Smith's 23rd annual full-time MBA Case Competition brought students, alumni, faculty, and administrators together for a week of intense competition. Four teams presented strategies for the diamond industry and the De Beers Company to a distinguished panel of judges on Saturday, October 7, 2006.

The Smith MBA Consulting Club invites the Smith community - full-time and part-time students, alumni and faculty - to attend its annual Consulting Forum on Friday, October 20. This year's panels will focus on trends in different segments of the consulting industry, as well as a 360-degree discussion of the ever-important client-consultant relationship. Featured companies include Deloitte, BearingPoint, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Booz Allen Hamilton. 

The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, a top-ranked U.S. business school with Executive MBA and custom executive education programs in China, has launched its 2007 China Business Plan Competition. Now in its third year, the Smith School's China Business Plan Competition supports the growth of world-class business ideas and business leaders in China. With its focus on globalization, entrepreneurship and technology, the Smith School is ideally positioned to share its leadership in these areas as part of its commitment to the China market.

On September 28, 2006, the Smith School's Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship welcomed some of the regions most successful female entrepreneurs as well as aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners to the Women's Entrepreneurship Event, co-sponsored by the Smith Association of Women MBAs. Speakers included business owners Amy Nichols, Gina Schaefer, and Penny Pompei, and author Julie Lenzer Kirk all who discussed the dos and don'ts of starting your own business.

Friday, September 15, Jeremy Rifkin, founder and president of The Foundation on Economic Trends, spoke to first-year MBA students about new economic models and the hydrogen economy. Rifkin has written books on both subjects, respectively titled The Age of Accessand The Hydrogen Economy.

Net Impact, a Smith MBA club, recently hosted a dialogue with the New York Times bestselling author Dr. Mark Albion. Albion spoke on successful leaders and socially responsible businesses. He also highlighted various points made in his latest book, "True to Yourself: Leading a Values-Based Business.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE EVENT > Tuesday, September 12th, 12:30-2:00p.m. 1505 VMH Sponsored by Net Impact (Smith MBA Club)

College Park, Md. May 16, 2006 The University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced that it has received a Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) grant that awards the school a total of $1.42 million over four years from the U.S. Department of Education. The Smith School CIBER will be further supported by 100 percent matching funds from the school and will leverage the Smiths leading-edge global competencies to provide superior education, research, and assistance on issues central to building U.S.

The Smith School has been awarded a four-year, $1.4 million grant by the U.S. Department of Education to fund a Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). This high honor designates the Smith School as a national resource center in international business education and research. There are only 31 CIBERs in the nation.

Two current Robert H. Smith School of Business students and a recent alumnus were among the top winners of the sixth annual University of Maryland $50K Business Plan Competition that wrapped up Friday, April 7, 2006.