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Advisory Board Minutes Investment Fund March 27
After Jûratë had left to Education Committee, The Investment Game 2007 finished on the On the occasion of the visit by H.E. Minister
the seat of Year 1 Lithuanians in the Advisory 10th of April, having a record number of of State for External Affairs of the Republic
Board was left empty. SA called for new participants (6108) from various countries. of India Mr. Anand Sharma, the Latvian
candidates, and 8 people showed their The closing ceremony for the winners will Institute of International Affairs together
interest. After short introductions of each take place at the SSE Riga in the end of April. with the Stockholm School of Economics in
candidate, Year 1 Lithuanians had an The first place will receive 500 EUR in cash Riga held a lecture "India's Foreign Policy".
opportunity to e-vote for their preference.
Aurimas Raèas won the elections by getting 9
votes and was declared to be the new
representative in ABM. He claims he is ready
to defend the interests of Year 1 Lithuanians
as well as to spread the gossips heard from the
very top SSE people.
Board Game Club
and 1 ounce of pure gold. The students who
helped in organizing and running the Game
this year will of course have some bonuses.
The Fund is currently holding positions in
Lithuanian and Estonian stocks and real
estate funds; more information about the
Fund's trading can be found on www.ifund.lv
The scholarship for the Macroeconomics
March 28
Ilmârs Rimðçviès, Governor, Bank of Latvia,
held a lecture on "The Latvian Economy:
Latest Development, Trends and Future
Prospects". Discussants in the event were
Viesturs Neimanis, President and Chairman
of the Board, SEB Unibanka, and Morten
Hansen, Head of Economics Department,
The club now has a nice bookcase for storing course in amount of 200 LVL is waiting for SSE Riga.
board games in the Peak Time room. Some
months ago the club also got some new
games. There are some ideas about making a
Settlers championship in May. The club, as
always, meets every Monday, and the games
are available to anyone who wants to take
them and play.
Charity Group
In order to get funds, the group looked for the
companies in Latvia with social corporate
responsibility. In March, letters to 35
different sponsors were sent. On the 27th of
March SEB Unibanka phoned and offered a
donation of computers (about 15).
On the 5th of April Blood Donor center was
collecting blood in Latvian Nature Museum.
Charity group participated in this activity.
Each person, who donated blood, received a
specially designed card which served as an
entrance card to the Takeover party.
In May the group is planning a trip with the
orphanage Ziluks.
Days of Opportunities
the top score!
IT support
IT support is currently working on the new
SA website which, hopefully, will be
officially launched this year. The IT support
page is also planned to be filled with some
more useful information. However, there are
no plans to improve the situation with
wireless at the school in the near future.
Je Joue
The Je Joue team is intensively preparing for
the event. This year it is going to be quite
different from the previous years. This year
Thursday is the “Je Joue day”. The event will
start on the 17th of May. Some guests are
planning to visit Je Joue (graduates and
people from other schools). All the
information will be announced soon.
Young Professionals Database
After a break the Young Professionals
database, created to promote SSE Riga
students to the labor force market, is back
again. A team of three Y1 students – Ramunë
March 28
A seminar (BICEPS/SSE Riga Seminar
Series) on “Business Government Relations
in Transition Countries and the New Theories
of Growth” was held by Professor Giorgio
Dominese (LUISS International University
of Rome and University of Udine).
March 29
The lecture on "Culture's Recent
Consequences” was given by Professor Geert
Hofstede. Geert Hofstede is Professor
Emeritus of Organizational Anthropology
and International Management of the
University of Maastricht in the Netherlands.
Through the publication in the USA of his
scholarly book "Culture's Consequences”, he
became a founder of comparative
intercultural research; his ideas are used
worldwide.
March 29
Arturs Skroderis, SSE Riga graduate (the
class of 2000) has published an exciting book
about his travelling experiences around the
Days of Opportunities took place on Friday, Rimgailaitë, Martins Veiss and Deniss world. The book was presented to the
the 13th of April. This year, 50 companies Aksjonovs – are ready to work and develop community of SSER, and a copy of it given to
participated. The event started with the the system. More news will come in the the library.
opening ceremony, where the Minister of
Foreign Affairs of Latvia Artis Pabriks and
representatives from the Lithuanian and
Estonian embassies welcomed the
participants. Company presentations took
place throughout the day. Ieva Plaude, the
nearest future.
Student Association
Business.com: Days of Opportunities will
make more profits this year as more
companies participated in the event.
April 11
A seminar (BICEPS/SSE Riga Seminar
Series) on “Fiscal Policies and Business
Cycles in an Enlarged Euro Area” was held
by Karsten Staehr, Bank of Estonia.
Chairwoman of the Board of "KOLONNA",
held a guest lecture on modern leadership.
After the closing ceremony a banquet
followed.
FLOW
Info.com: An amount of 2000 Ls was
received from Hansabanka. The money was
divided among student activities: the Charity
Group, the Choir, the Guide for Newcomers,
Je Joue, and SA.
April 16
Dr. Miroslaw Jarosinski made a presentation
about graduate studies at Warsaw School of
Economics. Informative session was held in
order to introduce the new graduate
After meeting their godfather Larry, FLOW Party.com: The Takeover party took place on opportunities to study International Business
re-visualised their vision of the organization. the 13th of April. in English.
They are planning to finally launch the
website; however, they are struggling with
this a bit due to lack of support from SSER IT
team. Moreover, FLOW is trying to get some
funding from EU and to participate in several
seminars about leadership across Europe.
PR.com: The Congress of Latvian Student
Union took place on the 7th of April. SSER
suggested revising the annual payment
formula.
Sports.com: Table football is back to SSER
again.
April 19
Dr. Manuel Medina Ortega, Member of the
European Parliament, held an open guest
lecture on "The Immigration Policy of the
EU". The event was co-organized with the
Embassy of Spain
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