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News Archive
2007-2008
News Release:
University of Maryland Selected to Pilot Program for Social
Change
College Park, Md. – December 11, 2008 – The University of
Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business today
announced it has been selected as an inaugural “Changemaker
Campus” in partnership with Ashoka, a non-profit network of
social entrepreneurs. Ashoka chose the University of
Maryland as one of four U.S. campuses to develop a model for
future university-based initiatives that will promote
innovation and social change.
Smith Students Participate in Social Venture Consulting
Program
The Social Venture Consulting Program wrapped up a
semester’s worth of consulting projects as eight teams of
Smith School students presented their consulting work to an
audience of students and faculty on Dec. 3, 2008.
Part-time MBA Student Utilizes Smith's Entrepreneurship
Resources to Grow Luxury Handbag Business
As an entrepreneur and part-time MBA student
at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, Cherry
Kwunyeun is working to combine the lessons of an MBA program
with her experience as a Fulbright Scholar and apply it to
the operation of her own company, Blumpari. Featuring a line
of luxury handbags, Blumpari has recently been expanding
into new stores, appearing in popular shopping areas of New
York City, Washington, D.C, and Baltimore.
A Surprising Journey
Kendall Mau, a 1976 MBA graduate, is CFO and COO of Prisma
Microfinance, a privately owned credit union that operates
in Nicaragua and Honduras. The company provides small loans,
sometimes as tiny as $50 or $100, to help with enterprise
development, or simply as consumer loans to help people
purchase a refrigerator or washing machine, or add another
room to their house.
Bringing Light to One African Community
Smith students join Clark School of Engineering students to bring clean, safe
light to one of the world’s poorest countries.
Turning Trash Into Treasure
You’ve heard of turning trash into treasure. Well, some
enterprising undergraduates in the Smith School’s
QUEST program
are turning food waste into…dirt. Along the way, they also
turned it into a top grade. And with a little luck, they
might turn it into a prosperous business as well.
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