Smith School MBA Ranked No. 22 in U.S. by Financial Times
The Financial Times released its 2016 rankings of the best full-time program available to prospective MBAs. The annual list looks at a school on a national level, as well as an international level. According to a press release, the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business ranked as No. 22 in the nation and No. 51 in the world in 2016. Continue reading…
Smith School’s 1st Semester Guide to Survival and Enlightenment
Each semester, a new set of prospective MBA’s funnel into the classrooms of the Robert H. Smith School of Business. For these fresh students, the first MBA semester is boot camp in the sense that it whips students into shape and pushes them further than ever before. Continue reading…
Smith School Alumni Successfully Navigates “Shark Tank” TV Show For $100K Investment
Evan Lutz, a 2014 alum of the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, recently appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank, according to an article by the school’s Office of Marketing Communications. The television show challenges contestants to pitch a business idea to a panel of potential benefactors (including Mark Cuban) in order to receive investment capital. Lutz appeared on the January 8th episode and ultimately received a $100,000 investment from Robert Herjavec for a 10 percent stake in Hungry Harvest.
Smith School International Education Week Kicks Off With Global Competence in Business Panel
According to a news story on the university’s website, The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business kicked off International Education Week with a panel discussion on Global Competence in Business. The panelists reflected on the way that global security, sustainability, environmental performance and supply chain security are all modern day issues that impact all multinational companies.
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Business Athlete Panel Set to Speak During Smith School Business Summit
According to a press release on the school website, The Robert H. Smith School of Business’s Center for Leadership, Innovation, and Change is sponsoring a panel on the “Business Athletes” leadership model at the Smith School Business Summit on Nov. 13. Students and alumni are invited to RSVP for the event.
The all-women panel will feature Smith Senior Associate Dean Joyce Russell and an assortment of business leaders explaining how great athletes are sometime analogous with great business leaders. Continue reading…
Team of Smith School MBAs Win Consulting Competition
The Smith MBA Consulting Club recently hosted the final round of the fourth annual Cognizant Business Consulting Case Competition, which challenged competing teams of students to solve a health care, insurance or IT issue by creating a competitive advantage via “Code Halos.” According to a press release on the Smith School website, a team made up of four MBA students from the Robert H. Smith School of Business developed a health care management solution to win the top prize. Continue reading…
