By Paul Wang, MBA Class of 2008
One of the Citi Group Penn State alumni, Krishna Nadella gave a presentation of current Wall Street banking situation and career search strategy last week. It’s has been a priceless opportunity to get insights from the people who directly deal with sub-prime products, witness the asset write down and involve in the major Citi Group issues in the recent couple of months. Continue reading
By Jenny Moerschbacher, MBA Class of 2008
A group of Smeal MBAs spent a couple of hours discussing the context of “Women in the Workplace”. Despite the female context of the session, a few brave male students contributed greatly to the session as well as Smeal MBA faculty and staff. Co-sponsored by the WMBA and Minority MBA clubs, the session was facilitated by Peggy Lorah from Penn State’s Student Affairs Department. A selection of Valentine’s Day desserts helped to bring in the crowd. Continue reading
By George H. Benham III, MBA Class of 2008
The MBA Finance Association hosted a breakfast with Robert Pasterick, the CFO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes to allow members to speak up-close and personal with a C-level executive. I took the opportunity as a member to participate in this breakfast, which quickly proved to be a great event. Robert was very open to discussing Boeing’s current business and the changes occurring in the commercial aircraft arena. One area of interest in the focus was regarding China and Continue reading
By Rich Krauss, MBA Class of 2008
Sunday was a fabulous day for me and 4 other Smeal MBA students. It was our first meeting with our adopted THON family, the Seibert’s, during the THON Family Carnival on December 9, 2007. It is truly an amazing thing to see the miracle of THON at work. Hundreds of children, parents, and volunteer students met in the White Building gym, decorated as a jungle, to share a fun afternoon together. We came to the event as Continue reading
By Tom Aichele, MBA Class of 2008
For an unbelievable Thanksgiving event all you need is 23 lbs Turkey, 9 lbs Duck, 3 lbs Chicken, 3 different stuffings and some good friends. These were the ingredients some inspired Smeal MBA students combined to celebrate the onset of a well earned Thanksgiving Break. “You really haven’t Continue reading
By Amy Hsieh, MBA Class of 2008
This was the first time I’ve heard of Diwali, the Indian Festival of Lights. I was honored and excited to participate in a traditional dance with classmate Amishi Patel. She’s a talented choreographer and picked moves that Continue reading
By Yi Zhu, MBA Class of 2008
I went to Sears Holding case presentation session last Thursday. Jamie Brooks, who is an associate of senior leadership program from Sears, discussed the case about the acquisition of Sears by ESL and passed along some information about MBA opportunities with Sears Holding. It was a wonderful event, especially the case Continue reading
By George H. Benham III, MBA Class of 2008
Recently, as a member of the MBA Finance Association, I had an opportunity to attend the Smeal Wall Street Initiative at the Princeton Club in New York City. This initiative was created in 1999 as a way for Penn State alumni who work on Wall Street to connect with other alumni and help strengthen ties with the University. Our membership sought to get involved with the event so we could share our experiences in the MBA Continue reading
By Yao Wang, MBA Class of 2008
Students from the US probably had experience of pumpkin carving, however, for most of the international students, it’s a whole new experience.
One week before Halloween, Women MBA Association hosted one pumpkin carving session Continue reading
By Preston Charles, VP Student Affairs, MBA Supply Chain Management Association, MBA Class of 2008
On September 27, in a joint event with the Finance and Marketing associations, Sears Holdings sponsored a case exercise instruction series and an information session. During the information session, Jamie Brooks spent time to teach students about the Sears culture, and their model for success. The MBA community would like to extend our gratitude to Mr. Brooks for his commitment to his Alma Mater.
Preston Charles is a second year MBA student majoring in Supply Chain Management and Strategic Leadership. He serves as the acting office manager for Office of Diversity Enhancement. He is also the acting Vice President of Student Affairs for the Supply Chain Management Association.