By David DeFelice, MBA Class of 2015
The 9th annual ACG Cup is a competition for graduate students focused on the field of mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, financial advising, and private equity. ACG stands for The Association for Corporate Growth and is a global organization with over 14,000 members that is comprised of middle-market dealmakers and business leaders who invest in growth and build companies. Continue reading
By Naveen Raj, MBA Class of 2016
On the 20th of February 2015, a team from Smeal College of Business took part in the 15th annual Wharton MBA Buyout Case Competition. The competition was organized by Wharton’s Private Equity & Venture Capital Club. It was held at the Penn Club of New York. Aissatou Nabe, Rahul Ramteke, Varun Tiwari, Kunal Saluja, and Naveen Raj formed the Smeal team that took part in the event. Continue reading
By Silviya McVeigh, MBA Class of 2015
The third annual Katz Invitational Case Competition was held on January 23-24, 2015 at the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Business. The competition was sponsored by BNY Mellon and focused on issues of social corporate responsibility in the energy industry. In the first round of the competition, teams had a month to prepare an essay on a prevalent Continue reading
The Penn State team at the Smith M&A Case Competition 2013 was made up of Iqbal Aasim, Masoud Ghayoumi from the 2nd year class and Stew Jamieson, Apurv Vachhani from the 1st year.
Personally speaking, the opportunity to showcase Penn State’s Finance prowess was the primary driving force in my decision to participate in this competition. In addition, it was a great learning opportunity and it also gave us the chance to network with students from other top schools and with industry experts who attended the event as judges. Continue reading
By Monira Linda, MBA Class of 2014
Smeal is known to be one of the best schools for Supply Chain, but is that all? No. I come from a Finance background with 4 years of experience, and wanted to learn about Strategic Leadership as well as Supply Chain. I was concerned about how much Smeal would help me in adding other concentrations beside finance. To my surprise, Smeal has exceeded my expectations. Continue reading
Brian Conry, Executive Director, Penn State Entrepreneurs Network, MBA Class of 2010
I entered into the program with the expectation that I would be working for a Fortune 50 firm or a bank upon graduation. Over the course of the first year, something changed. I took a class offered called the Garber Practicum, a venture capital class that invests real money in start-up organizations. But it wasn’t just the VC aspect of the class that I was interested in – it was the entrepreneurs’ side of the deal. Could I pitch an idea to a VC? Would it be good enough to get funded? The questions continued and I had to learn more. Continue reading
By Dave Noreen, MBA Class of 2009
On November 19th, Penn State Smeal MBA Students were treated to two different events in New York City. A group of students received an exclusive invitation from David Polansky (MBA ’87) to come and tour U.S. Trust, Bank of America’s Private Wealth Management unit. Continue reading
By Reggie Amoa, MBA Class of 2009
The best teams are better than the best individuals and the worst teams are worse than the worst individuals – Good Advice from Teams Class
Last week, Smeal placed 1st in the fourth annual MBAE Minority Case Competition sponsored by Howard University and LMI Government Consulting. Being a member of the team that brought home the Gold was a reward on to itself and I would never think twice about working again with Carl Asher and Tai Parks if the opportunity presented itself. Continue reading