Beijing, China - January 5, 2012 — The University of Maryland’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the Robert H. Smith School of Business awarded $10,000 to winners of the 2012 China Business Plan Competition, in partnership with the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University in Beijing. The January 5 contest to present the best business plan pitch also included Chinese teams from Tianjin and Zhejiang Universities and Smith’s Israel partner school, the Technion—Israeli Institute of Technology.

COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The end of 2011 marked the close of an active year for the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and its Dingman Center Angels investor network. In the past year, members invested in eight regional companies, making 2011 the network’s most active year since its founding in 2004. Investments included Brazen Careerist, CirrusWorks, Nexercise, SevaCall, Spinnakr, Spotflux, Veenome, and YouEye.

The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is gearing up to host the seventh annual China Business Plan Competition in Beijing on Jan. 5, 2012. Teams of up to four Smith MBA students will compete against their counterparts in China for $10,000 in cash prizes for the best business plan pitch.

Smith is the place for entrepreneurs, whether you’re planning to start your business in the U.S. or abroad. The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship is continuously pushing the boundaries of teaching and learning with its focus on practical entrepreneurship, global innovation and international classroom experiences. And over the past ten years it has increasingly built an impressive portfolio of global opportunities for Maryland students.

College Park, Md. – September 21, 2011 – The University of Maryland is among the top in the nation for its leading entrepreneurship programs for undergraduate and graduate students, ranking No. 18 and No. 22 respectively by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine. The Robert H.

College Park, Md. – September 8, 2011 – The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business has renamed the Capital Access Network, its prominent angel investor network, to the Dingman Center Angels.  The group is one of the most active in the Washington-Baltimore region and continues to fuel startups, in the past year alone increasing membership by more than 30 percent and investing in six seed stage companies.

College Park, Md. – September 8, 2011 – The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business has renamed the Capital Access Network, its prominent angel investor network, to the Dingman Center Angels.  The group is one of the most active in the Washington-Baltimore region and continues to fuel startups, in the past year alone increasing membership by more than 30 percent and investing in six seed stage companies.

Frank Islam, a Washington, D.C., entrepreneur, spoke at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business on April 27, 2011 about his book with co-authors George Muoz and Ed Crego, “Renewing the American Dream: A Citizens Guide for Restoring our Competitive Advantage.”

College Park, Md. – April 4, 2011 – Twin brothers and university seniors Eric and Adam VanWagner, founders of MyFridgeRental.com, took home $15,000 as the top winners at the sixth annual Cupid’s Cup business competition, April 1.