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Alumnus named “Rising Star Inventor of the Year”
Dominic Crapuchettes, MBA ’04, bet his future on North Star Games, a board game company he created in 2004 with Satish Pillalamarri, MBA ’04. He has recently been crowned "Rising Star Inventor of the Year" at the Third Annual Toy and Game Inventor Awards, presented by the Chicago Toy and Game Group (and sponsored by Hasbro), beating out his competition – movie star Daryl Hannah and Joe and Dave Herbert, the guys who won $1 million dollars with the best Super Bowl ad last year. Read more about Crapuchettes on SmithConnector.

ALUMNI EVENTS

Register for the following events at SmithConnector.

Monte Carlo Night
February 19
8:30 p.m. – 12:30 a.m.
Omni Shoreham
2500 Calvert Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20008

The MBA Association cordially invites you to its keystone event, Monte Carlo Night 2011 – a night of gambling, dancing, friends, and fun! The night will include an open bar, DJ, and light food. This annual, black-tie optional event is a valued Smith tradition established in 2002 to raise money for the Michael Scott Lamana and Eric Cranford Memorial MBA Fellowship Fund. Mr. Lamana and Mr. Cranford were Part-Time Smith MBA students killed in the 2001 terrorist attacks on the Pentagon. Part of the proceeds from the night’s event will go toward this fund.

CEO@SMITH Speaker Series
CEO@Smith is a dynamic speaker series designed to connect our community with leading business practitioners and innovators. All events are free and open to the public, and take place at 5:30 p.m. in Frank Auditorium, Van Munching Hall, at the University of Maryland, College Park. Visit www.rhsmith.umd.edu/ceos to register.

> Feb. 22, 2011 - Pradman Kaul, Hughes Network Systems
> April 12, 2011 - David Rubenstein, The Carlyle Group

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