February 2008

Three Smeal Students Awarded Supply Chain Scholarships

The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Services Group has awarded three of its 2007 University Relations scholarships to Smeal College of Business students.

Smeal Professor Earns Honor At National Entrepreneurship Conference

Robert Macy, clinical assistant professor of entrepreneurship at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, was part of a team honored with one of two 2008 Outstanding Workshop Awards for their presentation at the national conference of the United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), held last month in San Antonio.

Penn State Names Treviño Distinguished Professor Of Ethics And Organizational Behavior

Linda Treviño, Franklin H. Cook Fellow in Business Ethics at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has been named a Distinguished Professor by the University, effective July 1, 2008, for her record of service to Smeal in both teaching and research.

New Accounting Advisory Board Chair Announced

Smeal College of Business alumna Tara Weiner '76 takes over as chair of the college's Accounting Advisory Board for Anthony Dolanski '68, who has served as chair for the past two years.

NSF Director Available To Discuss Research Opportunities With Faculty

A director from the National Science Foundation will visit Penn State this month to discuss research partnering opportunities with faculty from the Smeal College of Business and the Marcus Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering.

Research: Companies Strong In Marketing Should Increase Efforts During Recession

With financial analysts, pundits, and economists offering ceaseless warnings that the U.S. economy is heading for a recession, and actually may already be in the midst of one now, many companies may be considering marketing cutbacks as one of the ways to endure the forecasted bear market.

Smeal To Host Conference Celebrating Women In Business

Penn State's Smeal College of Business will host a conference this spring to bring together Penn State alumnae and businesswomen for networking, professional development, and the opportunity to share some of their career and life experiences with their fellow alumnae and current students.

Executive MBA Program To Host Yahoo! Global Advertising Director

The Smeal College of Business Executive MBA Program will host Penn State alumna Kim Bennett '94, director of global advertising sales enrichment for Yahoo!, on Feb. 15 as part of its executive speaker series.

Op-Ed: Charting A Prosperous Course In Uncertainty

Sure these are turbulent times. Headlines herald the coming year as a period that will be, at best, uncertain. Our heads spin from the prospect of a recession as the federal government works feverishly to come up with a plan to deflect the economic pain on businesses and consumers. The FUD factor—fear, uncertainty and doubt—is in the air, so thick it is palpable.

Pittsburgh Pirates Vice President To Visit Smeal

Pittsburgh Pirates vice president and general counsel Larry Silverman will visit Penn State's Smeal College of Business on Feb. 25 to preside over a moot baseball salary arbitration for All-Star second baseman Freddy Sanchez.

Smeal MBA And EMBA Students Raising Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars For THON

With the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) taking place this weekend, Smeal College of Business MBA and executive MBA students are finalizing their plans to support and participate in the annual event, which is the largest student-run philanthropy in the world.

Smeal Professors Awarded $385,000 National Science Foundation Grant

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $385,000 research grant to two professors at Penn State's Smeal College of Business to study the architecture of transdisciplinary scientific collaboration.

Farrell Center To Co-Host Expert Speaker On Entrepreneurial Engineering

The Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Penn State’s Smeal College of Business and the Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor in the College of Engineering will host a guest speaker on Feb. 27 to discuss the innovation at the intersection of business and engineering.

Kumar Appointed To Editorial Board Of New Journal

The IEEE Computer Society has appointed Akhil Kumar, professor of information systems at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, as an associate editor of its new journal, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, set to launch this year.

In Memoriam: Michael H. Rothkopf, 1939-2008

Miichael Rothkopf was an applied mathematical modeler who studied and wrote about auctions and bidding since 1965. Most recently he was Smeal Chaired Professor of Supply Chain and Information Systems at Penn State's Smeal College of Business.

Smeal Students Hosting Ninth Annual Conference On Business Diversity Initiatives

Penn State student leaders and corporate executives from a variety of leading companies will gather in March to discuss business initiatives in diversity at the ninth annual S.T.A.R.T. Conference, organized by students in the Smeal College of Business.