The New Semester Begins

Hello!

We had our first MBA Association Meeting of the semester yesterday. Gina Mauller, from Career Services, gave us an overview of events they would be hosting this semester, including site visits, a career fair, and a salary negotiations workshop by Don Asher. Other events the MBAA is planning for the month of February include the SuperBowl party on Sunday, Language Partners Breakfast Kickoff 2/6, and our first wine tasting 2/22 (tent.) We also discussed other upcoming events for the semester--including the possibility of attending a Cardinals game, Faculty-Student Poker Tournament, alumni happy hours in Kansas City and St. Louis, and International Day, an MBAA Tradition.

The big philanthropy activity this semester is Relay for Life. Last year, the MBA Association team was the highest fundraising team at the Univeristy of Missouri. This year, our goal is to raise over $7,000. The date for Relay is April 14th through 15th. We will also be doing some activities with Big Brothers/Big Sisters, as well as cleaning our stretch of "adopted highway." a highway isn't the only thing we've adopted this semester. The MBAA has also "adopted" Katie Kluga, an MU gymnast, as part of Mizzou Gymnastics' "Adopt A Gymnast" program. Several MBAA members have attended meets this year to cheer on Katie. The next meet is February 9th at 7 pm at Hearnes. It will be a unique style of meet, "Beauty and the Beast" featuring both the gymnasts and the Mizzou wrestlers, who are currently ranked #2 in the country. Come out and support Katie at 7 p.m. at the Hearnes Center on 2/9.

If you have any suggestions for activities, please let one of the officers know! We are very open to your suggestions.

Keep checking back for more updates on the MBAA activities!