Fall 2011 College Courses - UPDATE!!!!

VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE / COLLEGE NOW OFFERINGS FALL 2011 CAN BE FOUND HERE:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5046837/College_Now/Fall-2011-College-Offerings.pdf

COLLEGE NOW IMMUNIZATION FORMS CAN BE FOUND HERE:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5046837/College_Now/BMCC%20Baruch%20Immunization.pdf

BARUCH COLLEGE NOW APPLICATION CAN BE FOUND HERE:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5046837/College_Now/Baruch-CN-Application.doc

BMCC COLLEGE NOW APPLICATION CAN BE FOUND HERE:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5046837/College_Now/BMCC-College-Now-Application.pdf

MONROE COLLEGE NOW APPLICATION CAN BE FOUND HERE:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5046837/College_Now/jumpstartapplication2011.pdf

MONROE COLLEGE NOW FALL 2011 COURSE LIST CAN BE FOUND HERE:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5046837/College_Now/JSCoursesWN11.docx

INSTRUCTIONS FOR MONROE COLLEGE NOW ASSESSMENT TEST
SATURDAY, SEPT 17TH - 8:30 AM

Monroe College

King Hall
2501 Jerome Avenue
Bronx, NY 10468

Students who will be coming to Monroe this Saturday, September 17th at Monroe College’s Kings Hall in the Bronx for testing should arrive no later than 8:30 a.m. with proper picture I.D. and several sharpened #2 pencils.

Introduce yourself to  Mr. Martin Coleman who is the HS Program Coordinator for Virtual Enterprise. 








PLEASE note that many students have sent College Now application in for processing without immunization forms.

BMCC is processing these applications but this DOES NOT mean the immunization forms are not due. They are critical to insure proper processing. Please be mindful of this important notice.

There is NO orientation at BMCC for any classes.

Baruch College’s College Now applications MUST be accompanied by a signed immunization form!

Students who will be coming to Monroe this Saturday, September 17th at Monroe College’s Kings Hall in the Bronx for testing should have their names emailed to me by Friday at 3:00 p.m. Students should arrive no later than 8:30 a.m. with proper picture I.D. and several sharpened #2 pencils.

To prevent students from any potential delay in the processing or potentially being dropped from the class, I strongly advise all students who have yet to have their immunization forms filled out and signed off / stamped by their school nurse do so in short order.

I have attached the immunization form again for your convenience in distributing the form to your students.

Also note, that Baruch College simply cannot and will not process any applications without this form properly filled out and stamped from the beginning.

I am accepting applications FOR JUST A FEW MORE DAYS. Please get the applications faxed in ASAP!

Also please note, the “Introduction to Business” course is officially CLOSED OUT at BMCC.


See below for the upcoming college courses at Baruch, BMCC, and Monroe.  For those interested, please email me at mr.filipinas@gmail.com, so I start the application process ASAP.  

For Monroe:

There is an assessment test on Saturday Sept. 17th, to see if you qualify.  Please see below for more  information.

The list of courses are as follows:

________ AC161: Principles of Accounting

________ CJ101: Introduction to Criminal Justice

________ CJ150: American Legal System

________ CT101: Introduction to Information Processing             

________ HA106: Introductory to Contemporary Health Care Issues

________ HC160: Emergency Medical Applications

________ HP101: Introduction to Hospitality

________ LA120: Speech Communication

________ MG101: Introduction to Business

________ MK101: Introduction to Marketing

Download here:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5046837/2011-12/College_Courses/jmonroeumpstartapplication2011.pdf

or apply here:

oap.monroecollege.edu

Dear V.E. Colleague,

 Please note: College courses are starting right away!

Also, please note:

•  Register students who are interested in college courses on the Portal.

·        The dates in the grid below and the requirements set forth by each school.

·        Applications for Baruch and BMCC are available online at the links provided for each school below.

o       Students will be admitted on a first-come, first-serve basis with a fully completed application.

o       Students MUST FAX all applications to Martin Coleman at VE at 212.799.7528 ASAP as classes are filling quickly.

·        Students interested in Monroe must have a 75+ G.P.A. (Application attached.)

o       Student with 70-75 G.P.A., may be accepted with a letter of recommendation.

o       Students MUST attend Saturday, September 17, 2011 Assessment Test at Monroe. (*Note Date Change.)

o       Students MUST bring a picture I.D. and a current academic transcript. They will NOT be permitted to test without these items.

o       Application is attached to this email.

