Beijing, China August 8, 2007 The University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced the 20 semifinalists of the schools 2007 China Business Plan Competition. The competition will award winners with more than $50,000 in cash and prizes, including a $25,000 grand prize, $15,000 second prize and $10,000 third prize. The Smith Schools Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship hosts the China Business Plan Competition, now in its third year, in support of the growth of world-class business ideas and business leaders in China.

Beijing, China August 31, 2007 The University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business announced today it will Web cast the Sept. 10 final round of its $50,000 China Business Plan Competition live from Beijing. The Web cast will be available for viewing on the homepage of its exclusive portal partner, QQ.com, on the QQ Technology Channel. 

The second annual Cupids Cup competition was held Friday, May 4, 2007, at the Robert H. Smith School of Business in College Park, MD. The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship hosted the business competition for student- and alumni-run startups. Under Armour Chief Executive Kevin Plank, a 1996 Smith graduate, put up $22,500 in prize money and helped pick the winner of this years competition Goozex Inc. (www.goozex.com), an award-winning, peer-to-multi-peer video game trading company headquartered in College Park.

Goozex Inc., an award-winning, peer-to-multi-peer video game trading company, won this year's Cupid's Cup.

College Park, Md. April 27, 2007 Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship portfolio company Exponential Storage recently joined the Chesapeake Innovation Center, the regions premier incubator for homeland security-focused businesses. The Dingman Center, part of the University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business, helps entrepreneurs from the Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. region start and grow their businesses.

College Park, Md. April 27, 2007 - Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship portfolio company Exponential Storage recently joined the Chesapeake Innovation Center, the regions premier incubator for homeland security-focused businesses. The Dingman Center, part of the University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business, helps entrepreneurs from the Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. region start and grow their businesses.

Smith students at the schools Shady Grove campus pulled off a professional and very successful daylong entrepreneurship conference on Saturday, April 14, 2007. About 250 people attended the Turning Your Passion Into Profit entrepreneurship conference, organized by undergraduates in Smiths chapter of CEO (Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization) at the Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville, Md.

Beijing, China April 17, 2007 The University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business, a leading provider of Executive MBA programs in China, today announced a series of initiatives designed to promote world-class innovation and business ideas through the expansion of its annual China Business Plan Competition. Now in its third year, the competition will award $50,000 in prize money during a final round competition in September.

Beijing, China April 17, 2007 The University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business, a leading provider of Executive MBA programs in China, today announced a series of initiatives designed to promote world-class innovation and business ideas through the expansion of its annual China Business Plan Competition. Now in its third year, the competition will award $50,000 in prize money during a final round competition in September.