Winter 2025
Class Notes, Fall 2024 / Winter 2025
Promotions, awards, volunteer activities, advanced degrees, new ventures, publications, or family news?
Read More‘Smeal in Your City’ Event Welcomed Hundreds of Alumni
In mid-February, Smeal welcomed hundreds of alumni and professional graduate students attending events in Arlington, Virginia; Atlanta; Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Houston; London;...
Read MoreUniversity Award Winners
Alumni Achievement Award Recognizes alumni 35 years of age and younger for their extraordinary professional accomplishments. Santosh Sankar ‘10 FIN, co-founder and managing partner of Dynamo Ventures, a first check supply chain...
Read MoreSmeal Award Winners 2024
Diversity Leadership Award David M. Marcinek ’93 Fin Gerald I. Susman Sustainability Leadership Award Brett Cotten ’18 Biochem, Engineering Entrepreneurship Outstanding Young Professional Lindsey N. Grillot ’15 SCIS Kyle T. Wang...
Read MoreNew AI Innovation Initiative Fund to benefit Penn State Smeal
Penn State Smeal College of Business alum Dan Ives, a senior equity research analyst covering the technology sector at Wedbush Securities, calls artificial intelligence (AI) “the most important technology since the start of the Internet in the mid-’90s.”
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FIRST@Smeal to Support First-Generation College Students
Juan Veruete, Smeal’s inaugural assistant dean for undergraduate affairs, and Kelly Swigert, an academic advisor and assistant director of first generation and access initiatives, are on a mission.
Read MoreSherise Curd Joins Tarriff Center Advisory Board
Sherise Curd, vice president of human resources at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for HPE Operations, has been named to the Tarriff Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility Advisory Board.
Read MoreChelsea Hammond Receives 2024 Excellence in Business Ethics Education Award
Chelsea Hammond, associate teaching professor of marketing at the Penn State Smeal College of Business, has been named the recipient of the 2024 Excellence in Business Ethics Education Award.
Read MoreBansal named Administrative Fellow for 2024-25
Saurabh Bansal, professor of supply chain management in the Smeal College of Business, was among three Penn State faculty members who were selected as Administrative Fellows for the 2024-25 academic year.
Read MoreDonna Palumbo Named 2024 Women in Supply Chain Award Winner and New CSCR Director
Donna Palumbo, executive director of the Penn State Smeal Center for Supply Chain Research (CSCR), has been named a 2024 Women in Supply Chain award winner by Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive.
Read MoreFive Smeal Faculty Promoted in Academic Rank
Five faculty members from the Penn State Smeal College of Business received promotions in academic rank in July, reflecting their significant contributions to teaching, research, and service.
Read MoreCurran McCready Named to Smeal Finance Advisory Board
Curran McCready, a 2011 graduate of the Penn State Smeal College of Business with a degree in finance, has been appointed to the college’s Finance Advisory Board. The board, composed of alumni from the finance and investment...
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