College Park, Md. – Aug. 29, 2011 – The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business hosted its annual Freshman Fellows Orientation Program, sponsored by Ernst & Young. Staffed by representatives from both the Smith School and Ernst & Young, the day kicked off with group icebreakers and several songs performed by UMD a capella group, The Generics.

MBA students got a dose of career guidance at their introduction to Smith’s Office of Career Services (OCS) on Wednesday and Thursday of Full-Time MBA Orientation Week. The OCS is rallying students behind its mission to help them develop as leaders for the organizations where they will ultimately land at the conclusion of their two-year MBA program and the orientation content reflected that goal.

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business welcomed 300 new MS students from around the world on Friday, Aug. 19, 2011. The school currently has four MS programs: accounting, finance, supply chain management (SCM), and information systems (IS) – SCM and IS just launched this year. These new students will join about 180 existing MS students already studying finance and accounting.

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business full-time MBA Class of 2013 filled the grand atrium in Van Munching Hall to kick off this year’s MBA Orientation. The weeklong orientation began on August 18, 2011, with a breakfast for the new students, followed by a welcome from Dean G. “Anand” Anandalingam, Associate Dean of MBA and MS Programs Bob Krapfel and a few members of the MBA Association (MBAA).

Facebook. Twitter. LinkedIn. You probably use social media – or at least you’ve heard of the major platforms. But how does social media fit into your business? In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up with the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, William Rand, assistant professor of marketing, talks about social media at a business tool.

Decision, Operations and Information Technologies Professor Emeritus Saul Gass has published a new book titled “Profiles in Operations Research: Pioneers and Innovators.” The book was co-edited with Arjang Assad, dean of the School of Management, University at Buffalo, SUNY, and former senior associate dean of the Smith School. The book was published by Springer and is available for purchase on Amazon.com.

Freshmen in the University of Maryland’s College Park Scholars: Business, Society and the Economy program began their semester on August 29 by helping their community at two homeless shelters in Silver Spring.

As the old saying goes, variety is spice of life. It turns out, it’s also the key to keeping yourself motivated to meet your goals when you haven’t yet made much progress. The catch: if you are almost at your goal, less variety is more motivating. In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up with the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, PhD candidate Jordan Etkin talks about her research that finds variety has a huge impact on motivation.

On July 28, 2011, the 10th cohort of executive MBA students celebrated the end of their 19-month journey at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. The 35 executives joined in Van Munching Hall’s Frank Auditorium with family, friends and members of the Smith School community for a recognition ceremony to honor their accomplishments.

On July 28, 2011, the 10th cohort of executive MBA students celebrated the end of their 19-month journey at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. The 35 executives joined in Van Munching Hall’s Frank Auditorium with family, friends and members of the Smith School community for a recognition ceremony to honor their accomplishments.