Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems Karlene C. Cousins, associate professor, moderated the panel at the Distinguished Lunch and Learn Series for students in the Master of Science in Management Information Systems (MSMIS) program. The topic was “Legal Issues Facing the Technology Entrepreneur.” Law School faculty and local intellectual property attorneys participated. More than […]
Month: October 2011
Alumni Notes: October 2011
Stan Rubin (BBA ’77) has returned to South Florida as the chief financial officer of Ocean Bank. John Safranek (MSF ’90) has been named chief financial officer by the Miami Art Museum. Lance Benson (MBA ’03), former Dean’s Alumni Circle chair, has welcomed a new son, Sebastian.
College of Business Administration is star of the big top in Roary’s Circus.
“I loved the energy, enthusiasm, and amazing creativity exhibited by our staff and students during Homecoming 2011,” said Joyce J. Elam, executive dean of the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU). And the awards were pretty nice, too. College gains two first place university recognitions. “Congratulations to the Chapman Graduate School of […]
FBLA-PBL conducts training for hundreds of high school and middle school students.
To learn important skills, it pays to go to people who know what they’re doing. Three-hundred-fifty officers and fifty advisors from Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) at high schools and middle schools in Miami-Dade County came to Florida International University (FIU) to learn more about being effective leaders and running a strong organization. They […]
Future is bright for skilled audit professionals, Deloitte leader and FIU alumnus tells students.
The audit profession is experiencing a paradigm shift, according to a man who should know. Carlos Sabater (BACC ’81), national audit leader of Deloitte & Touche LLP and member of U.S. Board of Directors of Deloitte LLP, returned to his alma mater to be the first Executive in Residence for the School of Accounting in […]
Beta Alpha Psi named “Superior” chapter for fifth consecutive year.
Again and again, Beta Alpha Psi, the international accounting honor society at Florida International University (FIU), goes above and beyond what is expected by their national headquarters. And again and again, the chapter receives the recognition of being named a Superior Chapter. In fact, since the FIU chapter was formed in 1986 it has received […]
Weekly Market Wrap Up, October 10-14, 2011
Market Sees “Greener” Pastures for Europe’s Debt Crisis World markets achieved their best weekly performance in over two years on Friday. The Dow, S&P 500, and the NASDAQ closed on Friday with gains of 1.5%, 1.7%, and 1.8% respectively. European markets saw the bulls in full action for the week: Britain’s FTSE gained more than […]
Experts offer advice on making the most of technology in the workplace.
How can you boost productivity, decrease costs and better execute on your business goals by leveraging new workforce technologies? The recent MIT Enterprise Forum South Florida gave attendees the opportunity to ask experts that very question. Hosted jointly by the College of Business Administration’s Business Alumni Chapter and the MIT Enterprise Forum, the event brought […]
An on-target expo: top companies meet accounting, finance and MIS students.
“Employers often tell us that some of their companies’ best performers are graduates of Florida International University (FIU),” said Dawn Lazar (MS ’06), assistant director, Career Management Services, School of Accounting. “Our Ahead of the Game Expo lets recruiters meet ideal candidates from FIU’s accounting, finance and management information systems (MIS) programs.” The Ahead of […]
Weekly Market Wrap Up, October 3-7, 2011
Spain and Italy As the European debt crisis concern worsens the U.S. stocks retreated last week marking another week that Europe has affected the American Indexes. The Financial industry has had the biggest decline in the S&P 500. The S&P 500 fell nearly 1% lowering its weekly gain to just above 2% and the Dow […]