Do the right thing when nobody is looking, Deloitte Global CEO Barry Salzberg said April 13, 2015, during a CEO @ Smith keynote address in College Park, Md. The executive, who manages a network of 47 consulting and advisory services firms in more than 140 countries, said Millennials respond when organizations have a purpose beyond profit. Here are excerpts from his presentation:

For the third time in seven years, the Smith School reigns as champion of the Wake Forest Marketing Analytics case competition in the undergraduate division. Marketing students Michael Barnett, Ashley Jager, Bridget McManus and Jack Rupple represented Smith, which also won the competition in 2013 and 2009.

Improvisation and contingency planning are fundamental to business survival because challenges can appear at any turn ­— like in a zombie apocalypse, Smith School professor Oliver Schlake says.  

Networking and negotiating over dinner is part of doing business, but the rules for success can be difficult to master. A couple hundred Smith School freshmen got a crash course in how to navigate high-stakes dining on April 23, 2015, from Etiquette Institute of Washington director Crystal Bailey.

The Dingman Center Angels (DCA) is making a push to bring in more investors and hear more pitches from the University of Maryland alumni community. Run out of the Smith School’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, this group of investors — made up of top entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and business leaders — has invested more than $12 million in early stage companies since 2005. With more than 55 portfolio companies, DCA has been a great funding resource for early stage Mid-Atlantic region entrepreneurs.

Women on the Terrapins Final Four team aren’t the only ones with basketball skills at UMD. On Feb. 27, 2015, more than 350 fans filled Ritchie Coliseum for Smith’s inaugural Court Classic, a tournament of student, alumni and faculty/staff teams. “A new tradition has started at Smith, building class bonds among our soon-to-be alumni,” said Patty Carocci, assistant dean of development and alumni relations.

Smith School professor Debra Shapiro started a one-year term as president of the Academy of Management during the professional association’s annual meeting Aug. 7-11, 2015, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Shapiro is Smith’s third faculty member to hold the position. Smith professor Kathryn Bartol served as president in 1984-85, and Smith professor emeritus Ken G. Smith led the academy in 2006-07.

Aspiring business leaders should develop a personal board of directors to help them navigate their careers, keynote speaker Mark J. Manoff ’78 said May 21, 2015, at the Smith School undergraduate commencement.

Scholly, a startup app out of Drexel University that make it easy for students to find college scholarships, won the $75,000 top prize at the 10th annual Cupid’s Cup, chaired by Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin Plank ’96 and hosted by the Smith School’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship. A crowd of nearly 1,000 packed the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center for the competition on April 22, 2015.