Each year, more than a hundred Smith MBA and Executive MBA students travel around the world on short-term study abroad courses. Courses are typically offered between semesters and are comprised of 20-35 students led by a faculty guide. Students meet in College Park prior to departure and the trips typically consist of 10 days abroad. After the spring semester ended this past May, two groups of students departed to study the global economy in different parts of the world. One group was off to Europe and the other to South America.

The Smith School's Black MBA Association debuted a new resource - theAfrica Economic Review - in May 2007. Okon Enyenihi, MBA candidate 2008 and the editor of AER, grew up in Africa, spent time in Europe and has lived in the U.S. for about four years. "In that span of time I have observed how often Africa is left out in various related discussions," says Enyenihi.

Under the towering ceiling of Comcast Center, 780 undergraduates, 300 MBA students, 50 EMBA students, and 12 doctoral students received their business degrees from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business on May 21, 2007.

  

Part-time and full-time MBAs recently attended the three-day Business Ethics Experiential Learning Module (ELM). The Business Ethics ELM included some outstanding speakers and some very interesting role-play exercises. Invited speakers included:

On April 29, 2007, more than 165 members of the Smith Community gathered for an Open Sail BBQ and Charity Auction to support Baltimore's Downtown Sailing Center. The event, which was a huge success, was organized by part-time MBA students Amada Buchanan, Michelle Cojocaru and America Vallecillo as part of an MBA course: Strategic Project Management: A Service Learning Course (BUMO 758P) at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. The project also received support from the Part-time MBA Association.

Part-time and full-time MBAs recently attended the three-day Business Ethics Experiential Learning Module (ELM). The Business Ethics ELM included some outstanding speakers and some very interesting role-play exercises. Invited speakers included:

Congratulations to first-year Smith MBA Donald Wood who, along with a team of students from business schools across the United States, won third place in the annual Simon Marketing Case Competition. The third-place team split $1,000 in prize money. Sponsored by Heineken USA, the event was held March 20 and 31, 2007 at the University of Rochester's Simon School of Business in the state of New York.

Congratulations to first-year Smith MBA Donald Wood who, along with a team of students from business schools across the United States, won third place in the annual Simon Marketing Case Competition. The third-place team split $1,000 in prize money. Sponsored by Heineken USA, the event was held March 20 and 31, 2007 at the University of Rochester's Simon School of Business in the state of New York.

The China Business Forum gave students, academics, and professionals alike an inside look into the latest trends in U.S.-China business development and investment, said student organizer and Smith MBA candidate William Krents, MBA candidate 2008.