Community / December 1, 2017

Smith’s Winter Commencement is Dec. 20

Join the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, at 9 a.m. as we celebrate the accomplishments of business graduates at the Xfinity Center in College Park, Md. For winter commencement, tickets are not required for the Smith School ceremony or the campus-wide ceremony on Tuesday, Dec. 19.

The Smith School commencement ceremonies will be streamed live at www.rhsmith.umd.edu/WatchMeGraduate

University of Maryland alumna Connie Weaver is the keynote speaker. Weaver is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tracker Group, a strategic management consulting firm comprised of accomplished entrepreneurial executives with demonstrated success leading change across a variety of industries. Prior to Tracker Group, Weaver was the executive vice president and chief marketing and communications officer at TIAA, and built a dynamic expertise across a variety of complex, highly regulated industries. She holds a B.S. with honors in textile science and marketing from the University of Maryland. She also completed the executive financial management program at Stanford University and the global strategic management program at IMEDE (Switzerland).

Jessica Ting, graduating senior, and You (Rex) Wu, MS degree candidate, will speak at commencement.

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.

For more information about the campus-wide ceremony, visit: www.commencement.umd.edu.

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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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