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He also bene昀椀ted from a
Smith family scholarship and
support from the Center for
Social Value Creation, which
the Smiths also helped fund.
Lisa Hunt ’97, managing
director and head of
international services for
Charles Schwab & Co., credits
the school for putting her on
a path to career success. Her
company enjoys recruiting
heavily from the school.
“We know we’re going to
get highly educated, prepared,
well-rounded individuals to
come into our corporation and
ultimately succeed,” she said.
Job placements for Smith graduates
100%
of 2022 job-seeking graduates from
Master of Science in Accounting
program accepted jobs
90%
of 2022 job-seeking graduates
from four of Smith’s eight business
master’s programs accepted jobs
The Best Leaders
Beyond landing great jobs,
the goal has always been for
Smith grads to be great leaders.
“I've realized that doing good
throughout the world and
driving pro昀椀t don't have to
be mutually exclusive. That's
all thanks to gifts from the
Smith family that have created
programs that teach students
how to do that practically,” said
Alexia Ayuk ’23, who works at
Bain & Co.
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“It is your privilege as a
human to identify with causes
beyond yourself, to contribute
to your community, and to
make a difference to the world
around you," Mr. Smith said
in his 2008 commencement
address. “I’ve taken the
opportunity to be involved
with this school because it is
my dream that each graduate
will be an ambitious dreamer,
a courageous risk-taker, and a
SMITH BUSINESS: SILVER JUBILEE EDITION /
fall 2023
Emmanuel
Corporal '23
Lisa Hunt '97
99.6%
of 2022 undergraduates landed
jobs within three months of
earning their degree
principled, ethical leader, who
will work to make this world
a better place."
The school remains
committed to those ideals,
expanding opportunities for all
UMD students to learn business
and leadership principles. In
2022, it launched an online
business minor curriculum.
In 2023, the school introduced
two campus-wide 昀椀nancial
literacy courses.
Alexia Ay
uk '23
Smith is also partnering
with other UMD colleges
and schools on programs,
including a computational
昀椀nance program for computer
science majors, and a sports
management program with
Maryland Athletics, the School
of Public Health and the Philip
Merrill College of Journalism.
rhsmith.umd.edu
Photos by Tony Richards
OCS now draws on Smith’s
vast alumni network to support
“Terps Helping Terps” initiatives,
including mock interviews,
career panels, networking
events and hiring Smith grads.
In 2022–23, OCS launched the
Terp Network Team initiative
to connect students with a
Smith grad, facilitated by a
career coach, to help with career
outreach strategies.
Emmanuel Corporal ’23
started at PepsiCo in July after a
previous internship: “OCS was
certainly pivotal in allowing me
to interact with PepsiCo before
applying for the role.”
Lisa Hunt
Mr. Smith encouraged
students to seek careers where
they can have an impact. His
昀椀nal gift was to improve the
Of昀椀ce of Career Services (OCS).
“We needed a much better
career services operation with
better facilities and more
quali昀椀ed personnel to help
students 昀椀nd the best jobs,”
said Anandalingam, who was
dean from 2008–13.
“With the support of his
daughter Michelle Smith
(1953–2020), Bob Smith
eventually came through with
a signi昀椀cant gift that helped
us immensely.”
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