College	Course #/Course Name	Day/Time	Start Date	Orientation Date	Requirements/ Application Process
Baruch College (CUNY) 55 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10010	Intro. to Business (Bus. 1000)	Fridays 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.	9/23/11	TBA	PSAT 50 or SAT Verbal, Math or Critical Reading 480. or 75 on English + Math A Regents MUST BE A SENIOR Applications are online at: www.veiinternational.org/ny Under News and must be faxed to Martin Coleman @ 212-799-7528 and originals mailed toe Office: 122 Amsterdam Avenue, NY, NY 10023, RM 251 by 7/30/11
(BMCC) Borough of Manhattan Community College (CUNY) 199 Chambers Street New York , NY 10007	Intro. to Speech Room N689 Intro. to Business TBA Intro. to Accounting Room F604	Fri. 2:30 - 5:15 Sat. Noon – 3:00 p.m. Sat. 9:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.	TBA 9/10/11 9/24/11	9/16/11 TBA 9/09/11	SAT Verbal 480 or English Regents 75+ or Overall Average 85+ G.P.A. MUST BE A SENIOR Applications are online at: www.veiinternational.org/ny Under News and must be faxed to Martin Coleman @ 212-799-7528 and originals mailed toVE Office: 122 Amsterdam Avenue, NY, NY 10023, RM 251 by 7/30/11 *Note: Additional questions: Feel free to email Pete Williams at BMCC https://mail.nycboe.net/owa/redir.aspx?C=120999c741294bf68016d31f7a54b972&URL=mailto%3aPAWILLIAMS%40BMCC.CUNY.EDU *Feel free to see Pete Williams in his office on Saturdays in Room S425 located on the 4th Floor in Quiet Study with additional questions.
Monroe College King Hall 2501 Jerome Avenue Bronx, NY 10468	AC 161 Principles of Acct. CP 101 Intro. to I.T. CT 101 Intro. to Information Proc. LA 120 Speech Comm. MG 101 Intro. to Business MK 101 Intro. to Marketing	Saturdays 9:00 – 12:25 p.m.	9/17/11 – Assessment Test	TBA	Students MUST be Seniors, have a 75 G.P.A., and pass the assessment test.  *Assessment testing date is 9/17/11. Students who have already taken courses at Monroe do not have to take the assessment test but must register for Fall courses on 9/10/11. Applications are available online at: www.veinternational.org/ny under the heading - “News”.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Thank you.

Martin E. Coleman

Program Coordinator

Virtual Enterprises International

122 Amsterdam Avenue, Room 251

New York, New York 10023

212-769-2710 X 3

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2011 - 2012 CAFE IMPRESA / CARPE DIEM ADVERTISING ROSTER

CAFE IMPRESA

LILIANA TERRERO
JULIERT MEJIA
KYANI VAZQUEZ
MARCOS ARAUJO
RICKY NUNEZ
DARIANNY DURAN
ANAS AHMED
JALAL AHMED
DESALINE VICTORIANO
DIANA ZARO AQUINO


CARPE DIEM ADVERTISING

YESENIA MATOS
ANDREA GUZMAN
OBY OKPAUANMA
MARC SANCHEZ
MICHELLE JAMAL
IKAMANDI WINT
IKPOMWOSA EDOBOR
EBERARDO BURGOS
BONITA LIPSCOMBE
MAJANNA FISIRU
GARIY PERSAUD
REUBEN PENA
BIANCA JEANNOT

IF YOUR NAME IS NOT LISTED, PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP

Spring 2012 NYU Tisch FREE High School Programs

Please see below for information regarding another college offering in collaboration with VE:

New York University Tisch School of the Arts is proud to present FREE High School programs offered in the Spring of 2012.  Classes are held on Saturdays and are available to Freshman, Sophomores, and Juniors currently enrolled in High School at no cost. 

Future Filmmakers Workshop

Future Dancers and Dancemakers Workshop

Future Music Moguls Workshop

Future Film Scholars (new!)

To learn more information as well as apply to the programs, either click on the links above or follow the link below:

http://students.tisch.nyu.edu/object/futureartists.html

There will be an Open House for all four programs SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17th.   We'll have examples of work, have faculty and administration talk about the programs, and answer any questions you may have about the Spring High School programs.  Here is the link to RSVP and to find out more information:

http://students.tisch.nyu.edu/object/futureartists.html

The application deadline (as well as transcripts and recommendations) is OCTOBER 15th 2011.  

