MBA Students To Hold Annual THON Auction
The MBA Association (MBAA) at Penn State's Smeal College of Business will hold its annual Charity Auction and Cultural Expression benefiting the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) at 7 p.m. on April 12 in the Atrium of Smeal's Business Building.
MBA Students To Hold Annual THON Auction
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (March 14, 2008) – The MBA Association (MBAA) at Penn State's Smeal College of Business will hold its annual Charity Auction and Cultural Expression benefiting the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) at 7 p.m. on April 12 in the Atrium of Smeal's Business Building.
The evening will include live and silent auctions, dance and musical performances, highlights from THON 2008, networking opportunities with local businesses, and cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.
Tickets for the event are $15 for students, $30 for alumni and the general public, or $50 per couple. In past years, the MBAA Charity Auction has raised more than $12,000 for THON.
For more information on the auction, visit www.smeal.psu.edu/mba/studlife/studorgs/mbathonauction or contact Andrea Jackson at v.andrea.jackson@psu.edu.
To pre-register by April 4, visit php.smeal.psu.edu/mba/rsvpthon/index.php.
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 $6.6 million for The Four Diamonds Fund, a charity fighting childhood cancer at the Penn State Children's Hospital in Hershey, Pa.. Over the past 36 years, THON participants have brought in more than $52 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.
For more on THON, visit www.thon.org.
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.
For more on the THON fund-raising efforts of Smeal MBA and executive MBA students, visit www.smeal.psu.edu/news/latest-news/feb08/thon.html.
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.
