Please help a CEMS student with her survey

Hélène Aubertin, a CEMS student from HEC currently doing her exchange at Bocconi is doing a business project for Indesit. Please help her by filling in her questionnaire.

CEMS event for cycling and Champagne fans.

This time we will promote an event organized by another LC.

LC France organizes Champagne Bicycle Tour - a one day trip to Epernay.
The event includes:

• Visit of Epernay, the capital of Champagne
• Guided tour at the caves of Moët & Chandon
• Cycling trip through the vineyards of Côte des Blancs

Price: CAA members and CEMS students: 50 €, all others: 75 €. Price includes train tickets, guided tour and bike rental fee.
Register until May 27th here.
Meeting point: Sunday, June 17th, 08.20 Gare de l’Est.
Questions: LCFrance@cemsalumni.org

CEMS Alumni Bowling

We would like to invite you to our very first event - CEMS Alumni Bowling. Come to meet other CEMS Alumni and have fun while playing bowling :-).

Here come the details:

• Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012
• Time: 7:30pm
• Place: Bowling Swing
• Please register at Facebook or just send us an e-mail.

Part of the evening will also be the introduction of the new CEMS Alumni Board members as well as discussion with you concerning our main goals for the upcoming year.

We are looking forward to meeting you!

"Becoming Professional"

What is this new fresh CEMS Alumni Board Team preparing for you? Our main motto is: “Become Professional”. Based on that we want to focus on two main areas:

1. Professional Networking

• Mission: Build a platform, on which CEMS Alumni can meet together, share experience and knowledge – in an unofficial atmosphere but still in the top-class environment
• Goal: Intensify the involvement of broader spectrum of CEMS Alumni in activities prepared by CEMS Alumni Board
• Tools: Organize one or two main event(s) of the year for CEMS Alumni Community, prepare regular social, sport and cultural gatherings for CEMS Alumni – each in a bit different tone

2. Increased awareness of CEMS Alumni Association in the Czech Republic

• Mission: Achieve a reputation of highly professional group that keeps on cooperating inside as well as outside while cooperating with VŠE, current and future CEMS Students
• Goal: Build a collaboration platform with CEMS Program at VŠE, enhance a cooperation with CEMS Club
• Tools: Get CEMS Alumni involved in the lectures at VŠE, support CEMS Club in organizing main event in each semester, strengthen the “Meet the… “ concept, build a unified communication strategy for all stakeholders

With a strong commitment in our motto of “Become Professional” we are looking forward to the great year that is ahead of us.

 

We will inform you about detailed calendar of our activities soon. In the meantime we will welcome your ideas and comments. What is and what could CEMS Alumni be for you?

 

Yours CEMS Alumni Board: Vojtech, Olga, Pavlina, Valerie, Katka, Richard

New Board elected

Last two months brought some big news to the CEMS Community. Beside the farewell with Renata and warm welcome to Gábina as a new CEMS Program Coordinator at VSE, the leading body of CEMS Alumni Board has come to the annual changeover. Since 1st of April there is brand new CEMS Alumni Board.

Who are those people?

Vojtěch Opleštil – President

Vojta has already presented a big drive and organization skills in the Vice-President role that he hosted last year. With his already senior experience in the CEMS Alumni Board, we are happy he decided to be part of the team also this year.

Vojta works as a Senior Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Vojta is well known for his crazy hobby – winter outside swimming. Beside that he likes visiting art exhibitions and enjoying the taste of good whiskey. Currently, he is also preparing for a brand new role in his private life – in summer he will become father of his first born child.

Olga Nýdlová – Vice-President

Olinka has already proven to be a valuable asset of the CEMS Community while being a member of CEMS Club during her studies. Even though, she considered CEMS as done – at the last stage she decided to candidate for the role of Vice-President, which is a great message for the whole CEMS Alumni Community.

Olinka works as a Project Manager at Cisco Systems. Olinka is a person sparking with energy that simply brings good mood to each society. In her leisure time, she enjoys various activities including social events with friends, sports, travelling, reading&films, piano playing, listening to all sorts of good music and blogging.

Kateřina Chodounská – Board Member

Katka brought to our team a piece of French culture. She is real lady that you can easily imagine sitting in a café at the bank of Sienna River enjoying good wine. As a CEMS student Katka represented CEMS Community in the Czech Republic on the international field as a Student Board Representative.

Katka works as a Brand Manager at Pierre Fabre. No surprise that Katka likes French culture, good food and wine and also exercising port-de-bras and playing volleyball.

Valerie Schäferová – Board Member

Valča brings to our business oriented team a piece of humanitarian mission. Previously, while being a CEMS student, Valča organized different humanitarian events. She decided to put this topic on the table also at the CEMS Alumni Board.

Valča works as Key Account Manager at Henkel ČR. Valča is a friendly and helpful person. She likes enjoying various cultural events as well as active participations in volleyball matches.

Pavlína Šimurdová – Board Member

Pája is extremely energetic and hyperactive person living her life on one hundred percent. During her studies she took twice a role in the CEMS Club. To our team she brings a massive amount of enthusiasm and positive approach.

Pája works as a Customer Logistics Consultant at LEGO (yes – the bricks you know from childhood ). In the free time, Pája is occupied by salsa dancing, running, mountain hiking, theater visits and of course building LEGO.

