Dana Lauro enrolled in Penn State Great Valley's MBA program to increase her business skills and drove 80 miles round trip to attend classes. After receiving a recent promotion at work, she feels confident and prepared for her new job responsibilities.
The National Science Foundation has joined in supporting Penn State’s goal of taking more of its discoveries to market by awarding Penn State a five-year, $500,000 Innovation Corps (I-Corps) grant to establish the Invent Penn State I-Corps Site in collaboration with Ben Franklin Technology Partner’s TechCelerator, Happy Valley LaunchBox, and Invent Penn State’s Innovation Hubs.
Penn State Great Valley and Ardent Credit Union will offer a stress management workshop at The Navy Yard on Thursday, Sept. 21. Participants will learn four steps to quit feeling overworked, over scheduled and overwhelmed.
A weeklong residency program helped prepare 82 students in the newly redesigned Penn State Online MBA Program, which is now led by the Smeal College of Business, for the academic journey that lies ahead of them.
Penn State Online MBA Faculty Chair Glen Kreiner, a professor of management and a John and Becky Surma Dean’s Research Fellow in the Smeal College of Business, evaluates a student project during one of Kreiner's team performance sessions. That class was part of the week-long residency that helped prepare students for the rest of the program.
From August 15–September 30, the Penn State Great Valley Alumni Society will collect professional men's and women's clothing and accessories. Donations will benefit Career Wardrobe, a local nonprofit that uses clothing and professional development to empower unemployed individuals to work.
Penn State Great Valley will launch two noncredit professional development courses in January: Content Marketing and Measuring Marketing Success. Designed for beginners and experienced professionals, the courses will help students create and evaluate a tactical and relevant marketing campaign.
