Ascend
Ascend’s mission centers on empowering which community of professionals and students?
Who is Pan-Asian Students?
This campus hub is the primary building for Smith classes, team rooms, and advising.
What is Van Munching Hall?
This Japanese art form involves folding paper into decorative shapes, such as cranes and flowers.
What is Origami?
What is the name of UMD’s mascot?
What city is the capital of Maryland?
What is Annapolis?
Who is the Faculty Advisor for Ascend at UMD?
Who is Dr. McKinney?
This competitive Smith program places students in small teams to consult for real companies as part of a for-credit course.
What is QUEST?
This holiday, celebrated across many Asian countries, is often associated with dragons, red envelopes, and fireworks.
What is Lunar New Years?
UMD is a founding member of this athletic conference, known today for powerhouse schools in football and basketball.
What is The Big Ten Conference?
Which body of water separates Maryland’s Eastern Shore from the rest of the state?
What is The Chesapeake Bay?
How many Years of Impact has Ascend Leadership had?
What is 20 Years?
This annual, multi-day event brings together Smith students, alumni, and recruiters for workshops, networking, and career preparation.
What is Smith Career Week?
This Korean writing system, created in the 15th century, is known for being one of the most scientifically designed alphabets in the world.
What is Hangul?
How many bronze statues of Testudo are on UMD Campus?
What is 7?
This famous Maryland-born abolitionist led enslaved people to freedom using the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
How many Professional Chapters does Ascend Leadership have?
What is 22 Chapters?
Smith’s signature living-learning honors program that blends business with liberal arts and cohort-based teamwork is called what?
What is the Interdisciplinary Business Honors (IBH)?
In Hinduism and Buddhism, this Sanskrit term refers to the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
What is Samsara?
What year was the University of Maryland officially founded?
When is 1856?
Maryland is home to this prestigious military academy, founded in 1845, that trains officers for the U.S. Army.
What is The United States Naval Academy?
Who is the Current President of the Ascend Foundation?
Who is Anna Mok?
Smith was among the first U.S. business schools to formally integrate this discipline into its core curriculum, helping establish UMD as a national leader in the field.
What is Information Systems?
This ancient trade network connected East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, spreading not only goods but religions, technologies, and ideas.
What is The Silk Road?
What is the name of UMD’s official fight song, played at athletic events?
What is Maryland, My Maryland?
Which Maryland county is the only one in the state that borders Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Virginia?
What is Washington County?