Senior Sendoff Celebrates Class Of 2007

The Smeal College of Business will host graduating seniors and their families on May 20 for the college's second annual Senior Sendoff celebration and pre-commencement brunch. Dean James Thomas and commencement speaker Martha Jordan '76, partner in the international law firm of Latham & Watkins LLP and chair of the Smeal Board of Visitors, will offer congratulatory remarks, and a student-produced video tribute to the Smeal class of 2007 will be shown.

More than 2,400 students and their families attended last year's reception.

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (May 7, 2006) – The Smeal College of Business will host graduating seniors and their families on May 20 for the college's second annual Senior Sendoff celebration and pre-commencement brunch.

Dean James Thomas and commencement speaker Martha Jordan '76, partner in the international law firm of Latham & Watkins LLP and chair of the Smeal Board of Visitors, will offer congratulatory remarks, and a student-produced video tribute to the Smeal class of 2007 will be shown.

The event is organized by the Smeal Alumni Relations department to honor the accomplishments of the graduating class and welcome them to college's alumni network.

Last year, more than 2,400 students and their families attended the reception.

The 2007 Senior Sendoff begins at 10 a.m. on commencement day in the Atrium of Smeal's Business Building. The event is open to all graduating seniors and their families.

For more information and to RSVP by the May 11 deadline, visit media.smeal.psu.edu/celebrate.

REPORTERS & EDITORS: For more information, please contact Victoria Fryer in the Smeal College of Business Media Relations Office at 814-863-3798 or mediarelations@smeal.psu.edu.

Penn State's Smeal College of Business offers highly ranked undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, Ph.D., and executive education opportunities to more than 5,500 students at all levels. Featuring academic departments of accounting, finance, management and organization, marketing, risk management, and supply chain and information systems, the college is also home to major research centers such as the Center for Supply Chain Research, the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Center for Global Business Studies, and the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change.