Smeal Zine

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Meeting the demand for change, a commitment to quality education, attracting a superior faculty, engaging our alumni, and developing outstanding graduates have always been primary objectives of the Smeal College of Business. This latest issue of Smeal Zine highlights our forward progress and some recent achievements in the College. If you have questions about initiatives in the College, please feel free to contact Aimee Hamilton, Director of Alumni Relations at alumni@smeal.psu.edu

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MBA RENEWAL

In keeping pace with today's dynamic business changes, the Smeal MBA program is undergoing a renewal -- a complete redesign -- to ensure that our students graduate with skills enabling them to become successful leaders and managers in the new business economies. The four cornerstones of the new MBA program are called C4 (convergence, customization, communication and community). Other program highlights include a "market-facing" orientation, "focus" week experiences, mandatory internships and a Converging Economies unifying course. Our new "specialty portfolio" offerings will allow students to create and tailor their MBA experience matching their interests and needs. Visit the Smeal MBA Web site to learn more! http://www.smeal.psu.edu/mba/

CHAIRED PROFESSOR RECEIVES TOP HONORS FROM IBM

IBM recently named Arvind Rangaswamy, the Jonas H. Anchel Professor of Marketing, as a recipient of one of its "Faculty Partnership Awards." Arvind is one of the nation's leading e-commerce researchers and we are pleased that he has been selected for this award. http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/nov00/ibmfaculty.html

PROFESSOR NAMED AS FULBRIGHT DISTINGUISHED CHAIR

The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board selected Professor of Finance Christopher J. Muscarella for the Fulbright Flad Chair award at Portuguese Catholic University in Lisbon Portugal in Spring 2001. Awards in the Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program are viewed as among the most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar Program. http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/nov00/fulbright.html

WALL STREET COMES TO SMEAL COLLEGE

Construction continues with the Smeal College Trading Room, which replicates a real-world trading room environment and functions as a classroom as well as a laboratory facility. With the trading room, we will be among a handful of universities with Wall Street replicated on campus. Others with trading rooms include Carnegie Mellon, MIT, Cornell and the University of Texas. http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/jan01/trading.html

e-BUSINESS DAY

We are continuing our leadership role in shaping the future of e-Business and e-commerce with the eBusiness Research Center, a joint effort with the School of Information Sciences and Technology. We're celebrating our achievements in this new arena with "e-Business Dedication Day" on December 13. http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/nov00/ebrc.html

STUDENT REACHES RESEARCH MILESTONE

One of our students, Ryan Newman, spent the past summer in Cameroon conducting research for his honor thesis, and now the senior has been selected to present his research findings at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. Ryan, an economics major, is the first undergraduate to present a paper at this conference. http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/nov00/newman.html

DID YOU KNOW?

More than 22,000 Smeal College graduates are members of the Penn State Alumni Association. With more than 140,000 dues-paying members, the Penn State Alumni Association is the largest dues-paying alumni organization in the world and Smeal College alumni represent the largest constituency in the organization. If you would like to become involved, please drop us a line at alumni@smeal.psu.edu or visit our web site at: http://www.smeal.psu.edu/alumni/index.html