College Park, Md. – Aug. 30, 2009 – The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business hosted its first-ever Ernst & Young Freshman Fellows Orientation Program. The company’s generous $250,000 gift to the Smith School in June 2009 created the orientation program and endowment, and produced two days of team-building, top-rate keynote speakers and seminars, and real-life ethics training for the freshmen in attendance.

College Park, Md. – August 20, 2009 — The undergraduate program at the University of Maryland’sRobert H. Smith School of Business is ranked No. 16 in the nation, according to the latest U.S.News & World Report college ranking report, “America’s Best Colleges 2010,” released today.

College Park, Md. – May 15, 2009 — The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced that William E. Mayer, senior partner of Park Avenue Equity Partners, chairman emeritus of the Aspen Institute and former dean of the Smith School, will deliver the keynote speech at the May 22 graduation ceremony. Mayer will address approximately 1,000 Smith School undergraduate, master and doctoral graduates at the 4 p.m. event at the Comcast Center on the university’s College Park campus.

The Smith community came together on May 7 to celebrate the achievements of top undergraduate students and outstanding Smith faculty members at the ninth annual Dean’s Undergraduate Awards Banquet. More than 300 students, faculty, staff and alumni enjoyed a banquet at the University of Maryland Inn and Conference Center. The much-anticipated annual celebration was the cap on the academic year and a final celebration before course finals and commencement.

For the fifth year in a row, the American Marketing Association (AMA) chapter at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business returned from the International Collegiate AMA Conference with awards. Monisha Tripathi, terpAMA president, accepted the awards at the closing banquet in front of 1,300 students and faculty advisors from throughout the United States and neighboring countries. This year’s conference was held in New Orleans in March 2009.

MUSE, The MBA's Smith Entrepreneurship Club and the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business kick off the "Compcierge Challenge" on Tuesday, April 21 at 5 p.m. in 1415 Van Munching Hall.

Only one team could take away top honors at the Deloitte Consulting LLP Case Competition, hosted at the Smith School of Business on Friday, March 6, 2009. Over 65 Maryland undergraduates (including 45 of Smith's own students) participated in the competition, which asked students to advise Vibe Corporation, a server, workstation, and PC provider.

College Park, Md. – February 23, 2009 — The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced it is accepting applications for Smith Business Edge, an intensive six-week summer program that provides non-business undergraduate students and recent graduates with opportunities to build stronger leadership skills and business acumen. 

The Babcock Graduate School of Management hosted the 19th Annual Wake Forest MBA Marketing Summit from February 5-7. But it was Smith's undergraduates who took a starring role, taking home first place at the Undergraduate Case Challenge. Mary Harms, lecturer in marketing, was the faculty mentor for the team.