October 2007

Cataldo Joins Board Of Leading Executive Education Organization

Patrick Cataldo, associate dean for executive education at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has been elected to the board of directors of the International University Consortium for Executive Education (UNICON), an organization of leading business schools focusing on the theory and delivery of executive education programs.

Smeal To Lead Marine Corps Logistics Training Efforts

For the ninth year in a row, the United States Marine Corps is turning to Penn State's Smeal College of Business to lead the Marine Corps Logistics Education Program (MCLEP) for military and Department of Defense logisticians.

Kesslers Give $1 Million For Two Smeal Scholarship Endowments

Penn State alumnus Gerald Kessler and his wife, Joyce Kessler, have committed $1 million to establish the Gerald P. and Joyce Kessler Graduate and Undergraduate Scholarships in the Smeal College of Business. The scholarships, which are already benefiting four Smeal students, are to be awarded annually to outstanding undergraduate and Ph.D. or MBA students who are interested in the study of international business.

Princeton Review: Smeal Offers Best Facilities, Top Ten Faculty

The Princeton Review's annual business school guidebook, released this week, ranks Penn State's Smeal College of Business No. 1 on its list of "Best Campus Facilities" and No. 8 on its "Best Professors" list.

Research Team Gets Grant To Study Regional Economic Opportunities Of Renewable Energy

A team of Penn State researchers has received a grant in the amount of $128,593 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to study the growing demand for solar and wind energy and the economic opportunities these renewable energy forms create for the 13-state Appalachian region.

Real Estate Equity Firm CEO To Deliver Guest Lecture

Dean Adler, chief executive officer of Lubert-Adler Parters L.P., a Philadelphia-based real estate equity firm, will deliver the Advance Realty Group Lecture on Friday at Penn State's Smeal College of Business. The lecture begins at 9 a.m. in the Business Building's Struthers Auditorium and is open to all students and faculty.

Annual 'Next CEO' Competition Now Accepting Applicants

The Smeal College of Business is now accepting applications for The Next CEO, an annual competition that has undergraduates pose as chief executives of multibillion-dollar global corporations to answer questions about how their companies should respond to complex business crises.

Sheetz Chair Next 'Executive Insights' Guest

Penn State's Smeal College of Business will host Smeal alumnus Stephen Sheetz '69, chair of Sheetz, Inc., on Oct. 19 as part of the college's guest speaker series, Leadership In Focus: Executive Insights.

Study: Option-Loaded CEOs Swing For The Fences, But Strike Out More Often

A new study co-authored by a professor at Penn State's Smeal College of Business finds that CEOs with stock option-heavy compensation packages tend to lead their companies to a more extreme performance, with more big losses than big gains.

Op-Ed: Create Your Own Brand

Creating a personal brand is a way for each of us to distinguish ourselves in the marketplace of work. It all starts with this question: What makes you unique? What do you offer to an employer or client that no one else can offer? It also means thinking about yourself very, very differently.

EMBA Classes Move To Afternoon Start To Accommodate Travelers And Corporate Sponsors

Penn State's Smeal College of Business Executive MBA Program is moving the start time of its Friday classes by more than three hours to better accommodate students traveling from outside the Philadelphia area, as well as corporate sponsors.

Smeal MBA And EMBA Programs Sponsor New York Conference For Businesswomen

The Penn State Smeal College of Business MBA and Executive MBA Programs are sponsoring a conference on Nov. 6 in New York City for women in business to meet and share tools, tactics, and strategies for success.

Business Accelerator Helps Penn State Student Entrepreneurs Launch Startups

A business accelerator launched this summer for Penn State undergraduate entrepreneurs is already home to six businesses, and has plans to provide seed money, office space, mentors, and networking opportunities to at least nine other startups.

Research Forum To Examine The 'Paradoxes Of Digitization'

The Center for Digital Transformation at Penn State's Smeal College of Business will hold its semiannual Research Forum on Nov. 1 and 2 on Penn State's University Park campus.

New Course Focuses On Retirement Planning, Other Personal Finance Needs

After graduation, many Penn State students will find themselves choosing health insurance, planning for retirement, and perhaps buying their first homes. To assist with these and other major financial decisions, Penn State's Smeal College of Business is offering a new course to provide students with the skills and knowledge they need to manage their everyday and long-term personal finance needs.

Smeal Alumnus Shares In Nobel Peace Prize

Penn State Smeal College of Business alumnus Bruce McCarl '73 Ph.D., Regents Professor of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University, shares in the Nobel Peace Prize recently awarded to former vice president Al Gore and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Edward And Judith Anchel Endow Smeal Scholarships With $2.5 Million Gift

Penn State alumnus Edward Anchel and his wife, Judith Anchel, have committed $2.5 million to establish two scholarships in the Smeal College of Business. The Edward and Judith Anchel Trustee Scholarship and the Edward and Judith Anchel Undergraduate Scholarship in Business will benefit outstanding Smeal students who demonstrate financial need.

Fall 2007 Accounting Newsletter

Fall 2007 Accounting Newsletter

'Executive Insights' Speaker Series Hosts Gallup CEO James Clifton

Penn State's Smeal College of Business welcomes James Clifton, chairman and chief executive officer of The Gallup Organization, to campus on Nov. 2 as the final guest this semester in the college's speaker series, Leadership in Focus: Executive Insights.

Texas A&M Honors Treviño

Linda Treviño, Franklin H. Cook Fellow in Business Ethics at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has been named an Outstanding Doctoral Alumna by her Ph.D. alma mater, the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University.