Goings-on in the BBA Program Office

It's been a while since I've given you any updates about what we're doing in the office so I thought I'd give you an update.

• Rob Koonce, the BBA Student Advisor, is fully engaged with the University, the School, and students. If you have any questions about what classes to take, or if you have any ideas about how to improve the BBA Program, come by and talk with Rob. He's a real dynamic guy, and cares a lot for students. Come by and chat sometime.
• We've been talking with LS&A Honors, the Residential College, the Comprehensive Studies Program, Office of Undergraduate Admissions, LS&A Advising — pretty much anyone who has anything to do with freshmen at the University.
• Erika Busch, the BBA Program Associate (she helps me coordinate BBA-related activities with the rest of the University), is coordinating the updating of the BBA Web site. We're trying to create a place for people to go for information about the BBA Program, whether or not they are high school students, freshmen, sophomores, BBAs, or other UM students.
• Erika and I are working on next year's orientation. We've gone through all — and, yes, I mean all — of the evaluations from last year's orientation. (Thank you very much!) We're probably going to cut it down to 1 day. We're going to make sure that we include interaction with your sections, interaction with ambassadors, and a keynote speaker. We're also going to be sure that Amy Cell, Director of Student Life, will be on the agenda so that students might have a better idea of ways that they can, and should, get involved with activities in the business school.
• Rob is also working on developing a study and quantitative skills program for freshmen and sophomores. We'll have a full announcement about this soon.

And, finally, we're beginning to plan for the transition to the new building. We still don't know when it's going to happen, but it's going to happen, so we've got to start thinking about all of the things that need to be done. More on this later.

So, in general, we're staying busy, trying to make the BBA Program better for you and future students. Any time that you think of something that we might want to know please come by and speak with either Rob, Erika, or me.