Smith Profiles
Student Profile
Diabetes Can’t Stop Ironman Athlete
Lauren Dahlin, PhD Student
By Shadee Nowrouzi
Completing the Ironman is hard enough as is. Now imagine taking on the challenge with Type 1 diabetes.
Student Profile
Helping Marriott Grow Worldwide
Falisha Alie, Executive MBA ’18
Marriott International executive Falisha Alie knew she wanted to work in the hospitality industry when she started college in the 1990s. “It seemed quite glamorous,” she says.
Student Profile
KPMG Job Awaits Accounting Student
Christopher Rolle, MS Accounting ’18
As an accounting major during his undergraduate studies at the University of Central Florida, Christopher Rolle wanted to jumpstart his career as a certified public accountant by starting graduate school immediately.
Student Profile
Mixing Sports and Business
Jyoti Sardana, Part-time MBA ’18
When Jyoti Sardana started the part-time MBA program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, she never anticipated she would be working alongside professional athletes before her graduation in December 2018.
Student Profile
Spreading the 'Smith Family Philosophy'
Parker Rist, Undergraduate ’19
During Parker Rist’s freshman year, a senior at the Robert H. Smith School of Business inspired him to go into finance. The older student was headed toward a finance career and spoke about it daily, and Rist began seeing himself pursuing a similar career path.
Student Profile
Volunteer Leader Provides Tax Help
Hayley Smith, MS Accounting ’18
Hayley Smith ’15, MS ’18 has not yet graduated from the Master of Science in Accounting program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. But already she has people coming to her for tax advice.
Student Profile
Caps Recruit Sports Management Fellow
Erica Sandidge, Undergraduate '19
Erica Sandidge '19 understood that a career in sports management would be competitive. After all, she had applied to nearly 50 internships during her freshman and sophomore years at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
Alumni Profile
Quiet on the Tee: He’s Working
George Bradford, Undergraduate
Former Terrapin golfer George Bradford, a 1997 graduate of the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, had a quick response when people told him to “get a job” after college. “I have a job,” he told the skeptics. “I’m a professional golfer.”
Faculty Profile
Accounting Scholar Pays It Forward
Rebecca Hann, Professor, Accounting
Life’s unexpected and often rewarding turns are manifested in Rebecca Hann’s path to becoming a professor. Growing up in Hong Kong, she wanted to be a teacher.
Student Profile
Johnson & Johnson Dream Job Awaits
Julian Colicchio, Undergraduate
Before classes even began at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business in fall 2018, senior Julian Colicchio could breathe easy, knowing he already has a job lined up when he graduates.