MBA Auction To Raise Funds For THON
The MBA Association at Penn State's Smeal College of Business will hold its fourth annual Smeal MBA Auction to Benefit THON at 7 p.m. on March 30 in the Atrium of the Business Building. The event will feature a silent and live auction for items including two Penn State-Notre Dame football tickets, autographed sports memorabilia, and the use of a beach house in South Bethany Beach, Del. All proceeds from the auctions will go to the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, which raises money for the Four Diamonds Fund to combat pediatric cancer.
MBA Auction To Raise Funds For THON
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (March 26, 2007) – The MBA Association at Penn State's Smeal College of Business will hold its fourth annual Smeal MBA Auction to Benefit THON at 7 p.m. on March 30 in the Atrium of the Business Building.
The event will feature a silent and live auction for items including two Penn State-Notre Dame football tickets, autographed sports memorabilia, and the use of a beach house in South Bethany Beach, Del. All proceeds from the auctions will go to the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, which raises money for the Four Diamonds Fund to combat pediatric cancer.
The auction is timed to coincide with MBA Visitation Weekend, an event for prospective MBA students to explore life at Smeal. In the past, the auction has raised as much as $12,000 for THON.
Tickets to the auction are $5 in advance and $10 at the door. For more details, visit www.smeal.psu.edu/mba/studlife/thon.html. To register in advance, contact Jeremy Maceno at jmaceno@psu.edu.
About The Smeal MBA Association
Smeal's MBA Association (MBAA) is the largest student-run organization in the MBA program. The association works closely with the administration of the college to represent the student body and enhance life both inside and outside the classroom. Other initiatives during the year include a mock interview program, football tailgates, intramural sports, faculty teaching awards, and a student mentoring program.
About THON
The annual Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) is the largest student-run philanthropy in the world. The last THON, held in February, raised more than $5 million for The Four Diamonds Fund. Over the past 35 years, THON participants have brought in more than $46 million and have helped thousands of children and families battle pediatric cancer. This collective effort, involving over 10,000 students, has become one of Penn State's greatest and most unifying traditions.
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.
