College Park, Md. – Aug. 17, 2009 — The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced it was named the newest member of the Global Business School Network (GBSN), joining more than 30 other world-leading business schools that make up the international nonprofit organization’s membership. The schools in the network are dedicated to building business leaders in developing economies and share resources and thought leadership to accomplish this mission.

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business was recognized for top entrepreneurship research at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Chicago, August 7-11. The Smith School’s department of management and organization and Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship co-hosted a reception in Chicago during the conference to celebrate the faculty and PhD student research achievements. The following were honored:

College Park, Md. – June 22, 2009 — The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced a $250,000 gift to create the Ernst & Young Freshman Fellows Orientation Program and endowment. The gift will support orientation programs and presentations for Smith’s two-year Freshman Fellows program, an innovative combination of cohort-style classes, experiential learning, co-curricular activities and events that create a cohesive learning community linking students, faculty, staff, corporate partners and alumni.

College Park, Md. – May 27, 2009 – The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced it has acquired new space in Baltimore at the University of Maryland BioPark. The Smith School is moving its existing location from the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s (UMB) School of Nursing to expand MBA programs and partnerships, and to include dedicated space for alumni offerings in Baltimore.

For many people considering an MBA, personal and professional commitments require options that work around their full-time schedules. Each of Smith’s part-time MBA programs is designed with an emphasis on quality and a commitment to the program flexibility that best suits your lifestyle. The program requires 54 intense, focused credits for degree completion.

In a lively ceremony on May 22, 2009 at the Comcast Center, four PhDs, 100 executive MBAs, 300 MBA/MS, and 825 undergraduates graduated with business degrees from the Robert H. Smith School of Business. Former Smith School Dean William E. Mayer ’66, MBA ’67, delivered the keynote address as thousands of friends and family members gathered to cheer on the newest Smith Terp alumni.

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.

College Park, Md. – January 26, 2009 – The MBA program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is ranked No. 20 in the United States in the Financial Times MBA 2009 rankings, published today. The influential rankings place Smith No. 12 in the world for research, the third consecutive year in the top 15.

College Park, Md. – February 9, 2009 — The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced the launch of the Master of Science in Business: Finance, a new program to prepare students to lead in a financial industry that is being reshaped by greater government regulation and intervention. Students will be immersed in the center of the action — Washington, D.C., the hub of financial regulatory activity.

Comcast Center was full of good cheer as the Smith School celebrated the commencement of 200 undergraduates, 120 MBAs, 48 MS in Business/Accounting students, and two doctoral students on December 21.