Smeal Zine - January 2001

Mba Students Get Girl Scouts More Dough

Research by a team of second-year MBA students has helped two Girl Scout councils representing girls in Pennsylvania and Maryland save money on the delivery of more than 2 million boxes of cookies this year. Read the Associated Press story on the project online at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/innews/dec00/girlscouts.html

Merrill Lynch Sponsors Trading Room

The New York-based Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc. has become a corporate sponsor of the new state-of-the-art Smeal College Trading Room, which is scheduled to open on April 20. Read more about the trading room at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/jan01/sponsor.html

New Roles For Brokerage

There is little room for the role of traditional brokerage in an electronic environment, especially at the institutional level. But that will not mean the disappearance of brokerage intermediaries, according to research by Ian Domowitz, Mary Jean and Frank P. Smeal Professor of Finance and immediate past-chair of NASDAQ's Economic Advisory Board. An overview of his presentation to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the future of financial markets is at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/jan01/newroles.html

Dean Outlines Changes To Smeal College

The phrase, "this is no longer your father's Oldsmobile," applies well to The Smeal College as Dean Judy Olian outlined a vision for the future of the college in a recent report to the Penn State Board of Trustees. View our Smeal College of Business Strategic Plan Update 2001/2-2004/5 (.pdf 144Kb)

Top Firms Offer Internships To Smeal Students

Nearly 200 firms had internship job opportunities for our students since August 1. For more information about internship opportunities for Smeal College students, visit us online at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/uprog/career/intern.html

New e-Business Laboratory

The new e-Incubator Laboratory, dedicated to the study, conduct and teaching of e-business in a multidisciplinary environment, will open in February. The Laboratory, which received support from an IBM Shared University Research grant, is part of Penn State's eBusiness Research Center (eBRC). Learn more about the Laboratory online at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/jan01/elab.html

Meet the Dean

Please join Dean Judy Olian and fellow alumni at 5:30-7:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 6, at the Down Town Association in New York City. Dr. Randy Woolridge, Professor of Finance and The Goldman Sachs and Co. and Frank P. Smeal Endowed University Fellow, will present a video and discuss the new state-of-the-art Smeal College Trading Room. To register or to obtain more information, contact the Smeal Alumni Office at alumni@smeal.psu.edu or 814-865-7831.