Smith Adds Staff Member Dedicated to Military Students
For the first time, active-duty soldiers and veterans taking classes at the Robert H. Smith School of Business have a dedicated staff member to help make their transition from duty to the classroom easy and help them reached their career goals— The school has appointed Richard Campbell as director of military and veteran affairs. Continue reading…
Smith School Releases Annual Summer Reading List
Each year, faculty and administrators from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business puts out a list of their favorite books in the ” Top-10 Summer Reading List for Business Leaders” for 2014.
This is the 11th year of reading recommendations from the Smith School, so if you’re heading off to business school as an MBA or you are already climbing up the corporate ladder, these books will keep you up-to-date on current trends. Here are a few of the books that made the list, you can find the full list here.
Smith School Sees Record Setting Number of Applicants
The Robert H. Smith School of Business experienced a record-setting increase of 30 percent in applications to its full time MBA program during the 2013-2014 recruiting cycle. Continue reading…
Smith Students Take Micro-Grid to Scale Abroad
A group of eight students from the Robert H. Smith School of Business (including three MBAs) participated in a one-week mission to Bangladesh with the World Bank. As part of a World Bank feasibility study, the team was charged with putting together a set of possible financing strategies that would take the micro-grid model to scale. Continue reading…
Brenda Freeman Speaks at Smith’s Women Leading Women Event
Brenda Freeman, ’87 and MBA ’91, headlined the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business’s third annual Women Leading Women event. DreamWorks Animation’s global head of television marketing discussed fitting into different corporate cultures, finding a good mentor and having a good work-life balance, among other things.
The conversation, moderated by Smith’s Vice Dean Joyce Russell, turned to one about mentors and their importance in women’s careers. Continue reading…
Smith Groups Host Bradford Awards Banquet
The Robert H. Smith School of Business’ Black MBA Association and Latin American MBA Student Association (LAMBASA) co-hosted the 21st Annual William D. Bradford Awards Banquet in the Samuel Riggs Alumni Center. An annual tradition at Smith, this dinner and reception brings together students, faculty, staff, alumni, and corporate partners for celebration of diversity in the Smith community. Continue reading…
