1/24 Catching Up

Alright, it's a brand new year and a brand new semester. I hope everyone enjoyed themselves over the holidays, because the Spring semester is coming right 'atcha! It's like my new baby at home, there's no stopping him, you can only hope to contain him!

There's not too much going on at the moment, but what is going on are pretty important. So, let me just dive right into the nitty gritty

ADD/DROP FOR ELECTIVES
Round 1 of add/drop is happening right now, so make sure to log into OLR to sign up for your waitlists. All waitlist requests for round 1 must be received by this coming Monday, 1/28/08 by 11:59pm.

http://web.haas.berkeley.edu/registrar/

If you are added into a waitlisted course, you can then stop by our program office to pick up your textbook(s) by next Tuesday, 1/29/08. Please also make sure to bring back any course material for courses that you want to drop. Drops will not be processed unless: 1) we receive an official email from you and; 2) we receive all course materials back from that class.

If we're unable to add you into a waitlisted course, you will be able to see your rank on that particular class' waitlist by Tuesday afternoon. We will continue to add from this ranked waitlist throughout the week, as spaces become available.

SATURDAY CLASSES
Classes will be here at Haas this Saturday, but we've got company. Don't worry, it won't be that bad though. 45 spaces in the Boalt lot has been reserved for the "Super Saturday" event with Admission and Career Services, but otherwise we're in the clear everywhere else.

With regards to other logistics:
1. We'll be distributing parking passes in front of the loading zone starting at 8:15 am.
2. Books will be distributed from the program office throughout the day.
3. Lunch will be served out of Jimmy Bean's cafe as usual, but please be advised to steer clear of other lunches that might be happening nearby. Thanks ;)

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
The Birthday boys and girls for this week are:

Allan Duckett, January 24
Albert Fong, January 25
Brynn Hadler, January 25
Xin Liao, January 25
Matthew McGinnis, January 25
Guillaume Brassard, January 26
Cheryl Gay, January 26
Sirisha Paturi, January 28
Arman Zand, January 28
Abhijeet Deore, January 29
Sharianne Louie, January 29
Jinqiang Wu, January 29
Veronika Belokhvostova, January 30
Jeffrey Dressler, January 30

DID YOU KNOW?
This is a tiny little thing, but might prove to be useful for some of you road warriors who have to check your Haas email through the web interface. Did you know that if you use the Internet Explorer browser to check your Haas email online (http://mail.haas.berkeley.edu/), you get access to "premium features" that you would not normally have if you use any other browser (e.g. Firefox, Safari, etc.) Looks like we might have to look more into this Microsoft monopoly business ;)....

See ya!
Siu Yung Wong
Assistant Director
Haas School of BusinessEvening & Weekend MBA Program
(510) 643-0592