Snider Center News

September 27, 2017
The Problem with 99 Percent Honesty

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Call him old school, but BB&T Chairman and CEO Kelly S. King believes in absolutes. “You should be absolutely 100 percent honest,” he told faculty, staff and students on Sept. 26, 2017, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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September 27, 2017
Leadership Malpractice on Performance Reviews

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — The worst performance review you ever had was the one where your boss told you that you’re doing great and don’t need to improve, BB&T Chairman and CEO Kelly S. King said Sept. 26, 2017, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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September 15, 2017
Snider Center Students Achieve Excellence Over Summer Break

“How was your summer?”

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September 11, 2017
Smith Professor Wins Media Impact Award

Professor Evan Starr at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business was awarded the 2017 Research Communicator Impact Award from the University of Maryland.

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August 7, 2017
High School Girls Invest in Learning

Rachel Hacker, a rising high school sophomore from Fort Wayne, Ind., never saw college in her future. But her perspective changed following a residency program July 16-21, 2017, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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August 7, 2017
GPS Tracker Wins Pitch Competition

A team of aspiring entrepreneurs won the 2017 SELF Business Pitch Competition with Spot, a tiny GPS tracker that users can attach to car keys, smartphones or other items they don’t want to lose.

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July 26, 2017
Female Entrepreneurs from Latin America Visit the Smith School

A delegation of female business leaders from Latin America visited the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business on July 13, 2017, as part of the Women’s Entrepreneurship in the Americas (WEAmericas) initiative in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), the U.S. Department of State’s premier professional exchange program.

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July 26, 2017
Smith Hosts Women Investing in Learning Leadership (WILL) Summer High School Program

During the week of July 16, 2017, 12 high school women joined faculty and staff for the Smith Summer Business Program, Women Investing in Learning Leadership (WILL) at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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June 14, 2017
10 Business Books for Your Summer Reading List

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is excited to announce some favorite books in the 14th Annual Top-10 Summer Reading List for Business Leaders for 2017, as recommended by faculty members.

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March 30, 2017
Ask for More, Finance Executives Tell Women

Women starting their careers need to speak up and take more risks, two female executives in the finance industry told students at a NewDay USA Leadership Forum on March 27, 2017, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

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