School Events

Friday, September 21 | Saturday, September 22

Friday, September 21

8–8:30 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30–10 a.m. Networking

• FCC and Alumni Relations Student Networking Breakfast
  Looking to expand your network of contacts? Want to help an upcoming graduate with advice on how to break into your field? Are you seeking an opportunity to give back to your alma mater? Then come network with your fellow School of Management alumni and current students at the bi-annual Feld Career Center and School of Management alumni fall networking event.
  Location: School of Management Atrium, 595 Commonwealth Avenue
  Cost: Free

10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

• School of Management Hospitality
  Stop by to visit with other alumni, meet current students, and view yearbooks and other great BU publications past and present.  Light refreshments served throughout the day.
  Location: School of Management Atrium, 595 Commonwealth Avenue
  Cost:  Free

10:15-11:45 a.m.

• Alumni and Faculty Panel Discussions
  Join noted alumni and faculty for discussions on a variety of issues in the business world today. Three concurrent sessions, open to alumni, students, and the BU community, will focus on: 
  • Digital Technology & Information Systems: Information Systems faculty will lead a discussion on disruptive technologies in the marketplace.
    Location: School of Management, 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 324
  • Energy & Environmental Sustainability: Wing Tat Lee Family Professor in Management Nalin Kulatilaka will moderate a discussion on Clean Energy Services: Financial Models and Incentive Structures.
    Location: School of Management, 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Rooms 426 and 428
  • Healthcare/Public & Nonprofit: Join Healthcare and Public & Nonprofit instructors for a dialogue on important issues facing the healthcare and the public and nonprofit industries.
    Location: School of Management, 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 414

Cost: Free

12:00-2:00 p.m.

• Poster Session and Lunch
  Come celebrate Alumni Weekend during your lunch break! Show your SMG pride by coming back to have a casual, family-friendly lunch with SMG faculty, students, and staff. There will be a poster session of MBA student presentations on display during the lunch.
  Location: School of Management Atrium, 595 Commonwealth Avenue
  Cost: $10.00

4:30-6:00 p.m.

• Alumni Cocktail Mixer with Dean Freeman
  Join Dean Ken Freeman for an SMG Alumni Cocktail Mixer. Catch up with old friends and new colleagues—cement old ties and expand your network and be sure to check out SMG’s renovated space.
  Location: School of Management 4th Floor Dining Room, 595 Commonwealth Avenue
  Cost: $15.00

6:30-8:30 p.m.

• MBA Reunion Dinner
  Calling all first-year-out MBAs and classes ending in “2″ and “7″—come back to your old haunt for this School of Management tradition. Anyone else with a small group of friends or a blockbuster gang is welcome to join us, too.
  Location: School of Management 4th Floor Dining Room, 595 Commonwealth Avenue
  Cost: $25.00

Saturday, September 22

9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

• School of Management Hospitality
  Stop by to visit with other alumni, meet current students, and view yearbooks and other great BU publications past and present. Light refreshments served throughout the day.
  Location: School of Management Atrium, 595 Commonwealth Avenue
  Cost: Free

9 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Entrepreneurship Boot Camp—Your Future: From Concept to Reality
  Develop the savvy and the skills you need to recognize opportunity and turn it into a successful business venture. The program provides hands-on knowledge in marketing, finance, leadership, strategy, and best practices that you can deploy immediately. Classes are taught by successful entrepreneurs with the unique combination of real-world experience and the ability to teach and empower the next generation of thriving business owners. A must-attend for any entrepreneur. Limited to 50 people.
  Location: School of Management, 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 208
  Cost: $25.00

12:30 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.

• A Taste of BU
  Grab your friends and family and come outside to enjoy BU! Join the greater BU community for New England fare and enjoy entertainment on the BU Beach.
  Location: BU Beach (behind Marsh Chapel), 735 Commonwealth Avenue
  Cost: $20; Children 12 and under: $5

2-4 p.m.

• “Rise to the Challenge: A GPS Urban Adventure”
  The roots of experiential adventure education at Boston University run deep. When corporate challenge course trainings were in their infancy in the 1970s, the School of Management created the Executive Challenge program. In the early 2000s, BU brought the adventure to the city streets of Boston through GPS-based urban adventure programs. In 2012, School of Management invested a million dollars to create an innovative classroom studio to revolutionize teaching and learning.  So, come see the classroom, experience the new technology, and have some fun with Professor Paul Hutchinson who has taken experiential education to new heights by developing the Secret Agent Initiative, an exciting, fast-paced leadership and team building workshop that highlights the strengths and weaknesses of a team by challenging them in a complex scenario that requires the use of technology, knowledge of the city streets, and strategic planning. Teams of “Agents” scour the city looking for “Pinky Bolger,” a minor criminal visiting the city.  With their Command Team utilizing a wealth of technological resources, teams of Agents collaborate and attempt to locate and finally capture “Pinky.”  T passes will be provided and students will be assigned to each team to help navigate Boston’s sometime challenging terrain. There are 40 available seats.
  Location: The challenge begins at the School of Management, 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 326
  Cost: $10.00