October 2005
BusinessWeek: Top Ten Ranking For Penn State Executive Programs
BusinessWeek magazine has ranked the Penn State Executive Programs at the Smeal College of Business among the top ten best custom programs in the world.
Politics Prevail Over Accounting Data In Government Financial Decisions
A new research paper from Penn State's Smeal College of Business contends that philosophical, political, and emotional factors play a larger role than hard financial statistics in federal-government decisions to intervene in the private sector.
Smeal's Farrell Center Wins NASDAQ Entrepreneurship Award
The Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Penn State's Smeal College of Business has received the NASDAQ 2005 Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence award through a unanimous vote of peers.
Smeal's Farrell Center Welcomes New Research Director
Raghu Garud has joined Penn State's Smeal College of Business as professor of management and research director of the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Penn State, Gallup To Host Forum On Driving Business Growth
Penn State's Smeal College of Business brings its executive education program to Washington, D.C. for the first time on Oct. 26 as it partners with The Gallup Organization to host a forum on fostering business growth in today's economy.
Smeal And IBM Partner To Unveil New Supply Chain Research Lab
The Smeal College of Business at Penn State University will team with IBM on Oct. 28 to open the new Supply Chain Laboratory, which is being relocated to Smeal's new Business Building on the University Park campus. A Shared University Research (SUR) award from IBM provided Smeal with IBM software, server and storage technology to create the initial On-Demand Supply Chain Research Laboratory in the fall of 2003. The new lab is outfitted with additional IBM hardware, and will double as a classroom for Smeal students.
Lusht Appointed Interim Dean Of Smeal
Kenneth M. Lusht, professor of business administration, Zimmerman Homes University Endowed Fellow in Business Administration, and chairman of the Department of Insurance and Real Estate, has been named interim dean of the Smeal College of Business, effective Jan. 1, 2006.
Smeal MBA Students Raise Five Times Hurricane Relief Goal
The MBA Association at Penn State's Smeal College of Business plans to submit a check earmarked for Hurricane Katrina relief to the Centre Communities Chapter of the American Red Cross for $5,184.08—more than five times their original fund-raising goal of $1,000.
Smeal Team Earns Third Place In MBA Case Competition
A team of second-year MBA students from Penn State's Smeal College of Business placed third in the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Case Competition at the organization's 27th annual conference in San Diego this month.
American Apparel VP And Workers To Speak At Shoemaker Ethics Lecture
Marty Bailey, vice president of operations for American Apparel, and three of his colleagues will deliver this year's G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture in Business Ethics at the Smeal College of Business at 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 3.
Brandweek Names Smeal Alumnus 'Grand Marketer Of The Year'
Jim Stengel, global marketing officer for Proctor & Gamble and a 1983 graduate of the Smeal MBA program, was named the 2005 Grand Marketer of the Year by Brandweek magazine this month. Stengel was honored for his consumer-centered marketing approach that is credited with reviving some of Proctor & Gamble's biggest brands.
