Meet John Chickering, Smith Alum
Undergraduate students Dan Harting and Hannah Shraim, class of 2020, interviewed John Chickering, MBA ’85 as part of their 2019 Impact Ambassador Experience with the Center for Social Value Creation at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
Meet Emmy Lang-Kennedy: Smith Alum and Manager at Deloitte
Undergraduate students Qibin Jin and Dhivyan Karunakaran, class of 2020, interviewed Emmy Lang-Kennedy, MBA '13 as part of their 2019 Impact Ambassador Experience with the Center for Social Value Creation at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Q: Could you tell us about yourself and the path that brought you to where you are today?
Beware of Social Comparison, Maryland Smith Speaker Tells Grads
Facebook, Instagram and similar tools make social comparison easier than ever, but undergraduate keynote speaker Lisa Kidd Hunt ’97 warned students about the fear of missing out during commencement exercises on May 22, 2019, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
QUEST Students Support African Entrepreneurs
Connecting smallholder farmers with low-income consumers creates a range of challenges for Stawi Foods, maker of instant fortified porridge in Kenya. A team of student consultants at the University of Maryland studied the case in spring 2019 and presented recommendations to company founder Eric Muthomi on May 9, 2019. Muthomi came to College Park, Md., with entrepreneurs from nine other African startups to hear deliverables following a semester-long project in the Designing Innovative Systems class taught by professor Joseph P. Bailey, director of the QUEST Honors Program.
Game for a Business Challenge
College Park Scholars Students Propose Marketing Campaigns for Social Broadcasting Platform
Center for Global Business Participates in 2019 Smith in the City - DC, for International Business Trek
Santiago Luna, the coordinator for the Center for Global Business at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, writes about SUSA's annual Smith in the City event, held this year in Washington D.C.
Students Aren’t Fully Prepared for Today’s Workplace—We Can Change That
By Victor Mullins - Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, Diversity Officer - University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business
Maryland Smith To Host ‘Being Black’ Speaker Series
The Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland will celebrate Black History Month 2019 with a series of events featuring African American business leaders and entrepreneurs. Each week in February, Victor Mullins, Maryland Smith’s associate dean of undergraduate programs and Chief Diversity Officer, will sit down with featured guests to talk about their career paths, the challenges they’ve faced and their advice on making it in the business world.
Longbrake Pledges $1 Million to Maryland Smith
Educator, philanthropist and retired bank executive William Longbrake, DBA ’76, has pledged $1 million to support the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. The unrestricted gift will provide flexibility to the school, where Longbrake serves as Executive-in-Residence and a member of the Board of Advisors.
Carly Fiorina To Speak at Maryland Smith
MBA Alumna Will Be Honored at Women Leading Women COLLEGE PARK, Md. (Jan. 24, 2019) — Business leader and philanthropist Carly Fiorina, a 1980 MBA graduate of the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, will be the honored guest at the eighth annual Women Leading Women forum on March 5, 2019, in College Park, Md.