It’s that time of the year again: Join the Robert H. Smith School of Business, it’s factually and future alumni on May 21, 2015 to celebrate the accomplishments of new graduates. The ceremonies for grad school students will take place in The Xfinity Center at the University of Maryland’s College Park campus at 5:30PM.
This year, the Smith School’s commencement speakers are Mark Manoff, Americas Vice Chair at EY, and Alex Triantis, dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business.
Manoff has been with EY for over 35 years. He tenure has had him manage various responsibilities across the Americas, including leading the EY Center for Board Matters, which focuses on relationships and governance with audit committees and other board members. He is also Executive Sponsor for Leadership Agenda, EY’s program for up-and coming senior leaders at the firm. Manoff is also responsible for EY’s worldwide relationship with IBM He serves as senior advisory partner on various clients, meeting with senior management and attending audit committee and board meetings.
Meanwhile, Triantis joined the Smith School in 1995, first as a visiting associate professor, then an associate professor of finance, professor of finance, chair of the finance department and co-founder of the Center for Financial Policy, and now as the eighth dean of the Smith School of Business. Smith is a highly ranked business school with multiple undergraduate, MBA and EMBA rankings in the top 25 of various publications. Smith faculty are consistently ranked in the top 15 by both the Financial Times and Bloomberg Businessweek, and the University of Texas-Dallas ranking of research productivity.
Tickets for the Smith ceremonies are not required.For those unable to attend this year’s Smith Commencement ceremonies, they will also be streamed live. For more information visit www.commencement.umd.edu.