EXTRAORDINARY: Stories for Aspiring Leaders
New Administrative Assistant
AGSBAAI Membership Card Renewal
AGSBAAI and AAA Partnership
Blue Network Discount & Privileges Section
AGSB ALUMNI VISA CARD
The 2009 eyrie Yearbook
Requests for CAV
For MBA Degree Seekers
Rockwell Alumni Blue Room
Topic for Strategic Management (STRAMA) Paper
Electives
Forum Presentation Materials
Security Warning: E-mail "Phishing" Scam
Invitation to Promote Products/Services Online
Right to Privacy

AGSBAAI Membership Card Renewal

Unless you have decided to get the lifetime membership card, the membership card you are currently carrying is an annual card and is valid only for one year.  The expiry date is indicated on the card itself and we do not wish you to encounter an unpleasant situation of presenting an expired card to avail of any of its benefits.  We do not have a systematic way of reminding you or automatically replacing your expired card.  Allow two months before the expiry date to arrange for a card replacement by first settling the membership fee.  Incidentally, the replacement card will no longer be an annual card.  We now call it the regular card at P1,000 and it is valid for three years.  You may also wish to take this opportunity to switch to lifetime membership by paying P2,000 (valid until July 31, 2010) or P2,500 thereafter.  For more details on your options and the procedure for renewal, please go to the Membership Card section of this website.  Direct your inquiries on membership card renewal to us at agsbaai@aps.ateneu.edu.

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The 2009 eyrie Yearbook Committee is now accepting AGSB graduates who wish to be included in this year’s yearbook.  Although this year’s yearbook will focus on the 2009 MBA graduates, the MBA graduates of prior years are given the opportunity to be included in a separate section of the yearbook.  Interested parties are required to do the following:

1. Graduation Photo.  For the 2009 graduates, the photo shoot is scheduled on July 8-9, 2009, at the AGSB Admin Office on the 2nd floor of the APS Building.  For graduates of prior years, you may join the photo shoot in the school or submit your graduation photo (labeled Surname, Firstname at the back) to Patrick Ignacio at the AGSB Office.

2. Create Your Profile.  Do your profile in the following format.  Use MS Word with Arial 10 font.  Deviations from this format will be returned.

   Name:  Firstname MI Surname (mandatory)

   MBA Program, Year Graduated, Campus: e.g., Standard 2009 Rockwell (mandatory)
   For Program, use: Standard, MM, Regis, Health, Hospital Adm, Com Health, IT, Public Mgmt, SEP, or Off-campus.
   For Campus, use: Rockwell, Cebu, Sta Rosa, Subic, dela Costa, P Faura, ADB, or off-campus    site.

   Job Position: (optional)
   Company:  (optional)
   Industry:  (optional)

   Address:  (optional)
   Phone:  put all numbers, format: 123-4567 or 0917-123-4567 (optional)
   eMail Address:  (optional)

   Honors at AGSB: e.g., Gold medalist, Dean’s Lister (optional)
   Extracurricular Activities in AGSB:  (optional)

   Professional Title:  (optional)
   Undergraduate Degree:  (optional)

   Write-up:  (optional, limit to 100 words maximum)

3. Submit Your Profile.  Send your profile as a file attachment to agsbaai2009@yahoo.com. Use the filename: Surname_firstname.  Deadline for submission is Feb. 28, 2010.

4. Pay Charges.  In addition to your graduation incidental costs, please settle the following applicable charges with Patrick Ignacio by July 31, 2009.

In order for us to provide your yearbook with the lowest price possible, a Sponsors Section will be added.  For every whole page ad or its equivalent you can solicit, you no longer need to pay the P1,200 for the yearbook.  A full page ad will follow the yearbook’s 8-1/2 x 11 landscape orientation.

Prices for the ads are as follows:
    P 5,000       for whole page w/ free copy of the yearbook for the sponsor
    P 3,000       for one-half page

Email any questions on above procedure to agsbaai@yahoo.com.

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REQUESTS FOR CAV

AGSB is now handling all requests for CAV (Certification, Authentication and Verification) with CHED.

1.  The AGSB Liaison Officer processes the CAV requests by batch (at least 2-3 papers) and delivers to CHED every Friday. 
2.  Each CAV set (Transcript of Records and English Translation of Diploma) costs P240.
3.  CHED issues CAVs at least ten working days after submission of Local CAV requests.
4.  CAVs sent to the DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs) must be claimed within two months.

