By Brad K. Grantz, Graduate Fellow, MBA Class of 2019
I cannot believe I have been in the MBA program at the Penn State University-Smeal College of Business for 8+ months. The incredible amount of admiration, gratitude, and respect I have for my fellow classmates, the staff, and faculty here, has made time pass at an unimaginable rapid pace. While this Continue reading
Ryan Ackerman, MOL Class of 2018
Email: rwa5189@psu.edu
From: Westminster, Maryland
Undergraduate Degree: Mechanical Engineering, Penn State University Continue reading
“Meet 220” is a series of posts featuring staff of the Smeal Professional Graduate Programs. “220” refers to the suite of offices within the Business Building where the team is housed.
Ryan Hess, Assistant Director of Employer Relations and Recruitment, Professional Graduate Programs
What’s your role with the Smeal PGP office?
I am just starting out as the Assistant Director of Employer Relations and Recruitment for the MBA and MOL programs. Essentially, I’ll be working with everyone from prospective students to alumni and employers, and everyone in between. Continue reading
By Sophia Schuster, MBA Class of 2019, President of Net Impact
I emailed Dan Guide to organize a talk in which he would discuss how he integrated sustainability into his career in Supply Chain Management. I was particularly struck, though, when he expressed his belief that Business Schools, which, for years, placed a heavier emphasis on financial cost minimization than on social cost minimization, had intrinsically contributed to the environmental crises that our world is facing today. Expanding upon that point, he noted that it was the responsibility of these same Business Schools to instill a higher moral code among its students so that they may more effectively lead the modern corporation.
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By Benedetta Piva, MBA Class of 2019
The 14th Annual Minority MBA Student Case Competition took place in Cleveland, Ohio on February 24, 2018, and was hosted by KeyBank Corporation in collaboration with The Ohio State University. Twenty-eight teams from several of the strongest MBA programs across the country came together to compete in the event, including; Indiana University of Bloomington, University of Michigan, Purdue University, University of Alabama, University of Maryland and more. Farzan Sohail, Karthick Jayakumara Sarma, and myself, all 1st Year Continue reading