Smeal MBAs Participate in 13th Annual KeyBank Minority MBA Student Case Competition

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Tasha Burman

A team of second year Smeal MBAs participated in the 13th Annual KeyBank Minority MBA Student Case Competition. Held on February 26-27, 2017, the invitation-only competition brought 26 business schools together to analyze a case on cyber security. The Smeal MBA team included F. Jordan Crespo, Justin Richards and Zahidul Naim Zakaria.

The case was a tremendous learning opportunity for the team on two fronts – regional banking industry and cyber security. The objective was to assume the Continue reading →

Katz Case Competition

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Tasha Burman

Katz 2017 Second Place Win

Penn State took second place and $5,000 in prize money at the UPitt Katz Invitational Case

Competition, held in Pittsburgh from January 27-28. The team consisted of four ‘17 MBA students: Kirti Patel, Chris Blanchard, Sasha Alexandra Murr, and Greg Wommer. Fourteen schools from across the US and Europe participated, including Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, University of Maryland, and University of Augsburg Continue reading →

Comcast Interactive Launch Case Competition

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Tasha Burman

The Interactive Launch Competition was a television-media marketing case competition that had teams analyzing new and evolving technologies specifically for the TV/broadcast market. Each team was assigned a sponsor company and a product they were currently developing and tasked with recommending actions that could Continue reading →

Smeal MBAs Win 1st Place at National Case Competition in Ethical Leadership

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Tasha Burman

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A team of second year Smeal MBAs won 1st place at the National MBA Case Competition in Ethical Leadership, competing with business schools across the country. The competition was held on 10-11 November 2016 in Waco, Texas and was the highlight event of the annual Dale P. Jones Business Ethics Forum organized by Baylor University’s Hankamar School of Business. Continue reading →

WMBA Career Fair

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Tasha Burman

The Women’s MBA Association (WMBA) participated in the National Association of Women MBAs (NAWMBA) 2016 Annual Conference and Career Fair, held at the Hilton Hotel in Stamford, Connecticut from October 20-22. The event was devoted to helping women MBAs and women in business graduate programs network and grow professionally.

Second-year MBA students Franziska Schmid, Sasha Alexandra Murr, and Alison Digesere represented Penn State at the event on Saturday, October 21. The five-hour Career Fair was focused on promoting awareness about the many jobs and Continue reading →

Bowersox Graduate Supply Chain Challenge 2016

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Tasha Burman

The Bowersox Graduate Supply Chain Challenge is a simulation competition hosted annually by Michigan State University. Professor David Huff is the advisor in charge of putting together the team for Penn State, and the competition entails being given control of a fictitious company on a computer program and managing it for 13 weeks. Managing entails making decisions Continue reading →

Mosanta Olin Case Competition

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Tasha Burman

The Monsanto-Olin Case Competition (MOCC) was an inter-college graduate case competition organized by Olin and sponsored by Monsanto, a publicly traded agrochemical company. The evening prior to the competition participants were invited to an event at Monsanto’ s headquarters, where they had the opportunity to meet Monsanto employees, engage in presentations, and enjoy a networking happy hour. Continue reading →

Bowersox Graduate Supply Chain Challenge: 2016

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Tasha Burman

Each year Michigan State has invited the top 15 supply chain programs to participate in its Bowersox Supply Chain Competition (GSCC). GSCC is simulation-based, where teams have about three hours to come up with a strategy and execute 13 rounds. Each team is then graded on four items: Revenue, Supply Chain Continue reading →

My First Year at Penn State

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Tasha Burman

By Srimaan Gurusamy, MBA Class of 2017

My first year of MBA was over in a flash, and I am going to talk about some of my experiences at Penn State. I reached Happy Valley with a lot of aspirations and dreams, and, of course, also with some uncertainty lingering in the back of my mind. Every aspect of the experience, including people, weather, food and language, was different from what I was used to. Surprisingly, I did not struggle much to adapt to the new world around me. The Smeal MBA community and the pleasant culture of Happy Valley helped me to make an easy transition. Continue reading →

Global Supply Chain Management Initiative

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Tasha Burman

By F. Jordan Crespo, MBA Class of 2017

The Global Supply Chain Management Initiative (GSCMI) Inter-College Graduate Case Competition was held as part of the GSCMI Spring Conference put on by Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The GSCMI Center puts on a semi-annual conference where topics are discussed with industry leaders about new initiatives Continue reading →

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