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Published April 19, 2004; Category: EVENTS
Student-run symposium focuses on balance between work and life
Lisa Belkin
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Sound finances, rewarding career, family, marriage, community service - what defines real success? On April 23, the sixth annual Tuck Work/Life Symposium will take place at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth to discuss the issue. One of Tuck's largest student-run events, the symposium will bring distinguished panelists and speakers together with the Dartmouth community to discuss how individuals, managers, and firms can effectively manage professional and personal interests.
This year's theme, "Getting Real Success," underscores the complexity of defining and achieving success amid converging personal and professional goals and demands. The event will explore different definitions of success in today's world and how those definitions make an impact on one's career and life choices.
The opening address will be given by Lisa Belkin of The New York Times. Belkin's column "Life's Work" appears in the Times Job Market section every other Sunday and focuses on the intersection - and collision - of life and work. Her book Life's Work: Confessions of an Unbalanced Mom is about balancing the demands of life, work, and motherhood.
Pete Slosberg
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Pete Slosberg, founder of Pete's Wicked Ale and Cocoa Pete's Chocolate Adventures, will give the event's keynote address. Slosberg gave a face to the craft-brewing movement and authored the best-selling book Beer for Pete's Sake. Slosberg founded his current venture, Cocoa Pete's Chocolate Adventures, in April 2002. Married with two children, he will discuss following one's passion and describe his daily attempts to balance family life with a demanding entrepreneurial career.
Tuck's Work/Life symposium will also include several panels on such subjects as managing dual career families, enhancing personal finances, making career choices, and integrating work/life balance practices into an organization.
The closing reception will feature Maggie Jackson, Boston Globe columnist and author of What's Happening to Home?
The Work/Life Symposium is co-sponsored by Tuck's James M. Allwin T'76 Initiative for Corporate Citizenship, Alan Smith Visiting Executive Program, and the Dean's Office. Corporate sponsors for the event include UBS, The Parthenon Group, Goldman Sachs, Bain & Company, Corning, Mercer Management Consulting, and JP Morgan.
To register or for more information visit the Work/Life Symposium website. Registration is due by 5 p.m. Thursday, April 22.
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