When it comes to a true global education, sometimes you just have to be there.

Under the towering ceiling of Comcast Center, 780 undergraduates, 300 MBA students, 50 EMBA students, and 12 doctoral students received their business degrees from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business on May 21, 2007.

College Park, Md. May 14, 2007 - The custom executive education program at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business is ranked No. 8 globally for value for the money in the Financial Times Executive Education 2007 rankings, published today. The program scored highly in several categories in the influential rankings including No. 8 globally for preparation, which measures how companies feel their ideas were integrated into a program and the effectiveness in which a schools latest research was integrated.

Beijing, China April 17, 2007 - The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, a leading provider of Executive MBA programs in China, today announced a series of initiatives designed to promote world-class innovation and business ideas through the expansion of its annual China Business Plan Competition. Now in its third year, the competition will award $50,000 in prize money during a final round competition in September.

Caps on, gowns pressed, the business executives graduating with MBA degrees from the University of Maryland's prestigious Robert H. Smith School of Business on April 15, 2007, are well armed for success within the fast-moving global, digital economy. They are further distinguished as members of the first Shanghai Executive MBA (EMBA) class to graduate from the Smith School, which is ranked among the worlds top business schools.

Caps on, gowns pressed, the business executives graduating with MBA degrees from the University of Maryland's prestigious Robert H. Smith School of Business on April 15, 2007, are well armed for success within the fast-moving global, digital economy. They are further distinguished as members of the first Shanghai Executive MBA (EMBA) class to graduate from the Smith School, which is ranked among the worlds top business schools.

College Park, Md., Beijing, China & New Delhi, India March 14, 2007 The University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with the Management Development Institute (MDI) in India and the University of International Business and Economics in China to jointly deliver a Global Consortium MBA program that will simultaneously draw students from the United States, China and India.

College Park, Md., Beijing, China & New Delhi, India March 14, 2007 - The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with the Management Development Institute (MDI) in India and the University of International Business and Economics in China to jointly deliver a Global Consortium MBA program that will simultaneously draw students from the United States, China and India.

Smith School Dean Howard Frank, Dingman Center Entrepreneur-in-Residence Tien Wong and Smith School Fellow Wei-Wu He were among the business leaders providing insight into doing business in China and India at a Northern Virginia breakfast forum on February 28, 2007. Dean Frank moderated an expert panel that included Wong, Wei-Wu He and three others at Surviving & Thriving in the Flat World: China, India, and You! The event, presented by Potomac Executive Biz and co-sponsored by the Smith School, drew more than 150 area business people.

Participants in Smiths the Smith-GSBA Global Executive MBA Program recently had an opportunity to bring classroom lessons on global business and cross cultural management to life with a module in Beijing, China, December 11-22, 2006. The business managers from Europe were in Beijing to participate in a living case study presented by Otis Elevator executives. For the majority, it was their first trip to China.