Experiential Learning News
College Park, Md.
For the fifth year in a row, the American Marketing Association (AMA) chapter at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business returned from the International Collegiate AMA Conference with awards.
On April 1, 2009, Nobel Prize-winning economist Dr. George Akerlof spoke about the current financial climate to a mix of faculty, staff and students that packed Frank Auditorium at the Smith School.
Only one team could take away top honors at the Deloitte Consulting LLP Case Competition, hosted at the Smith School of Business on Friday, March 6, 2009. Over 65 Maryland undergraduates (including 45 of Smith's own students) participated in the competition, which asked students to advise Vibe Corporation, a server, workstation, and PC provider.
College Park, Md. – March 11, 2009 — The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced the launch of the Initiative for Social Value Creation, a push to engage every student in courses and experiential learning programs that build leadership and an understanding of how businesses can create both economic prosperity and transformative social change.
College Park, Md. – March 9, 2009 — Researchers from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business put a price tag on the cost of poor communication in U.S. hospitals at $12 billion per year.
William Klausner, president of the James H.W. Thompson Foundation, said it best: “The road to the future is always under construction.” At the Thai American Business Program Conference on March 3, hosted by the Robert H. Smith School of Business, and co-sponsored by the Royal Thai Embassy and Smith School’s Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), former U.S.
US and Thailand: Business at the CrossroadsMarriott Inn and Conference Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD March 2-3, 2009
College Park, Md. – February 23, 2009 — The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced it is accepting applications for Smith Business Edge, an intensive six-week summer program that provides non-business undergraduate students and recent graduates with opportunities to build stronger leadership skills and business acumen.
College Park, Md. – January 21, 2009 – The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business invites innovative solutions to one of the 21st century’s most pressing concerns – how to allocate scarce resources to protect the massive amount of personal and sensitive data available on computer networks and online.