News Release Archives: 2002 - 1996

2002 News Releases

December 17, 2002 Smith School of Business Names Michael Agnew Assistant Dean for Career Management
November 11, 2002 Smith School’s Roland Rust Wins “Best Book in Marketing” Award
November 6, 2002 CSX President Michael J. Ward Named ‘Person of the Year’ by Logistics Groups at Maryland’s Smith School of Business
October 31, 2002 Laura Dromerick Joins Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship as Associate Director, Business Services
October 11, 2002 Smith School of Business Jumps to #25 in BusinessWeek Rankings
October 9, 2002 Smith School Alumna Fiorina Named Most Powerful Woman in Business
October 7, 2002 Maryland’s Smith School of Business To Offer MBA in China
September 13, 2002 Smith School of Business Shines in Latest U.S. News Rankings
September 10, 2002 Recruiters Rank Smith School Top 10 in Nine Categories in 2002 Wall Street Journal Survey
August 26, 2002 Smith School of Business Gets $2 Million NSF Grant to Study e-Markets
August 14, 2002 Smith School of Business Introduces Executive MBA Program
July 11, 2002 Smith School Marketing Professor Wins Top Career Award
June 26, 2002 Researchers Launch Site to Collect Dot-Com Era 'Blueprints'; Business Plan Archive Will Help Document Historic Period
June 3, 2002 Dingman Center 'eMaryland' Initiative to Provide Free Access to e-Business Tools; Program Aims to Help Small and Mid-Sized Businesses Streamline Business Functions
May 17, 2002 Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Awards $250,000 to Dingman Center VC Program; Grant is Part of $26 Million Initiative to Fund Small Businesses in Region's Distressed Areas
May 2, 2002 Smith School MBA Student Is Part of Team That Wins $500,000 Venture Offer in National Business Plan Competition
April 30, 2002 The Robert H. Smith School of Business and The American College Announce a Strategic Alliance Institutions to offer joint programming in professional education
April 8, 2002 Smith School MBA Team Takes Top Honor in National Business Plan Competition
March 20, 2002 Smith School of Business & Naval Postgraduate School Introduce Combined MBA; Landmark Initiative to Help U.S. Military Meet Growing Demand for Business Education
March 7, 2002 Smith School of Business Launches Ethics Training For Executives
March 7, 2002 Young Innovators Win $50,000 In Second Annual University of Maryland Business Plan Competition
March 6, 2002 ASD GLOBAL CREATES SUPPLY CHAIN PROTOTYPE FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; Company Partners with University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business Supply Chain Management Center
February 25, 2002 TIBCO SOFTWARE SELECTED TO PROVIDE THE BACKBONE FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPLY CHAIN PILOT; Smith School of Business Research Center Commissioned to Create Custom Pilot Supply Chain System based on TIBCO Infrastructure Technology
February 5, 2002 IBM Teams With Smith School Research Center to Advance E-Government
January 22, 2002 Smith MBA Program Earns Top Rankings in Latest Financial Times Survey; School Places Among Top Ten Worldwide for Research, IT and Entrepreneurship
January 9, 2002 Majority of Adult Internet Users Access Government Web Sites; National Survey Finds Web Becoming Key Tool For Government Transactions

2001 News Releases

November 21, 2001 Francena Phillips Jackson Named Director of Alumni Relations
November 12, 2001 Logistics, Transportation & Supply Chain Management Society Names Trucking Industry Leader as ‘Person of the Year’
October 23, 2001 Frontiers in Services Conference to Feature Anthony Santomero, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
October 22, 2001 Smith School of Business Offers Top Techno MBA Program, says COMPUTERWORLD Survey
September 14, 2001 Cherie A. Scricca is New Assistant Dean of Master's Programs
September 6, 2001 Smith School's Undergraduate Program Jumps Five Spots in U.S. News & World Report Annual Survey
June 27, 2001 Joanne Ferchland-Parella to Head Smith School Development Team
June 11, 2001 Business Leadership Lessons from the NBA?
May 11, 2001 Smith School of Business Appoints Scott Koerwer to Lead Center for Executive Education
April 30, 2001 Smith School is #13 in Wall Street Journal's First Survey of MBA Recruiters
April 26, 2001 Management Expert uses Cultural Metaphors to Expand Understanding of Doing Business Globally
April 2, 2001 Smith School of Business Launches Center for E-Service
March 13, 2001 AMS and Robert H. Smith School of Business Launch Global E-Business Certificate Program
March 8, 2001 Smith School of Business Launches Netcentricity Laboratory to Study and Model Internet Economy Corporate Support Exceeds $6 Million
February 28, 2001 University of Maryland Entrepreneurs Sharpen Business Plans for $50,000 Competition
February 27, 2001 Herb Johnson Named Logistics and Transportation Person of the Year
February 26, 2001 Leveraging Corporate Knowledge Spring 2001 Seminar Series
February 2, 2001 Leveraging Corporate Knowledge Spring 2001 Seminar Series
January 31, 2001 Smith School of Business Brings Nationally Ranked Undergraduate Program to Shady Grove in Fall 2001
January 22 , 2001 Smith School of Business Ranks 4th in Information Technology, 23rd Overall in Financial Times Worldwide Survey
January 5, 2001 Weekend and Evening MBA in D.C.

