The Quality Enhancement Systems and Teams (QUEST) Honors Program at the University of Maryland is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year with a celebration on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, at The Hotel, a new luxury hotel and conference center at UMD. Undergraduate students from the Robert H. Smith School of Business, A. James Clark School of Engineering and the College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences are eligible to apply for QUEST.

During the spring 2017 semester, four part-time MBA students studying at the Washington, D.C., campus of the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business participated in the AECOM Innovation Challenge – a two-credit independent study course.

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business has named nine new appointees to its Board of Advisors for three-year terms, effective July 1, 2017. UMD and Smith School graduates are among the new advisors:

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is excited to announce some favorite books in the 14th Annual Top-10 Summer Reading List for Business Leaders for 2017, as recommended by faculty members. (1) The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds By Michael Lewis (2016)

The most recent “Poets & Quants’ Best and Brightest EMBAs” listing features two executives from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Jacqueline Manger and Hon S. Pak are profiled among 50 of the best and brightest EMBAs in the Class of 2017, globally. Jacqueline Manger, MBA 2017 Chief Operating Officer, West Creek Capital Why did you choose this executive MBA program?

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business celebrated the accomplishments of full-time MBA students at the annual MBA End-of-Year Banquet on May 19, 2017, at the College Park Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. Students nominate their classmates and professors for the awards and a committee of students, faculty and administrators selects the recipients.

Howard Frank, former dean at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, died on May 1, 2017, at age 75. He was Smith School dean from 1997 to 2008 and afterward served as a member of the faculty. Frank had an immense impact on the Smith School during a time of significant growth and change. He led the makeover of the school’s curriculum and research agenda, integrating studies in technology, entrepreneurship and globalization with the core business disciplines.

Join the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business on Monday, May 22, 2017, as we celebrate the accomplishments of more than 1,000 business graduates at two commencement ceremonies. The ceremonies will take place at the Xfinity Center in College Park, Md. Tickets are not required for the Smith School ceremonies but please note that tickets are required for the campus-wide ceremony on Sunday, May 21. Smith School Graduate Ceremony Monday, May 22, 2017, 9 a.m., Xfinity Center

March 30, 2017, was an evening of empowerment and celebration as 200 women gathered at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business for the Sixth Annual Women Leading Women forum honoring financial planner and industry leader Marguerita (Rita) Cheng ’93, founder and CEO of Blue Ocean Global Wealth. Watch video highlights.