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SEP 18 - OCT 31, 2007
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Economics & Business Building
Beta Alpha Psi members will work with
the Australian Taxation Office to complete tax returns
and provide tax advice to fellow undergraduates
studying at the University of Sydney. If you would
like to receive a free individual tax return, please
visit our Contact
page, stating ATO Tax Help as
the subject. 10 volunteers
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2007
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Merewether LR 5
CPA will be holding an information
seminar and BBQ to help students who wish to learn
the skills of networking.
30 attendees
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2007
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Merewether LR 3 (TBA)
A Venture Capital professional will
join us to provide insight on the deals currently
being undertaken in Venture Capital, along with
opportunities for analysts and projections high-tech
start-ups.
30 attendees
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Talk With Professor Andrew Bailey
Andrew Bailey, the head of Beta Alpha Psi worldwide, will be speaking this Wednesday in Eastern Avenue Seminar Room 116 at 1pm. Andrew Bailey was the Deputy Chief Accountant of the SEC from 2004-5. Professor Bailey spent a long and distinguished career in academia, with numerous visiting professorships abroad, and culminating with his being named Emeritus Professor of Accountancy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Australia's Biggest Morning Tea - Cancer Council Benefit
BAP's Biggest Morning Tea 2008 was a huge success. Volunteer members sold everything that was prepared on the day.
In total, we raised $309.50 in 5 hours. This is approximately 60 brownies
sold every hour - one sold every minute.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2007
CPA Presentation & BBQ: Relationship
Building
As emerging leaders in your industry,
building strong mutually engaging relationships
is one of the key factors in your career progression.
Often, you may be called upon to network at
different professional and social functions
or you may need to build more meaningful relationships
with clients and /or managers. However, how
well do you engage with new people and people
you know already? Are you mining the full
value of these relationships?
In this session you will engage in ways to
integrate your personal self with your professional
self. You will pave the way to form foundations
for new and lasting relationships that are
personally and professionally fulfilling and
mutually beneficial. You will be able to expand
opportunities for yourself and your company.
For full details click
here.
Date: Tuesday, October 9,
2007
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Venue: Merewether Lecture
Room 5
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2007
CPA: Internship Presentation
The CPA Internship Presentation was a success. Pictures
from the event are shown below.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2007
CPA: Internship Presentation,
"Opportunities in Asia"
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Are
you interested in working in overseas?
Then don’t miss CPA Australia’s: ‘Opportunities in Asia’
Date: Tuesday, September
18, 2007
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Venue: Merewether Lecture
Room 3
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2007
Beta Alpha Psi Initiation Ceremony
On Tuesday, August 21, the Faculty of Economics &
Business held the annual Induction Ceremony for Beta
Gamma Sigma and Beta Alpha Psi. Presided over by the
Pro Dean, Professor Marcus O’Connor, the guest
speaker at the ceremony was Professor Geoff Gallop
(University of Sydney) – former Premier of Western
Australia. To visit the page, click
here.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2007
Deutsche Bank: Internships,
Asia
Deutsche Bank is seeking penultimate and final year
students currently studying in New South Wales who
are talented and ambitious and wanting to start their
careers where the action is – Asia!
THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2007
Australian Tax Office:
Tax Help
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Beta Alpha Psi members will work with
the Australian Taxation Office to complete
tax returns and provide tax advice to
fellow undergraduates studying at the
University of Sydney.
If you would like to receive a free personal
tax return, please visit our Contact
page, stating ATO Tax
Help as the subject.
Dates: Weeks 6-10, 2007
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Venue: Economics &
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 2007
Daffodil Day
Beta Alpha Psi members and non-member volunteers will
work with the Cancer Council's in support of Daffodil
Day, the cancer council initiative to raise funds
for cancer research. We will be selling various charitable
items to the public at Central Station on the 24th
of August. If you would like to volunteer for up coming
charity initiatives, please visit our Contact
page, stating Volunteer for Charity
Initiative as the subject.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2007
Beta Alpha Psi Annual Report,
2007
Please click here
to view the Beta Alpha Psi 2007 Annual Report. Beta
Alpha Psi Sydney received international recognition
when our Immediate Past President Charlie Law was
placed on the list of International Scholars by the
Beta Alpha Psi Fraternity (see page 12).
Beta Alpha Psi Sydney has also been accepted into
the Beta Alpha Psi Internation fraternity by ascending
its status to that of a "superior" chapter
(see page 22).
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2007
KPMG: Business Performance
Services
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Many thanks to the Chris and Katie from
KPMG's Business Performance Services for
introducing our attendees to the internship
opportunities recently opened for the Business
Performance Services team.
Pictured (left to right): Katie (KPMG),
Chris (KPMG), Matthew, Jason, Kang, Daniel,
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2007
KPMG: Summer Internships,
Interview Techniques, Business performance
services
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Two professionals from KPMG's Business Performance
Services will provide a Q&A seminar with
up to 50 students from preferably accounting
backgrounds. Topics for discussion will include
interviews, internships and careers in professional
business services.
Students are encouraged to research the KPMG
business divisions and so that internship
and interview strategies can be discussed.
The talk will focus primarily on KPMG’s
Business Performance Services.
Date: Tuesday, 21st August,
2007
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Venue: Merewether Lecture
Room 3
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2007
Archer Capital: Private Equity talk a success
The evening with Brad Lancken from Archer
Capital was a huge success, with Brad providing
an indisputably concise overview over Private
Equity deals, structuring, fund raisings, avenues
of entry, and working conditions. Thanks again
to Brad Lancken and to the Beta Alpha Psi members
for making the most of this opportunity.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2007
Archer Capital: Q&A
with a Private Equity Professional
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A Private Equity professional will join
us to provide insight on current deals in
Private Equity, along with opportunities
for analysts and projections for the Private
Equity sector.
Brad Lancken, an investment analyst at Archer
Capital and University of Sydney alumni,
will take us through the nuances of private
equity, sharing his work experiences and
providing insight about how to become part
of the Private Equity sector. Archer Capital
is one of the "leading Australian
private equity managers specialising in
leveraged buyouts with investments”.
Their investments range from John West to
Repco.
Come and learn about the mechanics of Private
Equity and find out how you can become one
of the Masters of the Market.
Date: Tuesday, 7th August,
2007
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Venue: Carslaw Lecture
Room 250
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TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2007
Australian Taxation Office: Tax
Help Training
Today, Beta Alpha Psi members underwent an Australian
Taxation office Tax Help training seminar with fellow
student volunteers and professionals from the Australian
Taxation Office. In upcoming weeks we will provide
tax return services to undergraduates at the University
of Sydney.
We will be advertising this service through the University
of Sydney bulletin, and post notices on numerous bulletin
boards across the campus.
Those wishing to receive Tax Help must contact Beta
Alpha Psi [see Contact
page], stating their interest in receiving
a free tax return.
Date Held: Tuesday, 31st
July, 2007
Time: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Venue: H69 Lab 6
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FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2007
Beta Alpha Psi Initiation Ceremony
Students awaiting initiation will advance from pledge
status to member status in a combined initiation ceremony
with the graduate honours society Kappa Gamma Sigma.
Beta Alpha Psi initiates will accompany members of
Kappa Gamma Sigma at the Holme Building Refectory
for a black-tie presentation.
Date: Tuesday, 21st August, 2007
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Venue: The Refectory, Holme Building
TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2007
Q&A with an Investment Banker
Our Q&A seminar with an ex-Investment Bankng professional
who now teaches at the University of Sydney was a
success, with students exploring some of the less
conspicous nuances of Investment Banking.
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