Students Present Capstone Projects at QUEST Conference
Eleven teams. Consulting for eleven companies. Over the course of one roller coaster of a semester. No frills, no sugar coating, and no room for failure.
Smith Students Attend Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder's Meeting
Ten undergraduates and three professors cleared their busy springtime schedules to travel to Omaha, Nebraska, last weekend to attend the 2017 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder's meeting and listen to Warren Buffett, also known as the “Oracle of Omaha.” The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business Finance professors David Kass, Elinda Kiss and Julie Pavlovsky led the group for the 3-day excursion.
Smith Hosts 14th Annual Wikler Finance Case Competition
The prestigious Joseph Wikler Memorial Finance Case Competition continued for the fourteenth year on April 28, 2017, with a solid participation of finance students and what Finance Fellows Faculty Champion and Professor Sue White called the most challenging case yet.
CLIC Hosts Innovation Lunch with Jessie Sweet
Jessie Sweet’s career so far at candy giant Mars Inc. has been, well, pretty sweet. A project manager at Mars Inc. in the Mars Symbioscience division and a Smith Alum (2014), Sweet was the honored guest at the third Innovation Lunch and Learn for MBA students facilitated by the Center for Leadership, Innovation, and Change. Mars Symbioscience develops products through a technology-based health and life sciences approach.
'EMBA for Day' Gives a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Smith's Program
Prospective students gathered in an executive classroom in Van Munching Hall on May 6, 2017, to get a sneak preview of what it’s like to be an Executive MBA student at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. The "EMBA for a Day” event began with an overview of the program and how Smith’s No. 10-ranked EMBA program uses executive and career coaching to help students advance in their careers.
What Women in Emerging Economies Must Do To Succeed
Smith School Hosts Expert on Career Advancement of Women in Emerging Economies How can women around the world succeed and lead?
Hospitality Business Fellows Take “Hard Hat” Tour of The Hotel at the University of Maryland
Undergraduate students in the Hospitality Business Fellows program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business were treated to a “hard hat” tour of The Hotel at the University of Maryland on April 28, 2017. Dressed in hard hats and reflective vests, the students were honored to be the first group to tour the new hotel.
Student Consultants Pave Way for New Economic Empowerment Program
Fasika Delessa '18 writes about a student consulting project with College Park's Support, Advocacy, Freedom and Empowerment (SAFE) Center.
BBA Hosts Business Etiquette Dinner
Students at the University of Maryland's Black Business Association (BBA) write about the Business Etiquette Dinner on April 17, 2017.
When Globalization Feels Like Sitting 'in the Middle of a Storm'
Globalization: It's a topic that increasingly dominates headlines and political discourse around the world, with Donald Trump in the White House, the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, and protectionist sentiment gaining political favor in other parts of the developed world. It was also the topic that dominated the seventh annual Emerging Markets Forum, hosted by the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) at the University of Maryland's Robert H.