W. L. Gore & Associates Awards Third $10,000 Grant To MMM Program
For the third year in a row, manufacturer W. L. Gore & Associates has awarded a $10,000 grant to Penn State's Master of Manufacturing Management (MMM) Program, which is administered jointly by the Smeal College of Business and the College of Engineering.
W. L. Gore & Associates Awards Third $10,000 Grant To MMM Program
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (March 18, 2009) – For the third year in a row, manufacturer W. L. Gore & Associates has awarded a $10,000 grant to Penn State's Master of Manufacturing Management (MMM) Program, which is administered jointly by the Smeal College of Business and the College of Engineering.
The gift will aid in the recruitment of exceptional MMM students through two scholarships in support of students enrolled in the program as W. L. Gore & Associates Fellows. The rest of the gift will be used to support the overall operation of the MMM program.
Gore's involvement with the program extends to the MMM Industrial Advisory Board, on which Gore Plant Leader Brad Way currently serves. The company also actively recruits graduates of the MMM program and hosts networking receptions, recruiting events, and plant visits throughout the year for current students.
The MMM program integrates business, leadership, communication management, technology, and engineering into a two-semester master's degree curriculum, conferring on its graduates the Master of Manufacturing Management degree.
By drawing upon the knowledge of an advisory board of industry experts and the expertise of faculty in business and engineering, the MMM program offers its students the chance to learn about real-world manufacturing issues as well as the latest research and theory related to process improvement. For more on the program, visit www.mmmdegree.psu.edu.
Perhaps best known for its consumer products like GORE-TEX® fabric and ELIXIR® guitar strings, Gore is a leading manufacturer of thousands of advanced technology products for the electronics, industrial, fabrics and medical markets. The company is headquartered in Newark, Del., posts sales of approximately $2 billion per year, and employs approximately 8,000 associates at more than 45 facilities throughout the world. For more information, visit www.gore.com.
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.
