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"To be a top-class business school you must have a top-class international component," said Martin Gannon, professor of management and founding director of the Smith School's Center for Global Business, as he received the university's prestigious Landmark Award.
The Robert H. Smith School of Business has jumped to #25, up two spots from #27, in BusinessWeek magazine's just-released biennial rankings of the nation's best business schools. The rankings are part of 'The Best B-Schools' cover story in BusinessWeek's October 21 issue, now available on newsstands.
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 Smith Schools Net Impact chapter has named three second-year MBA students as its 2002 Internship Fund Award winners. They are Greg Deviny, Katherine Ollinger, and Talicia Safford. Each receives a financial stipend for interning at a non-profit or socially responsible organization this past summer.
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.
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.