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Dean Harker addresses stakeholder survey
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You've probably heard something about the 2004 Stakeholder Survey. For the First Years, this infamous survey was cited throughout Pre-Term and the beginning of the academic year as one of the reasons for the strong academic message they received. For Second Years, you may remember the Stakeholder Survey as the reason you received that extra 1,000 auction points, or you may now be realizing why you weren't as competitive in the auction as you had hoped you'd be.
Hedge fund legend talks to Wharton club
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Wharton offers many different opportunities and intense experiences to its students, all with varying degrees of public prestige and personal satisfaction. I was reminded of this fact last Friday on the way New York City. Riding in Dave Fang's sleek Honda Accord with Anik Mukheja and Dan Downes, I was on my way to visit Tiger Asset Management for an event that would kick off this year's Wharton Investment Management Club Speaker Series: lunch with Julian Robertson at his hedge fund in the sky.
Students offer remedies for health care in Cape Town
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This August, for the fourth year running, a joint student/alumni team from Wharton's Healthcare International Volunteer Program (WHIVP) returned to South Africa for a whirlwind two week project with a lofty goal: recommend improvements for the delivery of health care in Cape Town.
Fairbank kicks off 2004-05 lecture series
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In an unusually warm auditorium reminiscent of a real fireside chat, the Wharton Leadership Lecture Series played host this week to Richard D Fairbank, Chairman and CEO of Capital One. He did not disappoint. Students filed out of G06 in agreement that Fairbank's comments were not only inspirational, but as one student commented "worthy of at least $2000 of my tuition.
Prince Moulay Hicham speaks to Wharton
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"In speaking to you today, I would like you to hear me as a frank voice from the Middle East". This is how Prince Moulay Hicham of Morocco started the conference organized by Wharton's Arabia Club: "The Iraqi Vortex, a Political Analysis of the Present Turmoil in our Region.