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An enthusiastic crowd gathered in Comcast Center on December 21, 2006, to cheer on a brand-new crop of proud Smith School alumni. Richard Schaeffer 74, chairman of NYMEX Holdings, Inc., and the New York Mercantile Exchange, joined in the congratulations and urged his fellow business school alumni to persevere in the pursuits of their post-graduation goals.

Approximately 60 attendees including Smith alumni, U.S. government officials, senior corporate executives, as well as current and new participants in the Smith Schools Shanghai EMBA cohorts 1 & 2 were on hand for an official opening reception to welcome the newest members of the Smith Schools community on December 7, 2006 in Shanghai. The reception celebrated the start of the second Shanghai Executive MBA cohort since the programs debut in November 2006, and the successful progression of the Smith Schools custom and executive education offerings in China.

College Park, Md. October 13, 2006 - The MBA program at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business is ranked No. 25 in the United States in BusinessWeeks 2006 survey of The Best B-Schools. The rankings, which are published every other year, were based on a survey of the graduating class of 2006, a survey of corporate recruiters and a measure of intellectual capital the number of faculty articles published in a list of top 20 academic journals. Smith is ranked No. 12 among all U.S. schools in the intellectual capital category.

Wednesday, September 13, 2006, marked the first day of Smith's new MS in Business program in Tunis, Tunisia. The new executive education program was jointly developed between the Smith School and the Mediterranean School of Business. The 10-month, part-time course schedule is 30 credits and is targeted to executives interested in advancement in management and in information technology. Smith School Dean Howard Frank describes the program as a foundation of core business management courses combined with a strong track in information systems and technology.

With academic programs on four continents (North America, Asia, Africa, Europe), campuses at four locations in the U.S. (College Park, Rockville/Shady Grove and Baltimore, Md., and Washington, D.C), it's only fitting that Smith should be launching four new academic programs. The Evening Executive MBA, the Executive MS in Accounting, the MS in Business with a focus in Information Systems and Technology, and a customized MBA program with SAIC are all new executive degree programs from the Smith School.

College Park, Md. August 18, 2006 - The undergraduate program at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business is ranked among the best in the nation with the school ranked as No. 18 in the United States according to the latest U.S. News & World Report college ranking report released on August 18, 2006.

Carly Fiorina, former chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard and 1980 MBA graduate of the Smith School, delivered the keynote address at the Smith Schools commencement ceremony on Monday, May 22, 2006.

College Park, Md. May 15, 2006 The custom executive education programs at the University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business scored No. 14 among all U.S. programs and ranked No. 22 globally in the Financial Times Executive Education 2006 rankings, published today. The Smith Schools custom executive programs scored high in several categories in the influential rankings including No. 4 globally for value for the money and No.

College Park, Md. May 4, 2006 The University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business announced today that for the second year it will offer Executive MBA (EMBA) tuition scholarships. The partial-tuition scholarships are being provided to help executives from underrepresented industry areas including the government and non-profit sectors attain their career and leadership goals. The school will accept scholarship applications beginning May 15, 2006. Up to six scholarships will be awarded to students starting the schools EMBA program in November 2006.