End of the Quarter Get Together

Please come to Woody's Tavern tomorrow night at 7:00 to help us celebrate with the graduates of 2010! See you there!

First Spring Quarter Meeting--See you there!

Our first meeting for Spring '10 will be Wednesday night at 7:30. As of now, we will be meeting in front of SB 305. Come early for free CANE'S!

Officers Needed!

If you are interesting in an officer position, please contact one of the current officers for more information. It's a great opportunity to develop leadership skills and looks great on your resume!

Spring Schedule

Spring '10 Schedule:
April 7 Purchasing/Operations Info Session
April 21 Off-site Cardinal Health DC Tour
May 5 Regular Meeting
May 19 Tom Gabalski, Director of Supply Chain at Emerson
June 2 PSMA End of the Quarter Get Together

Final Gathering for WI '10

Join us tomorrow night for our final gathering of the quarter at Wings & Rings at 7:30! Please RSVP to Nina Hunt if you plan to attend at hunt.38@osu.edu. See you there!

Next Meeting

Join us tomorrow night to listen to a representative from Cardinal Health! The meeting will take place at 7:30 in SB 305. Come early for FREE Jimmy John's! See you there!

Meeting Tonight!

Join us tonight at 7:30 in SB 305 for Limited Brands-Bath & Body Works Direct: Mari Tracy & Vicki Lapka, Merchandising. Come early for free Cane's!

REMINDER

DON'T FORGET! The off-site tour of the Limited Brands Distribution Center will be this Wednesday in Reynoldsburg. Contact an officer for more details.

Schedule Update

The February 10th meeting has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 3rd at 7:30 in SB 305. Officer elections have also been reschedule for this night.

Join us!

OSU's PSMA welcomes Cardinal Health's Darcy Moxon (former PSMA president) at our next meeting on February 10, 2010. There will be food and drinks at 7:15 with the meeting to follow at 7:30 in SB 305. Hope to see you there!

Next Meeting

Tomorrow's meeting will be held in SB 305 at 7:30. Come early for free food and drinks! Nestle's procurement team will be speaking. Talk with Nestle representatives to learn more about job opportunities.

Hopefully, everyone has gotten off to a good start to Winter quarter! Join us for our first meeting this quarter on Wednesday, January 13 at 7:30 in SB 305. Professor Vaugn Hovey will be speaking. Come at 7:15 for free food and drinks! See you then!

Fall Quarter Finals

Good luck to everyone as you prepare for finals. Hang in there! Winter Break is almost here! :)

End of the Quarter Get Together

The PSMA will be meeting Wednesday, December 2, at Wings & Rings on High Street for our last get together of the quarter. Please join us at 7:30 for some food and fun!

Next Meeting: Wednesday, November 18

Our next meeting will be held Wednesday, November 18, at 7:30 p.m. in SB 305. Come early for FREE Cane's Chicken and refreshments.

Mike Streby Director of Logistics at Limited Brands will be speaking. Mike has worked for Limited Brands Logistics Services from 1989 — Present (20 years ) and received his education from OSU's Fisher College of Business.

Veteran's Day

Thank you to our veterans and to all of those presently serving our country. I hope everyone enjoyed the day off of class!

ISM membership registration Required

In order to get the full extra credit in 732, 735 classes, you need to register on the ISM website and forward membership info as stated in a previous post.
Everyone Should have gotten a confirmation e-mail from ISM with registration info.
If you have not gotten that e-mail, Contact the following e-mail
scott.965@buckeyemail.osu.edu

Then an inquiry will be put into ISM.
Please be sure before contacting.

Meeting on 11/04/09

There is a meeting on 11/04/09

Wish that everyone who is available attend.
We will be J. J. Subs as our main dish.
As usual drinks will also be provided.

The brief bio of the speaker is posted below.

Thank you.

