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Do you know a
business leader who has made a significant and positive
impact on the mid-Atlantic region?
As a world leader in management education and
research, Smith recognizes that leaders in every
industry play a vital role in making our economy and
society productive. To honor these leaders, the Robert
H. Smith School of Business has established "The Smith
Leadership and Excellence Awards" program. The awards
recognize individuals and organizations whose
contributions have truly made a difference.
As valuable stakeholders in the success of the Robert
H. Smith School of Business, we ask that you share in
the awards nomination process. The awards will be
presented in three categories: Business Excellence,
Leaders for the Digital Economy and Leadership
Excellence. Nominations are sought from members of the
mid-Atlantic business and academic communities and may
be submitted online at
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/awards.
If you have any questions or require additional
information, please contact Heather O'Malley at ext.
59457 or via e-mail at
homalley@rhsmith.umd.edu.
SMITH SPIRIT DAY – a.k.a.
Holiday Happy Hour and Holiday Shopping Bonanza
 More
than 200 faculty, staff and students gathered on the third floor of Van
Munching Hall to kick off the holidays on Thursday, December
2 at Smith Spirit Day. Some came to shop at The Smith
Store. Some came to sample the food. Manycame to
sample the free beer. FREE BEER? That’s right – Hook &
Ladder beer was available for guests to have a
complimentary sample (or two or three). The evening was
a resounding success, with sales at The Smith Store
exceeding $1,100 in two hours, and more than 100 (empty)
pint glasses that sold for $5.00 each.
The event was sponsored by the Dingman Center for
Entrepreneurship as a showcase for some of the businesses that have been started by Dingman Scholars –
both current and former. Matt Fleischer, a
current Dingman Scholar and CEO of Hook & Ladder beer,
was very pleased with the success of the evening. He
received very favorable comments on the taste and flavor
of his beer, which won a Gold Medal at the Great
American Beer Festival in 2001.
 Dominic
Crapuchettes, MBA '04, a former Dingman Scholar, was
at the event selling Cluzzle, the board game he created.
What’s a Cluzzle? Here’s the answer, according to the
game’s Web site: 1. a clay puzzle; 2. a person so bad at
sculpting they might actually be good at this award-winning game. Winner of the 2004 Creative Toy Awards’
Preferred Choice Award, Cluzzle has been picked up for
sale by ToysRUs.com. Crapuchettes expects the game to be
very successful and anticipates it will be on the store
shelves of Toys R Us for next year’s holiday season.
Cluzzle will be on display this weekend at several
game festivals around College Park. Saturday, December
11, 1 – 6 p.m. at the Olympus Gym Fitness Center in
Summit Hills Apartments; Sunday, December 12, 1 – 5 p.m.
at the Beltsville Community Center. Go to
http://www.cluzzle.com/news/events.php for
directions or more information or write
GameFestival@cluzzle.com with questions.
 Part-time
MBA student Dana Lande was on hand with her
beautiful jewelry from Dayna Designs. It includes a line
of Terp jewelry, featuring black and red stones
interspersed with sterling silver turtles on a sterling
bracelet or necklace. Dayna Designs jewelry is available
on her Web site,
http://www.daynadesigns.com.
The Smith Store,
http://www.thesmithstore.com, not only has Smith
mugs and mouse pads with the new graphic design, but
also Smith polo shirts, hats and outwear in a variety of
colors and sizes. Testudo the Grad is also available at
The Smith Store for graduates or alumni, and can be
personalized with the graduate’s name and year of
graduation.
Asher Epstein, managing director of the Dingman
Center, was very pleased with the turnout for the event.
"We want everyone to know that the Dingman Center is
here, and that it is bigger and better than ever before," says Epstein. For more information about the Dingman
Center, visit their Web site at
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/dingman.
▓ Carol Cron, Smith
Newslink Inside
Human Resources
Open Enrollment for State of Maryland Benefits
Open Enrollment for 2005 has been announced by the
State of Maryland. Several unusual procedures are in
place this season:
(1) Open enrollment is only for a two week period –
December 6 – December 22.
(2) The coverage period is only six months (January 1,
2005 to June 30, 2005).
(3) The benefits information online and you should have
received a memorandum from the university with
instructions this week in your office mailbox.
(4) If you are presently enrolled in the Dental Point of
Service (POS) plan and you intend to have dental
coverage in 2005, you are required to affirmatively
select a new dental plan during open enrollment.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT ALL EMPLOYEES GO TO THE
STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS WEB SITE OR CALL
1-410-669-3893 (IVR System) DURING THE SHORT
OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD IF THEY WISH TO MAKE CHANGES TO
THEIR COVERAGE, INCLUDING FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS.
The Web site is as follows:
http://www.dbm.maryland.gov/portal/server.pt?space=CommunityPage&cached=true&parentname=MyPage&parentid=2&in_hi_
userid=1332&control=SetCommunity&CommunityID=262&PageID=0
If you have any questions please contact Mary Crowe-Kokonis
in the Department of Administration, at
mcroweko@rhsmith.umd.edu, or by phone at ext. 52309.
Announcements
SCHOOL ASSEMBLY
Want to learn more about what’s going on in the Smith
School? Come to the second School Assembly of the
semester on Friday, December 10, at 1:30 p.m. in
the Rouse Room. Announcements about faculty, new
employees and new appointments are made; updates about
Smith programs and centers are often part of the
assembly. After the assembly...
COME TO THE PARTY!
All faculty and staff of the Smith School are
cordially invited to eat, drink and be merry at the
annual holiday party on Friday, December 10, at 3 p.m.
in the Grand Atrium. Please RSVP to Diane Moreno at
dmoreno@rhsmith.umd.edu or call Diane at ext. 52299.
TOYS FOR TOTS DRIVE
The Smith School’s American Marketing Association is
currently hosting its annual Toys for Tots drive for
underprivileged children. Please help us make a
difference in the life of a young boy or girl this
holiday season by giving them the gift of a new toy. Donations of any new packaged toy can be dropped
off at the Undergraduate Studies Office in a box labeled
'Toys for Tots' until Friday, December 10.
Smith School in the News
The Smith School’s new partnership with ChinaCast, to
deliver executive education programs across China via
satellite, was noted in a number of publications
including the
Financial Times (12/6), The (Maryland)
Daily Record (12/1) and
The (Singapore) Business Times
(11/30). An article about the Smith School’s partnership
with executive search firm Stanton Chase International
appeared in the November/December issue of BizEd. Scott
Koerwer, associate dean for executive education and
marketing communications, and Cherie Scricca, associate
dean for master’s programs and career services, authored
the article. And Peter Morici, professor of
international business, was quoted about jobs and the
economy by
CNN Money (12/2),
Investor’s Business Daily online (12/3), and
TheStreet.com (12/3).
For more Smith School media highlights and links to
articles, visit
Smith School in the News.
Smith School Latest News
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Smith Newslink Inside
is a production of the Office of Marketing Communications
in cooperation with the Office of Administration.
Editor-in-Chief:
Alissa Arford-Leyl
Managing Editor:
Carol Cron
Contributors:
Smith Media Group,
Office of Marketing Communications,
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