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Brian Wallace is American, studying for an MBA at the Smith School of Business, and spending the fall semester at a business school in Germany. Norma Athamary is Peruvian, studying for an MBA at ESADE in Barcelona, now spending a semester abroad in the U.S. at Smith.
By Co-Captains Nicolas Piris Sassin (MBA 03) and Brian Guerin (MBA 04)
The $38-million expansion of Van Munching Hall, home of the Robert H. Smith School of Business, opened for classes on September 3, 2002. The four-story, 103,300-square-foot space is an attractive, functional, technologically advanced learning environment.
They come from all corners of the world, bringing volumes of academic and corporate expertise each and every year. Who are they? The new faculty at Smith.
Hailing from more than 25 countries, they traveled across oceans and time zones, from as far away as India and as close as Bethesda. Leaving behind loved ones, jobs, and friends, they came together in late summer to prepare for the challenges, rigors, and rewards of the Robert H. Smith School of Business MBA program.
Sakisha Jackson and Carolina Lasso are just two Smith School undergraduates who hope to be the business leaders of tomorrow. Sakisha, a graduate of Oxon Hill High School, Md., chose the Smith School over Wharton and Kenan-Flagler.
This fall is especially exciting for the Robert H. Smith School of Business. Thanks to its growing reputation as a leader in management education and research for the digital economy, the school has attracted a talented group of new faculty members and students.
As part of a national program that teaches children about business and entrepreneurship, elementary students in Prince Georges (Md.) County Schools benefited from the business savvy of Smith MBA volunteers. Almost 200 fifth graders were able to participate in the program this past spring.
The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business and Webmergers.com have launched the Business Plan Archive (BPA), a Web-based initiative designed to create a permanent record of the historic dot-com era. The BPA is part of a major Smith School research project on the dot-com boom and bust period of the late 1990s.