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 FOR MBA DEGREE SEEKERS

We reiterate the school’s call to MBA students who were unable to graduate because they have not completed the academic requirements and/or were unsuccessful in preparing/defending a Thesis or Strama paper.  AGSB and AGSBAAI are keen in paving the way for you to fulfill your dream of earning an MBA degree. 

Rockwell Alumni Blue Room

The Rockwell Alumni Blue Room is located on the 2nd floor of the APS Building, same floor as the AGSB office and classrooms.  As an alumnus of Ateneo, you may use the Blue Room for activities that must be directly related to the school or alumni cause.  Please write to Ms. Lara Chuavon at vchuavon@ateneo.edu of the Office of the University Development and Alumni Relations at the Ateneo de Manila University in Loyola and/or via fax to 426-6080, stating the day, time period, and the nature of activity.  You may send a copy of your request to agsbaai@aps.ateneu.edu so we can assist in facilitating your request.  Food requirements will have to be arranged separately with the school canteen.

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Topic for Strategic Management (STRAMA) Paper 

Are you interested in having the company you own or you work for be the topic of a Strategic Management paper?  If you are, your company will be included in a pool of available topics which will be offered to AGSB graduating students who are/will be looking for a topic for their Strama research and defense.  If your company is chosen, you should be willing to provide the relevant company data (marketing, operational, financial) needed to proceed with the research.  The student may be asked to issue appropriate confidentiality agreements including restrictions on the release of the final paper.  You will of course be rewarded with a copy of the Strama paper which hopefully will be used by your organization for planning purposes.  If you are interested, please direct your inquiries to rconsunji@aps.ateneo.edu.

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Electives

Starting with the 1st Term of school year 2008-2009, AGSB is expanding its offerings on electives, initially in IT to be followed with Operations Management in the next term.  These offerings would provide an opportunity for our alumni to return to AGSB and enroll in these electives not only to update themselves in the areas covered by these electives but, more importantly, be able to acquire sufficient units to earn a major or emphasis area in his or her MBA. After completing these electives, he or she will be awarded a Certification of Emphasis Area, i.e. IT, Finance, etc.  Please direct your inquiries to cmansibang@aps.ateneo.edu.

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Forum Presentation Materials

If you miss a forum, you may be able to find the presentation materials stored in our website.  Go to www.gsb.ateneo.edu, click on Graduate Programs, followed by Online Methodology, and look at the Downloadable Materials at the bottom of the page.  We will attempt to put all future forum presentation materials here.

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Security Warning: E-mail "Phishing" Scam

To:  AGSB Alumni and Students

AGSB alumni and students were recently the object of a phishing and email hacking attack.

Phishing (pronounced "fishing" as in "fishing for information") is a type of deception designed to steal one's personal data such as credit card numbers, passwords, account login information, etc. The phishing email usually looks like an official letter from a trusted source, such as a bank, credit card company, payment processor, or online merchant. Phishing emails normally direct recipients to a fraudulent website where they are asked to provide personal information. This information is then used for identity theft.

The perpetrator is using an e-mail account which was hacked and commonly requesting for financial request or assistance.  The email message is being distributed using the contact list of the hacked account.

Remember that AGSB or AGSBAAI will NEVER request for sensitive financial information and assistance using e-mail or through any online instant messaging facility.  As a precautionary measure, we suggest that you change your email and online banking password regularly.

Thank you for your cooperation.

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Invitation to Promote Products/Services Online

The Benefits Committee of AGSBAAI reiterates its invitation to entrepreneurs, marketing professionals and other interested alumni to promote your products and services via our website and during events organized by the organization.  In return we would like to request your assistance to provide the AGSBAAI members with discounts and /or freebies, subject to terms and conditions agreeable to both parties. 

You may visit our website and click on Alumni Affairs, then click Blue Network for more details on how to submit your request online.  Your promotional ad will be evaluated and, if accepted, posted on the Blue Network webpage.

We encourage you to join and help us in this endeavor, this could help increase your sales and at the same time meet old and new friends from AGSB.  Thank you and looking forward in hearing from you soon. 

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Right to Privacy

AGSBAAI have been receiving inquiries regarding potential job opportunities.  One of the frequent requests is to provide business entities a list of AGSB graduates along with contact information.  Although we have your contact and other information in our database, we wish to provide balance between protecting your privacy and giving a timely response to such requests.  Thus, unless we receive instruction from you to do otherwise, we will release information limited to your name, program taken, year graduated, email address and cellphone number.  If you prefer a different arrangement, e.g., full disclosure or no disclosure, send an email advice to agsbaai@aps.ateneo.edu.   If at any time in the future, you wish to change this arrangement, all you have to do is send us a superseding email.

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