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Features
 2009 Multi-Class Reunion
Save-the-Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009
Class years 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999,
2004, and 2009
Planning Meeting: Tuesday, March 24 at 4:30p.m.
Please join us.
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 Distinction between
UCI Alumni Association and
Merage Alumni Network
Over the past few months, a number of Merage Alumni have asked for clarification between the Merage Alumni Network and the UC Irvine Alumni Association. Since we’ve received a number of these inquiries, we thought it would be helpful to run an article here in the E-Newsletter.
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 Annual C4C Gala & Auction
Saturday, April 11
Do you remember C4C as a student? Why not show your support as an alum?
You are cordially invited to the 2009 Challenge for Charity Auction
on April 11, 2009.
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Upcoming Alumni Network Events
and Activities
 Alumni Network Planning Meeting
We need your ideas! Please join us for this first Alumni
Network/Reunion Planning meeting.
Tuesday, March 24 at 4:30p.m.
UCI/Paul Merage School of Business
SB 306
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 Alumni Network Luncheons
San Diego:
Join Dean Andy Policano on
Friday, March 13th.
Central OC:
1st Friday of the month, Kyle van Hoften, MBA '97, Alumni Rep. No Alumni Lunch on Friday, April 3rd.
South OC:
4th Friday of each month, Darren Whissen, MBA '02, Alumni Rep.
North OC:
Anaheim area luncheon, once per quarter.
Next Luncheon: Wednesday, April 15th.
Steve Acterman, EMBA, '99, Alumni Rep.
For more information, email: MerageAlum@merage.uci.edu
Centers of Excellence
 The Don Beall Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Workshops this month:
March 3 - The Art of Valuation
March 10 - What Makes a Great Investor Pitch
The Les Kilpatrick Student to Start-ups Entrepreneurial Skills Workshop Series is an annual
series of presentations produced by the Don Beall Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
focused on providing UC Irvine students with practical, “how to” information about starting
and managing a new venture.
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 Center for Investment and
Wealth Management
Under the leadership of Dean Andy Policano, the CIWM has continued it’s active rate of growth and programming in 2009.
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 Center for Real Estate
Professional growth opportunities abound on the
Merage Campus.
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Upcoming Merage School Events
and Activities
 Merage Alumni Network
Returns to Campus
Tuesday, March 31
Alumni Network Speaker Series
Featuring Professor Jone Pearce
Mastering Power: What Can Research Tell Us?
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 Distinguished Speaker Series:
Jim Caudill
April 7, 2009
Jim Caudill is President of The Black & Decker’s Hardware and Home Improvement (BDHHI) Division. He was named to this position in May 2005, after having served as Vice President and General Manager of the Accessories division of the Corporation’s Power Tools and Accessories business.
Caudill also is a Vice President of the Corporation, a position to which he was elected in May 2005, and serves on the Corporation’s Management Committee.
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 MBA Update:
Professor Imran Currim
Branding
March 12, 2009
Imran Currim is recognized as an international expert in market research, customer choice, and the design and marketing of products and services. He is the recipient of two of the highest national honors in his profession — the American Marketing Association William O’Dell Award, and the American Marketing Association/Houghton
Mifflin Distinguished Teaching in Marketing Award.
Professor Currim was recently appointed Chancellor’s Professor.
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 Effective Boardroom Leadership for New and Aspiring Directors
Executive Education at UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business and the Forum
of Corporate Directors have developed a unique program specifically
designed for new and aspiring directors.
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 MBA Update:
Professor Jone Pearce
Managing Influence
March 26, 2009
Jone L. Pearce is Dean's Professor of Leadership at the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine. Her field is organizational behavior, with research centering on how the institutional context affects individuals’ behavior and their affective reactions the workplace, often proposing (and testing) the mediating role of social processes. She has held numerous administrative positions in the UC Irvine’s School, most notably as Interim Dean from 2002 to 2004.
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 UCI Real Estate Alumni Boss Talk
Tuesday, March 3
Perspectives on issues impacting the local real estate industry.
6:00p.m. to 8:00p.m.
Executive Commons/MPAA 100
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more... (pdf)
 Alumni Event Calendar
Mark your calendar for these upcoming dates.
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Recent Events
 Dean Policano Visited
San Francisco Alumni
Over 30 Merage Alumni joined us at Belden Taverna Restaurant in downtown San Francisco to meet with and hear Dean Andy Policano on Wednesday,
February 4th.
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 North Orange County Lunch Recap
The Alumni Network returned to Anaheim’s El Torito Grill on Thursday, February 12th and was met by a very engaging group.
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Other News
 Attention Chicago Alumni!
Check out this Speednetworking opportunity for you!
Thursday, April 16
Located at the Oak Room in the Metropolitan Club
(at Sears Tower)
Registration begins at 5:30p.m.
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 MBA Socal Surf Classic
Saturday, April 4
Hosted by The Paul Merage School of Business at UCI, USC Marshall School of Business, UCLA Anderson School of Management, and Pepperdine Univesity Graziadio School of Business and Management.
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