News Archive

Spring 2010

Squares for Social Change (The Munch)
Inaugural event hosted by Terp Changemakers gets people's minds moving toward social change.

News Release: U-Md. Robert H. Smith School of Business and USAID Announce Winners of the First “Global Challenge” Competition
College Park, Md. – April 27, 2010 – The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have named the winners of the first Global Challenge, a first-of-its-kind competition that challenged teams of MBA and other graduate students to develop a public-private venture to support development and the tourism industry in Asia.

How Colleges Could Better Prepare Students to Tackle Society's Problems (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
The center is highlighted for its participation in Ashoka U's Changemaker Campus program.

A Global Pour (The Diamondback)
The center's 'Beyond the Latte' event addresses coffee's global environmental and economic impacts.

Smith Business Close-Up: Building Businesses to Help Haiti
Executive Director Melissa Carrier discusses how entrepreneurship and innovation can help solve global challenges.

News Release: Electric Utility Leader Dennis Wraase Joins U-Md. Center for Social Value Creation as Executive-In-Residence
College Park, Md. – March 10, 2010 — The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced former Pepco Holdings Inc. president, board chair and CEO Dennis R. Wraase has joined the Center for Social Value Creation as its first executive-in-residence. Wraase will support the center’s mission to engage students in courses and experiential learning programs, enabling them to become global leaders who understand how to use business as a vehicle for both economic prosperity and transformative social change.

Could a Start-Up Competition Help Haiti? (The New York Times)
Executive Director Melissa Carrier offers her opinion on whether Haiti, still recovering from the devastating earthquake, would benefit from a startup competition that offers entrepreneurial education and cash grants for small businesses.

Smith Team Advances in Walmart Competition
A team of MBA students from the Smith School has advanced to the semi-final round of the 2010 Walmart Better Living Business Plan Competition.  The team, comprised of Maxwell Epstein, Dylan Rebois, John Silberholz, Nancy Zheng and Erik Li, finished first at the Atlantic regional at the University of Virginia on February 19, and will travel to Walmart's headquarters in Bentonville, Ark. in April for the next round of competition.

Paint Branch's partnership with the University of Maryland helps both schools (The Washington Post)
Smith MBA students, working with the center, teach local elementary school children the basics of entrepreneurship, business and finance through the BizWorld program.

News Release: U-Md. Robert H. Smith School of Business Partners with USAID for “Global Challenge” Competition
College Park, Md. – January 28, 2010 – The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are teaming up for the Global Challenge, a first-of-its-kind competition that challenges teams of MBA and other graduate students to develop business solutions that support international development.

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