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DeanAnand

  1. Smith School commencement today. Keynote speaker alum Michael Ward (CEO-CSX), Undergrad Katie Breen & MBA June Kiattiwong were all awesome.
  2. Great happenings at the Smith School of Business this week. Yesterday was the MBA Banquet and today it's the PHD Banquet. Amazing talent!
  3. At Economic Club of NYC with alum Phil Livingston who has a Super Bowl ring w/ the Oakland Raiders. Speaker Zoellick of World Bank was great
  4. Great day for SAIC/Smith School MBA Partnership at McLean Towers. The Action Learning Conference rocked! Congrats to the cohort. Well done.
  5. At last my Red Sox won a game! How long will Bobby Valentine last? My guess is until the end of May unless the Sox go above 0.500 by then.
  6. UMD alumni event last night in San Diego w/ dean Darryll Pines; joint bus-engg initiative. Lot of energy in SoCal for alumni engagement.
  7. At Building Museum for Smithsonian Crafts Festival. It is amazing! What creativity. Visit my friend Monika Knutsen's stall; am blown away!
  8. Had dinner Fri w/ Smith School P/T MBAA leadership. Great conversation. On what Smith stands for, suggestion: Entrepreneurship! Thoughts?
  9. With blessings of the Advisory Board, Smith School is launching the "Smith Annual Fund", unrestricted funds to support school operations.
  10. At Smith School Advisory Board meeting. Great discussion on progress on strategy, budget issues, rankings, and responsibility of the Board.
  11. There is a debate in today's Financial Times on what online MBA programs deliver. Also on value of MBA degrees: ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/1…
  12. For an interesting take on which countries have the most happy people and why, read Samuelson in today's WashPost: washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-g…
  13. Smith Business School-UMD launched 8th cohort EMBA program in Beijing, China w/ partner UIBE (Univ of Int Bus & Econ). Student creds great!
  14. At Smith Emerging Markets Forum. Rupert Scofield, CEO of FINCA: Very interesting stories of women entrepreneurs. http:///www.finca.org
  15. At Smith School Emerging Markets Forum at Reagan Bldg. Topic this year is "Women as Entrepreneurs and Agents of Change". Great sessions!
  16. At Smith School Emerging Markets Forum. Today's topic is "Women as EntreP