Smith School Adds Endowed Chair in Financial History A Conversation with Henry KaufmanSept. 13 at 6:15 p.m.Tyser Auditorium, Van Munching HallRSVP NOW

Kevin Li, class of 2019 marketing and information systems double major, writes about the War for Talent panel that is part of the Smith Start program for incoming freshmen at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. Photos are courtesy of Adedeji Adebayo, class of 2018 business information systems major.

Victor Mullins, associate dean of the undergraduate program at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, recently asked Parker Rist to share his unique experience during this past summer. Parker’s “Summer Story of WOW” is part of his Smith journey and it may be an inspiration to others. It may also be the beginning of what will distinguish him during networking opportunities and job interviews. Dean Mullins: Tell us what you did this summer?

Lauren Black, class of 2019 accounting and information systems double major, writes about the Smith Leadership Institute (SLI), held on Aug. 26, 2017, at the Xfinity Center. SLI is the kick-off event for the Smith Start program for incoming freshmen at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. Photos are courtesy of Adedeji Adebayo, class of 2018 business information systems major.

“Listen more than you speak and ask more questions than you can answer,” was the advice Heather Reilly, company manager of OVO at Cirque du Soleil, gave to more than 70 University of Maryland freshmen during a presentation on Aug. 27, 2017, at the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Md.

For 22 years, freshmen in the living-learning College Park Scholars program have spent their first full day at the University of Maryland with a day of community service at off-campus sites. On Friday, August 25, 2017, 70 students in the Business, Society and the Economy (BSE) program (one of the 12 thematic two-year programs) went to A Wider Circle, a non-profit organization in Silver Spring, Md., that provides basic need items to individuals and families transitioning out of homelessness.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (Aug. 23, 2017) — Four undergraduate students from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business produced research for a new Social Enterprise Ecosystems Report, released Aug. 16 in collaboration with Deloitte, Capital One and Halcyon Incubator in Washington, D.C.

A team of aspiring entrepreneurs won the 2017 SELF Business Pitch Competition with Spot, a tiny GPS tracker that users can attach to car keys, smartphones or other items they don’t want to lose. “Our technology allows you to track certain items through GPS on our app and website,” presenters told a panel of judges at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. “What sets it apart is its size. Spot is the smallest GPS tracker to date, and in the form of essentially a sticker, you can put it on anything.”

Rachel Hacker, a rising high school sophomore from Fort Wayne, Ind., never saw college in her future. But her perspective changed following a residency program July 16-21, 2017, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.