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.

Smith's 23rd annual full-time MBA Case Competition brought students, alumni, faculty, and administrators together for a week of intense competition. Four teams presented strategies for the diamond industry and the De Beers Company to a distinguished panel of judges on Saturday, October 7, 2006.

College Park, Md. October 6, 2006 The University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business MBA program is ranked No. 9 in the United States by the Princeton Review for offering the greatest opportunity for minority students. The ranking is part of the just-published 2007 guide, Best 282 Business Schools, which profiles schools with write-ups on their academics, student life and admissions, plus ratings for their academics, selectivity and career placement services.

On Wednesday, October 4, the Robert H. Smith School of Business welcomed Teresa Iannaconi, a partner at KPMG, to its Business Ethics Lecture Series. Iannaconi, MBA , spoke to a room filled with students on the topic of The Pursuit of a Model Ethics and Compliance Program for a Registered Public Accounting Firm.

The Smith MBA Consulting Club invites the Smith community - full-time and part-time students, alumni and faculty - to attend its annual Consulting Forum on Friday, October 20. This year's panels will focus on trends in different segments of the consulting industry, as well as a 360-degree discussion of the ever-important client-consultant relationship. Featured companies include Deloitte, BearingPoint, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Booz Allen Hamilton. 

A few weeks into the first semester, and every incoming Smith MBA student is struck by the tremendous talent and the wide range of experiences that her classmates bring to the program. This time is no different. And among this group of talented MBA students is Berber Rischen, a field hockey player who plays mid-field for the top-ranked Maryland field hockey team.

On September 28, 2006, the Smith School's Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship welcomed some of the regions most successful female entrepreneurs as well as aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners to the Women's Entrepreneurship Event, co-sponsored by the Smith Association of Women MBAs. Speakers included business owners Amy Nichols, Gina Schaefer, and Penny Pompei, and author Julie Lenzer Kirk all who discussed the dos and don'ts of starting your own business.

Friday, September 15, Jeremy Rifkin, founder and president of The Foundation on Economic Trends, spoke to first-year MBA students about new economic models and the hydrogen economy. Rifkin has written books on both subjects, respectively titled The Age of Accessand The Hydrogen Economy.

Net Impact, a Smith MBA club, recently hosted a dialogue with the New York Times bestselling author Dr. Mark Albion. Albion spoke on successful leaders and socially responsible businesses. He also highlighted various points made in his latest book, "True to Yourself: Leading a Values-Based Business.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE EVENT > Tuesday, September 12th, 12:30-2:00p.m. 1505 VMH Sponsored by Net Impact (Smith MBA Club)