Please feel free to pass this email or the links to anyone you think would be interested in this opportunity.  To learn more information about the programs, follow the links below:

Future Filmmakers Workshop on facebook

Future Filmmakers Workshop on youtube

Future Music Moguls Workshop on facebook

Future Dancers and Dancemakers Workshop on facebook

Future Film Scholars on facebook

--
Chris Chan Roberson
Teacher
Department of Film & TV, Maurice Kanbar Institute
Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
721 Broadway, room 1117
New York, NY 10003

t: 212.992.8466
e: thefastestprofessoralive@nyu.edu

Martin E. Coleman

Program Coordinator

Virtual Enterprises International

122 Amsterdam Avenue, Room 251

New York, New York 10023

212-769-2710 X 3

Advertising Futures Competition Signup

See Below:  I need 5 volunteers interested in marketing and advertising from either Carpe Diem or Cafe Impresa.  We will be meeting after school after the kickoff, and will be traveling to our partner advertising agency after school, 3 - 4 times between the kickoff and the competition date.  Professional Dress Required.

VOLUNTEERS WHO SIGNED UP:
1.) M ARAUJO
2.) A AHMED
3.) D DURAN
4.) A GUZMAN
5.) J AHMED

ANYONE ELSE WHO IS INTERESTED, WITH A STRONG INTEREST IN A CAREER IN MARKETING AND ADVERTISING, PLEASE CONTACT ME ASAP AT: mr.filipinas@gmail.com 

For the past six years, a number of schools in the Virtual Enterprise program participated in “Advertising Futures,” an activity that brought major Madison Avenue advertising agencies and classes together to create an advertising campaign that was part of the broader week-long celebration of the advertising and media industries entitled “Advertising Week.”  

For 2011, we will again expand on this outstanding applied learning activity. For your reference, Advertising Week 2011 is scheduled from October 3-7, and you may look at www.advertisingweek.com to learn more about “The Week.”

In consideration of the above, we would like to invite your VE coordinator, along with five students who are enrolled in your fall VE program, to meet their advertising agency mentors at a welcome kick-off ceremony, which will be held on                        Wednesday, September 14 at 1:45 p.m. at BB King’s, 237 West 42^nd Street (between 7^th and 8^th Avenues), New York City.  During this time, the group will be briefed on the particulars of the 2011 Advertising Futures program and competition.  The students will then be matched with their advertising agency mentors to plan schedules to execute their assignment as preparation for the competition, which will take place on Wednesday, October 5 (location TBA) at 1:30 p.m.  The winning ads will run in The New York Times and the participating schools and ad agencies will be credited.

From our experience in past years, this is a wonderful program with an established track record of success. As a result of their involvement with our students, many of the advertising agency mentors remained partners to the program and to the school throughout the entire year.

We look forward to seeing your VE coordinators and students on Wednesday, September 14. 

Thank you for your support of the VE Program in your school.  We look forward to working with you in 2011-12 on what I know will be a very productive school year. 

Best,

Iris

Iris Blanc

Director

Virtual Enterprises, International

New York City Department of Education

P: 212-769-2710

F: 212-799-7528

E: iblanc@schools.nyc.gov

W: www.veinternational.org

LESSON 17: BUSINESS ETHICS

Focus Question: How important a role should ethics play in running a business? 

Objectives 

Students will be able to:

                        Discuss some of the recent ethics scandals involving U.S. companies.

                        Analyze suggestions for creating a more ethical business environment.

                        Examine an existing code of ethics adopted by one business.

                        Propose a model code of ethics for their VE firm. 

Standards

NES: 4

ELA: 1,2,3

Time Frame/Notes to Teacher

One day, double period

Teaching Strategies

I.  What Would You Do?

·         As homework prior to this lesson, distribute Worksheet 17A, “What Would You Do?” As part of the introductory discussion to this lesson, have students explain their answers to the following:

o    How did you answer these questions?

o    To what extent would actual businesspeople answer these questions the same way?

o    How concerned should we be about the ethics of American businesspeople as a whole?

o    What issues do these questions raise for discussion? 

II. Timeline of the Tyco International Scandal

·         Distribute Worksheet 17B, “Timeline of the Tyco International Scandal.” Have students explain their answers to the following:

o    What do we learn about business ethics from this newspaper article?

o    What is your reaction to this story?

o    How can you explain these unethical actions on the part of business people?

o    To what extent is the lack of business ethics reported in these stories typical of the way most business people act?

