The Robert H. Smith School of Business will be welcoming back its second year MBA students with an MBA Lunch on January 26, 2015 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm. Held in building VMH2517, the lunch is a way for prospective MBAs to get back into the swing of things following the holiday season and the break. MBAs will eat and mingle before hitting the books and case competitions for another semester of top-notch b-school action!
The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is the 17th ranked school in Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2014 ranking of full-time MBA programs. Smith’s MBA Association coordinates 20 student-run groups focused on community-building while the school is broadening its resources for women MBAs via such initiatives as a recently forged Forté Foundation alliance. A recently launched MBA Impact Fellows program is providing opportunities in international development, impact investing and alternative energy.
“There is a collective focus on excellence across the Smith School, and it is exciting to see the results of our work reflected in this ranking,” Smith School Dean Alex Triantis. “It is a recognition of the thought, effort and care that so many people have dedicated to the MBA program.”
According to the Smith School’s website, the MBA curriculum allows students to gain:
- An appreciation of the importance of globalization, entrepreneurship and technology in today’s business environment
- An “integrative” systems understanding of the interactions of the key functional aspects of an organization in order to enable successful businesses
- Well-developed, sophisticated quantitative and analytical skills
- Strong communication skills—writing, interpersonal, small group, large group
- An understanding of the role of business in society and the ethical challenges of global business
- Well-developed leadership skills
- An understanding of effective teamwork and the skills to participate as an effective team member
- A mastery of the core aspects of the operations of a business: marketing, information systems, accounting, operations management, finance, strategy
For more information on the lunch event contact Jen Kinder at jkinder@rhsmith.umd.edu.