Experiential Learning News

Undergraduate student, Joe Ward, class of 2022, international business and operations management and business analytics major, writes about SUSA's Smith in the City trip to Washington, D.C., held on March 6, 2020.

Few class projects deliver the kind of global impact that comes from those in David Ashley’s course. Ashley, an executive in residence at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, teaches a course that links undergraduate students with entrepreneurs in Africa and helps them grow their businesses.

How do you deal with the “broken rung” that affects women trying to climb the corporate ladder? One way is to enlist the help of other women.

MBA students Brandon Caracciolo, part-time MBA (Brazil program), Erin Edmunds, part-time MBA (China and Vietnam program), Tida Jarjou, full-time MBA (UAE program), Lynn Kostas, part-time MBA (Japan and Singapore program), and Dan Wurtzel, part-time MBA (South Africa program) write about their participation in the January 2020 winter term global business courses.

This year’s freshman class at Maryland Smith kicked off their studies with a new pilot: the iSmith program.

It’s an innovative experience designed to prepare students for the workplace by building a personal brand and a narrative of their professional strategies and personal development as they navigate through their undergraduate years.

Event Honors Smith Alumnae for Their Achievements

It’s like a stack of international postcards, combined with a science fair and infused with real-life experience and learning. And every year, it’s a fascinating exhibition of global study abroad programs.

Greg Rafal, assistant director at the Center for Global Business, writes about the 2020 faculty-led, short-term winter semester program.

Kearney partner, speaking at Maryland Smith, outlines 10 predictions for the year ahead.

This year, you can expect new, innovative solutions to environmental crises, as well as a vigorous race, to get 5G up and running, Erik Peterson told an audience this week at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.