August 2007
Latest News: August 2007
Best-Selling Business Author And Executive Coach To Speak At Smeal
Business author and leading executive coach Marshall Goldsmith will be a guest speaker at Penn State's Smeal College of Business in October as part of an executive coaching program hosted by Penn State Executive Programs. Goldsmith, author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal best seller What Got You Here Won't Get You There and recognized by Fast Company as "the world's top executive coach," will deliver a lecture on Oct. 17 at the Nittany Lion Inn on Penn State's University Park campus.
Smeal Welcomes New Undergraduate And MBA Students
With the start of the 2007-2008 academic year only a few days away, new Smeal students have begun arriving on campus and some have already started their programs. Students in the Smeal MBA Program class of 2009 arrived on campus on August 13 to participate in the college's two-week orientation program. Students in the Smeal Executive MBA Program class of 2009 arrived on August 20 for their first of three five-day residencies on the University Park campus. The Smeal undergraduate class of 2011, consisting of 793 students, begins classes on August 27.
Smeal Retains Top Ten Public Ranking In U.S. News
Penn State's Smeal College of Business is ranked 10th among public business schools and 18th overall, unchanged from last year, in this year's U.S. News & World Report rankings of undergraduate business programs. Smeal's Supply Chain Management degree program is ranked fifth in the nation overall by the magazine. The college's Finance program jumped five spots to 15th overall in the United States and the Management program went up one spot to 11th.
Spychalski Retires After 39 Years At Smeal
John Spychalski, professor emeritus of supply chain management, recently retired from Penn State's Smeal College of Business after serving on the college's faculty for nearly 40 years.Spychalski came to Smeal in 1968 as an associate professor after serving as assistant professor of transportation at the University of Maryland.
Study: Auto Loans For American-Made Cars More Likely To Default
In a forthcoming book chapter, Brent Ambrose, professor of real
estate at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, and his co-authors find that the probability that
borrowers will default on their auto loans is affected by the type of
car that is financed. Loans secured for European cars and Japanese cars
are 50 percent and 56 percent, respectively, less likely to default
than loans on American cars.
Op-Ed: Diversity Includes Generation Differences
Patrick Cataldo, associate dean for executive education, writes in an op-ed: "Managing diversity has long meant dealing with issues of race, gender, nationality, and religion in the workplace. Today, however, it is important to include generational diversity. The fact is that the mix of workers has never been greater. Frankly, generational differences in outlook, expectations, and philosophy of work-life balance are as real as those between other groups in the offices of America."
Treviño Named Academy Of Management Fellow
Linda Treviño, Franklin H. Cook Fellow in Business Ethics at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has been elected as a fellow of the Academy of Management, a leading professional organization for scholars in the field of management and organization. The academy's Fellows Group recognizes and honors members of the Academy of Management who have made significant contributions to the science and practice of management, and provides opportunities for fellowship and a forum for discussion.
