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Here's the latest issue of SMEAL Zine, a monthly electronic magazine designed to keep alumni and friends in touch with the latest news and information from Penn State's Smeal College of Business' nationally ranked programs and world-renowned research centers. |
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Picower Foundation Funds Innovative Freshman Seminar Smeal has been awarded a $1 million grant from The Picower Foundation—founded by Jeffry Picower (B.S. 1963) and his wife Barbara—for the development of an expanded seminar for first-year business students. The Picower Embark Program (PEP) seeks to improve transition and retention from high school to college, provide personal development in the areas of diversity, ethical behavior, business leadership, teamwork, and community service, and enhance the inclusion of underrepresented students in the full spectrum of business majors and careers. Read more about PEP at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/mar03/picower.html. |
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Smeal Announces New BOV Members Thomas E. Clarke, President of New Business Ventures for Nike; Lawrence E. Daurelle, President and CEO for Reliance Standard Life Insurance; Robert Davidow, Private Investor; William "Phil" Sieg, Jr., Managing Director and Head of Business Development for Global Private Clients for Merrill Lynch; John Surma, President and CEO for United States Steel Corporation; and Lizabeth Zlatkus, Executive Vice President of the Group Benefits Division for Hartford Life Insurance, recently joined Smeal's Board of Directors. Read more about these impressive additions to the Board at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/mar03/bov.html. |
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Smeal's Hambrick To Receive Academy Of Management Award Smeal Chaired Professor of Management Don Hambrick has been selected to receive the prestigious Irwin Outstanding Educator Award from the Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management. Hambrick's peers selected him for this honor because of the overall contributions he's made to the education of future scholars in strategic management. Read more about the award at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/mar03/hambrick.html. |
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CSCR To Host All-Star R. Hadly Waters Symposium Leaders in third-party logistics, transportation, consumer products, start-ups, consulting, and academia will be at University Park on April 11 for the latest R. Hadly Waters Symposium. Entitled "Home Run Lessons from Supply Chain All Stars," the symposium will feature sessions on enhancing logistics productivity, the U.S. transportation infrastructure, strategic supply chain management planning, and linking supply chain management to financial performance, among others. For more information visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/cscr/index.html. |
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Accounting Professors Among Most Prolific Smeal faculty members Orie E. Baron, Anne L. Beatty, Mark W. Dirsmith, J. Edward Ketz, James C. McKeown and Charles H. Smith are among the most prolific authors in accounting literature, according to a recent study published in Advances in Accounting. Read more at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/mar03/authors.html. |
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Award Winners Named From Smeal Jeffrey M. Sharp, Associate Professor of Business Law, recently received the Milton S. Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching, the University's highest teaching honor. In receiving the award, Sharp was recognized for his engaging charisma, understanding of today's students, and his natural ability to explain complex law concepts in a concise manner. Read more about Sharp's Eisenhower Award at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/mar03/sharp.html. |
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Smeal 50th Anniversary Blue-White Kickoff: You're Invited Throughout this year and into the next, Smeal will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding with several exciting events. Kickoff for the yearlong "Building On 50 Years" is on April 26—the Saturday of Blue-White Weekend before the football scrimmage—at the corner of Park Avenue and Shortlidge Road. You're invited for a glimpse into Smeal's future. Stand within the gigantic outline of the new business building as we take a historic aerial photo at 11 a.m. The party begins at 10 a.m. Read more about this spirited event at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/mar03/kickoff.html. |
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'Smeal Survivor III' To Challenge Future Business Leaders Eleven Smeal undergraduate students are set to assume the role of CEO on April 3 in Smeal Survivor III, a fast-paced competition that requires students to present strategies for confronting an ever-changing global business environment and respond to challenging questions from a panel of corporate judges. Read more about the competition at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/mar03/survivor.html. |
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Media Round-Up Members of the Smeal College faculty are contacted regularly by the world's news media. In March, faculty members appeared in media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg Radio, and Christian Science Monitor, among others. Please visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/innews/index.html to see a summary of these stories. |
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Programs and Events Penn State Executive Programs is currently accepting reservations for all
general management, functional management, industry-specific, and its new
intangible asset series programs. Please visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/topic.html for more information on your program of interest or click the link below for programs being offered this spring.
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Class Notes For information on your classmates and other Smeal alumni, visit Class Notes at www.smeal.psu.edu/alumni/classnotes.html. You can receive regular updates on events by completing the "Stay In Touch" form found online at http://java.smeal.psu.edu/jsp/alumni/info.jsp. |
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New Address? Change your address, phone and other information at www.alumni.psu.edu/membership/address/default.htm. |
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M A N A G E M E N T &
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Smeal Chaired Professor of Management