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2011-2012 Monthly Sessions & Workshops MONTH BUSINESS TOPIC/S KEYNOTE BUSINESS ACTIVITY September YEOC Orientation Carlos Gutierrez, Ernst & Young - Partner Assurance Services YEOC Expectations and UW Admissions October Team Building Team Building - Mentor Group Activities Scavenger Hunt - X Factor Challenge November Accounting Saul Gomez, Ernst & Young - Senior Manager State & Local Tax Speed Networking - E&Y Professionals December Marketing LeRoy Hughes, Ernst & Young - Business Development Executive The R Factor - Ryan Kist, Ernst & Young January Finance Alice Jolla, Microsoft - Senior Accounting Director Burning Money & The Game of Life February International Experiences Matthew Alexander, Ernst & Young - Advisory Senior Manager Around the World Lunch March Consulting Damien Haygood, Ernst & Young - Advisory Senior Manager Consulting Case Challenge April iCreate Entrepreneurship Exploration Social Venture Development Projects May Case Competition & James Turley, Ernst & Young - CEO Case Competition Celebration Ceremony June Senior Spotlight The 2011-2012 YEOC Mentors Recognized as an Academic Leadership Activity by the UW Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity and Admissions PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT It’s Business Time: 30 Second Elevator Speech What’s Your Brand The Fundamentals of Personal Finance Global Business Customs & Cultural Awareness Business Diversity Panel Discussion Dynamic Speaking Start-up Panel Discussion COLLEGE PREP UW Admissions Process & Preparation Senior College Applications Computer Lab & Essay Reviews The Pursuit of College Leadership: It’s More Than Just Student Council Storytelling Workshops Paying for College & FASFA Senior Mentors - Seniors lead the Junior College Prep Workshop Cultural Awareness Workshop PSAT/SAT Prep Workshop What type of Leader are YOU? Young Executives dedicate one Saturday a month. The 2011-2012 Mentors are featured above. From left to right in the front row: Alexa Soriano [Senior, Marketing] · Yerusalem Yemane [Senior, Accounting, CISB & Italian] · Vicente Silva [Senior, Business Administration & Latin American Studies] · Allen Trillana [Senior, Information Systems] · TraVonne Ivey [Senior, Finance] · Tirhase Haddis [Senior, Marketing & Entrepreneurship]. From left to right in the back rows: Paulos Shiferaw [Junior, Finance & Information Systems] · Christine Lo [Senior, Finance] · James Zaw [ Senior, Marketing, Information Systems & Communications] · Andre Gill-McVey [Senior, Accounting & Information Systems] · Ivette Aguilera [Junior, Accounting & Diversity] · Armauni Barsamian [Senior, Accounting]. .
Special Sessions SEPTEMBER - Orientation The program kicked off the year with Carlos Gutierrez, EY Partner, welcoming the Young Executives & their parents. Participants were informed about college preparation and the admissions process at the University of Washington as well as given an overview of the YEOC 2011-2012 academic year. November - Accounting The November session provided a glimpse of the qualities that lead to a successful career at a professional services firm such as Ernst & Young. Saul Gomez, State & Local Tax Senior Manager, gave the Keynote and students participated in speed networking and learned how to give a "30 Second Elevator Pitch". February - International Experiences In February students were exposed to various Global Business Customs during Donna Lee’s Cultural Awareness game. Our students also gained an understanding of corporate diversity during our panel discussions with representatives from Nike, Boeing, Accenture and more. During lunch our students got to travel around the world and try foods from various countries and meet the minority restaurant business owners. Matthew Alexander, Advisory Senior Manager, shared his international experiences as the Keynote Speaker. APRIL - iCreate May - Case Competition & End of the Year Celebration JUNE - Senior Spotlight The Young Executives of Color were tasks with the challenge of reinventing the ideal high school classroom and in teams collectively develop an idea (educational venture) to present to potential social venture capitalist during the iCreate Fair. We also had a Start-up panel discussion with the CEO of Ezell’s Famous Chicken and representatives from Getty Images and LinkedIn. Young Executives participated in the annual Case Competition and over 40 EY professionals, YEOC mentor alums, UW staff and students volunteered during the session. We concluded the day celebrating the accomplishments of the students and reflecting over the YEOC program. Ernst and Young's CEO, Jim Turley, delivered the Keynote Speech and Ken Bouyer, America's Director of Inclusiveness Recruiting, announced the extended partnership with Ernst & Young for the next three years. The final session was an exclusive celebration that honored all of the graduates in the 2011-2012 YEOC senior class. We had panel discussions, activities, class awards and a few stand-out students give speeches on behalf of their classmates.
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