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A team of undergraduates at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, placed second and took home $2,000 in the General Motors “GM&U” Marketing Challenge. The challenge: create an integrated marketing communications plan for GM’s new College Discount Program.

This week, the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland is sponsoring Graduate Business Conference 2010 from April 15 to 17 in Washington, D.C.

It is with great sadness that I inform you that Robert H. Smith passed away on Tuesday, December 29, following a stroke. My deepest sympathy to Mr. Smith’s family and all that knew him. I had the privilege of getting to know him over the past years, and I have not met a more impressive yet humble and caring man. He is not just our school’s namesake, but also a guiding force.

Not a case competition.  Not a business plan competition.

In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up with the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, Clifford Rossi, managing director of the Center for Financial Policy, shares his prognosis for the banking industry and the economy as a whole for 2010.

December 2009

Smith School hosts 1st annual Employer Evening of Appreciation

Happy Holidays from the Smith School!

Making your list and checking it twice could help you avoid picking up the extra unplanned purchases this year and curb your spending while shopping.

A team of undergraduates at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, has made it to the final round in General Motors “GM&U” Marketing Challenge. Drexel University and Syracuse University are the other two finalists in the case competition.