OCOB Ann Rep 07-08 - Orfalea College of Business - Cal Poly San ...

ACADEMICSOn Feb. 2, 2008, the 13th AnnualInternational Career Conference(ICC) hosted over 250 attendees atSan Luis Obispo’s Embassy Suites.The conference opened with akeynote address by Riyad Mansour,ambassador and permanent observerof Palestine for the United Nations.Mansour encouraged students andmembers of the campus and communityto develop their professional andpersonal knowledge in internationalaffairs. He advocated knowledgesharingas the key to forming sustainableand cooperative bondsacross nations and with corporationsand individuals.Included in the day were 10discussion panels, with topics rangingfrom international marketing,cultural adaptation and expatriation,and workplace diversity to internationalfinancial and investmentissues and corporate social responsibility.The panels included invitedThe 2007-08 ICC Planning Committee13th Annual International Career Conference draws a crowdOrfalea College of Business studentsFolashade Harrison (BusinessAdministration) of Hayward andNkechi Ikpo (Marketing) of Modestojoined seven other Cal Poly studentsat the National Society of BlackEngineers conference in Florida.industry professionals, nonprofitorganizers, and Cal Poly faculty andalumni with backgrounds in business,engineering, real estate, alternativeenergy vehicles and agriculture. Aftera series of prepared questions moderatedby Orfalea College of Businessprofessors, the attendees were invitedto direct questions to the panelists.At the subsequent career fair,students connected with recruitersand company representatives fromglobal corporations such as Aerotek,Edward Jones, John Hancock Financial,Northrop Grumman, REC Solar,Target, and Teradyne.Business students coordinatedthe ICC as their learn-by-doingsenior project. Appointed rolesinvolved speaker and employerrecruitment and marketing, financial,logistical and Web design functionsassociated with event planning.Under the guidance of facultyadvisor Barry Floyd, the summitBusiness students attend Black Engineers ConferenceWith an estimated worldwideattendance of 10,000, the conferenceprovides an opportunity to meet withindividuals who are considered keycontributors to science, business andengineering and are recognized byindustry for excellence in theirwas planned and executed by studentsNaté Basile, Managing People& Technology; Kelly-Anne Cheung,Marketing; Jonathan Clark, InternationalBusiness Management;Martha Doromal, Business Administration;Hilary Frimond, Marketing;Tiana Graham, Business Administration;Lauren Grana, Finance/InternationalBusiness; LauraGunderson, International BusinessManagement; Aquiles Landaverde,Marketing; Heba Mansour, Finance;Jeff Spicer, International BusinessManagement; Stephanie Sullivan,Marketing; Eric Walden, Accounting/InformationSystems; andMaureen Walsh, Marketing.The planning committee for the14th annual conference has beenselected, and the event is set forwinter quarter 2009. Interestedspeakers, recruiters and students canfind more information on next year’sevent at icc.calpoly.edu.respective fields. The two businessstudents were joined by Cal Polystudents from Electrical Engineering,Biology, Biomedical Engineering,Statistics, Aerospace Engineering,Computer Engineering and PublicPolicy/Architecture.ORFALEA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ❚ 37