III. Rebuilding Company Ethics:

·         Distribute Worksheet 17C, “Rebuilding Company Ethics: A Five-Point Agenda.” Have students explain their answers to the following:

o    What are some of the ideas expressed by the author about how to make companies behave more ethically?

o    What’s your reaction to his ideas?

o    With which do you agree most?

o    How would you as the leader of a corporation react to this article?

o    What are some of the suggestions you gave as to how to incorporate the ideas in this article into your VE firm?

·         Distribute Worksheet 17D, “United Technologies Corporation -- Corporate Principles.” Have students complete the exercise on the worksheet. Then, as part of the whole-class discussion, have them explain their answers to the following:

o    What’s your reaction to this code of ethical principles?

o    Which of these is most important?

o    Which of these principles is most difficult to implement?

o    How should those who violate corporate ethics codes be punished? 

Summary/Assessment:

Research a current company/person (such as, Martha Stewart, Enron, Adelphia Communications, WorldCom) that has been in the news over the past few years because of an ethical scandal.  Prepare a report answering the following questions.

·         Who/What company was involved?

·         What was the issue/scandal?

·         What was the outcome?    

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Worksheet 17A

What Would You Do?

Exercise. Tell whether you agree with the three statements below as members of your VE leadership team by placing an “X” in one of the three boxes to the right. Explain your answer below, discussing how you believe most people who run actual businesses would respond. 

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Worksheet 17B

Timeline of the Tyco International scandal

Key dates and events that led to the convictions of former Tyco CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski and CFO Mark Swartz:

March 13, 2001: Tyco announces $9.2 billion cash and stock deal to purchase the CIT Group, a commercial finance company. Tyco director Frank Walsh helps arrange the deal.

Dec. 5, 2001: Tyco shares close at a high of $59.76 on the New York Stock Exchange.

Jan. 14, 2002: Business Week magazine lists Tyco CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski as one of the top 25 corporate managers of 2001.

Jan. 22, 2002: Kozlowski announces plans to split Tyco into four independent, publicly traded companies. The announcement starts a slide in the price of Tyco shares.

Jan. 29, 2002: Tyco shares drop sharply, one day after the company filed a proxy report with the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing that Walsh got a $10 million fee on the CIT Group deal, and that another $10 million went to a charity where he was a director.

Jan. 30, 2002:The New York Times reports that Kozlowski and Tyco CFO Mark Swartz sold more than $100 million of their Tyco stock the previous fiscal year despite public statements that they rarely sold their stock. Kozlowski and Swartz say they will buy 1 million shares with their own money.

June 3, 2002: Kozlowski resigns unexpectedly as The New York Times reports he is the subject of a sales tax evasion investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau's office.

June 4, 2002: Morgenthau announces a criminal indictment accusing Kozlowski of conspiring to evade more than $1 million in state and city sales tax on fine art purchases.

Sept. 12, 2002: Morgenthau announces a criminal indictment accusing Kozlowski and Swartz of enterprise corruption for allegedly stealing more than $170 million from Tyco and obtaining $430 million by fraud in the sale of company shares. Former Tyco corporate counsel Mark Belnick is charged separately with falsifying records to conceal more than $14 million in company loans.

Dec. 17, 2002: Former Tyco board member Frank Walsh pleads guilty in an alleged scheme to hide the $20 million in fees for the CIT Group deal.

Oct. 7, 2003: The first trial of Kozlowski and Swartz begins with opening statements in which prosecutors characterize them as crime bosses who looted Tyco. Defense lawyers call them honest executives who deserved and disclosed all corporate payments and perks.

Oct. 28, 2003: The jury is shown a video of a birthday party Kozlowski threw for his wife at a resort in Sardinia. Tyco paid roughly half the $2 million cost of the event, which featured entertainers clad in togas and an appearance by singer Jimmy Buffett.

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Worksheet 17B, page 2

Nov. 25, 2003: Prosecutors show the jury a video of the $6,000 shower curtain and other lavish furnishings that decorated Kozlowski's Tyco-owned apartment in Manhattan.

April 2, 2004: A mistrial is declared after a juror says she received a letter pressuring her to convict Kozlowski and Swartz. Some observers said the juror, Ruth Jordan, had previously appeared to make an "O.K." sign to defense lawyers. She subsequently denied making any gesture toward the defense team.

July 15, 2004: In a separate trial, former Tyco corporate counsel Mark Belnick is acquitted of charges that he received millions in loans from the company and failed to disclose the payments.

Jan. 26, 2005: The second trial of Kozlowski and Swartz begins with opening statements in which prosecutors switch tactics to focus on money the two allegedly stole from Tyco. They do not mention Kozlowski's $6,000 shower curtain or the Sardinia birthday party for his wife.

