Student Events Connect Them With High-Profile Alumni
The Smeal College of Business hosted two events last week to give students tools and opportunities to network with high-level business executives.
Student Events Connect Them With High-Profile Alumni
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (October 2, 2006) – The Smeal College of Business hosted two events last week to give students tools and opportunities to network with high-level business executives.
On Sept. 28, members of the Smeal Board of Visitors and the college's Alumni Society Board returned to campus to talk one-on-one with current students and participate in several panel discussions on topics ranging from forensic accounting and supply chain resiliency to succeeding on Wall Street and finding work-life balance.
The evening began with a
reception for attendees and panelists in the Business
Building atrium, which was followed by hour-long panel discussions and dinner. About 500 students attended.
The structured panel discussions featured executives discussing a broad variety of business topics, with students encouraged to ask questions and get involved in the discussion. Both the reception and the dinner facilitated more one-on-one interaction between students and the prominent Smeal friends and alumni in attendance.
A complete list of the 16 panel discussions is available at www.smeal.psu.edu/leaders.
On Sept. 29, author and small talk expert Debra Fine offered students advice on how to feel comfortable in any situation by mastering the art of small talk. Fine shared strategies for starting conversations, keeping them going, remembering names, actively listening, exiting with grace, and generally making a positive impression during conversation.
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.
