Latest News: August 2008

Retired Mellon Foundation Treasurer Named Nittany Lion Fund Chair

Arthur D. Miltenberger, 1960 alumnus of Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has been named chair of the board of directors of the Nittany Lion Fund LLC, Smeal's $5 million student-managed, investor-owned investment portfolio.

MMM's Johnson Addresses Florida Society of Women Engineers

Ron Johnson, communication and leadership instructor in Penn State's Master of Manufacturing Management (MMM) degree program, recently addressed the Space Coast Section of the Society of Women Engineers in Melbourne, Fla.

New Online Network Connects Pa. Entrepreneurs And Economic Development Organizations

Penn State has a launched a new online network to connect Pennsylvania entrepreneurs with the collective intelligence of all of the state's regional economic development centers to help tackle the questions associated with starting and running a business. InnovatePA, a collaboration between Smeal's Farrell Center and Penn State Outreach, is a network of organizations united by their shared goal of stimulating the Pennsylvania economy through business innovation in their local communities.

Op-Ed: Customer Follow-Up Is An Art In Business

"If business is an art—and much of it is—it's time to ask yourself what your company's portrait would look like if it were painted on your customer's canvas," writes Patrick Cataldo, associate dean for executive education. "Is it a thing of memorable beauty, say the Mona Lisa? Or is it a disjointed, abstract mess that is confusing and lacking in recognizable form?"

Center For Digital Transformation Research Forum To Examine 'Quiet Revolutions'

The Center for Digital Transformation at Penn State's Smeal College of Business will host its semiannual research forum next month to examine "quiet revolutions"—technologies that are altering major market segments yet receive little attention in the popular media.

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