April 27, 2005: Kozlowski, who did not testify at his first trial, takes the stand and testifies that the millions of dollars in Tyco payments and perks he received had been properly authorized and disclosed.

June 17, 2005: A Manhattan jury finds Kozlowski and Swartz guilty of stealing more than $150 million from Tyco. They each could face 25 years in prison.

Source: USA TODAY research

Find this article at:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/manufacturing/2005-06-17-tyco-timeline_x.ht

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Worksheet 17C

Rebuilding Company Ethics: A Five-Point Agenda

Exercise. Read the article below and write a response to the memo that follows.

To build an ethical, excellent business enterprise successfully, serious attention must be given to five interrelated principles:

1. Motivation

To build an ethical enterprise, everyone, from the Board of Directors through executive management to employees at all levels, must understand and embrace the belief that: 1) we must take ethics very seriously 2) there are substantial costs of ethical neglect and 3) there are important benefits of sound ethics.

2. Mission

Each company needs an inspiring and shared mission that can mobilize people toward ethics and excellence. Ethical values and principles must be understood as integral aspects of all strategies and plans to achieve the company mission.

3. Culture

Culture refers to the characteristic traits, habits, and customs that define the organization. In each firm there must be a healthy "value-embedded culture," Without such a culture, ethical decisions and practices are endangered. Just as a physically weak, out-of-shape sports team cannot successfully carry out even the most brilliantly conceived set of plays, so an ethically weak company culture cannot live up to its stated principles and its code of ethics.

4. Practices

When a company has addressed its motivation, mission, and culture, it is time to ask what the company actually "does." What are the basic practices of the company? What are the primary activities, behaviors, and processes undertaken as the company pursues its mission? Here is where companies need action-guiding rules and principles—often stated in the form of a code of ethics. When principles have a nice "fit" with basic business practices and activities, they are not viewed as a set of rules telling us what we cannot do but rather as a “set of plays helping us get into the end zone.”

5. Dilemmas

Even in the best of circumstances, hard cases and crises in business are going to arise. An exclusive emphasis on crisis-resolution, "damage-control" ethics is a mistake because it allows negative challenges and crises to set the ethics agenda and fails to move upstream to deal with the sources of these challenges. Nevertheless, ethical dilemmas and challenges are inescapable and ethically healthy companies must put in place a ready, effective trouble-shooting and crisis-resolution method.

Adapted from http://www.ethix.org/ethics.html. Permission pending.

MEMORANDUM

To: All VE Employees

From: Board of Directors

Subject: Business Ethics

On a separate sheet of paper, please comment on this article about business ethics. How can we incorporate

these ideas into our VE firm?

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Worksheet 17D

United Technologies Corporation — Corporate Principles

Exercise. Read this statement of corporate principles. Write the letters MI in front of the principle that you believe is most important and a MD in front of the one most difficult to put into place.

nited Technologies is committed to the highest standards of ethics and business conduct. This encompasses our relationship with our customers, our suppliers, our shareowners, our competitors, the communities in which we operate, and with each other as employees at every organizational level. These commitments and the responsibilities they entail are summarized here.

	1) Our Customers: Our primary responsibility is to those who use our products and services. We are committed to providing high quality and value, fair prices and honest transactions. We will deal both lawfully and ethically with all our customers.
	2) Our Employees: We are committed to treating one another fairly and to maintaining employment practices based on equal opportunity for all employees. We will respect each other's privacy and treat each other with dignity and respect irrespective of age, race, color, sex, religion, or nationality. We are committed to providing safe and healthy working conditions and an atmosphere of open communication for all our employees.
	3) Our Suppliers: We are committed to dealing fairly with our suppliers. We will emphasize fair competition, without discrimination or deception, in a manner consistent with long-lasting business relationships.
	4) Our Shareowners: We are committed to providing a superior return to our shareowners and to protecting and improving the value of their investment through the prudent utilization of corporate resources and by observing the highest standards of legal and ethical conduct in all our business dealings.
	5) Our Competitors: We are committed to competing vigorously and fairly for business and to basing our efforts solely on the merits of our competitive offerings.
	6) Our Communities: We are committed to being a responsible corporate citizen of the worldwide communities in which we reside. We will abide by all national and local laws, and we will strive to improve the well-being of our communities through the encouragement of employee participation in civic affairs and through corporate philanthropy.

http://www.bsr.org/BSRResources/WhitePaperDetail.cfm?DocumentID=270. Permission pending.