Undergraduate student Perveen Gulati, class of 2019, finance and information systems major, writes about the Global Open House, held on September 13, 2018, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Undergraduate student Madeline Dixon, class of 2019, marketing and psychology major, writes about the Smith Involvement Fair, held September 4­–5, 2018, at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Undergraduate student Madeline Dixon, class of 2019, marketing and psychology major, writes about the Transfer Student Welcome Night, held on September 6, 2018, at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business proudly presents its 15th annual Summer Reading List for Business Leaders, as recommended by faculty members. The 2018 edition covers everything from blind spots in statistics to the power of habit. Smith School professor Nicole M. Coomber recommends “How to Have a Good Day,” by Caroline Webb. “In this book Webb walks you through a number of science-based techniques to have better days at work,” Coomber says.

In a speech that spanned three themes – personal advice, America's democracy and the environment – former Vice President Al Gore delivered the University of Maryland's commencement address. In his personal advice, the former congressman and winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, offered five rules to live by. He said: "In researching this speech – true story – I tried to remember who gave the commencement address when I graduated from college, and honestly I have no idea who it was. And I dare say that will be your reaction years from now.

Every graduating cohort has students who are shining stars, and it is with great fanfare that Victor Mullins, Associate Dean of the Undergraduate Program, celebrated them on May 3, 2018, at an annual awards banquet. The event also honored a few faculty members who were nominated by seniors and a retiring professor who has been a positive influence on the Undergraduate Program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Kristin LaRiviere, associate director in the undergraduate program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business writes about Smith seniors graduating from the Business Honors program.On April 26, 2018, the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business celebrated 24 outstanding seniors graduating from the highly-selective Smith Business Honors program.

Hundreds of volunteers packed more than 28,000 meals on April 24, 2018, as part of a weeklong Smith Pride initiative at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

The Smith Business Academy celebrated its five-year anniversary on April 27, 2018, by hosting the inaugural Men of Distinction Summit for high school students at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Students from Paint Branch, Roosevelt, Gaithersburg, Blake and MacGruder High Schools participated in the event, along with students from Ron Brown College Prep and the Literacy Lab in Washington D.C. Overall, more than 150 students attended the summit.

High school students from Prince George’s County applied hard skills in a soft drink case competition on April 20, 2018, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Each year, the Smith Undergraduate Program partners with the Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity chapter at UMD to invite 100 local high school students to compete in a case competition that challenges their critical thinking and business skills.