Mike Leach (Speaker Bio 11/04/2009)

Mike Leach

Employment history
• Vice President of Finance
Nationwide Insurance
January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

Education
Miami University
1993

Nationwide, based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the largest and strongest diversified insurance and financial services organizations in the U.S.and is rated A+ by A.M. Best. The company provides a full range of personalized insurance and financial services, including auto insurance, motorcycle, boat, homeowners, life insurance, farm, commercial insurance, administrative services. (Excerpt)
From: http://www.linkedin.com/companies/nationwide-insurance/

Company Webpage: http://www.nationwide.com/

Carol Christobek.(Speaker Bio 10/21/2009)

Carol Christobek
Employment history

Director, Process Office at Ashland, Inc.
Columbus, Ohio Area
1998 — Present (11 years)

Director, Quality Implementation
Accellent/Uniform Tubes
(Chemicals industry)
1988 — 1996 (8 years)

Education
• master of engineering degree
Lehigh University
• bachelor of science degree, metallurgical engineering
University of Pittsburgh

Contact Info
3259 Foxcroft Dr
Lewis Center, OH 43035-9397
(740) 549-1821

Company Info
Ashland Inc (Ashland) is a global diversified chemical company that consists of four wholly owned divisions: Ashland Performance Materials, Ashland Distribution, Valvoline and Ashland Water Technologies. (Excerpt)
From:http://www.zoominfo.com/Search/CompanyDetail.aspx?CompanyID=3884070&cs=QEO0Qme4

Company Webpage: http://www.ashland.com/

Summary of 10/21/2009 meeting

Guest Speaker
Carol Christobek
Ashland Inc. –Operations Management

Summary by JESSICA DAUGHERTY

-Be aware that you need to constantly change and adapt through life because things don’t always go as planned
-Internships are the best way to learn what you do or really don’t want to do
-If you stay at a career for too long there is a possibility it could impact your career for the future
-Never overlook a mentor; they will help you improve and realize the impact of your actions and fix your mistakes
-Situational Leadership curve shows that everyone learns differently, supervisors should adapt and tailor to each employees needs
-Always find something that energizes you no matter where it takes you in your career
-Change Management is a structured process and set of tools for leading the people side of change
-Change management is effective when the process and tools used move the organization and individuals through a new process

Pictures from the 10/21/09 meeting

Article Contributors Wanted!!!

All current PSMA members are in the process of obtaining a 1 year membership in ISM.

However, what this membership provides is currently not well publicized.
Therefore, we want some members who are willing to surf the ISM website and write up simple guides to what ISM membership could provide.

Currently, two Article Contributors are wanted.

If you are interested, contact the following e-mail.

scott.965@buckeyemail.osu.edu

The current deadline for these positions is 11/04/2009.

ISM membership application submitted

For the members who confirmed their info during the 10/21/09 meeting, a confirmation e-mail will be delivered within the week.

After registering on the ISM website, Please go to membership card printout and copy it and e-mail it to the following address.

scott.965@buckeyemail.osu.edu

The Official Officer Photo for Autumn 2009

Mid Terms!!

732 & 735 Midterms are scheduled on 10/26/09.

Good Luck to everyone!!

PSMA T-shirt Design Contest!! (Corrections Made)

We are currently having a design contest for T-shirts.
The last year's T-shirts used our current PSMA Logo.
We are considering replacing it with a design unique to the new memebrship body.
The winner will be receiving a gift card.
Please submit designs to Shuhui Wen, Director of Special Events
Wen.47@osu.edu

The current Dead line is 11/04/09.

New officer position created( Director of Professional Relations)

In order to increase PSMA's ability to communicate with the professional world and provide members with infomation and opportunities,
the following new position was created.

Director of Professional Relations
As its first occupant, Theresa Lanese was inducted as a new officer of the PSMA.

Birth Day announcement

PSMA's Faculty Advisor Dr. W.C. Benton celebrated a birthday early in October.
Congratulations!!!


Cupcakes were provided during the PSMA meeting for the occasions.

New Officer welcome dinner at the BlackWell.

The newly Elected Officers of PSMA met for a Dinner at Bistro, BlackWell. (10/14/09)

Nina Hunt, President

Mintai Wang, Vice President and Treasurer

Careen Ditmer, Director of Marketing

Shuhui Wen, Director of Special Events

Rachel Miller, Director of Technology

Jessica Daugherty, Director of Organizational Development

Jackee Scott, Director of Membership

* Careen Ditmer could not attend the dinner.