Hello Businesswomen!

We wish you all the best during midterms week!

We have several exciting events in the works. This Wednesday, we have our Business Bites with JP Morgan at the WCC (see the flyer and announcement in the Spotlight Event). This is a great time to network with female analysts from the JP Morgan San Francisco office and ask them questions during recruiting. As attendance is limited, please RSVP using your mySWIB account (read "RSVP & Points" below for more information), and, as always, light refreshments will be served. :)

We are in planning stages for the "Grace Under Pressure " SWIB Conference coming up this Spring - look out for the website registration and circulation flyers coming soon! A few other events currently in the works include a McKinsey-SWIB-SWE Spring Picnic in April, “Screw Your Swib", and a tentative Spring Formal.

We'll keep you updated, and in the meantime, we hope to see you at our Business Bites event!

Anjali & Ooshma
Co-Presidents, Stanford Women in Business
president@stanfordwomeninbusiness.com

Spotlight Event
Business Bites with JP Morgan
featuring Jessica Bloomgarden and additional female analysts from the San Francisco office
When: Wednesday, February 6th from 8:00-9:00pm
Where: Women's Community Center
Limited Capacity. Access will be first come first serve based on RSVP through mySWIB (see "RSVP & Points" below for more information)

See more Upcoming Events

Past Events Recap
SWIB had a very active Fall and Winter Quarter. Past events include:

Last Week of October: Halloween Philanthropy
SWIB kicked off its philanthropy efforts with two fun-filled, Halloween-themed events. The first was held at HomeSafe San Jose, a shelter for victims of domestic violence, and the second took place at the San Jose Family Shelter for homeless families. SWIB-ers had a blast celebrating Halloween with the kids, helping them decorate mini pumpkins, create personalized trick-or-treating bags, and get their faces painted (in some cases, they were the ones painting our faces!).

11/9 - 11/10: SWIB Associate Class & Retreat
SWIB welcomed its first Associate Class with a hummer limo, dinner at Fahrenheit, and a beach house retreat in Santa Cruz.

11/13: Business Bites with Dana Nguyen
We welcomed back Dana, former co-president of SWIB and current Marketing Associate at Google, for our Business Bites kickoff. Dana spoke about the challenges of transitioning from Stanford to the workplace. She told us about work at Google, what her responsibilities were as a new-graduate and the dynamics of the professional workplace. She also shared with us her own reflection back on Stanford, what she got out of her academics, of opportunities beyond the classroom and of course, what SWIB meant to her.

1/27: SWIB Interns Rollouts
We welcomed our first year of SWIB Interns who work under each of the VPs and Directors to gain invaluable leadership experience through planning and organizing various SWIB events. They were also properly rolled out on the morning of January 27th. :)

1/16 and 1/17: JP Morgan and Lehman Bros Luncheons
The luncheon with JP Morgan on January 16 and with Lehman Bros on January 17 allowed SWIB members to network with current executives in each company before their respective info sessions in the evening. Attendees were seated at small tables and enjoyed small group discussions with company representatives over delicious food.

1/27: Mini-MBA - Interview Preparation Workshop
Led by current SWIB co-presidents Anjali Vaidya and Ooshma Garg, the mini-MBA workshop proved to be a popular and useful event in light of the upcoming recruiting interviews season.

1/28: SWIB Etiquette Workshop
Appropriate titled "What They Don't Teach You at Business School", our Etiquette Workshop was an eye-opening primer on how to properly conduct oneself in business settings.

RSVP & Points

SWIB is implementing a new RSVP system -- everything can be done over your mySWIB account!

After signing up and logging into your mySWIB account, click "mySWIB Events" in the left column. Click RSVP, find the event you want to attend, and click the RSVP option for that event.

For each RSVP, your mySWIB account is credit one mySWIB point. You will also receive one point for attending the event (be sure to sign-in!) and one point for leaving event feedback on mySWIB.

Certain exclusive SWIB events have limited attendance, such as intimate networking session with speakers after an event, and only members with the highest amounts of SWIB points will receive attendance spots. Be sure to attend SWIB events and utilize the mySWIB system!

(If you attended a SWIB event during this 2007-2008 academic year, your points will be input into the system within the next week.)

Join or Login to your MySWIB account now!

Campus and Recruiting Highlights

Liberal Arts & Alternative Business Fair
Today, February 5th, Noon to 4 pm @ Tresidder Union
Employers from over 80 organizations will be seeking students of all levels of study for full time jobs and internships.

For a list of participating organizations and job descriptions, log in to Cardinal Careers: http://cardinalcareers.stanford.edu.

Grace Under Pressure
[Stanford Women in Business Conference]
Date: Saturday, May 3rd
Location: Old Union

The "Grace Under Pressure" business conference is an event created to provide undergraduate female students insight of how real businesswomen face issues of conflict and execute significant decisions under pressure. Through a series of breakout sessions, attendees will learn techniques, styles, and methods of problem solving in various contexts and industries.  The main goal is for attendees to not only become exposed to the world of business from a female perspective but leave with useful advice of how to perform successfully under circumstances of crisis and/or pressure.

Tentative Agenda
9:00-10:00     Registration and Breakfast
10:00-11:15   Welcome and Morning Keynote
11:20-12:20   Breakout session 1
12:30-1:30     Sponsor and Speaker Luncheon
1:30-2:30       Breakout session 2
2:40-3:45       Afternoon/Closing Keynote
4:00-5:00       Reception and Networking Hour