ALERT: The November Meeting has been cancelled due to a family illness
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Dear
Members and Friends of the Philadelphia Chapter:
I am very proud to say that we pulled off a very successful
Student Night Event this year! Despite the fact that so
many of our executive team and members who normally participate
in this event were affected by the October 15 deadline
or the Jewish holiday, we had one of the best sponsored
and student attended events in a long, long time.
We want to thank Brenda Grove, Director of Outreach and
Onsite Programs at Villanova University, for hosting the
evening in their stately Villanova Room. The accommodations
were well received.
I would like to thank the speakers for sharing their time
and experiences with the students – Mary Duff from
Duff Accounting Solutions, Bob Loughney from the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and Kathleen Meriwether from Ernst
& Young – all of whom were brief, but added their
own perspective on accounting related careers.
Our sponsor participation was excellent! Please see the
list of our sponsor in the pages to follow. There were
many new faces and members of firms who gained insight
about ASWA and took it back with great enthusiasm to their
firms, which is a great compliment. I know they had some
wonderful interaction with the students. They came prepared
with information and items for the students to take away
with them, which was well appreciated.
I think the biggest compliment was in the fact that the
students’ question and answer session towards the
end of the program lasted almost 45 minutes.
I especially want to thank our Student Activities Chair,
Liz Kolar, Executive Director of the Philadelphia CPA
Review Course and Chair of the Department of Business
Administration at Delaware Valley College, who was responsible
for contacting all of the colleges and universities to
reach out to the students and who again served as our
panel moderator.
Many thanks to the Executive Team who helped pull this
one together.
Now, upon our return from the National Conference in Dallas,
our November meeting will be one for Team Building! We
will share some of the “Valuable Things” that
we learned in Dallas and we’ll learn how to better
utilize one of the most recent benefits ASWA has to offer
its members – Virtual Exchange.
In November, we will have our kick-off event for the mentor
program – a Meet and Greet Brunch. This will enable
the new mentees to meet one another, to meet their individual
mentors and to gain insight into the program through interaction
with our mentees of the pilot program. Having this event
was the recommendation of the majority of the mentees
of the pilot program. We were very pleased at how well
received the idea had become and appreciate Mary-Claire
Corcoran volunteering her home for the Event.
Enjoy the beautiful crisp and colorful fall and I hope
to see you at one of the November Events.
Very
truly yours,
Lori Lucente-McKeage
Philadelphia
Chapter President |
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| Special
Reort |
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The
Friday, November 3, 2006
Channel 6 ABC Action News telecast featured
a Special Report by Sarah Bloomquist entitled
"What Women Aren't Told".
What
Women Aren't Told in the workplace is a seminar
given by Chris Flett, an entrepreneur turned
corporate coach.
The report featured the October Philadelphia
Chapter ASWA meeting.
Click
Here for the link
to the online article and video |
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| Working
Wardrobe |
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We
are still collecting clothes for Working Wardrobe!
The Working Wardrobe is a great charity where
you can donate your old (or no longer fitting)
office clothing. Please take the time to go
through your closets and bring any contributions
to any of our meetings.
Visit their website at http://www.careerwardrobe.org |
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