For more details on Luncheons or Wine bar of the month, please visit the luncheon series page and the networking events page.

The 2008 Tom Caruso Run/Walk was a resounding success! It was a beautiful and sunny day at Golden Gate Park for 300 registrants an increase over 100 than last year. THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO ATTENDED!

Pictures from the event on Flickr (opens a new window).

January 2009

14 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Board Meeting
at Broad Room, Fromm Hall
Socializing from 6:00pm to 6:30pm.

Meeting will start PROMPTLY at 6:30pm.

The Agenda will close on December 31st at 6:00pm.

15 - 6:00 to 8:00 pm
MBA for Executives Alumni Networking Event
at Maier Room, Fromm Hall, USF Campus
USF is hosting an MBA for Executives alumni networking event on Thursday, January 15, 2009 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Maier Room in Fromm Hall (corner of Golden Gate and Parker). This event is open to the 455 alumni of the EMBA, PMBA, and MBAE programs over the years since the inception of the program in 1990. The purpose of this gathering is to reconnect with our individual cohorts, to network with other MBAE alumni and current MBAE students, and to provide a brief update on what's new with the MBAE program. If you haven't had a chance to get together with your cohort in a while, use this event as a mini-reunion!

Wine and appetizers will be served. Free parking will be provided at the Koret parking lot (corner of Turk and Parker). Please R.S.V.P. by sending an email to usfmbae@gmail.com and provide the year you graduated.

The wine for the event is being generously donated by Herve Bruckert, EMBA 2003 alumnus who, after completing the EMBA program, started a winery called De Novo Wines. Please see www.denovowines.com.

February 2009

22 - 9 am
Tom Caruso Run/Walk
at Golden Gate Park
Join us at the Tom Caruso Walk/Run for a fun part of USF's 2009 Homecoming Celebration.

Proceeds benefit the Tom Caruso Memorial Scholarship, awarded to an MBA student for International study and the USF Cross Country/Track and Field Teams. Tom Caruso, graduate of St. Ignatius High School, St Mary's College and USF's MBA program, was the type of person people like immediately. An avid marathon runner, Tom was training for the Olympic trials when he was struck and killed by a cab in Las Vegas in February 2000."

Check back for more details.

Last year's run.

March 2009

18 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Board Meeting
at University Center 421
Socializing from 6:00pm to 6:30pm.

Meeting will start PROMPTLY at 6:30pm.

The Agenda will close on Mach 4th at 6:00pm.

May 2009

2 - TBD
European USF MBA Reunion
at Algarve, Portugal
Several of our European USF MBA colleagues are starting to plan a reunion for May 2009 in Algarve, Portugal. Here is their announcement:

Elsa Costa writes: "Some of us moved back to Europe a while back, some others more recently. However, there seems to be a relatively large number of alumni back in the 'Old Continent' :)

Would you like to see old friends in a beach-side, relaxed environment where you can go through USF memory lane & catch up on where your life path has taken you post USF?

I am now based in the Algarve, the most Southern province of Portugal www.visitalgarve.pt/visitalgarve/vEN/VisiteOAlgarve/SolPraia/, and more than willing to coordinate the logistics locally. Other colleages such as Jacques Eliezer, Bruno Gerbert(both back in France), Vikas Bajaj (now based in Spain) and Thandie and Harris- Sapp (now in The Netherlands) already showed interest! The boys, Jacques, Bruno & Vikas are also up to co-organising this event, right guys?

All USA based colleagues are also more than welcome and hopefully induced to join!

If any of you thinks your companies would like to sponsor the event, let us know (dinner, lunch, cruise at sunset, etc).

Come and join us! It'll be fab to catch up, meet your partners (or 'several partners':)), girlfriend, boyfriend (whatever rocks your boat people :)), new babies, children...

If your interested please send your details and number of people (including number of children and ages) to Elsa Costa-Majumdar

Looking foward to confirmations so that we can get the ball rolling and meet up next May!

Elsa Costa-Majumdar

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EVENT: EUROPEAN MBA REUNION

LOCATION: Algarve, Portugal (European vacation destination)

DATE: May 2-3 2009 (TBC 100%) Possible to extend stay

ACCOMMODATION: Will be asking several hotels for group rates once I get 10 pre- confirmations:
www.pinecliffs.com
www.granderealsantaeulaliahotel.com
www.riaparkhotels.com
www.vilagale.pt/pages/hoteis/?hotel=7
Others TBC"

20 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Board Meeting
at Broad Room, Fromm Hall
Socializing from 6:00pm to 6:30pm.

Meeting will start PROMPTLY at 6:30pm.

The Agenda will close on May 6th at 6:00pm.