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A start-up technology company founded by Smith School undergraduate has been awarded $15,000 in the University of Maryland's Third Annual Business Plan Competition.
Robert H. Smith '50 signed it in green directly below a logo that bears his name. University of Maryland President C. D. Mote Jr. signed it simply Dan Mote. Dean Howard Frank was the first to sign it; Justin Silbert, senior decision and information sciences major, was the last. Some, like John Hoss Cartwright, made it a work of careful deliberation.
John Emens, vice president of the Export-Import Bank's Trade Finance and Insurance Division, will speak to the Robert H. Smith School of Business on Tuesday, April 29, 2003. Emens has broad experience in both domestic and international banking and will discuss Ex-Im Bank's role in financing $13 billion in U.S. exports worldwide.
You access a stock exchange to buy stock, the futures exchange to trade grain, but where do you go to trade in that rarest of commodities, good ideas?
"I just like business, especially marketing, said Larissa Worrell, 11th-grader at Boys and Girls High School in Brooklyn. I learned about business, advertising, and competition."
April 14, 2003
To: Members of the Smith School Community
Fr: Howard Frank, Dean
Re: Leaders for the Digital Economy
I am pleased to share some exciting news with you. We now have a branding tag line for the Smith School of Business: Leaders for the Digital Economy.
In an event organized by four Smith MBA students, 40 students from the University of Maryland and the U.S. Naval Academy drove Land Rovers off-road as part of a program to help them become safer drivers. The event was held on April 12, 2003, and hosted by Land Rover University in Lanham, Md.
Approximately 100 students, faculty, administrators, alumni, and honored guests attended the 10th Annual William D. Bradford Awards Banquet. The Black MBA Association (BMBAA) and Hispanic MBA Association (HMBAA) hosted the banquet, held on April 11, 2003, at the Greenbelt Marriott (Greenbelt, Md). The event promotes networking among Smith students, corporate sponsors, and distinguished alumni…
Credit risk management is one of the most critical issues facing energy companies today, and a team of Smith School MBA consultants has given Constellation Power Source a leg up in managing this area.
Karen Goetze, MBA candidate 2004 and incoming MBA Association (MBAA) president, traveled to France earlier this month to compete in the 2003 French National Championships for indoor track and field. Goetze took home the bronze medal for her specialty, the 1500 meters. The competition lasted three days with the final on March 1, 2003.