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MBA Students Help Maryland Companies Go Global

In the fall of 2021, Maryland Smith’s Center for Global Business partnered with three Maryland co

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McNamee Reappointed to Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

Maryland Smith’s Pat McNamee has been reappointed to the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, for a second five-year term, which began on Jan. 1 of this year.

Alumni

As CEO, Leading by Helping Others Grow

Jennifer Felix ’92 has one goal in mind when it comes to leadership – helping everyone maximize their potential. As president and CEO of ASRC Federal – a Maryland-based government services subsidiary of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, an Alaska Native Corporation owned by 13,000 Iñupiat shareholders – Felix has learned firsthand what it means to lead. It starts with empowering others and finding inspiration in every journey, she says.

Alumni

At PBS, Finding a ‘Dream’ and Creating Inspiration

When Sylvia Bugg, EMBA ’12, first applied for a job as an administrative assistant at PBS in the early 1990s, she was excited to join an organization that had supported and broadcast so much important content. “It was a dream,” she says, looking back. Today, she’s PBS’s chief programming executive and general manager of general audience programming, playing an integral role in the broadcaster’s mission.

Maryland Smith Launches Blockchain Business Imperative Certificate Program

Beginning in January 2022, the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is launching the Blockchain Business Imperative, a six-week synchronous online certificate program on blockchain technology and its potential economic impact across industries.

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Tributes, Memories for Professor Mark Wellman

Mark Wellman, a widely admired management and organization professor at Maryland Smith, died unexpectedly on Dec. 26, 2021. He was 59.

Alumni

An Accounting Journey: From Student Employee to CEO

When it comes to navigating the business world, Anoop Mehta ’84 understands the power of a networ

Sad News: Mark Wellman Passes Unexpectedly

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Exploring Cryptocurrencies, Financial Advisors and the Future of Fintech

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Winter Graduates Recognized in Virtual Ceremony

Commencement, no matter its form, is a moment of pride, accomplishment and celebration. It’s a moment, in the words of undergraduate student speaker Juliet Jack, to see opportunity.

Smith Research

Do COVID Lockdowns Really Work?

As the world struggles to contain the spread of COVID-19, many countries grapple with the possibility of imposing more lockdown measures, like those widely used in the spring of 2020. But how well do lockdowns work at keeping people home? New research from Maryland Smith’s Yogesh Joshi finds they are effective – but for limited periods of time.

Experiential / Reality-based Learning

Innovating and Collaborating Globally at Maryland Smith

Students returned to in-person classrooms this fall, but one Maryland Smith class broke the boundaries of geography by collaborating (virtually) with students from Elisava University School, the Design and Engineering College of Universitat de Vic, Spain.
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