Future-Proof Your Career: Strategies for Succeeding in a VUCA Economy
Smith MBA Career Coach, Julie Neill, will discuss the changing world of work and the skills and mindsets needed to stay competitive in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment. The webinar will discuss the importance of both hard and soft skills (i.e. analytics and leadership) as well as a growth mindset, and outline three concrete strategies to be successful.
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Celebrating Our Spring 2020 Graduates
While we can’t celebrate in person this spring, the University of Maryland is committed to honoring the accomplishments of our resilient graduates! Tune in on Friday, May 22, 2020, at 1 p.m. to watch the university's virtual commencement ceremony live followed by the Smith School's virtual commencement.
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The Center for Global Business and the MAPIT Alliance invite you and your company to join us for a webinar to learn about current trends related to incoming and outgoing cargo, current shipping challenges and opportunities, and information on resources available for Maryland companies.
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Minimizing the Impact of a Pandemic: Smart Operations Management
G. “Anand” Anandalingam, Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Management Science
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Learn about the Smith student experience from part-time MBA alumni from each Smith satellite campus.
- Derek Davis, MBA '18, CAPM - Performance and Strategy Manager at Exponential
- Pooja Sampathi, MBA '18, Senior Marketing Specialist at Deloitte
- Kevin Vineski, MBA '17 MFin, Strategy and Insights Associate at Fannie Mae
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Maryland Smith professor Rebecca Ratner will draw from her own research to answer the question: Are there upsides to time alone? Ratner has been studying how people make decisions about which activities to do alone vs. with others, how much they enjoy activities that they do alone vs. with others, and how they think about other people who do activities alone.
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COVID-19 has made digital marketing imperative. You’ve got a website which gives you a global reach. Now, how can you create a global digital marketing campaign and find new customers?
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- P. K. Kannan, Dean's Chair of Marketing Science, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
- Bob Zhang, President and Founder of USABAL Solutions
- Jessica Reynolds, Director of the Office of Intl Investment and Trade, MDOC
- Colleen Fisher, Director of MD office of US Export Assistance Center
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Join Smith alumni for a wine down Wednesday! Maryland Smith alumnus Eric Platt ’85, president and managing partner of Artisans and Vines, will lead alumni through the journey of wine from discovering to decanting. Platt has a substantial 25+ year history in the fine wine industry including stints in retail, wholesale and importing.
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Save the date for Smith Reunions 2020!
All Smith alumni, regardless of program or year, are invited to attend Smith Reunions. We will be highlighting classes celebrating reunion milestones, specifically, the classes of 2019, 2015, 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, 1990, 1985, 1980, 1975, and 1970.
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This webinar will discuss the global implications of the COVID-19 economic impact on developing and low-income countries, with Africa as an anchor.
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