2000 News Releases

November 14, 2000 $673,959 NSF Project at Smith School of Business Could Help Ease Worker Shortage in IT Workplace
October 12, 2000 Dorothy Emanuel Gardner Named Co-Director, MBA Consulting Program
September 13, 2000 Smith School of Business Names Richard Feldman Asst. Dean for Career Management
September 7, 2000 Leveraging Corporate Knowledge Seminar Series
September 7, 2000 Top-10 Rankings for Smith School of Business Undergraduate Program
September 6, 2000 Successful Recruitment Adds 19 to Smith School of Business Faculty
September 1, 2000 Smith School of Business Launches Evening MBA Program in Washington, D.C.
July 17, 2000 Smith School and TIBCO Software Team to Streamline Supply Chain Management
July 6, 2000 Robert H. Smith School of Business Selected for Leadership Role to Advance the State of Maryland's E-commerce Infrastructure
June 1, 2000 University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business Selected to Participate in New "Kiplinger Prize" Program
May 17, 2000 Edward Emmett, Leader in Transportation Field, Named Logistics and Transportation Person of the Year
March 16, 2000 Donald M. Spero Appointed Director of Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship
March 8, 2000 Robert H. Smith School of Business Supply Chain Management Center Works With Sun to Offer Dot Com Research and Educational Services
February 23, 2000 Alissa Arford-Leyl Named Manager of Web Communications
February 8, 2000 Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship to Host Venture Capital Investment Regional Competition Feb. 17-19
February 4, 2000 Robert H. Smith School of Business is #2 in Information Technology, says Financial Times Survey
January 11, 2000 Dennis Heads Corporate Programs and Services at Robert H. Smith School of Business
January 6, 2000 Board of Public Works Approves $24.6 Million for Addition to Van Munching Hall at University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business

1999 News Releases

December 8, 1999 University of Maryland Announces Creation of the Major F. Riddick, Jr. Student Technology Entrepreneur Award
September 30, 1999 Leveraging Corporate Knowledge Seminar Series
September 29, 1999 Register for Evening MBA in Baltimore Until October 15
September 24, 1999 Computerworld Ranks MBA Program #3
September 21, 1999 Competing in the Digital Economy Series
July 21, 1999 Alumna Carly Fiorina Appointed President and CEO of Hewlett-Packard
June 30, 1999 Patricia Wallace Appointed Executive Director of Center For Knowledge and Information Management
May 27, 1999 Van Munching Donates $6 Million to Expand and Renovate Business School's Home
May 18, 1999 Apollony and Contino are 1999 Distinguished Alumni
May 5, 1999 KPMG and Alumni Donate $250,000 to Smith School of Business to Endow Professorship
January 21, 1999 Chevy Chase Bank Donates $580,000

1998 News Releases

December 9, 1998 Most Influential People in Southern Technology: Charles Heller
November 13, 1998 Supply Chain Management Center Launched
October 23, 1998 Smith School and EDS To Offer Knowledge Management Conference on November 2
October 23, 1998 Tamara Maull Appointed Director of Alumni Affairs
October 20, 1998 Information Management Consultants (IMC) Donates $52,500
October 9, 1998 Business Week Ranks Robert H. Smith School of Business 22nd Nationwide
September 1, 1998 Bruce Golden Appointed to France-Merrick Chair in Management Science
August 24, 1998 Evening MBA Offered in Baltimore
August 19, 1998 Cross Functional Curriculum and Technology Distinguish Smith School MBA
August 4, 1998 Pat Cleveland Named Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs
July 28, 1998 Entrepreneurship Program Ranked 13th in the Country
March 30, 1998 Builder of Crystal City (VA) Endows Maryland Business School with $15 Million Gift
March 20, 1998 Sabrina White Appointed Director of MBA/MS Admissions
January 14, 1998 Two Two-Time Alums Donate Major Gifts To Maryland Business School

1997 News Releases

October 29, 1997 Maryland Quality Awards Presented
October 6, 1997 Conference To Offer Tips On Best Management Practices
September 4, 1997 Philip Evers Elected President of Council of Logistics Management Baltimore Roundtable
August 28, 1997 Maryland Business School is one of nation's best for entrepreneurs, says SUCCESS
June 19, 1997 Howard Frank Named Dean of Maryland Business School
March 19, 1997 Dingman Gives $2 Million To Maryland Business School
January 9, 1997 Bedingfield Appointed to Federal Accounting Board

1996 News Releases

December 3, 1996 SBA Selects Maryland Business School's Dingman Center to Manage State's Small Business Development Center Network
December 3, 1996 James Graham is New Director of Maryland Small Business Development Center Network
July 10, 1996 College is part of the FAA Air Transportation Center of Excellence in Operations Research
July 10, 1996 Lamone Receives Entrepreneurship Award