27th Annual Doctoral Program Awards Banquet Honors PhD Students

The 27th Annual Doctoral Program Awards Banquet, held on May 10, 2007, was an opportunity for faculty, administrators and doctoral students to celebrate the accomplishments of the past year at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. And what a year it was! Arjang Assad, professor of management science and senior associate dean, noted the continued upward trajectory of the Smith Schools doctoral program, as the school produces both excellent research and excellent researchers who go on to placements at some of the worlds best business schools. This year the placement list includes McGill University, University of California at Davis, National University of Singapore, and National Taiwan University.

As the Smith School has become more well known for the quality of its research program, more people have wanted to pursue PhDs here. Alex Triantis, professor of finance and chair of the finance department, reported that the department received 200 applications for just three open doctoral candidate positions this year.

Larry Gordon, Ernst&Young professor of managerial accounting and director of the PhD program, congratulated his years Doctoral Award winners:

Frank T. Paine Award for Academic Achievement
Corey Angst
Tuck Siong Chung
Sharon Hill

Allan N. Nash Outstanding Doctoral Student Award
Animesh
Christian Hofer
Steven Johnson
Shweta Oza

Abraham Golub Memorial Dissertation Proposal Prize
(Restricted to Management Science)
Si Chen

Marvin A. Jolson Outstanding Marketing Doctoral Student Award
Tuck Siong Chung

The Gerald and Deana Stempler Competition Award
(For Research Related to Family Owned/Controlled Businesses)
Vandana Ramachandran

The Smith School is also appreciative of the work of the Association of Doctoral Students (ADS), which functions as an important link between programs students, faculty and staff. Gordon offered special thanks to this years ADS Board members: Shweta Oza, president; Catherine Anderson, vice president; Tugkan Tuzun, treasurer; Stacy Cuffe, Vandana Ramachandran and Dina Ribbink, social chairs; and Nitish Sinha, student representative.

To learn more about the doctoral program at Smith, visit: http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/doctoral

▓ Rebecca Winner, Office of Marketing and Communications