The Honors Seminars in Professional Development include skill-building activities, team-building exercises
and our outstanding Up Front Dialogue Executive Speaker Series. Each session gives students the opportunity
to polish their professional skill sets—as well as the chance to interact with leading professionals
from around the city, region and country.
Honors Seminar Topics have included:
- Book Club Discussion – The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- Managing Your Personal Finances
- Golf Basics
- The Power of Business Relationships
- Focus On: The Mutual Fund Industry
- Becoming an Entrepreneur
- Welcome to the Real World
- Handling Rejection and Disappointment
- Ten Keys to Getting Your Dream Job
- GMAT Prep
- Can You Manage to Lead?
- Incubators for Baby Businesses
- Focus On: Human Resources, Inside and Out
- Professional Presence
View past Up Front Dialogue Executive Series guests:
2011 - 2012
2010 - 2011
2008 - 2010
2006 - 2008
2003 - 2006
UP FRONT! EXECUTIVE SPEAKER SERIES
Guests since Inception
2011 - 2012
- (Signature Seminar with Executive-in-Residence J. Phillip Holloman, COO, Cintas Corporation; Welcome by State Senator Catherine Pugh; Facilitated by Mr. Donald Fry, CEO, Greater Baltimore Committee)
- Mr. Paul Cofoni, CEO, CACI International
- Dr. Winslow Sargeant, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration
- Mr. Warren Thompson, CEO, Thompson Hospitality
- Mr. George Bodenheimer, Executive Chairman, ESPN
- Mr. John Frisch, Chairman and CEO, Miles & Stockbridge, P.C.
- Mr. Bruce Gordon, Director, CBS, Northrop Grumman and Tyco International
- Mr. Cordell Martin, Founder and President, DD&J Energy
- Mr. Armon Harris, Chief Operating Officer, Megadata Technology
- Mr. Louis Vigliotti, Senior Managing Director, GE Capital
- Mr. Louis Cestello, Regional President, Greater Baltimore, PNC Bank
- Ms. Gloria Mayfield-Banks, Executive National Sales Director, Mary Kay
- Ms. Gail Smith-Howard, General Manager, Hyatt-Inner Harbor
UP FRONT! EXECUTIVE SPEAKER SERIES
Guests since Inception
2010 - 2011
- Ms. Linda Forte, SVP, Business Affairs and Chief Diversity Officer, Comerica Bank
- Mr. Joseph Haskins, Jr., Chairman, President and CEO, The Harbor Bank of Maryland
- Mr. William Stromberg, Director of Global Equities, T. Rowe Price Associates
- Mr. W. Harold Tuck, Chief Information Officer, County of San Diego
(Signature Series with Executive-in-Residence Mr. J. Phillip Holloman, COO, Cintas Corporation; Welcome by Congressman Elijah Cummings and Facilitation by Mr. Donald Fry, CEO, Greater Baltimore Committee)
- Mr. John Dinkel, Publisher, Baltimore Business Journal
- Mr. Mark Fetting, Chairman and CEO, Legg Mason Global Asset Management
- Mr. John Ridgeway, Corporate Manager, Toyota Financial Services
- Mr. Paul Cofoni, CEO, CACI International, Inc.
- Dr. David Wilson, President, Morgan State University
- Mr. Ralph Lee, Senior HR Director, Cintas Corporation
- Mr. Sagar Patel, President, GE Mechanical Systems
- The Honorable Luwanda Jenkins, Special Secretary, Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs, State of Maryland
UP FRONT! EXECUTIVE SPEAKER SERIES
Guests since Inception
2009 - 2010
- Attorney Sheela Murthy, Founder, Murthy Law Firm (Signature Series with Executive-in-Residence Mr. Kenneth Banks, CEO, Banks Contracting)
- Mr. Girish Gupta, Vice President/General Manager, Pepsi Beverages
- Mr. Leo Brooks, Jr., Vice President, Boeing
- Mr. Jason Aiken, Staff Vice President, General Dynamics
- Ms. Kim McCalla, Assistant Vice President, Design and Construction Management, Morgan State University
- Mr. Scott Wilfong, President and CEO, SunTrust Bank-Greater Washington Area
2008 - 2009
- The Honorable Adrienne Jones, House of Delegates, State of Maryland
- Mr. Mark Leach, Owner, Independent Computer Sales and Associates
- Mr. Paul Leader, Director of Event Management, Marriott Waterfront Hotel
- Mr. J. Phillip Holloman, COO, Cintas
- Mr. Thomas Leyden, Managing Director, SunPower Corporation
- Admiral Thad W. Allen, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard
- Mr. Michael Hankin, CEO, Brown Advisory
- Ms. Beth Perlman, SVP, CAO, CIO, Constellation Energy
- Mr. Michael Jackson, President and COO, SUPERVALU
- Mr. Clayton St. Laurent, Partner, Kowitz, Wise & St. Laurent
- Mr. Robert Stevens, CEO, Lockheed Martin
- Mr. Michael Greenberg, SVP, SunTrust Bank
UP FRONT! EXECUTIVE SPEAKER SERIES
Guests since Inception
2007 - 2008
- Ms. Jenny Trostel, Owner and President, SAAB of Baltimore
- Mr. Kenneth Banks, CEO, Banks Contracting
- Mr. Trent Williams, Private Bank Director, Northeast, Wachovia Bank
- Ms. Garnetta Massey, Senior Vice President, The Harbor Bank of Maryland
- Mr. David Cote, President and CEO, Honeywell, Inc.
