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Gittings Nominated For Outreach HonorGary Gittings, instructor in supply chain and information systems at Penn State’s Smeal College of Business, has been nominated for Penn State Outreach’s Vice President’s Award for Excellent Service. The award honors Outreach faculty, staff, and technical-service employees who consistently demonstrate commitment to outstanding service to customers, students, faculty, and co-workers, among others. Gittings Nominated For Outreach HonorUNIVERSITY PARK, PA (November 27, 2007) – Gary Gittings, instructor in supply chain and information systems at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has been nominated for Penn State Outreach's Vice President's Award for Excellent Service. The award honors Outreach faculty, staff, and technical-service employees who consistently demonstrate commitment to outstanding service to customers, students, faculty, and co-workers, among others. Gittings is lead faculty member in the 30-credit online Master of Professional Studies in supply chain management (MPS/SCM) degree program and the 12-credit online Supply Chain and Information Systems Graduate Certificate Program. Both programs are offered by Smeal and Penn State World Campus. Gittings was instrumental in designing the course structure, marketing, and launching the degree program in fall 2007. Both the degree and certificate programs provide fully accredited supply chain management education to adult learners, regardless of location, via the Internet. Both are designed specifically for current supply chain professionals, and emphasize problem-solving competencies and leadership skills that are critical to leading business transformations through integrated supply chain planning and execution. The degree program takes approximately two full years to complete, while the certificate can be earned in 12 months. Gittings has teaching expertise in principles of supply chain management, order fulfillment and distribution systems, and supply chain systems design and strategy. In addition to his responsibilities at Smeal, Gittings is also a senior research associate with the Pennsylvania Transportation Institute and a research associate with Smeal’s Center for Supply Chain Research. His research focus is freight transport and logistics public policy, with particular emphasis on infrastructure finance, decision-making, and investment. Gittings holds a Master of Science in transportation from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in business administration from Smeal. The winner of the Vice President's Award for Excellent Service will be announced on Dec. 12. For more information on the Master of Professional Studies in supply chain management, visit www.smeal.psu.edu/mps. REPORTERS & EDITORS: For more information, please contact Wyatt DuBois in the Smeal College of Business Media Relations Office at 814-863-3798 or wed112@psu.edu. Penn State's Smeal College of Business offers highly ranked undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, Ph.D., and executive education opportunities to more than 5,500 students at all levels. Featuring academic departments of accounting, finance, marketing, insurance and real estate, management, and supply chain and information systems, the college is also home to major research centers such as the Center for Supply Chain Research, the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, the Center for Digital Transformation, the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Center for Global Business Studies, and the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change. Document Actions |
