World Class Faculty & Research / May 14, 2024

The Smith School Recognizes Its Outstanding Faculty and Staff at 2024 Assembly

Renowned globally for its business research, the Smith School also offers students an exceptional educational experience within a nurturing community. Each year, Smith commemorates this excellence by recognizing its distinguished faculty and staff with prestigious awards of excellence.

Faculty Recognition Awards

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Lei Zhou, Justín Marcos Reyna, Bobby Zhou and Serhiy Kozak, proud recipients of the Allen J. Krowe Award for Teaching Excellence.

Allen J. Krowe Award for Teaching Excellence

  • Jessica Clark
  • Serhiy Kozak
  • Suresh Acharya
  • Roy Thomason
  • Justín Marcos Reyna
  • Bo “Bobby” Zhou
  • Lei Zhou

Legg-Mason Teaching Innovation Award

  • Idil Yaveroglu
  • Jim McKinney
Thomas Corsi, David Kass, and Nicholas Seybert display their awards, recognizing their exceptional contributions to the Smith School community.
Thomas Corsi, David Kass, and Nicholas Seybert display their awards, recognizing their exceptional contributions to the Smith School community.

Distinguished Teaching Award

  • Suresh Acharya
  • Wilbur Chung
  • Jessica Clark
  • Ross Cooper
  • Cristian Dezső
  • Mary Beth Furst
  • Thomas Corsi
  • Jonathan Crocker
  • Samuel Handwerger
  • Nicholas Seybert
  • Bobby Zhou
  • Tunay Tunca
  • David Kass
  • Gideon Mark

Unsung Hero Award

  • John Bono
  • Tejwansh Anand
  • Suresh Acharya
  • Jon Crocker
  • Gosia Langa-Basit
  • Justín Marcos Reyna
  • Paulo Prochno
  • Oliver Schlake
  • Roy Thomason
  • Mary B. Harms
  • Judy Frels
  • Mary Beth Furst
  • Samuel Handwerger
  • Sarah Kroncke

Faculty Honor Roll

Celebrating our unique Robert H. Smith School community, the Faculty Honor Roll acknowledges faculty who were collaborative champions for the administrative work of the school in the past academic year.

Center for Global Business

  • Mary Beth Furst
  • Julie Pavlovsky

Center for Social Value Creation

  • David Kirsch
  • Jon Crocker

Development & Alumni Relations

  • Nicole Coomber

Executive MBA Program

  • Rajshree Agarwal
  • Gilad Chen
  • Neta Moye

Human Resources/Payroll

  • Joseph Bailey
  • Gosia Langa-Basit
  • Zeinab Karake

MBA & MS Admissions

  • Rellie Derfler-Rozin
  • Emanuel Zur

Office of Experiential Learning

  • John Bono
  • Lei Zhou

Office of Marketing Communications

  • Progyan Basu
  • Rosellina Ferraro

Undergraduate/Smith Business Leadership Fellows

  • Christine Schaaf
  • Rajshree Agarwal

Undergraduate Programs

  • Debra Shapiro

Staff Awards

Celebrating Dedication: A group of Smith School staff award winners proudly showcase their well-deserved honors. Your hard work and commitment make our community thrive.
Celebrating Dedication: A group of Smith School staff award winners happily showcase their well-deserved honors.

Smith Rookie of the Year Award

  • Laura Tereshko
  • Vanessa Esther Ramirez

Smith Values Award

  • Stephanie Pineda

Smith Innovations Award

  • Michael Sardelis

Staff Excellence Award

  • Alexander (Alex) Garcia
  • Mary Bittle Teer-Koenick
  • Zoë Bangert
  • Karen Phillips

Smith Ambassador Award

  • Aleia Elnaeim

Smith Student Champions Award

  • Emily Marks
  • Nathaniel Ropski

Smith Unsung Hero Award

  • Anitha Sharma
  • Rachel Acquino

Smith Champion for Diversity & Inclusion Award

  • Melanie Ashton

Smith Collaboration Award

  • Khadijia Morrow

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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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