November
Former Congressman Michael Oxley to Speak at Smeal
Former U.S. Representative Michael Oxley, coauthor of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, is scheduled to speak at the Penn State Smeal College of Business on Nov. 11 as part of the college's Leadership in Focus: Executive Insights speaker series.
Penn State Smeal Wins International MBA Logistics Case Competition
A team of MBA students from the Penn State Smeal College of Business won the 2011 Sam M. Walton College of Business International Graduate Logistics Case Competition, held Oct. 28-29 at Sam's Club headquarters in Bentonville, Ark. The Smeal team of Jason Jones, Mehul Pathak, Jennifer Ruelens, Rashmi Sharma, Allison Shauger, and Erlend Weggers beat out teams from nine other leading American and European business schools.
IBM Supply Chain Exec to Speak at Smeal
Frances O'Sullivan, general manager of Integrated Supply Chain for IBM, is scheduled to deliver this year's Spisak Lecture in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the Penn State Smeal College of Business. Her talk, entitled "Reinventing the Modern Corporation: A Focus on Integrated Supply Chain," is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. on November 10 in room 126 of Smeal's Business Building. It's free and open to the public.
Message to the Smeal Community from Dean Thomas
The following is a message from James B. Thomas, the John and Becky Surma Dean of the Smeal College of Business.
Susman Honored at 70th Advanced Manufacturing Forum
Colleagues, friends and former students came together at the 70th Advanced Manufacturing Forum earlier this month to honor the event's founder, Gerald Susman, Klein Professor Emeritus of Management at the Penn State Smeal College of Business.
Smeal Takes Third Place in International Real Estate Case Competition
A team of six undergraduate students from the Penn State Smeal College of Business took home third place in the third annual Cornell International Real Estate Case Competition, held Nov. 10 in New York.
Ding Wins Award for Best Paper in Journal of Retailing
Min Ding, professor of marketing and Schwartz Fellow at the Penn State Smeal College of Business, has been won the 2012 William R. Davidson Award for the best article published in the Journal of Retailing in 2010.
Businessweek: Penn State Smeal EMBA Program Among Best Globally
Bloomberg Businessweek has ranked the Penn State Smeal College of Business Executive MBA Program in Philadelphia among the best EMBA programs worldwide, with Smeal ranking near the top on several key criteria.
Smeal Faculty and Staff Members Receive U.S. Marine Corps Commendations
James Eusse, director of the Deployment and Distribution Operations Center within the I Marine Expeditionary Force in the U.S. Marine Corps, recently presented Certificates of Commendation to five faculty and staff members at the Penn State Smeal College of Business.
Smeal Traders Association Presents Alumnus Jeffrey Spotts to Discuss Market Trends
The Smeal Traders Association, a student organization at the Penn State Smeal College of Business, is hosting a discussion with Penn State alumnus Jeffrey Spotts at 7 p.m. on Dec. 1 in 262 Willard on the University Park campus. The talk is free and open to the public.
