PhD Program News
The Smith School welcomes hundreds of new faces this fall -- all ready to start an exciting new school year at the University of Maryland. MBA students and MS students were the first to arrive at Van Munching Hall in mid-August for orientations that included special speakers and team-building activities.
An arm injury on the pitching mound prompted John-Patrick Paraskevas' exit from a St. Mary's College (Md.) baseball scholarship to Van Munching Hall's classrooms and a pathway to a supply chain management PhD from the Robert H. Smith School of Business.
The University of Maryland and the Robert H. Smith School of Business are ranked No. 23 in the world for academic and research performance in business/economics in the 2012 Academic Ranking of World Universities, published by the Center for World Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China on August 15.
On Wednesday, May 16, 2012 doctoral students, faculty and guests celebrated the achievements of the 2011-2012 academic year. It was a night to recognize students at the Robert H. Smith School of Business for academic milestones and extra achievements, as well as honoring doctoral students with awards.
On Sunday, May 20, 2012, thousands gathered in the Comcast Center at the University of Maryland for the commencement ceremony of the Robert H. Smith School of Business. Over 1,000 students graduated with BS, MBA, executive MBA, MS, and PhD degrees.
Three staff members at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business were honored at the school’s faculty and staff assembly on May 11 as the recipients of the 2012 Staff Excellence Awards.
2012–13 Krowe Award Winners
hursday, March 15, 2012, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, March 18, 2012, 7:30 a.m.
Comcast Center was full of good cheer as the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business celebrated the commencement of 175 undergraduates, 187 MBA and MS students, 36 EMBA students, and 1 PhD student on Dec. 22, 2011.
First Row: Siddharth Sharma, Dr. Amna Kirmani, Tianshu Sun, Elad SherfSecond Row: Elijah Wee, Jorge Mejia, Ying Geng