On Nov. 11, 2016, specialty masters students at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business participated in a case competition at the Smith School in Van Munching Hall. Sixteen groups—89 students total—presented during this event, which was hosted by the Office of Career Services in collaboration with lead faculty judge Barney Corwin.

Companies worried about disruption need science and technology to stay relevant in the 21st century, but speakers at the fifth annual Smith School Business Summit pointed to soft skills as the real competitive advantage. “If you get leadership, management and culture right, everything else takes care of itself,” keynote speaker David Williams told an audience of more than 300 faculty, staff, students and working professionals gathered Oct.

Participants did more with less at the fifth annual Smith School Business Summit, a signature event from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business on Oct. 28, 2016, in Washington, D.C.

Smith student Philip Peker ’18 writes about an employer networking event on Sept. 15, 2016, with Grant Thornton LLP and undergraduate students in the Information Technology and Business Transformation Fellows program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

On Sept. 23, 2016, first-year business students got a head start at the Smith Undergraduate Career Fair, hosted by the Office of Career Services at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. The first hour of the event was reserved for freshmen to explore companies’ booths and meet recruiters before the upperclassmen arrived at the Xfinity Center in College Park, Md. “This gives me great exposure,” said Sabrina Somar, a Smith School freshman from New Jersey. “I can make connections early on, so next year I’m more prepared.”

This summer, the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is catching up with MBA students working as interns at top companies throughout the country.

This summer, the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is catching up with MBA students working as interns at top companies throughout the country.

This summer, the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is catching up with MBA students working as interns at top companies throughout the country.

This summer, the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is catching up with MBA students working as interns at top companies throughout the country. Listen to the students talk about how their internship experiences are helping them build their skills and make professional connections in The Smith Report, a short podcast produced by the Office of Marketing Communications.

This summer, the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is catching up with MBA students working as interns at top companies throughout the country. Listen to the students talk about how their internship experiences are helping them build their skills and make professional connections in The Smith Report, a short podcast produced by the Office of Marketing Communications.