October 21, 2009

The Greatest Fraternity in the World
marsh pattie baby

Recently one of my colleagues welcomed me into what he called the “greatest fraternity in the world”: fatherhood. I couldn’t agree more. As most of my Darden friends know by now, I became a father in the wee hours of Thursday morning, October 8th. For those of you who are already parents, you know the flood of emotion that comes with seeing your baby for the first time. In my own case, the moment came just after he was born. As he was placed on the warming table, I reached my hands down to
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International Food Festival 2009
josh texas

On Saturday, October 3rd, Darden celebrated its annual International Food Festival. This event was sponsored by a variety of international and food-focused clubs, with support as well from MeadWestVaco and the Tayloe Murphy Center. For only a $20 entry fee, this event featured international recipes, exciting performances, national costumes, and decorative food stations from over 15 countries.

Brazil and Texas won the Best Food award of the night. Led by team members Adriano and Christiana M belly dancing

G3 Food Review: The Shebeen Pub & Braai
By G3, School of the Hard Knocks '10

"I don't like food, I love it. If I don't love it, I don't swallow." - Ratatouille.

The Shebeen restaurant located near the downtown mall in Charlottesville, Virginia is a place where everyone will want to not only swallow their food, but savor every bite of it. A few weeks ago, some friends and I gathered at Shebeen to give South African food a try. What we found at this unique restaurant was a fantastic culinary experience. The restaurant offers an outs
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I Know What You did Last Summer - Part 3
Lauren Rocheleau
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This summer I was an intern at Merck in their Marketing Management Associate program outside of Philadelphia, PA. I worked in a group called Customer Strategies and Solutions where my project was focused on finding out more about hospitals as Merck customers. I got to conduct market research (i.e. sit on the other side of one-way glass) which very interesting and fun. During the internship we got to do a lot of activities including going to a Phillies game, a day at corpora
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Darden News in Brief - 10/21/09
For the fifth consecutive year, the Darden School of Business faculty has been ranked among the two best faculties in the nation’s MBA community. Darden’s faculty ranking is currently #2. Darden professors were ranked #1 in 2009 and 2008 by the Princeton Review. In 2007 and 2006, the school’s faculty was ranked second.

Eric Varney and Patti Woods won the first annual chair race at the first annual Oktoberfest on Saturday, September 26th.

Marsh and Stacy Pattie are proud to announce the a
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