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Alumni Give $4 Million Boost To Business Building

Penn State alumni J. David and Patricia Rogers of Darien, Conn., have made an extraordinary gift of $4 million toward construction of the new Business Building at the University Park campus. This adds to an earlier gift of more than $1 million by the Rogers to fund the Smeal Trading Room. Learn more about the Rogers and their generosity online at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/aug02/rogers.html.

Global Trading Competition

Every year professors teach students the fundamentals of financial markets. Now students will experience the real world of financial risk taking in the Smeal College of Business Global Trading Competition. Smeal College is inviting students from around the globe to participate in a simulated, online trading competition. Using Financial Trading Software (FTS), the competition will hold multiple rounds with the overall winner to be announced in April 2003. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/traderoom/index.html.

Alumni Fellow Honors

Patricia (Pat) Woertz, an executive vice president of ChevronTexaco Corp., has been named an Alumni Fellow by Smeal College. The Alumni Fellow program honors prominent and outstanding alumni who are leaders in their fields and who have made notable contributions to society and their communities. She will receive her award during a special ceremony at the University Park on September 25. http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/aug02/woertz.html.

Marketing Professor's Research Receives Award

The Marketing Science Institute selected a research paper co-authored by Rajdeep Grewal, Assistant Professor of Marketing, as one of the top submissions in a recent competition. The paper, "Strategic Response to the Advent of the Internet and the Market Valuation of the Firm: The Case of Click-and-Mortar Retailers," links marketing to financial performance, and was one of four papers to receive an "Honorable Mention Award" in the competition. Learn more about the award at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/aug02/grewal.html.

Global Commerce Conference Features Key Policy Makers

The National Press Club in Washington, D.C., will be the site for the Accelerating Global Commerce Through Technology and Policy Conference, which is co-sponsored by e-Business Research Center in the Smeal College, and the Penn State Institute for Information Policy. The conference addresses the technology sector's rebound and economic recovery, and keynote speeches are scheduled from Thomas Leary, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission; Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Vice President, IBM; Elliot Maxwell, Director of Internet Programs, Aspen Institute; and Mark Forman, Associate Director of Information Technology and E-government, The Office of Management and Budget. The conference will begin at 9 a.m., September 20, 2002. Find more information on the conference online at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/aug02/national.html.

Meet The Dean

Mark your calendars and plan to meet Dean Judy Olian for an update on the latest news from Smeal College. "Meet the Dean" events will take place October 8 at the Charlotte City Club in North Carolina, and October 10 at the Dallas Petroleum Club in Texas. For more information, contact The Smeal College Alumni Office at 814-865-7831 or alumni@smeal.psu.edu.

MBA Class Of 1997 Reunion

The MBA Class of 1997 is hosting an alumni reunion of classmates and friends, October 11-13, in State College, PA. For a schedule of events and additional information, contact Murray Goldstein at murrayg@bellsouth.net. For information on other Smeal College alumni events and access to the alumni calendar, go online to http://www.smeal.psu.edu/alumni/index.html.

Media Round-Up

Members of the Smeal College faculty were contacted regularly by the world's news media throughout July. Faculty members appeared on CNNfn, CNBC, and in The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Newsweek, Reuters, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Some of the significant news stories are found online at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/innews/index.html.

Class Notes & Events

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 "Alumni Information Form" found online at http://java.smeal.psu.edu/jsp/alumni/info.jsp.

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