Alumni Speaker James Bischoff!

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Team Building Activity

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Boeing

Human Capital Only◦ Date: Thursday, September 19th◦ Time: 7:30pm-9pm ◦ Location: 112 Kern

All Service Lines◦ Date: Tuesday, September 24th◦ Time: 6pm-7:30pm◦ Location: 004 Business Building

Information like this is typically found on opportunities listserv!

9/10 – Blood Drive Table

9/11◦Blood Drive◦Resume Review with Bill Lippert

9/13 – Kick-off BBQ

9/17 – Networking Expo

9/18 – Coldstone Fundraiser

9/19 – THON Dunk Tank Social

9/20 – Welcome Back Social

9/23 – Project Management: Linda Feltman

9/25 – Professor Don Hambrick

9/27-29 – THON Canning Trip

9/30 – General Meeting

Tuesday September 17, 2013 (10 Corporate Relations points!)

6:00-8:00pm Business Building Atrium

Great opportunity for networking with recruiters in a Business Casual setting.

29 GREAT companies attending this year

**Need member involvement to help with set up and clean up**

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PMA Networking Expo Companies

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Presented by the Professional Management Association

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PMA Networking Expo Companies

Presented by the Professional Management Association

Wednesday, September 18th from 5-9 pm

5 points for purchasing something (save your reciept)

10 points for volunteering◦ 5-7 pm◦ 7-9 pm

Thursday September 19th (5 THON points)

7-8 pm in the HUB (tables by the fish tanks!)

Actual Dunk Tank is on 10/3

Friday September 20th (5 Social points)

Angela’s place

$2 for one person, $3 for two

Give members a chance to take the lead on projects with organizations◦Organizations and businesses downtown◦Other student organizations

There will be an application and interview process to determine Project Managers for specific projects

Project Management Speaker Series

First project – Global Entrepreneurship Week

◦Linda Feltman of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) runs event

◦November 18th-24th

◦Wants help with event management, budget management, and increasing campus-wide involvement

Look for application in the listserv!

Monday, September 23rd at 6 pm in 102 Business◦ 5 Corporate Relations points

First speaker in the project management speaker series!

Linda is from the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and will be giving an overview of project management

She will also be talking about the GE Week project!

Wednesday, September 25th

◦ 5 Corporate Relations points

6-7 pm in 13 Life Sciences

September 27th-29th (15 THON points)

We will be staying in Lititz, PA, with our THON family

Fundraising season is here! Let’s get off to a great start!

• Dakota Miller• Parents Dave and Carol

• 10 years old• Diagnosed with Leukemia in 2007 (at age 4)

• Loves Dinosaurs• Very outgoing and energetic

• 3rd year anniversary off treatment was August 23rd!!

Box Top Collection◦Look for them on household items◦ 3 points for every 5 box tops

15 point maximum

Football Pick’em (5 Community Service points)◦ Pick winners of NFL football games each week◦ $10 to enter, goes to◦Winner at end of season gets gift card

Sign-ups are next week, so let us know if you’re interested!◦GUYS AND GIRLS

Starts in October

3 Social points per game

Everyone get in your teams!

Building the tallest tower that you can out of a single piece of paper.

Cannot use any materials other than the single sheet. The structure must be free standing. Working in your teams, you will only have five

minutes to complete this.

Any questions?

What were the most effective methods of tackling this problem?

What would you have done differently for this task?

Is there any additional tool or material that would have improved your tower?

PMA is looking to design a new t-shirt

Logo needs to be on it somewhere

Make sure it is appropriate!

Winner – gift card, bragging rights

Meet with an exec board member or senior member of PMA throughout the semester to discuss being successful at Penn State and in your career

Open to anyone who would like to join

Tell an Exec Board member if you are interested at end of the meeting

Office Hours◦Thursdays from 6-7pm in 10 Business

PMA is on Facebook and Twitter!◦Twitter is @PMA72

To Become Active Member◦ 50 points◦Attend one event for each committee◦ $20 due 10/28 (9/30 for 5 points!)

End of the semester reward

Free T-Shirt!◦ If you buy one beforehand, we will reimburse you!

Resume Builder

Don’t forget about the points competition!

Pick your committee and go see the committee chair!

PMA Office Hours:Tuesday 6pm, 220 Thomas

Community Service

◦ Look for possible fundraising/volunteer opportunities with outside organizations

◦ Co-planning and brainstorming events

Social

◦ Give members the chance to network with each other

◦ Plan a variety of social events◦ Fundraising Events

Corporate Relations

◦ Facilitate networking ◦ Get PMA involved with Case

competitions◦ Brainstorm ideas for further

corporate relations events

THON

◦ Organize and plan fundraisers, canning trips, etc.

◦ Brainstorm ideas for alternative fundraisers

9/17 – Networking Expo

9/18 – Coldstone Fundraiser

9/19 – THON Dunk Tank Social

9/20 – Welcome Back Social

9/23 – Project Management: Linda Feltman

9/25 – Professor Don Hambrick

9/27-29 – THON Canning Trip

9/30 – General Meeting

Thank You!