Robert H. Smith School of Business

Robert H. Smith School of Business

The Robert H. Smith School of Business is a school of business management within the University of Maryland, College Park. The school was named after alumnus Robert H. Smith (Accounting 1950), following his generous donation of $15 million in 1998. One of 13 colleges and schools at the university's main campus, the Smith School offers programs at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, including bachelor's degrees, full-time and part-time master of business administration (M.B.A.) degrees, Executive M.B.A. degrees, Ph.D.s, and executive education outreach programs to the corporate community. Undergraduate degrees are offered in accounting, finance, information systems, international business, logistics, transportation & supply chain management, marketing, general business and operations management. G. "Anand" Anandalingam was named dean of the Smith School in July 2008.

Rankings

The school has consistently been ranked as one of the top business schools in the nation for the last 15+ years for both undergraduate and graduate education. Ranking publications include "U.S. News & World Report", "The Wall Street Journal", "BusinessWeek", "Forbes", "The Economist", "The Princeton Review", and "Financial Times".

Some recent rankings for the Robert H Smith School:

Recent Development

In 2006, The Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park announced a $12 million PhD program initiative that will significantly enhance the school’s ability to retain and attract the world’s best and brightest students. The initiative — one of the most ambitious in the United States — increases annual doctoral stipends by 45 percent to $32,500 and provides research and travel support.

The School is in a midst of an ongoing capital campaign to raise $90 million by 2012. The main priorities is to integrate business with globalization, entrepreneurship, innovation and technology—the key drivers of business today—to advance business knowledge and to prepare students for the technology-driven global marketplace

Alumni

*Kevin Plank '96, Founder/CEO of Under Armour
*David Goldfarb ’79, chief financial officer and a managing director of Lehman Brothers
*Carly Fiorina '80, former CEO (1999-2005) and chairman of the board (2000-2005) of Hewlett-Packard and currently economic adviser to Republican presidential candidate John McCain
*Donta' L. Wilson MBA '05, Regional President of BB&T Bank (Top 12 bank in the country), Co-Founder of Wilson Capital Management (multi-million dollar real estate holding company),and Nationally Requested Motivational Speaker. BB&T Bio: http://bbt.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=18&item=90
*Larry David Actor, writer and producer ("Curb Your Enthusiasm", "Seinfeld")

ee also

*List of United States business school rankings
*List of business schools in the United States

External links

* http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/


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