Northrop Grumman Case Competition Get Smith MBAs into Gear at Orientation
As part of the final week of orientation for full-time MBAs, members of the Robert H. School of Business Class of 2017 took part in the Northrop Grumman case competition. According to a press release on the school website, many first-year MBA students called the activity “a great way to prepare for the rigors of a full-time program and job search.” Continue reading…
Five Semifinalists Enter Championship Round of Pitch Dingman Competition
On December 3, 2015 the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the Robert H. Smith School of Business hosted the semifinal round of the annual Pitch Dingman Competition. The competition is a three-round process where startup companies compete against one another to secure $15,000 in seed money.
The presentations were evaluated on the following criteria: how they will use the funds, potential revenue streams and growth, competitive advantage provided by their service or product, and how they have identified a viable target segment to go after in the market. Continue reading…
Three Takeaways From The Smith School Business Summit
When Calvin G. Butler Jr., CEO of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, addressed the 500 faculty, staff, students and working professionals in attendance at the fourth annual Smith School Business Summit in Baltimore, he discussed how customer demands may change in the future.
“Meeting the current demands of customers is only part of it,” said Butler. “You need to think about where your customers are going, and you need to meet them there. Continue reading…
Kogod Ranked #58 In New Bloomberg Rankings
In Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2015 ranking of full-time MBA programs, American University’s Kogod School of Business came in ranked as the #58 full-time MBA program in the country.
In past years, the rankings were compiled by considering a number of categories that measure strength of education as well as which programs best prepare MBA candidates for their future careers. The former system generated results based on three core metrics: student satisfaction, recruiter opinion and the research published by a business school’s faculty. Continue reading…
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…
Smith MBA Student Highlights DC Tech Day
A recent blog post on the Robert H. Smith School of Business MBA blog highlighted the second annual DC Tech Day — an open forum for the startup community in the DC/Baltimore area to come together and share their products with the public. The free event was held at the National Building Museum on October 6th and featured more than 50 exhibitors and 3,000 attendees. Continue reading…
