Ideas for GBC Council - Election Platform

Dear friends,

An opportunity to contribute to the effort of 'Simon GBC' council. I welcome all your ideas that you think will help
1. A prospective student learn more about Simon
2. First year student
3. Second Year student
4. Alum

I plan to add them to GBC election platforms.

Orienated Officially

"FOCUS..FOCUS..FOCUS" .. Two weeks of Orientation are over and we are officially 'Oriented' to start our transformational 'Thinkers become Leaders' journey. One must complement the ability of the organizers of the event to keep such a large and diverse crowd engaged and motivated for such a long time. From Professionalism to Lunch Etiquette and Personal Assessment to Interaction with alumni, everything something to offer something or the other.
The 'Rock Climbing' event tops the list when it comes to teaming and was like an ice breaker and 'Lunches with alumni' reiterated the importance of networking.
Thanks to Chris for arranging a 'Just for Fun' beer party at Elmwood Inn. 'Cheers to Simon and Cheers to batch of 2011'. Its gonna be an incredible journey for next two years.

Coming alive

And I am back .. so says Arnold Schwarzenegger. I am not Mr. Schwarzenegger but I am back again, after a long break. Its been a hectic 1 month where I was wrapping up things, saying good by to my beloved job and adieu to friends. Was thinking of writing a blog dedicated to Bangalore but could never realize those plans.
So, today's blog will be about my first impression of 'Rochester'. They say it was a FLOUR City .. and now it is 'FLOWER City'. I still need to explore these terms. But one thing is certain, its a beautiful city. Landscapes and River canals. Glofcourse atop mountainhill .. good looking girls and plenty of senior citizens. It was named 'The sixth most Livable City' in USA.
UorR is situated at the centre of city and my school is on River campus. Canada border on north and niagra falls somewhere nearby. I am yet to visit the downtown place here. I live in University Campus at Goler house for graduate students. See the attached picture.

It's been a nice week. A party at Whipple to begin with, International Students Orientation at Simon School and 'Happy Hours Get Together' on Sunday. Its exciting to meet so many people from so many countries. And names .. probably first thing to learn would be to find some ways to remember name vs country correlation.
So, all you viewers keep tuned in for further updates.