’60s Bob Milloy ’67 was enshrined in the Washington DC Sports Hall of Fame following a career coaching high school football in Montgomery County, MD, including stints at Whitman, Springbrook, Sherwood and Good Counsel. ’70s Louis Pope ’74 was appointed to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents by Governor Larry Hogan. Gary Tabach ’77 was inducted into the Washington Business Hall of Fame.

Seven Wonders of the World was the theme for the Smith School’s Holiday Gala on Dec. 16, 2016, at Washington, D.C.’s Andrew Mellon Auditorium. Alumni, joined by faculty and staff members — about 900, collectively — experienced seven regionally distinctive activities: A caricature artist from Jordan, samba lessons from Brazil, henna tattoos from India, wine tasting from Italy, foosball from Mexico, coffee tasting from Peru, and an interactive mural from China. The Smith School also collected teddy bears to benefit the Prince George’s County Domestic Violence Unit.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood for the traveler in Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken.” Both paths promise adventure, but only one can be chosen. We call this “opportunity cost” in economics, although the concept sounds more romantic in rhyme.

Poets & Quants “The Best and Brightest Business Majors – Class of 2017” listing features two seniors from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Sylviane Alexion and Mimi Verdonk are profiled among 100 of the best business majors in the Class of 2017, globally. Sylviane Alexion ’17, Accounting

March 30, 2017, was an evening of empowerment and celebration as 200 women gathered at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business for the Sixth Annual Women Leading Women forum honoring financial planner and industry leader Marguerita (Rita) Cheng ’93, founder and CEO of Blue Ocean Global Wealth. Watch video highlights.

On Feb. 6, 2017, the Center for Leadership, Innovation, and Change (CLIC) at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business hosted a lunch and learn for MBA students featuring Caroline Cooksey, VP of Data and Research Operations at CCMI focused on managing and leading innovation. Cooksey and students talked about challenges in leading innovation centered around customers, results, change management, and sustainability of change. A few takeaways from Cooksey were: Customers:

Victor Mullins, associate dean of the undergraduate program at the University of Maryland's Robert H.

Victor Mullins, Associate Dean of the Undergraduate Program at the University of Maryland's Robert H.

Victor Mullins, associate dean of the undergraduate program at the University of Maryland's Robert H.

Victor Mullins, associate dean of the undergraduate program at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, recently interviewed  Melissa Horovitz ’18 to discuss his/her involvement with Emerging CFOs  Fellows Program and how it is part of her SMITH JOURNEY.