The Smith Undergraduate Student Association (SUSA) held their annual elections in room 1330 of Van Munching Hall, on Dec. 6 to replace all the top positions in their organization. Four of the five executive board positions were filled. These include the president and the vice presidents of finance, events, marketing […]
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Madeleine K. Albright visits Stamp
The Honorable Madeleine K. Albright, 64th U.S. Secretary of State, delivered this fall’s Sadat Lecture for Peace on Dec. 6, 2010 in the Grand Ballroom at the Stamp Student Union. The Grand Ballroom was filled to capacity as Dr. Albright talked about the current situation in the Middle East, and […]
Senior finance majors get a taste of real world financial decisions
Students at the Smith School have their own simulation of a stock exchange, the Lemma Senbet Fund. The Senbet Fund aims to allow a learning experience in portfolio management and equity analysis for senior finance majors. Professor and advisor Sarah Kroncke said the team consists of 12 members, who are […]
Female professionals join together
Smith women are on a mission to aid women in their future success in the workforce. In the spring 2003, three Smith students created the Smith School Women’s Society (SSWS), an organization where women would be able to be exposed to important information in how to prepare themselves for the […]
SUSA looks into offering more electives for information systems majors
On Monday, the SUSA Assembly voted unanimously to explore offering more elective courses for information systems (IS) majors. The bill, authored by SUSA President Chris Coraggio, recommends that the Decisions, Operations, and Information Technology (DOIT) Department first identifies the areas missing from the information systems major’s curriculum. Then, it is […]
SUSA moves to update HireSmith and Smith Connector
Last Monday, the SUSA Assembly unanimously passed two bills intended to help Smith School undergrads with networking and career options. The first bill, written by SUSA Vice President of Finance Brian Doyle, officially recommends that the Office of Career Services updates HireSmith, the career services management system for the Smith […]
Fourth annual QUEST Senior conference
As the fall semester is coming to a close, students in the QUEST Honors Fellows Program will present their final projects at the fourth annual QUEST Senior Conference Dec. 9. QUEST includes students from the Smith School of Business, the Clark School of Engineering and the College of Computer, Mathematical […]
Facebook to provide Email
Facebook announced plans this month to offer users a fully functioning e-mail service that will be rolled out sometime in the coming weeks. Users will be able to get “@facebook.com” e-mail address, which will be able to receive messages from other e-mail service providers. The e-mail service is being […]
Former SUSA club up for reinstatement
Net Impact, a club formerly recognized under the umbrella of the Smith Undergraduate Student Association (SUSA), will be up for reinstatement next semester after some shakeups behind the scenes. Net Impact is a chapter at the University of Maryland of “an international non-profit organization with a mission to inspire, […]
Professor Spotlight: Dr. Roland Rust
For Dr. Roland Rust, a professor at the Smith School of Business, research is a way of life. Rust earned a doctorate in business administration from University of North Carolina. He currently holds the David Bruce Smith Chair in Marketing, and is the founder and executive director of the Center […]