Smith MBAs Consult Projects in the Middle East
Three Smith School of Business MBA students, Patrick Gallice, Carlos Cedeno, and Hirokazu Masuoka, were selected to join a consulting team that traveled to the Middle East over Spring Break, 2015. They studied the feasibility of using greywater for small-scale crop production, assisted in finding solutions to water scarcity in the region, and worked to solve a complex environmental problem that implicates legal, public health, and economic issues.
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REGISTER: 10th Annual Cupid’s Cup UMD’s Smith School
For Smith students and budding business school entrepreneurs across the country, it’s that time of year again.
Kevin Plank, Under Armour’s founder and CEO, will partner with his alma mater, The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business to host Cupid’s Cup—Smith’s Entrepreneurial Business Competition. Plank, ’96, will welcome six finalists and a panel of celebrity judges on April 22, 2015. There’s more than $100,000 on the line, and access to the CEO’s professional network. Continue reading…
Smith School’s Annual Monte Carlo Night a Success
The one night members of the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business family know they can’t miss is always the school’s annual Monte Carlo Night Gala. The 13th annual celebration brought together nearly 700 full-time MBA, part-time MBA, EMBA, and MS students; alumni; faculty; and staff for an evening of dancing and casino gaming on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. Continue reading…
REGISTER: Smith School’s 7th Social Enterprise Symposium
The Center for Social Value Creation at the Robert H. Smith School of Business will be presenting the 7th Social Enterprise Symposium (SES) on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The event is held at the Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland and in conjunction with the three-day AshokaU Exchange, which is an international convening on social entrepreneurship in higher education. The symposium is free for UMD students, faculty and staff, but space is limited. Continue reading…
Nominate Best Smith School Professors For Krowe Award
All faculty, program directors, deans, department chairs, alumni and students of the Robert H. Smith School of Business are encouraged to nominate deserving Smith School faculty members for one of several Krowe Teaching Awards in areas of general excellence. Continue reading…
Smith Moves Up In This Year’s Bloomberg Businessweek MBA Ranking
In Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2014 ranking of full-time MBA programs, The Robert H. Smith School of Business has climbed up from 24th to 17th MBA program in the country. The rankings are compiled after taking into account a number of categories that measure strength of education as well as which programs best prepare MBAs for their careers. Continue reading…
