BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Oregon State University//NONSGML Web Calendar//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Pacific BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19671029T020000 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10;UNTIL=20061029 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20071104T020000 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:19870405T020000 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=4;UNTIL=20060402 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20070311T020000 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20090203T200000Z-25998@calendar.oregonstate.edu CLASS:PUBLIC SUMMARY:The Austin Entrepreneurship Program Presents DESCRIPTION:Bryan Sims: Bryan Sims is the 25-year-old founder and CEO of br ass|MEDIA Inc. Bryan founded brass\, when he was 19\, working out of his do rm room and parents’ garage in Corvallis\, Oregon. In a high\nschool busi ness class in 2000\, Bryan wrote a business plan for a teen investment club . Starting the club at his high school\, it quickly grew to the largest in the nation\, investing nearly $25\,000 of\nstudents’ allowance money and part-time job paychecks. After high school\, Bryan wanted to spread a messa ge about the importance of understanding money that would speak to young ad ults\, not at them. A\nfew years and lots of hard work later\, his vision i s now a reality. Bryan’s company\, brass|MEDIA Inc.\, publishes brass|MAG AZINE\, a lifestyle money magazine produced for young adults\, by young adu lts\nabout the money side of life™. brass|MAGAZINE has over 465\,000 read ers across the country\, is distributed in 39 states and currently employs 35 people through brass|MEDIA Inc. The newest brass\ninitiative\, the brass |STUDENT PROGRAM\, takes brass|MAGAZINE into high school classrooms to ever y public high school in New York and Wisconsin. As part of his unusual and often over-glamorized job\,\nBryan travels quite a bit (which means he can now cut in line at airports). He speaks at engagements for corporations\, n on-profits\, educators and students. Like the young and successful people\n highlighted on the cover of brass|MAGAZINE\, Bryan is a young entrepreneur working to make a difference. Media giants like Entrepreneur\, BusinessWeek \, CNN and American Public Media\, have taken note of\nBryan's successes. B usinessWeek.com readers voted him as one of their favorite young entreprene urs in 2007. Bryan is the first CEO based in the Pacific Northwest to earn recognition on the\nBusinessWeek.com list of “Best Entrepreneurs Under 25 .” In 2006\, at age 22\, Bryan became the youngest recipient of the “En trepreneur of the Year” award from his hometown of Corvallis\, Oregon. On the\noff chance that Bryan has some free time\, you can find him doing nor mal twenty-something stuff like snowboarding\, playing fantasy football or hanging out with his buddies. Bryan’s future goals\ninclude\, but are def initely not limited to: influencing and inspiring millions of young adults across the country\, creating education reform in high schools\, and revolu tionizing the publishing\nindustry through the use of emerging technology a nd user-created content. Most importantly\, Bryan just wants to be known as a regular guy trying to make a difference and do something worth doing. To m\nLoika: Tom Loika is a 25-year-old sales manager at brass|MEDIA Inc.\, a multimedia company that publishes a young adult lifestyle money magazine\, brass. A growing expert in marketing financial\nservices to young adults\, Tom has nearly a decade of business and financial experiences with his peer s. In high school\, Tom co-founded an investment club with his best friend\ , Bryan Sims. It quickly\ngrew to the largest teen club of its kind in the nation\, investing nearly $25\,000 of students’ allowance and paycheck do llars. The club was recognized by local and national media\, including CNN. At\nOregon State University\, Tom established the OSU Entrepreneurship Soc iety and served as President for two years. He became the fourth employee a t brass|MEDIA in 2004 and earned his Business degree\ntwo years later. Tom travels around the country working with financial institutions to help them connect with young adults. Under his direction as sales manager\, brass|MA GAZINE’s circulation has\nincreased to nearly half a million subscription s. brass|MEDIA Inc. has also been fortunate enough to be featured as one of the INC 500 Fastest growing companies in 2008. Tom’s age allows him the\ ndistinct advantage of participating daily with the young adult demographic \, and also understanding the needs and wants of his peers. This translates into spotting unique business opportunities for\nfinancial institutions to serve young adults. In his spare time Tom can be found enjoying the Pacifi c Northwest whether it’s surfing\, snowboarding or just about anything in between. DTSTART:20090203T200000Z DTEND:20090206T040000Z X-OSU-ADDRESS:26th and Jefferson Street X-OSU-CITY:Corvallis X-OSU-CONTACT-DEPT:The Austin Entrepreneurship Program X-OSU-CONTACT-EMAIL:aep.info@bus.oregonstate.edu X-OSU-CONTACT-PHONE:541.713.8040 X-OSU-COST:Free X-OSU-LOCATION:Weatherford Hall X-OSU-ROOM:Trysting Tree Conference Room D107 X-OSU-STATE:OR X-OSU-SUBTITLE:Bryan Sims\, Chief Executive Officer & Tom Loika\, Sales Man ager\, Brass Media Inc. LAST-MODIFIED:20090203T223937Z CREATED:20090203T223937Z DTSTAMP:20090203T223937Z CONTACT:Carol Hahn END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20090203T201000Z-24226@calendar.oregonstate.edu CLASS:PUBLIC SUMMARY:Fruit Tree Rx: Maintaining Healthy Fruit Trees DESCRIPTION:Dr. Anita makes a house call presented by Anita Azarenko\, Prof essor and Head of OSU Department of Horticulture. DTSTART:20090203T201000Z DTEND:20090203T210000Z LOCATION:Corvallis-Benton County Library X-OSU-ADDRESS:645 NW Monroe Ave X-OSU-CITY:Corvallis X-OSU-CONTACT-DEPT:Ext Benton County Office X-OSU-LOCATION:Off Campus X-OSU-ROOM:Meeting Room X-OSU-STATE:OR X-OSU-SUBTITLE:Gearing Up for Gardening series LAST-MODIFIED:20081126T190859Z CREATED:20081126T190859Z DTSTAMP:20081126T190859Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR