Ying Chen, Smith MBA Candidate 2016, writes about the Third Annual Maryland Social Entrepreneur Corps (MSEC) Forum on Oct. 20, 2015, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business

On Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, the Smith Undergraduate Student Association (SUSA) will be capping off its Community Service Week with a walk against Domestic Violence around Van Munching Hall. The walk, which will start at 6 p.m. and end at 8 p.m., focuses on eliminating silent witnesses and bystanders and encourages participants to be heard, using walker participation and involvement to show the difference taking a stand can make.

On Nov. 16, 2015, students at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business will host the 2015 Entrée’preneurship Conference at the Universities at Shady Grove. Building on last year’s successful inaugural conference that drew 250 participants to the event, students in Smith's Entrepreneurship Fellows program will again organize a colorful event around upcoming food and beverage businesses.

Ishan Dey, a sophomore marketing major, writes about last week’s undergraduate marketing conference in a blog post originally published on terpAMA Scoop.

Brazilian immigrant Viviane Hembrock ’13 grew up surrounded by shipping. Her hometown of Santos, São Paulo, processes more than 3.5 million cargo containers annually, making it the busiest port in Latin America.

People like to have choices. But research shows that human brains have limits. The more decisions people make over the course of a day, the more tired their brains become. Smith lecturer Nicole M. Coomber, associate director for the QUEST Honors Program, has developed a four-part framework called VARI to help people guard against decision fatigue. Values

For the third time in seven years, the Smith School reigns as champion of the Wake Forest Marketing Analytics case competition in the undergraduate division. Marketing students Michael Barnett, Ashley Jager, Bridget McManus and Jack Rupple represented Smith, which also won the competition in 2013 and 2009.

Improvisation and contingency planning are fundamental to business survival because challenges can appear at any turn ­— like in a zombie apocalypse, Smith School professor Oliver Schlake says.  

Networking and negotiating over dinner is part of doing business, but the rules for success can be difficult to master. A couple hundred Smith School freshmen got a crash course in how to navigate high-stakes dining on April 23, 2015, from Etiquette Institute of Washington director Crystal Bailey.

Smith student Philip Peker ’18 writes about the school’s Smith Business Academy. As an undergraduate student at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, you’d be hard-pressed to find an organization in Smith that doesn’t match up to at least one of your professional goals or passions. There seems to be endless options, and infinite routes one can take to get involved. But one organization in particular occupies a very interesting niche; a niche that is very broad, but in another sense, selective and exclusive.