March 3 Career Program: Women at Work, Global & Local Perspectives

The Alumnae Association of Bryn Mawr College and the Bryn Mawr College Club of Chicago present

Women at Work: Global & Local Perspectives

Saturday, March 3, 2012
1 – 4 p.m.

Heartland Alliance, Marjorie Kovler Center
1331 West Albion
Chicago, IL 60626

Cost: $15 for all alumnae and parents
Free for all current students

Chicago-area Bryn Mawr alumnae, students, and parents are invited to a Saturday afternoon program featuring Mary Osirim, Professor of Sociology and Dean of Graduate Studies at Bryn Mawr College, who will speak on the state of women in the workplace from a global and national perspective.

Dr. Osirim will be joined by Cori Ashworth, M.Ed., C.A.G.S., C.M.C., Alumnae Career Program Manager, who will discuss how organizations across the nation are currently addressing challenges facing women in the workplace.

Please come armed with your questions and get ready to engage in an active discussion about how to address these issues in our lives today.

Register Online

Career Counseling Appointments

As part of our career outreach to alumnae, the Bryn Mawr Alumnae Association will also be offering a full day of hour-long, one-on-one career coaching appointments with Cori Ashworth in downtown Chicago on March 4 (from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.).

Career coaching appointments can address a variety of subjects, including: planning a career search, changing careers, developing a solid brand, reentering the workforce, planning for retirement, or work-life balance.

Counseling sessions will be held at:

Residence Inn Chicago Downtown/River North
410 North Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60654
Phone: 312.494.9301
Click here for directions.

Click here to register for your appointment!

Upcoming Event: Bi-Co Happy Hour

Join local Bryn Mawr and Haverford alumni for a Bi-Co Happy Hour!

Thursday, March 8, 2012

5:30–8:00 p.m.

The Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery
1 West Grand Avenue (southwest corner of Grand and State), Chicago, IL 60610

Valet parking is available.

We’ll have a reserved section at the main bar and will provide hors d’oeuvres!

Please rsvp by February 29 to bmcchicago@gmail.com

Upcoming Event: Alumna Spotlight – November 19

On November 19, the Club will be hosting our annual fall lunch highlighting the life and work of a local alumna. This year, we are excited to be joined by artist Jane Calvin (’59). Ms. Calvin’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Polaroid International Collection, Detroit Institute of Arts, and Minneapolis Institute of Arts and is currently the subject of a solo exhibition at The Museum Anna Nordlander in Sweden.  (http://man.skelleftea.org/ and http://janecalvin.com/) We hope you will meet us at this interesting event!

Where: Custom House Tavern (Private Room), 500 South Dearborn Street

When: November 19, 2011, noon

Cost: $30 per person, $15 BMC Classes of 2007-2011

Guests are welcome.
Reservations required, space is limited.

Reservation deadline is Monday, November 14.

Pay using PayPal (Click HERE for regular admission, HERE for ’07-’11 alums) or by sending a check payable to BMC Club of Chicago to Jennifer Morris, 457 West Oakdale Avenue #2, Chicago, IL  60657.

January 7: Annual BMC Potluck

BMC Club of Chicago Winter Potluck

When:  Saturday, January 7 at 6:00 PM

Where: Home of Laura Stamp ’88 – 1143 Woodbine Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302

Join fellow Bryn Mawr alumnae and current students for our annual Winter Potluck and board meeting. Family and friends are welcome, and remember to bring business cards as this will also provide a great networking opportunity.Note:  The board meeting will start before the potluck, at 4 pm. Board meetings are open to any Mawrter in the Chicago area, and attending is a great way to connect with a variety of local Mawrters and to get acquainted with the activities of the Club.

Local Mawrters – you should have received an E-vite invitation by e-mail.  If you did not receive the invitation and would like to attend, please contact us at bmcchicago@gmail.com so that we know you’re coming.

Hope to see you there!

The BMC Alumnae Association Presents…

Managing Relationships for Professional Success: You Gotta Have a Gang!

In this, the Alumnae Association’s first Bryn Mawr Career webinar, we will consider how to analyze which relationships are critically important and consider the skills and assumptions to use in building these relationships. Paid or unpaid, the principles of strategic relationship management apply. A short self assessment is part of the enrollment for this webinar. You Gotta Have a Gang!

Title:Managing Relationships for Professional Success: You Gotta Have a Gang!

Date:Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Time:7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST

Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/794972638

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer

Career Opportunity

Alumna Justine Jentes, Associate Campaign Director at Illinois Institute of Technology, notified us of the following job opportunity:

 Position Title: Project Manager, Office of Institutional Advancement/Campaign Planning, Illinois Institute of Technology Main Campus

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
The Project Manager, working closely with the Associate Campaign Director, will be responsible for project management functions related to the management of IIT’s $250M campaign.

The Project Manager (PM) is a self-starting and self-managing individual. The PM is someone who not only completes tasks necessary to keep a project on its timeline, but someone who also pushes others on the project team for deliverables. The PM is detail oriented, process-driven, and meets deadlines. It is expected that the PM will meet the high expectations for professionalism, service and quality that this office strives to achieve. The PM works with the Campaign Management Team and ensures effective communications for the CMT and IA.  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Campaign Project Management: Serve as project manager for all Campaign projects, defining requirements and project specifications, driving project deliverables, delivering outstanding results on schedule and budget, and ensuring effective internal communications between AVPs, VP and IA. Anticipate and catch deviations from this plan.  
• Meeting Planning and Communications: Working with the Associate Campaign Director, prepare for weekly project meetings and meetings of Campaign volunteers, including all materials, presentations, and meeting logistics. Work and communicate with Trustees, Faculty, Sr. University Leadership, and any other contacts throughout the Campaign process.  
• Campaign Reporting: In collaboration with the Campaign Management Team, prepare documents that help monitor and manage activity. Maintain and update all project planning documents and fundraising reports and create new reports as needed. Ensure that actions are being fulfilled and documented, and that this information is communicated to the CMT in a timely manner.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education & Experience: Bachelors degree
• A minimum of 3 years of project management experience in a communications, marketing or non-profit environment required.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• Project Management training or certification preferred   Preferred Skills: Excellent written and verbal skills
• Mastery of all Microsoft Office products
• Knowledge of Raisers Edge or other fundraising database technology a plus.  
• Certifications & Licenses: Project Management training or certification preferred    

SALARY: $50,000 – $65,000

Upcoming Event: Beer With Us!

Chicago’s Seven Sisters College Consortium Presents Beer With Us! Join us on Thursday, November 3, 7-10 pm for a night of beer-tasting at Hopleaf, 5148 North Clark Street in Andersonville.  Our guide will be Wendy Littlefield, a Seven Sister who, along with her husband, has spent the last 30 years importing and promoting Belgian beers. We will taste several different beers and discover how they are developed and produced. Hopleaf will be providing a terrific buffet including mussels and pommes frites. Cost:  $25. Reservations accepted on a first-come first served basis, no later than October 28, 2011.  Guests are welcome. Questions or reservations, call Lou Levine at 312.664.6088 or Pia Thompson at 312.622.6109.

Beer and a little learning – what could be better?