Meet 220: Tami Confer

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“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.

Tami Confer, Managing Director for the Online Supply Chain Master’s and Certificate Programs, Professional Graduate Programs

What’s your role with the Smeal PGP office?

I am the Managing Director for the Online Supply Chain Master’s and Certificate Programs.  I have a wide range of duties including, but not limited to, academic and student services, advising, admissions and recruiting.  I collaborate with various University departments to plan, develop and coordinate our programs services that assist students in the successful completion of their Continue reading →

EMBA Pre-Commencement Speaker Address

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Bill Lane prepared and delivered the following address on the occasion of the Penn State Smeal EMBA Class of 2019’s Pre- Commencement Ceremony at the Smeal College of Business on June 8, 2019.

He is currently President Emeritus of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition and the former Senior Director of Global Government and Corporate Affairs for Caterpillar Inc.

Thank you, Bill, for addressing the Students, Family, Friends, Faculty, and Staff as the Class of 2019’s Pre-Commencement speaker. Continue reading →

SINC: Sports Industry Networking & Career Conference

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By James Mitsos and Jack DeBoef, MBA Class of 2020

We are grateful to have had the opportunity to attend the SINC conference at George Washington University. It was a fantastic occasion to learn from some of the brightest and most influential minds in the business of professional sports. With a wide variety of speakers, ranging from the general council of the Washington Redskins to the Human Resources Director of UNICEF, there were talks and information sessions for any avenue of sports that students were interested in. Continue reading →

Pulse Entertainment and Sports Conference

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By Thomas Fiki, MBA Class of 2019

Lights, camera, action! When you hear those words you think of film, movies, glamour and of coarse Hollywood. When the idea of this conference arose, four members from the Class of 2020, along with myself, decided to jump on this opportunity. The Pulse Entertainment and Sports Conference is held annually by UCLA and gives great exposure to that industry. Being in central Pennsylvania we don’t necessarily get to be front and center of the entertainment. This year it was hosted by Paramount Pictures and simply we had to consider: where do we go from here?

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Three Days in the Life of a Second-Year MBA

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By: James Babb, President of the Supply Chain Management Association (for one more day), MBA Class of 2019

Being at the end of the MBA program is an interesting spot. I’m very much looking forward to a full-time job, a paycheck, the start of my new career in supply chain management. Yet I’m also keenly aware of how this unique experience in coming to a close and will soon be a reduced to a memory.  It’s a bittersweet ending, and I say “ending” now even though it’s only the end of January because us 2nd years have the opportunity to conclude our studies after Mod 7 (if we have enough credits) to spend a Continue reading →

Meet Michelle Darnell

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“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.

Michelle Darnell, Director of Honor & Integrity, Management & Organizations, Smeal College of Business

What’s your role with the Smeal College community?

I hold two positions at Smeal: Director of Honor & Integrity, and Associate Clinical Professor in the Management & Organization department. I love that I get to strike a balance between these roles every day. In my classes, I strive to help others develop various skills related to ethical leadership in an organizational context. Continue reading →

Deloitte Supply Chain Challenge in LA

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By Karan Jain, MBA Class of 2020

There are case competitions, and then there are case competitions. The Deloitte Supply Chain Challenge is one such event where you know and understand the scope of the task at hand by the sheer amount of commitment that the organization has towards it. Not only is Deloitte one of the most reputed Continue reading →