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Smith Leaders Receive
Awards at 6th Annual Undergraduate Awards
Banquet
The 6th Annual Smith Undergraduate Awards
Banquet, held on May 4, honored students
and faculty for their achievements throughout
the year and/or career at the Smith School.
In addition, Smith alumni and corporate
partners were recognized for their support
of the school through programs, hiring practices
and other activities. The Smith Leadership
and Excellence Awards were presented to
business leaders and organizations that
have made significant and positive impact
to their industries and the community in
the mid-Atlantic region. More highlights
from the banquet will be online soon!
Joel Willcher presented with Dean's
Graduate of Distinction Award by Dean
Frank
Dean Frank & Gary Dando '64 presented
Dr. Wayne Hockmeyer with the 2006 Smith
Leadership Excellence Award (Dr.
Hockmeyer is the one in the middle).
Burt Leete & Rudy Lamone presented staff
member Grace Russell with the Dean's
Lifetime Award for Meritorious Service.
Bill Dewitt & LTSCM Organization.
The Banquet presenters for the evening
were Bill Loomis '76 & Dargeelyn Loftin
'80, MBA '90.
►Read more about the Smith Leadership and
Excellence Award recepients
Smith Hosts 6th Annual
Netcentricity Conference
 According
to
Eric Clemons, you can learn a lot about
marketing in the digital economy by drinking
beer. Well, technically, you can learn a
lot by examining the way people decide which
beer to drink. Clemons, professor of operations
and information management at the Wharton
School, University of Pennsylvania, was
a keynote speaker at the Smith School’s
6th Annual Netcentricity Conference on April
28, 2006. Business leaders and business
school faculty from around the United States
attended the event, which featured talks
and panel discussions focused on “The Future
of the 21st Century Digital Enterprise.”
►Full Story
Smith to Co-sponsor
Third Annual Forum on Financial Information
Systems & Cybersecurity on May 24
The Smith School, the Center for Public
Policy and Private Enterprise (from Maryland's
School of Public Policy) and the Journal
of Accounting and Public Policy will co-sponsor
the third annual Forum on Financial Information
Systems and Cybersecurity: A Public Policy
Perspective. The forum will be held on May
24, 2006. Coordinators for the forum are
Lawrence A. Gordon, Ernst & Young Alumni
Professor of Managerial Accounting, and
Martin P. Loeb, Deloitte and Touche LLP
Faculty Fellow, both of the Smith School’s
accounting and information assurance department,
and William Lucyshyn, director of research
and senior research scholar at the Center
for Public Policy and Private Enterprise.
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Dingman Center
Appoints Associate Director
Melissa K. Carrier has been named to the
newly created position of associate director
at the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship.
She will help manage the top-ranked national
entrepreneurship center’s programs, continue
to develop the center’s network of investors,
and assist regional and student entrepreneurs.
The position was created as part of the
Dingman Center’s continued efforts to support
Washington and mid-Atlantic entrepreneurs
and investors.
►Full Story
Smith School Faculty
& Dean to Speak at U.S. Department of Commerce
Conference on China
The Smith School is co-sponsoring a conference
in Washington, D.C., May 18-19, titled "China:
Risk, Reward, and How to Win," as part of
the U.S. Department of Commerce's three-city
conference on China, which includes Houston
and Cleveland. Plenary sessions will be
held on May 18, with a welcome from Smith
School Dean Howard Frank. One-on-one meetings
with American companies interested in China
will be held on May 19. Smith Professors
G. "Anand" Anadalingam, Anil Gupta and Martin
Dresner are featured speakers.
►http://www.buyusa.gov/chinabizconference/
Smith Hosts Final
Spring Business Ethics Lecture Series
The Business Ethics Lecture Series, sponsored
by the Smith School, hosted its final speaker,
Mark H. Taylor, on April 19. Taylor, who
holds the John P. Begley Endowed Chair in
Accounting at Creighton University, has
a PhD and a CPA and is an Academic Fellow
in the Office of the Chief Accountant at
the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC). In his hour-long talk,
Taylor focused on the state of the accounting
profession, occupational fraud, financial
statement fraud, the psychology of fraud,
and finally the role of the SEC.
