Alumni News
2007 Calendar of Events


March 2
Broad Alumni Association
Board of Directors Meeting
Management Education Center
Troy, Mich.

May 16
Chicago Broad Executive Forum
The University Club of Chicago

June 2
Broad Alumni Association
Board of Directors Meeting

June 8
Kedzie Reunion Breakfast
Class of ’57 and earlier

Patriarchs’ Breakfast
Hospitality Business Class of ’57 and earlier
The School Dining Room
Kellogg Center, Campus

Executive MBA Alumni Golf Outing
The Golden Fox Course at
Fox Hill Golf Club, Plymouth, Mich.

Summer 2007
Executive MBA Family Day
Tiger Baseball at Comerica Park

July 28
Weekend MBA Golf Outing
Forest Akers West Golf Course
Campus

September 8
Weekend MBA Tailgate Party
Campus

September 17
Chicago Business Alumni Golf Outing
Lake Barrington Shores Golf Club
Barrington, Illinois

October 12
Broad Alumni Association
Board of Directors Meeting
James B. Henry Center for
Executive Development

October 13
Homecoming Tailgate
Campus

Fall 2007
Detroit Broad Executive Forum
Management Education Center
Troy, Mich.
Atlanta Spartans

Atlanta Spartans lead The Carter Center Board of Councilors in 2006 and 2007

MSU alumni Ingrid Saunders Jones (BA Education ’69), 2006 chair of The Carter Center Board of Councilors, and Phil Hickey (BA Hotel and Restaurant Management ’77) 2007 chair of the group, both of Atlanta, Ga., are pictured with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and wife, Rosalynn Carter. Sauders Jones is senior vice president of Corporate External Affairs, the Coca-Cola Company. Hickey is chairperson and chief executive officer of RARE Hospitality International, Inc. Photo by: Deborah Hakes (MA Communications Arts ’05), public information officer, The Carter Center



Alumni return as corporate recruiters

Julia Lu and Zachary Dalton
Julia Lu (left) and Zachary Dalton (right)
Recruiters from more than 270 companies were on campus October 4 and 5, 2006, for MSU’s Career Gallery, and among them were many Broad School alumni like Jianlan (Julia) Lu (MBA Supply Chain Management ’03) global commodity manager, worldwide procurement, Dell Corporation (left) and Zachary Dalton (MBA Finance ’03), commercial assignment specialist, Dow Ventures, Dow Chemical Corporation (right). More than 5,000 MSU and Broad School students attended the annual career fair.

Coble Scripts a Balanced Life

When you have a demanding job as deputy press secretary for Dearborn’s (Mich.) mayor, it can be tough to keep from shortchanging other priorities. But Randy Coble (Weekend MBA ’04) blends career, family and art into a busy but balanced life. The veteran actor recently starred in a film about a young executive who faces the truth about his priorities.

“Good movies tell good stories,” says Coble. “This is a powerful portrait of a guy who discovers that what he thought was important to him isn’t.”

Filmmakers Gabriel Guido and Scott Regan originally envisioned the character as a University of Michigan business school graduate, but tailored the script after spotting Coble’s Weekend MBA briefcase and learning that he was a Broad School Weekend MBA alumnus.

Coble is now up for the lead in a film about Vietnam veterans and is the movie’s publicity and fundraising consultant. All of this comes on top of work and family – wife, Carolyn, and daughter, Reese.

“A full life is good,” Coble says. “If it were all work, that would feel unbalanced.”