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Santa
Clara University
MBA and MSIS Online Networks
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Introduction
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Here
below are the key online networks for alumni and students of the Santa Clara
University School of Business’ Master of Business Administration (MBA) and
Master of Science Information Systems (MSIS) programs:
- Santa Clara
University Life Long Network Yahoo! and LinkedIn Groups
- Santa Clara
MBA Yahoo! Group
- LinkedIn
Groups
- SCU
Alumni Association inCircle
- Monthly
Lunch Yahoo! Groups
- Special
Interest Yahoo! Groups
- Facebook
- Orkut Communities
- Classmate Directories
- Capstone
Forum
- Beta Gamma
Sigma Honor Society Groups
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Santa Clara University Life Long Network
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The Santa
Clara University Life Long Network (SCU LLN) connects over 1,500 people,
mostly SCU MBA alumni and students. The focus of the group is to enable
alumni and students to share non-academic information with each other. It is
an unofficial network that is moderated by SCU MBA alumni. There are two
components to the network:
- The SCU LLN Yahoo! Group enables alumni and students
to share information with each other. To join, go to the SCU LLN Yahoo! Group home page and click “Join This
Group!” in the upper right corner of the page.
- The SCU LLN LinkedIn Group enables alumni and students
to find each other’s professional profiles and contact each other
directly using the premiere online professional network, LinkedIn.
- To join, first join the SCU
LLN Yahoo! Group.
- Once you’re a member of the
Yahoo! Group, go to the SCU LLN Yahoo! Group home page and click the
LinkedIn logo in the middle of the page to open a new email message.
- Fill in the email message, then send the email request.
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Santa
Clara MBA Yahoo! Group
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The Santa
Clara MBA Network connects over 1,000 SCU MBA students and alumni. The focus
of the group is to help students thought the MBA program. Recent alumni often
participate to share experiences with students.
To join,
go to the Santa Clara MBA Yahoo! Group home page and click “Join
This Group!” in the upper right corner of the page.
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LinkedIn Groups
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LinkedIn
is the leading professional networking site, where thousands of SCU alumni
and students have registered.
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SCU Alumni Association inCircle
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The SCU
Alumni Association sponsors inCircle to connect all SCU undergraduate and
graduate alumni. inCircle enables alumni to share
messages, events, job opportunities, profiles, pictures, and more. Within
inCircle there are many special interest groups you can join.
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Monthly Lunch Yahoo! Groups
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SCU MBA
graduates and students get together for informal lunches on a monthly basis
in different cities. Join one or more of the following Yahoo! Groups to find
out where and when fellow alumni and students will be meeting. Each group
meets once per month:
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Special Interest Yahoo! Groups
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In addition
to the SCU Life Long Network and Santa Clara MBA Yahoo! Groups mentioned
above, there are a number of Yahoo! Groups for special interests which have
SCU MBA and MSIS students and alumni actively engaged.
Depending
upon how a Yahoo! Group administrator has configured a particular group, you
may also be able share hyperlinks, digital photographs, files, and more with
fellow group members via the group’s website.
Here are
many of the Yahoo! Groups related to the SCU MBA and MSIS programs of which I
am aware:
- Finance
Connection - SCU – You don’t have to be a member of the Finance Connexion network to join. Note that this group has a lot of good
information in their database, including course evaluations, people
seeking capstone project teammates, and book buying and selling
classifieds.
- MBA
Consulting Group of Santa Clara University – “Membership is open to
all students and alumni of the MBA program at Santa Clara University. Almost all emails
that members (subscribers) will receive through this group's mailing
list will concern projects that the group is taking on. Those who wish
to participate in these projects should definitely sign up! This is not
a high-traffic mailing list.”
- Santa Clara MBA Alumni Social Club
- SCU Biotech
– “To foster discussion and networking among past and present SCU MBA
students interested in learning more about the biotechnology industry.”
- SCU
China – America Business Connection – For all SCU MBA students and
alumni interested in the dynamics of trade in and between the U.S.
and China.
- SCU
International Business Network – “This group is intended for all SCU
MBA students who are interested in learning and exchanging views on
international business and pursuing a career path in International
Business MBA.
- SCU
Marketing Network – For the Marketing Network, you don’t need to be
a member to join.
- SCU MBA Business Network – “Discuss Business, Stocks, SCU MBA
classes, Other related topics”
- SCU
MBA Day2Day Business Guidance – “Objective: Focus of the group is to
offer peer-to-peer network-based advice/guidance for SCU MBA alumni and
students who hold the following positions (or are seriously aspiring for
them): Product Management, Product Marketing, Director of Products,
Director of Marketing, VP of Products/Technology/Engineering, and
Founders/Entrepreneurs or CIOs/CEOs. Only
‘How-Tos’ relevant to your day-to-day challenges
in growing at work are posted.”
- SCU
MBA Wine Education – “A group of Santa Clara University MBA students
and alumni who are curious about wine and wish to learn about it, study
it, and taste it.”
- SCU MSIS
– Group for SCU MSIS students.
- SCU Real Estate
Network – “The SCU Real Estate Network was founded to provide a
forum where students, alumni and the business community can come
together for educational programs, networking and support for all
matters relating to real estate.”
- SCU
South Asian MBA Network
- Women in
Business - SCU – You don’t have to be a member of the Women In Business network—or even be a woman—to join. This group has a lot of good
information in their database, including professor and class comments,
book buying and selling classifieds, and information about waiver exams.
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Facebook
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Facebook is the leading social networking site.
- SCU
Leavey School of Business (MBA) – “This
group has been created for MBA students at SCU Leavey
School of Business to socialize and network with fellow students.”
- SCU
Business Alumni Network – “This group has been created for Leavey School of Business alumni at Santa Clara University to network, reconnect
and meet new friends.”
- Santa Clara University Alumni Association – Go to
the official SCU Alumni Association page and click “Become a fan” to
join the hundreds of alumni linked to the alumni association on Facebook. “The SCU Alumni’s Facebook
page acts as a tool to bring together all SCU Alumni, in order to create
a reliable source for networking and reconnection of fellow Broncos. No
matter where you are in the world, you can be part of the Santa Clara alumni
community any time, online.”
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Orkut Communities
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Orkut is Google’s social networking site.
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Classmate
Directories
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There are
a number of Internet sites which provide a means for former classmates to
keep in contact with each other. If you’re looking to reconnect with a
particular classmate that you can’t find using LinkedIn or inCircle, you may
find the following sites useful:
- Classmates – Note
that you may sign up for two schools:
- “Santa Clara University”
- “Santa Clara University – Business”
- Alumni.net–
This site is free, but you’ll need to navigate a number of annoying
pop-up windows.
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Capstone Forum
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scucapstone.com
is a useful resource for capstone course advice and for use during the
capstone course (IDIS 619).
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Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
Groups
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Invitations
to the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society are offered to the top business
students in AACSB accredited programs. The Beta Gamma Sigma San Francisco Area
Alumni Chapter sponsors both a LinkedIn Group and a Yahoo! Group for members
of its chapter. These groups enable members to connect with over 100 fellow
members who are alumni of such Bay Area schools as Stanford University,
UC Berkeley, and Santa
Clara University.
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