►Full Story
 Maryland
Day 2006:
FEAR THE TURTLES!
The University of Maryland, College Park,
celebrated its eighth annual Maryland Day
on Saturday, April 29, attracting 75,000
visitors to campus. The Smith School welcomed
visitors on McKeldin Mall, with the day's
most popular giveaway - a Smith School/Testudo
beach ball. In Van Munching Hall,
visitors were able to tour the state-of-the-art
building and attend an undergraduate program
information session.
Maryland Day 2006 not only provided a
tremendous opportunity to celebrate the
150th anniversary of the University of Maryland,
it also was the official “unveiling” of
50 100-pound, 4 ½ foot high fiberglass sculptures
of Testudo, the University of Maryland’s
beloved mascot, donned in a wide variety
of permanent, weatherproof outfits to commemorate
this grand occasion; including "Testudo
the Grad" by Smith's own Carol Cron, program
manager for custom programs in the office
of professional programs and services, sponsored
by former Smith School Dean Bill Mayer and
his wife, Kathy. The Testudo now gracing
Van Munching Hall’s landscaped area is "Bustin'
Out of the Shell" by Joshua Solomon, sponsored
by Bob and Margie Bedingfield.
►Full Story (More Photos)
Dragon Boat
Racing
.jpg) The Smith School will be sending
a team to this years fourth annual Washington,
DC Dragon Boat . The festival is held to
celebrate Chinese culture and will take from May
28-29, 2005 at Thompson’s Boat Center in
Georgetown.
 Four boats painted to resemble scales in hues of
green, red, blue and yellow sporting dragon
heads and tails of blue, red and gold will line
up to sprint over distances of 250 and 500
meters. The racing will be divided into
festival and premier categories, open (men’s),
women’s, mixed and youth divisions. The local
category includes novice paddlers from the
Metropolitan Washington, DC area that put
together a team just for this event. The teams
are from Chinese language schools, corporations,
community groups, law firms, groups sponsored by
restaurants, just to name a few.
Thanking Dean Frank who is a strong supporter of
the team, Richard Liao, President of the Asian
MBA Association called on rest of the Smith
community to come out and cheer the Smith Team.
"This is simply one of the best ways to put the
concept of "team work" into practice." Liao
said. For more information on the event please
visit
http://www.dragonboatdc.com.
“War of the Words” A
Professional Communication Competition
 On
April 27th, eight two-person teams
participated in the Professional
Communication Club’s first “War of the
Words” competition. The competition was two
rounds – first a head-to-head debate,
followed by a sales pitch for a product
chosen at random. It was a great opportunity
for participants to practice their public
speaking skills as well as thinking on their
feet.
 Nathan
Groce and Ishmael Appiah walked away with
first place and a $100 prize. Professors
Jeffrey Kudisch, Curtis Grimm, and Joydeep
Srivastava served on the panel of judges.
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Smith School in the News
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►Washington
Post – May 3, 2006 – Buying and playing
video games on mobile phones is a trend
that won’t seem to stick — a new report
says this is because prices, choice and
lack of interest have kept sales from growing.
Game companies are banking on better phones
and faster downloads to bolster cell phone
gaming. But consumers just may not be using
their cell phones for much more than making
calls. Smith researchers’ feature fatigue
study is mentioned and marketing chair
Roland Rust weighs in, saying people
prefer simpler devices.
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►Washington
Post/Associated Press – May 3, 2006
– Though European consumers are feeling
the effects of rising gas prices at the
pump and in monthly energy bills, European
economies have resisted price shock. Professor
Peter Morici says the U.S. economy
also is resilient to higher gas prices because
Americans can afford to spend a little more
on gas by spending a little less on other
things.
►Read more
►CNN.com/Lou
Dobbs– May 1, 2006 – Lou Dobbs comments
on the May 1 immigration demonstrations
and boycott, pointing out media coverage
is not attentive enough to the fact that
the debate centers on illegal immigrants.
He quotes Professor Peter Morici
talking about the meat-packing industry
and how illegal immigrant workers are working
for lower wages, therefore dropping wages
for semiskilled American workers.