Richard Bejlek – Treasurer

Richard is the most experienced member of the team – being a member of class 2000 he has been an active alumnus for many years and contributing to the alumni board many times he will take care of our finance. Entrepreneur in solar energy field, passionate alpine-skier Richard recently limited the time he can offer to CEMS because his wonderful daughter Julia was born. However, his knowledge and CEMS soul will be beneficial for the board.

And the candidates are...

...after presenting the call for candidates for our Board the following alumni have taken the challenge:

• Vojtech Oplestil (class of 2007) for the President position
• UPDATE: Olga Nydlova (class of 2010) for the Vice-president position
• Valerie Schaferova (class of 2010), for the Regular Board member position
• Katerina Chodounska (class of 2010), for the Regular Board member position
• Pavlina Simurdova (class of 2010), for the Regular Board member position
• Richard Bejlek (class of 2000), for the Treasury position

That seems to be a good mix of experience (Vojtech has been a member of the Board and Vice-president during the last two terms while Richard has been a Treasurer and Board Member for many terms) and new "fresh blood" with great experience from very active CEMS Club which can achieve great results.

However, as you can see we are still looking for a candidate for the Vicepresident position. So how about you? It is a great opportunity for enhancing your skills, developing your business networks and also enjoying the CEMS spirit of fresh and ambitious minds.

CEMS Venice Night

The CEMS Club is organizing once again one of its greatest events - the gala night.

Not only are alumni more welcome but also the election of the new board will take place right there. Come and join us :-).

You can find more details on the CEMS Club website.

The programme is as follows:

• 19:30 doors open
• 20:00 welcome word from CC president and Alumni Association
• 20:15-22:00 life band
• 22:00-22:30 dance performance
• 22:30-23:00 life band
• 23:00-23:20 charity raffle
• 23:20:00 announcement of alumni association election results
• 23:30-00:00 DJ
• 0:00:00 midnight surprise
• 00:10- DJ music

Will you take the challenge?

Couple of weeks ago more than 30 CEMS Alumni gathered to meet Renata Subrtova during her farewell party. It was a great opportunity not only to meet Renata but also to meet other alumni, some old friends and some new ones, and enjoy the CEMS–like spirit (and fighting the hangover the next day...).

Organizing such events is lots of fun (e.g. it took us a week to find out that we have two reservations in the restaurant) – but it requires certain effort too which someone must bear.

As our term is going to its end we are LOOKING FOR CANDIDATES FOR THE CEMS ALUMNI BOARD!

What does it exactly mean? Surprisingly, it is up to you. There are no set rules, no defined activities, no prescribed level of bureaucracy. We can only tell what it meant for us. Following are examples of some of our activities:

• Find some experienced professionals (both CEMS alumni and others) and invite them to VSE for our Meet the... (marketing, HR, consulting...) meetings where experienced people share their view on working in a particular function/industry with the students.
• Find an interesting theatre performance, buy tickets, invite the alumni and enjoy interesting plays and nice evenings together.
• Make a reservation in a sauna, get ready for sweating, invite alumni, enjoy both the high temperature and cold water and have beer together afterwards.
• Come with the idea, prepare programme, communicate with the CEMS Academic Director, invite HR professionals from our corporate partners and facilitate the round table about the profile of CEMS students.
• Make a reservation in a pub, invite alumni and have fund during the CEMS Drinks.
• From time to time meet together and organize ourselves, plan next steps, have a beer and the like.

No activity you would be interested in? So you can come up with an idea of your own – one which can be fun, professionally oriented, helping students, the university, or "just" developing ourselves.

And what is the benefit for you? Mainly networking. Being an alumni board member you have a chance to meet CEMS Alumni in different levels of managerial positions from CZ and abroad, cooperate with CEMS Alumni board members abroad, academic representatives, current CEMS students, etc. You become the centre of the whole network. And btw - based on our experience - you will gain some new friends.

You can find some more details related to the positions in the call for candidates for the last year here.

If you still don’t feel like being a candidate for the board you still may come to us and offer your help for one particular activity – a lecture on a topic you are expert at, a trip or a sport event you would like to share with others or anything else.

The next election will take place on 5 April during the next CEMS Alumni Drink (simple majority of alumni present + mailing voting of paying members).

There are the following positions open – president, vice-president, and members of the board. E-mail us or give us a call if you are unsure whether you would like to join.

The deadline for submitting your candidacy is one week before the CEMS Alumni Drink. If there is no candidate for a particular position by that time the candidacy can be submitted by the election.

Marie, Vojtech, Jana, Vaclav, Jan, Richard (as defined here :-))

Farewell with Mrs. Subrtova

After many years Mrs. Subrtova, the CEMS Student Coordinator in Prague, is saying goodbye. For most of us she was the main face of CEMS - answering our questions, dealing with our requests, accompanying us at the graduation ceremony.

On February 23 we said goodbye to her during a great event which took place in Restaurant Austria. Some 30 CEMS alumni from different classes gathered to meet her have fun and also meet other alumni.

Listening to one of the speeches

 

Karel reminding us of what Mrs. Subrtova meant to us

Mrs. Subrtova and Gabriela Bohmowa who will succeed her

Richard talking to Eva

If you want to see more picture just come to our web album.

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Dear alumni
a new CAA newsletter is on-line. It contains the following articles:

• Season’s greetings
• CEMS Annual Events in Lisbon
• New CEMS career services
• A CEMS initiative to promote: Senstation and the CEMS Social Business competition!
• A Local Committee in the spotlight: LC Hungary
• The CEMS student voice
• CEMS in the press
• Forthcoming CEMS events
• New job offers (10 positions)

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Read the full newsletter here.