Employer Spotlight: Grant Thornton

Our employer spotlight of the week is Grant Thornton, a company offering advisory, audit, and tax services to clients. Grant Thornton has 60 offices across 30 states.

Grant Thornton is a collaborative, entrepreneurial firm on the move! As part of …

By Susan Mcgrory
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Intern Spotlight: Antonia Ertman

Our spotlight intern this week is Antonia Ertman, a senior majoring in MIS. This past summer she interned with Altria.

“I learned real life skills that cannot be taught in a class room. I learned how to talk to people I …

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Employer Spotlight: Deloitte

This week’s featured employer is Deloitte, a company who provides audit & assurance, consulting, risk and financial advisory, risk management, tax, and related services to select clients. This week, you may have noticed Smeal’s code of conduct signing in the …

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Corporate Partner Spotlight: Altria Group

Altria Group is a Fortune 200 company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. For more than 180 years, Altria’s companies have built some of the best-known brands in the world – Marlboro, Copenhagen, Skoaland Black & Mild – that today lead their respective categories.

“Our Values are …

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Intern Spotlight: Paul Birch

Meet our spotlight intern this week, Paul Birch. Paul is a junior who completed a Liberty Mutual Actuarial Internship in Boston. He secured this internship through the Actuarial Science Career Fair. During his internship Paul learned about life insurance concepts, …

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What qualities do you need to work in a startup?

With the number of new companies being founded growing daily all over the world, it’s no wonder that many business school graduates are thinking about joining a startup – a new business specifically designed for rapid growth and scaling. While …

By Antoni Swidlicki
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Intern Spotlight: John Hursh

Name: John Hursh

Major: Accounting

Company: Lancaster County Coalition to End Homelessness.

Resources that helped me gain the internship: Connections through community involvement, credentials from studies (had the right major), passion for the cause

“I initially wrote a letter to …

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FREE BUSINESS ADVICE FOR STUDENT ENTREPRENEURS – SBDC

The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Penn State offers confidential, no-cost assistance to students interested in starting their own business. SBDC consultants have a wealth of experience, and are ready to help you navigate the complex process of starting …

By Ashley Stark
Ashley Stark Director for Corporate Relations
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Gartner ranks Penn State Smeal No. 1 in supply chain graduate, undergraduate education

July 29, 2016

Gartner, Inc., has again ranked the Penn State Smeal College of Business No. 1 in supply chain graduate and undergraduate education.

Gartner’s report indicates that Penn State undergraduate education scored among the top two schools as an …

By Ashley Stark
Ashley Stark Director for Corporate Relations
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WHAT I TELL SUMMER INTERNS

By: Nick Colas, Chief Strategist – Convergex and Jessica Rabe, Research Associate – Convergex

Summary: What do you tell a college student considering a career in finance? In today’s note we summarize our annual chats with Convergex’s intern class as …

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Ashley Stark Director for Corporate Relations
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