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Kresge Foundation Challenge Supports Building Construction

The Kresge Foundation has pledged $1 million to support construction of Smeal’s new building. As a challenge grant, the Kresge funds will be made available only when the college raises $28 million of its original $29 million private fundraising goal. To date, Smeal supporters have committed $22 million for the building project. Read more about the Kresge grant at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/jun04/kresge.html, and track the progress of construction via our live Web cams at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/building/webcams.

Management Professor Named Editor Of Prestigious Journal

David A. Harrison, professor of management at Smeal, was recently named to a three-year term as editor of the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, one of the top journals in business. He was previously associate editor of the publication. Read more about Harrison and his new position at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/jun04/harrison.html.

Accounting Professor Named Outstanding Educator

Charles H. Smith, the KPMG Professor of Accounting at Smeal, has been named the 2004 Outstanding Accounting Educator by the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The award reflects excellence in three areas: teaching, student motivation, and education innovation. Read more about Smith and his award at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/jun04/smith.html.

Faculty Collaborate On New Method For Uncovering Consumer Preference

Assistant professors of marketing Min Ding, Rajdeep Grewal, and John Liechty have designed a more effective method for uncovering consumer preferences that could dramatically improve a range of marketing activities, including the success rate of new product development initiatives. Read more about their research at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/jun04/consumer.html.

Annual ISBM Members' Meeting Targets Marketing & Sales

Smeal’s Institute for the Study of Business Markets will address how to leverage the marketing and sales functions as a way for organizations to achieve greater competitive advantage. Influential author Fred Wiersema will give the keynote address during the opening day of the Aug. 26-27 event at University Park, with scheduled presentations from numerous other leading thinkers in the field. Read more about the Members' Meeting at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/jun04/isbmmeet.html.

MBA Graduates Land Key Positions

Since the conclusion of the academic year, Smeal MBA graduates have been shifting back into the working world and have landed positions at companies such as Dell, DuPont, IBM, and Pfizer. Others are still seeking the right opportunity. If you have a lead on a job at your firm that might be right for a Smeal MBA, please contact Paul Poissant, executive director of career management and corporate relations, at 814-863-0474 or pgp104@psu.edu. Read more about the Smeal MBA program at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/mba/index.html.

New Executive Education Program Helps Align Business And IT Strategies

Jointly presented by Penn State Executive Programs, Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology, and META Group, Inc., “The Emerging Enterprise Technology Strategist: Leveraging IT for Organizational Success” will prepare executives and senior managers to successfully drive growth by aligning IT with organizational goals. Read more about the goals of the Sept. 27-Oct. 1 program at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/jun04/ist.html.

Smeal Op-Ed: Leadership Development—Then And Now

An enhanced ability to learn from experiences—both their own and those of colleagues, customers and competitors—is central to the development of leaders according to professor of strategic leadership Albert A. Vicere. Read Vicere’s op-ed on the subject, which was distributed by Scripps Howard News Service and appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/jun04/oped.html.

Media Round-Up

Members of the Smeal College faculty are contacted regularly by the world’s news media. In June, faculty members were featured in media outlets such as USA Today, Financial Times, and The Associated Press. Please visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/innews/index.html to see a summary of these stories.

Dean Judy Olian’s twice-monthly newspaper column, which appears in the Centre Daily Times and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and is syndicated by Scripps Howard News Service and Knight-Ridder, can be accessed at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/dean/index.html.

Programs and Events

Penn State Executive Programs is currently accepting reservations for its upcoming programs. Please visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/date.html for more information or click the link below for some of the specific programs being offered in 2004.

August 23-27	Managing Effective Supply Chains: Essentials of Supply Chain Management http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/mesc1.html
September 12-17	Leading with Impact: Linking People, Strategy, and Results http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/lwi.html
September 19-24	Designing & Leading Competitive Supply Chains http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/dlsc.html
September 27-October 1	The Emerging Enterprise Technology Strategist: Leveraging IT for Organizational Success http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/eets.html
October 17-22, November 15-19	Executive Management Program http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/emp.html
October 24-29	Developing Managerial Effectiveness http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/dme.html

Class Notes

For information on your classmates and other Smeal alumni, visit Class Notes at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/alumni/classnotes.html. You can receive regular updates on events by completing the "Alumni Information Form" found online at http://java.smeal.psu.edu/jsp/alumni/info.jsp.

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