Smith Profiles

Student Profile

Skater Makes Her Mark in Full Color

Jasmine Snead, MBA '21

Entrepreneur Jasmine Snead, MBA ’21, has been skating since she was 5. But as a woman of color, she struggled to find tights that matched her skin tone.

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Faculty Profile

Chemical Engineer Finds Finance Niche

Russell Wermers, Professor, Finance

Passion for math and science led Russell Wermers to a career in chemical engineering.

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Faculty Profile

Trucks, Trains and Passion for Teaching

Thomas Corsi, Professor, Supply Chain Management

Thomas Corsi’s faculty office has that homey look of someone who has really settled in. Decorations include framed watercolors of trainyards that his father painted, a University of Maryland logo an aunt cross-stitched, and sports posters from his hometown Cleveland teams.

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Student Profile

Terp Vet Transitions to Finance Career

Marwin Glenn, Master of Finance '19

A passion for finance started with a 1980s television series for Marwin Glenn ’17, MS ’19. “I used to watch Family Ties with Michael J. Fox,” says Glenn, a Master of Finance candidate with an undergraduate degree in international business.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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