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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. |
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Smeal Research: Companies Exploit Celebrity Status Companies—like pop divas, sports superstars, and Hollywood A-listers—benefit from the economic rewards that come with celebrity status according to research co-authored by Timothy G. Pollock, associate professor of management. Read more about the forthcoming Academy of Management Review article at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/nov04/pollock.html. |
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CSCR Completes Radio Frequency Identification Analysis A team from Smeal’s Center for Supply Chain Research recently completed an examination of radio frequency identification (RFID) and the impact of the technology on warehousing. Read more about the study, conducted on behalf of leading software provider SAP, at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/nov04/rfidsap.html. |
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MBAs Collaborate On Business Plan To Aid Nigeria Students in Smeal’s chapter of Net Impact, working with Penn State’s Alliance for Earth Sciences, Engineering, and Development in Africa, are developing the business case to use water responsibly in the oil-drilling process to better serve communities in Nigeria. Read more about the MBA initiative at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/nov04/impact.html. |
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High Schoolers Gain Wall Street Perspective Local high school students visited the Smeal Trading Room for an introduction to financial markets as part of the Smeal Community Initiative. With members of Students In Free Enterprise as teachers, the visit included a trading simulation and a student panel on how to manage personal finances. Read more about the initiative at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/nov04/comminit.html. |
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Insurance Firm Provides Case For Venture Capital Class Assura Group, a start-up firm offering supplemental unemployment insurance, will partner with MBAs during the spring semester as part of Smeal’s venture capital practicum course. Students will undertake comprehensive due-diligence research on Assura, ultimately deciding whether to invest in the firm through the college’s Garber Venture Capital Fund. Read more about the partnership at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/nov04/garber.html. |
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View Shoemaker Lecture Kenneth Frazier, senior vice president and general counsel of Merck, visited Smeal in November to deliver the G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture in Business Ethics. View his presentation on Merck’s response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the developing world at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/lecture/shoemaker/frazier/index.html. |
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New Building Eatery Named And the winner is … Blue Chip Bistro. After combing through 270 entries from students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the college, Eric Powlick, an undergraduate student at Penn State Schuylkill, won the competition to name the café in Smeal’s new building. Read more at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/nov04/bluechip.html. |
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Media Round-Up Members of the Smeal College faculty are contacted regularly by the world’s news media. In November, faculty members were featured in media outlets such as the Fortune, The Associated Press, and Entrepreneur magazine. Please visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/innews/index.html to see a summary of these stories. |
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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.
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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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New Address? Change your address, phone and other information at http://www.alumni.psu.edu/membership/address/default.htm. |
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