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Krowe Teaching Award Winners Announced |
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Some of the Smith School’s finest teachers
were honored with this year’s Krowe Teaching
Excellence Awards. Included among the
winners are Anand Anandalingam, chair
of the Decision and Information Technologies
department and Ralph J. Tyser Professor of
Management Science; Elinda Kiss,
Tyser Teaching Fellow in Finance; Joyce
Russell, Distinguished Tyser Teaching
Fellow and senior executive education fellow
in Management and Organization; and
Erich Studer-Ellis, Tyser Teaching
Fellow of Management Science and Statistics
in the Decision and Information Technologies
department. |
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New York City Alumni Networking Event |
Wednesday, April 18, 2007; 6:30-8:30 p.m.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
300 Madison Avenue (42nd & Madison Avenue),
22nd Floor
New York City, NY 10017 |
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Join fellow Smith School alumni for an
evening of conversation and networking. Hear
updates on the Smith School's upcoming
events, academic programs, and future
developments. |
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Seattle Region Alumni Networking Event |
Thursday, May 31, 2007; 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Bellevue
900 Bellevue Way, NE
Bellevue, WA 98004 |
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Join Smith School faculty, staff and fellow
University of Maryland alumni for a
networking event and reception. Registration
for this event will begin in late March. |
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Netcentricity Conference, April 27
Special $50 Alumni Registration Rate |
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Join fellow alumni, distinguished members of
the finance community and renowned scholars
at this "must attend" event--the
Transformation of Financial Markets.
You’ll discover: |
• How investors are taking advantage of
information technology to
develop and execute sophisticated investment
strategies
• How these strategies rely on instantaneous
execution of trades,
putting pressure on financial markets
• What’s behind the simultaneous movement
toward mergers and the globalization of
trading and how it affects you. |
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Keynote speaker Richard Schaeffer '74,
chairman of NYMEX Holdings, Inc. and the New
York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., is joined by
presenters Robert L. D. Colby, Deputy
Director, Division of Market Regulation,
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and
Michael Richter, Executive Vice President of
Business Development, Lime Brokerage, LLC.
Registration fee includes continental
breakfast, lunch, and refreshments. |
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Special alumni registration rate is just $50
(normally $95) when using the
promotional code
Alum07. Seats are limited, so don’t delay. |
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To register, please contact
Faye
Baker, (301) 405-2206. |
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Smith
School Welcomes Disney Keys to Excellence
June 6, 2007
Special Discount for Smith Alumni! |
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The Smith School is proud to host the Disney
Institute as it brings its renowned Keys to
Excellence program to the Washington, D.C.
area. Join fellow Smith alumni and other
executives June 6 to learn proven Disney
success strategies in loyalty, management,
customer service and leadership. The program
will introduce you to innovative Disney
business strategies that you can implement
in your own organization. All Smith alumni
can take advantage of a special discounted
rate of just $349, so
register
today with discount code
UMCPDISNEY07. |
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Smith in the News |
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CNN: Lou Dobbs Tonight – March
2, 2007 – Business professor Peter Morici is
interviewed for a segment about U.S. trade
with China. |
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Baltimore Sun – March 1, 2007 –
Business ethics and law professor Josh
Newberg is quoted in a story about minority business
contracts. |
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Toronto Sun – Feb. 27, 2007 –
Marketing professor Janet Wagner is quoted
in a story about baby boomers and how
marketers are catering to them. |
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