Latest News from Smeal
Smeal Alumni Society Board Announces 2012 Award Honorees
The Penn State Smeal College of Business Alumni Society Board has announced the recipients of the board's 2012 awards, recognizing students and alumni for their extraordinary commitment to diversity and the mission of the college. The recipients will be honored at the annual Alumni Society Board awards banquet on March 23.
Smeal's Leadership Speaker Series to Host THON Chair
For the first time since its inception in 2007, the executive speaker series at the Penn State Smeal College of Business, Leadership in Focus: Executive Insights, will host a current Penn State student as a featured speaker. Elaine Tanella, overall chair of the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, will be the college's guest speaker on Feb 24.
Three Smeal Grads to Receive Distinguished Alumni Award
The Penn State Board of Trustees on Jan. 20 selected three Smeal College of Business graduates among the seven Penn State alumni to be honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award, the University's highest award for an individual.
Grabowsky Named Penn State Accounting Alumnus of the Year
The Department of Accounting at the Penn State Smeal College of Business has selected Lou Grabowsky, chief operating officer of Grant Thornton LLP, as the 2011-2012 Penn State Accounting Alumnus of the Year. Grabowsky will receive the honor at the 2012 Beta Alpha Psi Banquet on April 18 on Penn State's University Park campus.
Financial Times Ranks Smeal MBA Program Sixth Among U.S. Public Programs
Financial Times has ranked the Penn State Smeal College of Business MBA Program sixth among all publicly supported programs in the United States. The Smeal MBA Program is ranked 22nd among all U.S. programs and 49th globally, according to the newspaper.
President Obama Presents Smeal Alum with 2011 SAVE Award
President Barack Obama this week presented the 2011 Presidential Securing Americans' Value and Efficiency (SAVE) award to Penn State Smeal College of Business alumnus Matthew Ritsko, a financial manager at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
Smeal EMBA Students Collect Food, Clothing for Philadelphia Homeless
Students, faculty, and staff of the Penn State Smeal College of Business Executive MBA Program participated in a food and clothing drive on Dec. 16 to benefit We Feed the Homeless Philadelphia.
Partnership to Deliver Supply Chain Executive Programs in Maryland
Penn State Executive Programs, the executive education division of the Penn State Smeal College of Business, is partnering with the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center to deliver supply chain executive education programs in southern Maryland.
Blue Out, Canning Efforts Raise $47,000 to Fight Child Abuse, Rape
A movement started by two graduate students at Penn State has resulted in $47,000 being raised for two nonprofit organizations fighting child abuse and sexual assault.
Sloans Establish Trustee Scholarship at Smeal
Penn State alumnus Ronald Sloan and his wife, Barbara, have committed $50,000 to establish the Sloan Family Trustee Scholarship at the Penn State Smeal College of Business. With support from the University's Trustee Matching Scholarship Program, the gift's impact will be doubled, effectively resulting in the equivalent of a $100,000 scholarship.