- Mr. Roger Lewis, Vice President, Corporate Sourcing, Provident Bank
- Mr. Joseph Murray, Sr., Director, Community Relations, Ascend One
- Mr. Charles Lollar, General Manager, Cintas, Washington D.C.
2006 - 2007
- State Senator Verna L. Jones, Chair, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland
- Mr. Joseph Haskins, Jr., President and CEO, The Harbor Bank of Maryland
- Mr. Adrian Johnson, Treasurer, Municipal Employees Credit Union
- Mr. Peter Sadler, District Manager, J.C. Penny's
- Mr. Craig Thompson, ESQ., Partner, Venable, LLP
- Mr. Robert Rowan, President, Consumer Power Tools and
- Mr. Bruce Brooks, President, Construction Tools, Black & Decker
- Ms. Marcia Tuck, Senior Vice President, Retail Administration, SunTrust Bank, Maryland
UP FRONT! EXECUTIVE SPEAKER SERIES
Guests since Inception
2005 - 2006
- Ms. Beverly Cooper, Vice President, Reginald F. Lewis Foundation
- Dr. Rhamin Ligon, Chief, Emergency Department, Maryland General Hospital
- Ms. Claudette Jones, Vice President, Human Resources, Lafarge North America (Construction Materials)
- Mr. Edwin Avent, CEO and Publisher, Heart and Soul Magazine
- Dr. Jan Williams, 2006 PhD Recipient (Accounting), Morgan State University
- Mr. James Stangle, General Manager, Cintas Corporation
- Mr. Christopher Foster, Deputy Secretary, Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development
- Mr. Gerard Lindner, Partner, Ernst & Young - Baltimore
2004 - 2005
- Mr. Roger Barnes, Formerly of Fannie Mae
- Ms. Mimi Roeder-Vaughan, President, Roeder Travel
- Dr. Earl Richardson, President, Morgan State University
- Mr. Norm Wiley, Vice President, Sales, Black & Decker
2003 - 2004
- Ms. Gail Penha, CEO, Gap Enterprises, LLC
- Mr. Christopher Eddings, Publisher, The Daily Record
- Mr. Cecil Flamer, Partner, Ernst & Young - Baltimore
- Mr. Harry Holt, Managing Director, INROADS
- Ms. Michele Whelley, President, Downtown Partnership of Baltimore
- Mr. Bert Hash, President, Municipal Employees Credit Union
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Fall 2012 Seminar Series |
AUGUST | |
| 22 |
First Year Students Only |
| 29 |
Great Expectations! |
SEPT |
| 5 |
Professional Certifications with Dr. Ali Emdad, Chairperson, Department of Information Science and Systems (INSS) |
| 12 |
Are You a Soldier When You Get Hostility Instead of Hospitality? with Ms. Tishuana Hodge, Regional Director of Human Resources, Hilton |
| 19 |
Protege Readiness with Dr. David Zoogah, Associate Professor of Management |
| 26 |
Environmental Entrepreneurship: Oyster Aquaculture at Morgan's Estuarine Research Center, with Dr. Kelton Clark |
OCT |
| 3 |
Inservice - Workshop with 3rd Year Coordinators |
| 10 |
Homecoming/Midterms Week - NO SEMINAR |
| 17 |
UFD with Maryland State Senator Catherine Pugh |
| 24 |
I2E Final Presentations |
| 31 |
Red Cross Blood Drive |
NOV |
| 7 |
FirstLook Prep |
| 14 |
FirstLook |
| 21 |
Happy Thanksgiving! |
| 28 |
Networking with Ms. Patricia Minor |
