Meet Michelle Darnell

“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

Meet 220: Lou Gattis

“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.

Lou Gattis, Clinical Professor of Finance, Faculty Director for MBA and EMBA, Professional Graduate Programs

What’s your role with the Smeal PGP office?

My role is to ensure students receive the best educational experience possible by (1) offering the most relevant curriculum, courses, concentrations, and options; (2) recruiting and supporting the top Smeal faculty to teach in graduate programs, (3) leading academic integrity efforts, and (4) acting as liaison between students and faculty.

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2014 MBA Faculty Awards

Congratulations to the 2014 MBA Faculty Award Winners:

Core Classes:

  • Most Interesting – Sajay Samuel
  • Best Stories – Keith Crocker
  • Best Discussion – Vilmos Misangyi
  • Most Memorable – Dan Givoly
  • Best Life Lessons – Dennis Gioia
  • Best Teaching – Chris Muscarella

Elective Classes:

  • Most Interesting – Donald Hambrick
  • Best Stories – Chris Muscarella
  • Best Discussion – Vilmos Misangyi
  • Most Memorable – Ralph Oliva
  • Best Life Lessons – Lou Gattis
  • Best Teaching – David Huff

 

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ISBM 30th Anniversary Meeting attracts marketing students in Smeal MBA

照片 2By Effie Li, MBA Class of 2014

The Institute for the Study of Business Markets (ISBM) is a center of excellence in the Smeal College of Business at Penn State. It is networked with researchers, educators and practitioners in business-to-business marketing in companies and universities throughout the world. Founded in Continue reading

SCMA Kicks Off a Busy Fall Semester

Dr. Harrison speaks with the Introductory Lunch Participants.

Dr. Harrison speaks with the Introductory Lunch Participants.

Early in September, SCMA hosted the first of its kind Supply Chain Introductory Luncheon which provided an opportunity for the first years to get an answer to all their queries regarding Supply Chain Management and for the second years to share their experiences with regard to the industrial relevance of Supply chain concepts and fundamentals, while Continue reading