►Read more
►The
(Baltimore) Sun – April 30, 2006 – The
Baltimore neighborhood of Keswick, also
known as “Alonsoville,” has an unusually
high number of entrepreneurs working from
their homes in various fields. The unifying
trait of these entrepreneurs is just being
an entrepreneur. Associate professor of
entrepreneurship J. Robert Baum attributes
the clustering in Alonsoville to human nature
— “we tend to be around our own kind.”
►Read more
►Washington
Post – April 29, 2006 – The U.S. economy
grew 4.8 percent in first quarter of 2006,
compared with 1.7 percent in the previous
quarter. Professor Peter Morici says
the remarkable pace reflects shifts in the
sources of demand. According to Morici,
“business investment is increasingly the
engine pulling the economy forward.”
►Read more
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Smith School in the News
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Faculty Up Front
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Congratulations!
Lemma Senbet,
chair of the finance department and Holder
of the William E. Mayer Chair in Finance,
has been selected to be a Fellow of the
Financial Management Association (FMA) by
a committee of distinguished scholars. The
FMA Fellows Program was established in 2000
to recognize individuals who have made significant
contributions to the profession through
scholarship. The list of FMA Fellows includes
such distinguished individuals as Nobel
Laureates Merton Miller, Bill Sharpe and
Robert Merton. It is also a select list:
one or two individuals are named FMA Fellow
each year. Lemma will formally receive the
award at the October national meeting in
Chicago.
Kathryn Bartol, Robert H. Smith
Professor of Management and Organization,
has been selected as the 2006 recipient
of the Academy of Management's Distinguished
Service Award. This is one of the highest
honors the Academy of Management bestows
on its members. This all-Academy award recognizes
excellence in one or more of the following:
(1) developing and/or enhancing a field
of study; (2) founding or creatively editing
a journal; and (3) building institutions,
for example through creative or unusually
effective service to a major professional
organization. This award will be presented
at the Presidential Luncheon on Tuesday,
August 15, 2006 at this year's annual meeting
of the Academy of Management in Atlanta.
Edwin A. Locke, professor emeritus
of management and organization, has been
selected as the 2006 recipient of the Academy
of Management's Distinguished Scholarly
Contributions Award. This prestigious award
annually for significant scholarly contributions
that have advanced management and organizational
knowledge and practice. These scholarly
contributions take stock of conceptual,
theoretical, or empirical developments of
significant impact. The Academy awards will
be presented to Kay and Ed at the Presidential
Luncheon on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 during
the annual meeting of the Academy of Management
in Atlanta.
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Smith Business
Close-Up on MPT
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Thursday, May 18, 7:30
p.m.
Friday, May 19, 6:00 a.m.
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The Biodiesel Phenomenon
 Because
of rising gasoline prices and environmental
concerns, Americans are constantly searching
for alternative energy sources.
The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at
the Smith School has partnered with Silverthorn
BioFuels and the Maryland Soybean Board to create
a mobile biodiesel education and production
lab to promote awareness of this renewable fuel.
In the next edition of Smith Business
Close-Up Dan Goodman, Executive Director
of the Biodiesel University and a Technology
Commercialization Fellow at the Smith School
will discuss why biodiesel is becoming increasingly
popular in the U.S.
Smith Business Close-Up can be seen
bi-weekly on Maryland Public Television's Business
Connection. Watch Dan Goodman Thursday, May
11 at 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 12 at 6:00 a.m.
and Sunday, May 14 at 11:30 a.m. on public television
stations throughout Maryland and the Washington,
D.C., metropolitan region, including:
■ WMPB-TV
(Ch. 67), Baltimore
■ WMPT-TV (Ch. 22), DC metro/Annapolis
■ WCPB-TV (Ch. 28), Salisbury
■ WFPT-TV (Ch. 62), Frederick
■ WWPB-TV (Ch. 31), Hagerstown
■ WGPT-TV (Ch. 36), Oakland
Have an idea for Smith Business Close-Up?
