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You're Invited: Smeal Groundbreaking

Join the celebration as the college looks to its future and breaks ground for its new building at 3 p.m. on Friday, October 31, on the corner of Park Avenue and Shortlidge Road. As part of the event, you're invited to contribute an item that represents business over the past 50 years to the Smeal College Time Capsule Project. After the ceremony, join Linda Wolf, Chairman & CEO of Leo Burnett Worldwide, for her lecture entitled "Brand-Building in the 21st Century." Read more about the groundbreaking festivities at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/sep03/building.html.

Smeal Professor Helps Turkey Establish Mortgage System

Abdullah Yavas, Professor of Business Administration, has been invited to assist in developing a mortgage system for residential buyers in Turkey. He will lead a study of mortgage systems around the globe and make recommendations for establishment of the new system. Read more about Yavas' participation in the Turkish mortgage initiative at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/sep03/yavas.html.

Smeal Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Business Search Engine

The eBusiness Research Center (eBRC) at Smeal has announced the launch of SmealSearch, a new niche search engine that will access the most current business research. The search tool is becoming the largest and most comprehensive collection of business research documents on the Internet. Read more about SmealSearch and its varied uses at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/sep03/smealsearch.html.

Dean Olian Chairs AACSB's Doctoral Faculty Commission

A growing shortage of doctoral business faculty stands as the dominant threat to the future education and research contributions of business schools according to a recent AACSB report from the Doctoral Faculty Commission (DFC), chaired by Smeal Dean Judy Olian. Read more about the report, "Sustaining Scholarship in Business Schools," and the recommendations at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/sep03/olian.html.

New Book Helps Investors Value Stock

Smeal Finance Professors J. Randall Wooldridge and Gary Gray, along with Patrick Cusatis of Penn State Harrisburg, have updated their 1999 book, Streetsmart Guide to Valuing a Stock. The new edition from McGraw-Hill explains the ten principles of finance and describes how investors can use them to make better financial decisions and to estimate a stock's value. Read more about the book at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/sep03/book.html.

IBM Honors Sundaresan With Prestigious Faculty Award

For his research analyzing the role and impact of IT standards on on-demand computing, IBM has selected Shankar Sundaresan, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, as a recipient of its 2003 IBM Faculty Award. The award is intended to recognize and advance collaboration between IBM and researchers at leading universities worldwide. Read more about Sundaresan's award at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/sep03/award.html.

New Smeal Call-In Show Discusses Business Topics

Hosted by Smeal Dean Judy Olian and featuring guests from Smeal and the business community, "About Business" premiers at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 7. Airing in Central Pennsylvania on WPSX-TV and WPSU-FM (with streaming video or audio at http://wpsx.psu.edu), the first episode of the call-in show will confront the issue of corporate downsizing and the impact on companies and individuals. Read more about the new show at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/sep03/callin.html.

Advanced Manufacturing Forum To Discuss Lean Manufacturing Practices

With presentations from BAE Systems Controls, Exide Technologies, Magnivision, and Six Sigma Academy, the 54th meeting of the Advanced Manufacturing Forum—presented by Smeal’s Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change (CMTOC)—will focus on the concept of lean manufacturing. Read more about the Oct. 30-31 event at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/sep03/amf.html.

Media Round-Up

Members of the Smeal College faculty are contacted regularly by the world's news media. In September, faculty members appeared in media outlets such as Business Week, Philadelphia Inquirer, Baltimore Sun, and The Associated Press. Please visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/innews/index.html to see a summary of these stories.

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.

October 26-31	Developing Managerial Effectiveness: A Program for Emerging Leaders http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/dme.html
November 2-7	Marketing Strategy in Business Markets http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/msbm.html
November 17-21	Managing Effective Supply Chains: Tools for Supply Chain Success http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/mesc2.html
November 30-December 5	Management Program for Natural Resource Managers http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/nrmp.html
December 7-11	The Emerging Enterprise Technology Strategist: Leveraging IT for Organizational Success http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/eets.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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