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While Occupy Wall Street has attracted growing numbers of college students with encampments emerging on several campuses, its economic-reform motive has prompted a radically different action by undergrads in a Robert H. Smith School of Business finance class at the University of Maryland.

The Department of Marketing at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business recently helped unite top academics and practitioners worldwide to bolster the marketing profession.

Great leaders can be great role models, but another way to learn about leadership is through the mistakes of others. Some leaders who rise up the ranks start believing they are beyond reproach and that, for them, the rules don’t apply.

A selection of Robert H. Smith School of Business marketing undergrads and art design-major counterparts at the University of Maryland recently tested their skills under the scrutiny of major-company executives.

The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is gearing up to host the seventh annual China Business Plan Competition in Beijing on Jan. 5, 2012. Teams of up to four Smith MBA students will compete against their counterparts in China for $10,000 in cash prizes for the best business plan pitch.

Thursday, Nov. 13, 2011, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 16, 2011, 7:30 a.m.

Roland T. Rust has garnered the 2012 American Marketing Association /Irwin/McGraw-Hill Distinguished Marketing Educator Award.

Announced by the AMA, the award honors living marketing educators for distinguished service and outstanding contributions in marketing education.

Students in the University of Maryland’s Quality Enhancement Systems and Teams (QUEST) honors program are used to making an impact. As part of QUEST’s highly selective, reality-based learning program, they participate in courses focused on cross-functional collaboration, innovation, quality management and teamwork.