The Smith Alumni Board (SAB) strengthens alumni connections with the Smith School through events, networking, and philanthropy. Committees focus on alumni engagement, career services, and fundraising, creating opportunities for mentorship, experiential learning, and community-building while promoting the school’s mission and goals.

The Smith School celebrated two new active-learning classrooms: a virtual teaching studio funded by Bill Boyle ’81 and an experiential learning space supported by Ab ’81 and Kristen Krall. These state-of-the-art facilities advance innovative, flexible education for students.

The Smith School has a new display to recognize members of the Flagship Society—donors who have made $250,000+ in lifetime contributions. These visionary supporters play a pivotal role by endowing scholarships, professorships and innovative programs. They are also supporting new and renovated facilities, and making other strategic investments to help cement Smith as a global leader in business education.

Rose Cohen, MBA ’03, credits her Smith MBA for her career success, particularly in leadership and teambuilding. She and her husband endowed a scholarship to help others benefit similarly. Cohen advanced in banking, notably at J.P. Morgan and Citibank, before stepping back to pursue board opportunities.

Earning a Smith degree spans generations in individual families. Alumni share stories with younger family members about their experiences at the school and subsequently, those relatives often end up attending Smith themselves.

How much do you love Smith? As we look to the future beyond this year’s Robert H. Smith School of Business Silver Jubilee Celebration and enter the giving season, support from alumni and friends of the school are vital to our continued success. Robert H. Smith’s transformational gift and the gifts of so many others have allowed us to reimagine learning, modernize classrooms, create interdisciplinary learning opportunities and so much more.