Community / May 1, 2016

Smith Commencement is May 20

Join the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business on Friday, May 20, 2016, as we celebrate the accomplishments of more than 1,200 business graduates at two commencement ceremonies. The ceremonies will take place in the Xfinity Center in College Park, Md. Tickets are not required for the Smith ceremonies but please note that tickets are required for the campus-wide ceremony on May 18 at 7 p.m. Smith student Rachel George, double major in marketing and English, will be delivering the student address at main commencement. For more information about the campus-wide ceremony, visit: www.commencement.umd.edu.

Smith School Graduate Ceremony
Friday, May 20, 2016, 9 a.m., Xfinity Center

MBA candidate Tiffany Watson will perform the National Anthem and Scott Graham will deliver the student address.

Nine students will receive their doctorate: Isaac Elking (Supply Chain Management), Omar Sherif Elwakil (Supply Chain Management), Shannon Lantzy (Information Systems), Danmo Lin (Finance), Jorge Mejia (Information Systems), Daniel M. Olson (Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship), Michael Parke (Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management), Elad Sherf (Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management), and Tianshu Sun (Information Systems).

Smith School Undergraduate Ceremony
Friday, May 20, 2016, 12 p.m., Xfinity Center

UMD Generics, including graduating senior Dylan Howe, will perform the National Anthem and Yash Mehta will deliver the student address. The commencement keynote address will be delivered by Marc S. Greenberg ’93, vice president of finance and strategy at Pixar Animation Studios.

Join the conversation online at #SmithGrad – Twitter: @SmithSchool – Instagram: @UMDSmithSchool.

For more details and highlights from previous Smith School commencement ceremonies, visit www.rhsmith.umd.edu/commencement.

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About the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business

The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research. One of 12 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate, full-time and flex MBA, executive MBA, online MBA, business master’s, PhD and executive education programs, as well as outreach services to the corporate community. The school offers its degree, custom and certification programs in learning locations in North America and Asia.

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