Contact Kathy Marmon at
kmarmon@rhsmith.umd.edu
(or at ext. 59568) to discuss appearing in an
upcoming edition of Smith Business Close-Up
and to make suggestions for a future segment.
►Watch previous episodes online.
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Technology@Smith
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Tablet PC Demo units in 3520
If you're thinking about buying a tablet PC
or are just curious about them, there are two
examples for you to test in the Office of Smith
IT thru May 5. Vendors have loaned us an IBM
Thinkpad X41 and a Toshiba Portege M400 for
you to test. They will be set up in the front
of 3520 between 10 AM and 5 PM, Monday thru
Friday. Come by and try them out!
Computer Security
Smith IT reminds you NOT to store sensitive
information on your computers. This includes,
but is not limited to files that contain social
security numbers, sensitive personnel information
and of course, bank account numbers. In the
event that your files are stolen this would
be valuable information to a thief.
Consider some of these options for data protection:
• Password-Protect your files (See Example below)
• Password-Protect your laptops
Below are instructions for password-protecting
MS Office documents:
When you create a password, write it down
and keep it in a secure place. If you lose the
password, you cannot open or gain access to
the password-protected document.
1. Open the document.
2. On the File menu, click Save As.
3. On the Tools menu in the Save As dialog box, click
General Options.
4. In the Password to open box, type a password, and then
lick OK.
5. In the Reenter password to open box, type the password
again, and then click OK.
6. Click Save.
Note: When you create a password, write it
down and keep it in a secure place. If you lose
the password, you cannot open or gain access
to the password-protected document.
Please also consider shredding any sensitive
documentation instead of simply discarding it
in the trash.
We want your feedback!
In a continuing effort to improve the services,
tools and support we provide to the Smith Community,
we invite/encourage faculty, staff and students
to fill out our anonymous feedback form located
on the Office of Smith IT Web site:
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/smithit/
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Landscape Update Wondering
when the ropes will come down from the
landscaped area in the new landscaped
area in front of Van Munching Hall?
Look for them to be removed before the
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Smith Faculty & Administrators
Visit China |
The Smith School hosted a special seminar
in Shanghai April 23, with 110 people attending.
Scott Koerwer, associate dean of professional
programs and services, delivered a presentation
about the Smith School, the EMBA program, and
plans for China. Part of the seminar included
a presentation by Professor Hank Lucas who despite
just completing four solid days of teaching
put on a very informative and well received
discussion on how technology has transformed
work, organizations and the economy. Following
the seminar, participants networked during a
reception.
►China Coverage
Do you have an announcement or photo for
the bulletin board? Send items to
newsletter@rhsmith.umd.edu for consideration.
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Smith School Tapes PBS CEO Exchange
Program
on May 2 |
Howard Frank with Bob
Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment
Television (BET), and Bill Marriott, CEO of
Marriott Corporation, in the green room
prior to taping.
Bob Johnson and Bill
Marriott on set with host Jeffrey
Greenfield.
Thank you to all faculty and staff who participated
in the taping of the PBS CEO Exchange program
on May 2! The show will air in June. We will
send out more details when they become available,
but visit the
PBS CEO Exchange Web site for the latest
information. The first 25 Smith students who
came received a Fear the Turtle t-shirt, and
could enter into a raffle to win a 30GB Apple
iPod. The lucky winner was junior Laura Aceto.
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May 22
Smith School Commencement:
Keynote Speaker,
Carly Fiorina, MBA '80
►Holiday
Calendar
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Smith School
History
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Van Munching Hall opens
in 1993 and is christened by Leo Van Munching
Jr. with a bottle of Heinekin. Dean Bill Mayer,
left.
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►Interactive
Smith School Timeline
[NEW! See Video Clips from Smith Alumni Veterans]
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May 13 is Diamondback
Terrapin Day
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House Bill 297 has made
it official so save the date! Starting next
year, May 13 will be Diamondback Terrapin Day.
From George Island Landing to Sand Spring, Marylanders
will be celebrating the turtle that has become
a university icon thanks to Curley Byrd '08
and the Class of 1933. Byrd was the first to
nominate the reptile to be Maryland's mascot;
the Class of '33 cast the first bronze Testudo
statue.
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