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May 16, 2006, Tysons Corner, VA Beers & Cutler, the leading accounting and consulting firm focused on the Washington DC region, announced today its plans to establish the James R. Beers Scholarship Endowment with a donation from Beers & Cutler matched by founding partner Jim Beers totaling $250,000 to the University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business.
College Park, Md. May 16, 2006 The University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced that it has received a Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) grant that awards the school a total of $1.42 million over four years from the U.S. Department of Education.
College Park, Md. May 15, 2006 The custom executive education programs at the University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business scored No. 14 among all U.S. programs and ranked No. 22 globally in the Financial Times Executive Education 2006 rankings, published today.
College Park, Md. May 4, 2006 The University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business announced today that for the second year it will offer Executive MBA (EMBA) tuition scholarships. The partial-tuition scholarships are being provided to help executives from underrepresented industry areas including the government and non-profit sectors attain their career and leadership goals.
College Park, MD May 2, 2006 The University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced the recipients of the annual Smith Leadership and Excellence Awards, honoring business leaders and organizations that have made significant and positive impact to their industries and the community in the mid-Atlantic region. Howard Frank, dean of the Robert H.
The Smith School hosted the taping of the national television program CEO Exchange on May 2, 2006. During the taping, five Smith MBA students had the opportunity to ask questions of the shows guests, Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television, and Bill Marriott, CEO of Marriott International Inc.
Students, faculty, alumni and guests celebrated the accomplishments of Smiths PhD students at the Doctoral Awards Banquet on May 18, 2006. Dean Howard Frank, in his welcoming address, said that the Smith Schools PhD program was a key component of the schools success as a world-renowned research institution.
Research by Sunil Mithas
Edwin A. Locke, professor emeritus of management and organization, has won the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the American Psychological Society. He received the award at APS 18th Annual Convention, May 25-28, 2006. Locke is the most published organizational psychologist in the history of the field.
Research By Soeren Hvidkjaer