Smith Profiles
Alumni Profile
Ocean Studies Bring Global Adventures
Johanna Polsenberg, Executive MBA '07
Marine conservationist Johanna Polsenberg, EMBA ’07, never stays in one place for long. She has traveled through Asia and lived in the Bahamas, Alaska and Gabon on the Atlantic Coast of Central Africa.
Alumni Profile
Mass Shooting Leads to Life of Advocacy
Colin Goddard, MBA '18
Intermediate French class started with the usual chatter on April 16, 2007, at Virginia Tech University. “It was a normal Monday morning, talking about what we did the previous weekend,” says Colin Goddard, MBA ’18, who took the course as an international studies major.
Alumni Profile
EMBA Alum Leads Marriott Europe
Liam Brown, Executive MBA '05
When Dublin-native Liam Brown, EMBA ’05, travelled to the United States for a friend’s wedding in 1989, he intended to stay only a few days.
Faculty Profile
Building Bridges Across Disciplines
Joseph P. Bailey, Professor, Technology
Recalling his early years in northern New Jersey, Joseph P. Bailey describes a teen wearing gold chains, a mullet haircut and plotting for a career to make a lot of money.
Alumni Profile
Building Bridges Between U.S., Africa
Rashida Petersen, Undergraduate '03
Different environments pose different challenges, which is why international business developer Rashida Petersen ’03 says seeking information about local contexts is more important than ever.
Faculty Profile
In Search of Social Media Intelligence
Wendy W. Moe, Professor, Marketing
Social media did not exist when Wendy W. Moe transitioned from business to academia. She first heard about sites like MySpace, Twitter and Facebook from her MBA students at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.
Faculty Profile
Professor Keeps Eye on Research
Michel Wedel, Professor, Marketing
A lot can happen in 100 milliseconds. Research from Michel Wedel at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business shows that people may glance at online ads and look away in less than a blink.
Student Profile
Military, Math, Mom and MBA
Kenyetta Barnes, Online MBA ’18
As a systems engineer, math major, nuclear reactor operator and mother of two small children, there isn’t much that Kenyetta Barnes fears. Except, she laughs, quantitative subjects, like accounting and finance, despite her strong math background.
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.