Advisory Council Meeting Spring 2006 – Advisory Council – About the College – College of Business

AGENDA and Directions

College of Business Advisory Council

April 7 2006

GMAC-RFC

8000 Norman Center Drive

Bloomington, MN 55437

11:30 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.

Map

Directions

8000 Norman Center Drive

Bloomington, MN 55437

From I-494, take the Normandale Blvd exit (going south)
Turn right on W 84^th Street (this is the first stoplight)
Turn right on Norman Center Drive (the first stoplight)
Turn right into the 8000 Tower Parking Ramp
You may park anywhere in the ramp. We recommend Level C, which is the Skyway level.
Exit the parking ramp at the Skyway level and proceed straight ahead into the 8000 Tower building.
The classroom is the first conference room on your left

Agenda

11:30 – 11:50 A.M. Noon Welcome and greetings
1. Bruce Paradis, President, GMAC-RFC

12:20 - 1:20 P.M. Presentations
1. Richard Davenport, President, MSU, Mankato
2. Norbert Harrington, Regional President, Wells Fargo Minnesota
3. Student Presentations

i. International Study Tours: Austria & Greece (Taylor Broten)

ii. Ameriprise Financial Planning Competition (Michael Hegarty)

iii. Campus Kitchens (Melissa Radabaugh and Jessica Albright)

i. State of the College remarks

1:30 – 2:15 P.M. Work Session #1
1. Strategic Planning exercise. The College of Business is beginning the discussion of how to leverage a new College of Business building with what we teach and how we teach it. In this context, as we plan to help educate the next generation of business leaders:

i. What are attributes of excellence in business education?

ii. How can such attributes be reflected in both the building and the curriculum?”

i. What type of placement activities would you recommend the college engage in?

ii. Do you see a trend in business towards more hard or soft skills?

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