Dean Leadership Award Established at Kogod
Dean Myron Roomkin announced the establishment of a new category of graduate awards, Dean’s Leadership Fellows.  Recipients of this award are viewed as having exceptional leadership potential as well as academic credentials.  While there is no specific school work requirement as there is for other merit-based awards, the Dean’s Leadership Fellows agenda is developed by its own membership each year.  This elite group takes on Kogod graduate leadership roles under the guidance of the Dean and a faculty advisor.  They also participate in a series of fireside discussions with the Dean, faculty advisor, and special guests from the corporate community.  The Deans’ Leadership Fellows distinction is being presented to a small number of students who began in the current academic year and to a few Fall 2000 applicants.

Congratulations
LDG, Inc. (Lee Development Group), winner of Kogod’s 1999 Family Business of the Year in the small business category has also won the MassMutual 1999 National Family Business of the Year Award for their category.  Congratulations to Brooke, Bruce and Blair Lee on their tremendous success, which brings pride and honor to their family and to our awards program.

• The Kogod Future Consultants group will hold its next meeting at 3:00pm in the KSB upstairs lobby.  All students interested in joining or learning more about the club are invited to come.
• The next Entrepreneurs Club meeting will be held at 5:00pm in the upstairs seating area of KSB (near computers).
• The Black MBA Association @ Kogod cordially invites you to attend "Hot Topics in Investments and Finance" A panel discussion that will feature executives from The Motley Fool, the Federal Reserve Bank, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, and more.  The event will be held in the Mary Graydon Center Rooms 3, 4, & 5. Networking Reception begins at 5:00pm., discussion from 6:00-8:00pm.

• Spring 2000 MoGIT Town Hall Meeting entitled Beyond B2C: The Evolution of e-business will be held from 6:30pm - 9:30pm in the Mary Graydon Center, Rooms 2-4. 
• 2nd Annual Career Path Panel co-sponsored by the American Marketing Association, Alpha Kappa Psi, and the Kogod School of Business Alumni Chapter. Reception is from 7:30-8:15pm followed by panel discussion from 8:15-9:15pm in the University Club in Mary Graydon..  Business attire required.  Panel members are from AOL, Verio Interactive, Porter Novelli, and the Bernard Hodes Group. 
• The Dean’s Speaker Series begins with Samuel Statland; Statland and Katz, Ltd. (A Financial Services company). Kogod School of Business Building Room 118 4 –5 p.m. This series works to expose and educate Kogod students on the many career paths available to them when they graduate. 

• The Kogod Interactive 2000: Conference for e-Visionaries. Mark Walsh, CEO of VerticalNet is the keynote speaker.  Other CEO speakers include Sean Green, CEO of Away.com, Mary Naylor, CEO of VIPDesk.com, and Brandy Thomas, CEO of Cyveillance.  The Entrepreneurs Club is sponsoring this incredible event to be held from 8:00am to 6:00pm. There will be panels and interactive workshops where attendees will hear first hand from Internet visionaries about the Internet Revolution and what it takes to start and run an Internet business. Seating is limited so register now on the Web site or wait to hear the time/location of our registration desk (to be announced this week). Please visit the Web site for more information: www.kogod.american.edu/interactive.

• For all interested in playing golf this spring, Kogod Faculty Members are planning a golf outing for Tuesday, May 2 at 10:30 am at the Falls Road Public Golf Course (301) 299-5156. The event is limited to first 40 players and $38 per player covers greens fees and carts.  Email Dr. Gordon Henry at ghenry@american.edu to register. Please include your phone number in the message. Deadline for registration is April 22nd.

Augie Schomburg, Dean of Kogod graduate admissions was featured on the front page of American Weekly’s People section on February 29th, 2000.  The article discussed the experiences that led Augie to his current position as well as his feelings on the importance of an MBA in today’s business world.

Voting will be Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in Gwendolyn’s Office KSB 114.  Announcements will be sent out on Friday.

Registration
Summer and Fall advance registration for classes begins Monday, April 3rd.  The full schedule of classes appears on the AU web-site and is updated several times a day to show added and canceled sections, day and time changes, as well the open/closed status of classes.  To find it, simply click on EagleEye from the AU home page.

If you are a graduate student and anticipate to graduate in August or December 2000, you should consult with your academic counselor to make sure you are taking the right amount of credits.  You don’t want to find out at the last minute that you haven’t met all of your requirements for graduation!  Gwendolyn Gass is the advisor for students with last names beginning with A-K, and Claretta Jackson is the new advisor for L-Z.

Kogod professor, Barbara Bird, addressed the conference of entrepreneurship educators and assistance providers titled "From Towsons to Tysons" at the University of Baltimore.  She presented the Kogod entrepreneurship and related curriculum, including the activities of the entrepreneurship club.

Dean Myron Roomkin et al.’s paper, "Models of International Labor Standards,” has been accepted for publication by Industrial Relations.