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Alumni AdvantagesCareer FairApril 28, 2011, 12:00pm-2:00pmAlumni Hall, (116 Beacon Street, Boston) BostonFor details and to register: fisher.edu/job-fairFisher is for LifeReceive a 25% Fisher for Life discount oncontinuing education courses either to earnanother degree or to simply sample an areaof study.www.fisher.edu/alumni-advantagesLife Experience Accepted HereTranslate employment, military service,trainings, memberships, and volunteerisminto course credits.www.fisher.edu/plaFinish NowThe Degree Completion Program allows youto take previously-earned credits and applythem towards a Fisher bachelor’s degree.www.fisher.edu/dcpEarn Your MBA – at FisherEnroll in a full-time day or part-time eveningprogram. New cohorts are scheduled tobegin in September 2011.www.fisher.edu/mba✯✯@Fisher✯Get your monthly e-blast from the Office of Alumni Relations.@Fisher is a simple way to stay current on alumni events.Update your contact information atwww.fisher.edu/alumni-updateand we’ll add you to the list.Life After(Fisher) CollegeAt Your Service: Hospitality TodayWednesday, February 2, 12:30pm – 2:00pmThe tourism and hospitality industry provides huge revenuefor metropolitan areas and New England. Learn fromthis panel of industry experts about how they got theirstarts in the field and what it really means to provideA+ service. Speakers include Christine Sprague ’66,Owner and Operator of The Inn at Ormsby Hill;Sarah Hamilton ‘04, Events Manager at Ingenix;and Clara Florentino ‘97, Sales Coordinator atBoston Park Plaza Hotels.Life After College ExplainedWednesday, March 2, 12:30pm – 2:00pmMoving beyond college and into the “real world” is ascary thing. How do you find an apartment you canactually afford in Boston? Did you know you can negotiateyour salary? What are all those forms you need to fillout when you get a job? Speakers include JessicaMencunas ’05, Director of Human Resources at LFI, Inc.,and Tanya Tanaro ’03, Regional Account Executiveat American Student Assistance.Market YourselfThursday, April 7, 12:30pm – 2:00pmNo one gets a second chance to make a first impression.There are many tools to get noticed by employers andknowing how to present yourself is key. Carin Dupuis’82, Human Resources Director at Diageo, Inc., willfocus on the importance of first impressions and the30-second pitch.Etiquette DinnerThursday, April 14, 5:00pm – 7:00pm $5One Arlington Street, BallroomBusiness is full of unpredictable situations, includingmeals with more forks than you’ve ever seen. Anetiquette expert will be on hand to teach about properutensils and appropriate dinner conversation as wellas tips on how to network with potential employers.Open to current students and graduates of the lastdecade. RSVP at fisher.edu/alumnievents.10
LegacyPlanning in3steps“There are things thatstand out when youreview your life and myexperience at Fisher wasdefining. I am proud toinclude Fisher in mylong-term plans.”Joan (Rubin) Fixler ’76STEP1 STEP2 STEP3SELECT THE RIGHT TOOLFor a bequest…name Fisher College inyour will as a beneficiary of either a specificamount or a percentage of your estate.For a retirement plan…include FisherCollege as a beneficiary.For an insurance policy…add FisherCollege as a beneficiary.TAKE CARE OF BUSINESSUpdate your will…by including Fisher Collegeas the beneficiary or through an addendumwhich names Fisher College as a beneficiary.Complete the retirement plan beneficiaryform…from your plan administrator by namingFisher College as a beneficiary and indicatingthe percentage of the fund that Fisherwill receive.Complete the insurance policy beneficiaryform…from your insurance agent/employerby naming Fisher College as a beneficiaryand indicating the percentage of the policy’sdeath benefit that Fisher will receive.TELL US!We want to thank you and add you tothe membership list of the E.H. & M.C.Fisher Legacy Society.For More Information: Richard A. Levitt,Vice President for Institutional Advancementrlevitt@fisher.edu (617) 670-4418Charitable IRA Rollover RenewedTo the relief of the philanthropic community,the charitable IRA rollover was reinstatedas part of the tax package signed byPresident Obama in December 2010.Individuals aged 70 and older may shift upto $100,000 from their IRAs to charitableorganizations without paying incometaxes on the distribution.www.fisher.edu/alumni11
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