April 2009
Smeal Student Featured On USA Today Front Page
The front page of today's USA Today features a photograph of Smeal College of Business senior Michelle Trahey.
Women In Business, Adviser Honored With Top Awards
The Smeal College of Business student organization Penn State Women and Business earned a couple of top honors at the Penn State Center for Student Engagement's annual Student Leadership and Service Awards banquet held last month at the Nittany Lion Inn.
Penn State Marketing Association Earns National Honors
The Penn State Marketing Association, a Smeal College of Business student organization, recently attended the American Marketing Association's AMA International Collegiate Conference in New Orleans and returned home with several national honors.
Research: No Evidence For 'Too Big To Fail' Policies
The U.S. economy would be better served by letting failing firms file for bankruptcy rather than by bailing them out under presumptive federal policies that deem them to be "too big to fail," according to new research from Penn State's Smeal College of Business.
Smeal Hosts Leading Marketing Scholars At Annual Research Camp
The Department of Marketing at Penn State's Smeal College of Business will host four leading marketing scholars at its fourth annual Marketing Research Camp on April 17 on Penn State’s University Park campus.
Smeal MBA Program Extends Application Deadline
Penn State's Smeal College of Business has moved the deadline to apply for the fall 2009 start of the Smeal MBA Program to June 1.
Pair Of Smeal Alumni Earn Accolades For Wealth Management
A Wealth Management Team at Merrill Lynch comprised of two graduates from Penn State's Smeal College of Business has recently been named to two top industry lists.
New Smeal MBA Capstone Experience Emphasizes Leadership, Social Impact
Penn State's Smeal College of Business has launched a new capstone course for MBA students that has students work with third-party organizations to solve cross-functional business challenges while at the same time contributing to the greater good.
Television Show Recorded At Smeal To Air May 5
With television cameras rolling, a panel of leading business executives gathered at Penn State’s Smeal College of Business recently to discuss business trends and employment strategies for new college graduates with a live student audience. The resulting one-hour television show, "The Economy and the Graduate," is scheduled to air at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5, on the Big Ten Network.
Smeal MBAs Establish Carbon Footprint Toolkit For Supermarket Industry
The leading national trade organization representing food retailers and wholesalers solicited a group of MBA students from Penn State's Smeal College of Business to develop a toolkit to help its 1,500 member companies calculate their carbon footprints.
Ghadar Featured On NPR's 'Marketplace'
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, was interviewed on the National Public Radio program "Marketplace" on April 29 regarding the effect of the swine flu outbreak on international business. Ghadar warned that global production could be negatively affected if enough of the world’s workforce becomes afflicted.
