8:30 pm at 196 Robert Street, Toronto. Just west of Harbord and Spadina.

Price is $25 (+ tax) per person. Purchase tickets for yourself and your friend/spouse/partner on RWorld (My Program –> PSO Resources –> Quick Links –> Event Registration Site) before Wednesday, October 24th at 11 pm. Email meba@rotman.utoronto.ca for additional information or if you wish to purchase more than one ticket.

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Graduating Class of 2013: Get your yearbook graduation photos taken!

The yearbook is organizing photo sessions for the graduating Class of 2013. These will be the official photos of the graduates in UofT regalia. The sitting fee is $25 and you can take as many poses as you want within the allocated time.

Book your photo session through New Paramount Studio.

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The MIT-Sloan Sales Club, invites the Rotman School of Management to its 2012 MIT-Sloan Sales Competition. This competition is an invitation-only individual and team event where students will need to do a case pitch to a panel of experts.  Use this opportunity to showcase your sales, marketing, and strategy talents.

The Competition is a unique opportunity for MBA students to win prestige, $10,000 in cash prizes, recruiting opportunities (intern and full time), and to network with fellow MBA students and professionals from around the world. The competition consists of a preliminary round case telephone pitch (5 minutes), and a final round in-person individual & team case pitch (15 minutes). The case pitches will test a competitor’s ability to build rapport, and persuasively present a business proposition. Each school will be invited to send their top 3 students to MIT Sloan in November to compete in the final round.

The details in summary

Important Dates: Registration – Oct.19^th, Qualifiers – Oct. 19^th – 26^th, Final Round – Nov. 2^nd – 3^rd

Entry Cost: FREE

Registration: Oct. 19^th via competition website

Team Structure: 1 team of 3

Case Structure: Qualifiers – 5-minute phone pitch; Competition – Individual and Team sales pitch to a panel of experts

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Year after year, the Rotman Photography Association offers to take your Corporate Head Shot as a service to our community.  The corporate headshot is a photo of only the subject’s head and shoulders, and is typically used to represent a professional image of a company’s executive. Your head shot can also be used for social media web sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook and other sites where images are used for avatars.

This year, you may have your photo taken in either of two styles:

Style One: Uni-colour background, see samples here

Style Two: Colourful background with Rotman touch, see samples here

Charge: $10 for one style, necessary post-processing (after-shoot processing and photo-shop) included. Free for RPA members.

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The Rotman Sports Business Club is pleased to announce its participation at the Buffalo Bills Sports Management Day! This is a great opportunity to gain valuable insights into the sports industry and is open to all Rotman students at $140 for RSMA members and $150 for non-members. The cost includes transportation and entry to the event, which includes a tour, entry to a speaker session and tickets for the Bills vs. Jaguars game!

The details in summary

Date & Time: Sunday, December 2, 2012; bus leaves at 6:30am

Venue: Ralph Wilson Stadium

Cost: $140 for RSMA members, $150 for non-members

Sign up and payment: R-World –> My Program –> PSO Resources –> Quick Links –> Event Registration Site

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The Out at Rotman Initiative Reception and The Reaching Out MBA Conference

The Out at Rotman Initiative (formerly the Rotman GSA student club), is inviting all LGBT community members to a meet and greet reception on Thursday, October 18^th from 6:00pm – 8:30pm at
L’Espresso,
321 Bloor Street West, Toronto
(private room at the back). To attend, please RSVP to: out@rotman.utoronto.ca.

The annual Reaching Out MBA Conference is being held in Boston from October 18-20, 2012 at
The Seaport Hotel – World Trade Center, Boston, Massachusetts.Read More »The Out at Rotman Initiative Reception and The Reaching Out MBA Conference

Are you interested in building your career with the world’s leading sports apparel and equipment provider? The Nike Global Recruitment Team will be hosting an exclusive Information Session at Rotman on October 15^th, 2012 from 12:45pm-2pm. Sign up via RCareerEventsInformation Sessions.

2ND YEAR STUDENTS

To apply to job postings in Marketing, Finance or Emerging Markets, go to RCareer: Job Postings

1ST YEAR STUDENTS

Nike is looking to preview Rotman’s first year talent for internship opportunities next summer. While the Career Center will not be posting any official roles to RCareer, there will be a “posting” for the Career Centre to collect the resumes of 1^st year students who are interested in working for Nike. Look for the posting and further instructions from the Career Centre today, Monday, October 1st! Read More »Nike @ Rotman

The Volunteer Consulting Group [VCG] is currently looking for MBA students to serve as Engagement Managers. Selected candidates will solve real problems for community-based organizations in the areas of strategic planning, marketing, organizational structure, finance, fundraising and human resources management. Apply on or before October 2^nd at 5pm if you think you have what it takes to be an Engagement Manager.Read More »Volunteer Consulting Group

Are you responsible, energetic, enthusiastic and ready to be the CSR face of first years? If the answers is “YES!”, then you should contact us! GBC Outreach is looking for a First Year Liaison. Please send a 150-word blurb to Sarmishta Revanoor on why you think that YOU should be the chosen one, by Tuesday, October 12^th, 2012. Offers for a brief interview will be made by Friday, October 15^th and will take place after the completion of foundation exams. Read More »GBC Outreach First Year Liaison

We are very excited to be hosting our first event of the year, Entertainment Industry 101.

Wondering what it’s like to be an executive at a film studio? Or at a national broadcaster? Or in any other function in the entertainment industry? Well put those questions to rest at Entertainment Industry 101! Featured guests will cover a range of roles in the industry: a company executive, a content producer, a distributor and a broadcaster. We’ll have the panel to weigh in on a variety of questions about breaking into the industry, what it’s like working in the industry, etc. so that you can get on your own path to entertainment industry stardom!

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RRMA Speaker Series: Scotiabank’s Global Risk Management Team

Please come and join the Rotman Risk Management Association for our first Speaker Series on September 25th from 1:00pm-2:00pm in room LL1010. We are pleased to welcome Jonathan Khan and Krati Chhajer from Scotiabank’s Global Risk Management Team.

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The Financial Executives International Canada, invites the Rotman School of Management to its 7^th Annual “Best in Class” Case Competition. This competition is an invitation-only real time environment business situation and crisis resolution based on an existing company.  Use this opportunity to showcase your strategic and integrative thinking talents to top Strategy and Finance executives with increased opportunity to be considered for summer and full-time recruitment placements.  1^st Round submissions are due to GBCCompetitions in PDF format by October 5^th, 2012. Read More »7th Annual “Best in Class” Case Competition

Thinking about learning Mandarin but couldn’t find a good way to start? Here is a great opportunity exclusively for Rotman students, that is free for… Read More »Mandarin Classes Courtesy of RABA

We are pleased to open Registration for the RAMA Portfolio Management Competition (PMC).

Registration Guidelines:

1. Competition cost is $80 per team for RAMA members and $120 for non-RAMA members.
2. One team member should register the team.
3. RAMA executives will be present in the MBA Student Lounge (on the 3rd floor of the Rotman South building) on Friday Sep 21 and Sep 25 from 12:45pm – 2pm. A member of each team needs to come to pay the registration fee.

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