August 2005

Media Round-Up

August ISBM Meetings Focuses On Innovation

Nittany Lion Fund Outperforms S&P

Academy Of Management Meeting Showcases Smeal Expertise

Smeal Research: Implications Of Ethical Leadership

Chevron, Woertz Gifts Push Smeal College Toward New Building Fundraising Goal

Building Dedication: Save The Date

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  Welcome to the Smeal Zine!

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 and its nationally ranked programs and world-renowned research centers.

Building Profile

Designed by renowned Robert A.M. Stern Architects, the new 210,000-square-foot building will unite a business community of students, teachers, researchers, alumni, and corporate partners. Smeal’s new home features 22 undergraduate and MBA classrooms, six advanced business labs, a 55-seat trading room, 10 recruiter interview rooms, a food court, an auditorium, a soaring four-story atrium that can seat 400, and numerous other amenities.

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Building Dedication: Save The Date

Smeal faculty and staff spent July moving into the college’s new home. Now it’s your chance to experience the largest academic building at Penn State for yourself. Mark your calendar now to visit University Park for the building dedication ceremony at 2 p.m. on Friday, September 30. View photos of the new building at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/
building/dedication/index.html
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Chevron, Woertz Gifts Push Smeal College Toward New Building Fundraising Goal

Chevron Corporation has pledged $10,000 and Patricia Woertz '74, Chevron executive vice president, has pledged an additional $40,000 in support of the new building at Penn State's Smeal College of Business. Read more at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/
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Smeal Research: Implications Of Ethical Leadership

Linda Treviño and David Harrison in Smeal’s Department of Management and Organization, along with Smeal Ph.D. alumnus Michael Brown of Penn State Erie, co-authored a paper linking ethical leadership to important organizational outcomes such as leader effectiveness. Read more about the study, which appeared in the July issue of Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/jul05/ethics.html.

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Academy Of Management Meeting Showcases Smeal Expertise

Dean Judy Olian will moderate and serve as a panelist in a symposium on the future of business schools during the annual Academy of Management meetings in August. The research of several Smeal faculty members will also be included in the best paper proceedings at the event. Read more at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/jul05/aom.html.

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Nittany Lion Fund Outperforms S&P 500

Since its January launch, the student-managed Nittany Lion Fund has outpaced the S&P 500 index by more than 7%. The positive performance helped drive more than $300,000 in new investments to the fund during the latest open enrollment period. Read more about the Nittany Lion Fund at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/fund/index.html.

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August ISBM Meetings Focuses On Innovation

Smeal's Institute for the Study of Business Markets will host its annual Members Meeting August 23 - 24 at University Park. The conference, entitled "Key Challenges for B-to-B: Innovation and Organization," will offer insights and perspectives from a variety of speakers on innovative processes, approaches, and cases in business-to-business marketing that have fueled corporate growth. Read more at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/jul05/isbm.html.

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Media Round-Up

Members of the Smeal College faculty are contacted regularly by the world’s news media. In July, faculty members were featured in media outlets such as Money magazine, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and Compliance Week. Please visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/innews/index.html.

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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 this fall.

September 11-16
Management Program for Emerging Leaders in Public Service
http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/mpps.html

September 18-23
Leading with Impact: Linking People, Strategy, Results
http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/lwi.html

October 3-6
Managing Effective Supply Chains: Achieving Supply Chain Transformation
http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/mesc3.html

 

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