January 2007
Latest News: January 2007
Business Leaders Share 'Executive Insights' In New Smeal Program
Joseph Amado, vice president and
chief information officer of Philip Morris USA, will be the first guest in a new
program at Penn State’s Smeal College of Business, which is designed to bring
high-profile business leaders to the college to connect with students, faculty,
and administrators. Leadership in Focus: Executive Insights kicks off on Feb. 23 with Amado, who
is credited with reshaping Philip Morris' information technology culture to
bring the company's IT resources more in line with its business needs.
In Memoriam: Robert W. Koehler, 1936-2007
Robert W. Koehler, associate professor emeritus of accounting at
Penn State's Smeal College of Business, joined the Smeal faculty in
1963. For more than 40 years, "Bear," as he was known to friends and
students alike, served Penn State and its students as one of Smeal's
most beloved professors.
Smeal MBAs Study Sustainable Development In Costa Rica
Four Smeal College of Business MBA
students spent a portion of their winter break in Costa Rica participating in a
program for graduate students designed to showcase sustainable development and
highlight ways that business can protect the environment while still making a
profit.
Smeal Faculty, Executives Discuss Leadership Development At Special Task Force Meeting
Administrators and faculty from Penn
State's Smeal College of Business held a Special Task Force Meeting yesterday in
the Washington area with a team of leading executives to discuss leadership
development and future trends in executive education.
Alumni And Friends: Meet Dean Thomas At Events On Both Coasts
Several upcoming events in Boston,
Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, San Jose, and
Washington will provide an opportunity for area
friends and alumni of the Smeal College of Business to meet the college's dean
and hear the latest news from Penn State and Smeal. At each event, Dean James Thomas will talk about some of the issues and
trends currently affecting business and business education and share some of his
vision for the future of the college.
Smeal Ranks Among Financial Times' Top 25 U.S. MBA Programs
For the second year in a row, the MBA Program at Penn State's Smeal College of Business ranks 25th domestically on the Financial Times' annual ranking of MBA providers. The newspaper ranks Smeal 10th overall among U.S. public colleges and 43rd internationally.
Paper Identifies Environmental Opportunities, Challenges For Business
With recent natural disasters bringing more attention to environmental issues like global warming, a new paper from the Center for Global Business Studies at Penn State's Smeal College of Business provides a comprehensive look at the current state of the environment and offers recommendations for individuals and industry to reverse the current ecological degradation.
W. L. Gore & Associates Awards QMM Program $10,000 Grant
W.L. Gore & Associates, manufacturer of GORE-TEX® fabric and thousands of other innovative products, has awarded a $10,000 grant to support Penn State's Quality and Manufacturing Management (QMM) Program, which is administered jointly between the College of Engineering and the Smeal College of Business. The Gore gift will be used primarily to recruit talented students into the QMM program as W. L. Gore & Associates Fellows through scholarship support. The remaining portion of the grant will be used to support the overall program.
Smeal Professor Elected To Board Of Leading Real Estate Organization
A Smeal College of Business real estate professor has been elected to the board of directors of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA), the leading worldwide academic organization in real estate, mortgage finance, and urban economics. Brent Ambrose, professor of real estate and Jeffery L. and Cindy M. King fellow in business, was elected to the board by the AREUEA membership and began his three-year tenure this month.
Philadelphia Stock Exchange Closing Bell Rings At Smeal
Smeal College of Business Dean Jim Thomas rang the closing bell of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange on Jan. 19 in Smeal's Trading Room on Penn State's University Park campus. At 4 p.m., Thomas signaled the exchange's closing by ringing an original Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive bell, which was donated to the Smeal Trading Room by alumnus Howard Trauger ’69, ’78 MBA, president of Schuylkill Capital Management LLC.
