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CEMS Magazine
AUTUMN 2013
STUDENT & ALUMNI FOCUS
Battles in peaceful Switzerland! Philipp Wilhelm - CEMS 1999 (HSG-LSM) & President, CEMS Local Alumni Committee Switzerland
In peaceful Switzerland, every month a “battle” is raging: CEMS alumni decide which of two events will be more popular, with the winning event being organised. Of course, the battle is done by direct democratic voting… In May, an apéro (Swissstyle cocktail) at Prime Tower skyscraper
was defeating a guided e-bike mountain bike tour. For June, the current 509 CEMS alumni residing in the land of melting cheese, soft chocolate and hard cash were deciding between a visit of the Art Basel exhibition and an apéro in a trendy Zurich city lounge. The CEMS Alumni Team Switzerland:
Luiza Dobre (Vice President), Kirsi Eskelinen (Auditor), Vica Herstatt (Vice President), Julia Schultes (Treasurer), Marta Widz (Vice President), Manuel Maimann (Vice President), Andrea Miotto (Vice President), Dr. Michael Studer (Vice President), Dr. Philipp Wilhelm (President).
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Profiling the “typical” CEMS graduate Vojtech Oplestil - CEMS 2007 VSE-AALTO
One of the greatest assets of CEMS is the level of stakeholder involvement. And as the needs of all of them towards CEMS MIM are changing, CAA Prague decided to invite them to a workshop focused on the profile of CEMS graduates from the University of Economics, Prague. Together with the university representatives we invited two companies, including corporate partners Škoda Auto, plus teachers and students. The university was represented by the Academic Director Jiri Hnilica and programme management while
alumni were presented by one alumni member and the President of CAA Prague. Even though the views of the stakeholders differed, a moderated discussion and consensual approach led to a successful outcome: the definition of a detailed “SWOT” and, most importantly, a list of task for all stakeholders. The first roundtable took place on December 2011. Since then the discussion has shifted from promotion of the programme (which was one of the key issues of the first round-
For details see http://cemsalumniprague.blogspot.cz/2013/03/what-will-be-future-cems-graduates-like.html
table in November 2011) towards the academic aspects of the programme. It seems like the core - curriculum and learning outputs - is coming to the fore of attention. In the near future there will also be a shift towards common work on the task list and great results.