Carlos Alsua found himself wandering around a night market in Jaipur as part of an FIU-led trip to India, held off for a year due to COVID-19. As a University of Arizona professor studying how cultures around the world are adapting to life during a pandemic, Alsua noticed how happy the merchants were to have […]
Author: Lauren Comander
FIU Business brings insights, strategies to hundreds of viewers in “great resignation” panel.
Amid the backdrop of employers confronting a tight labor market and employees enjoying a newfound sense of power, more than 200 people logged on for an FIU Business discussion and Q&A on the state of employment today, nearly two years into the pandemic. Top leaders in their industries joined moderator Marc Weinstein, faculty director of FIU’s […]
Logistics firm WTDC hires seven FIU Business interns
When junior Kristina Khudiakova isn’t learning international business theory in class, she is putting it into practice as a digital marketing intern at WTDC, a global trade firm. Three days a week, Khudiakova heads into the office to create promotional videos and social media content. She films, edits and writes, working closely with employees and […]
Shanequa Fleming, CEO of Culture Accelerators, Shares Insights on Leadership in the Post-Pandemic World.
As organizations reimagine the future and redesign business models, leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic doesn’t look all that different from leadership during times of normalcy, said Shanequa Fleming, CEO of Culture Accelerators, during “A Leadership Mindset,” a Wertheim Wisdom Wednesdays virtual event. Leaders should keep an eye on changes happening around them, maintain self-awareness and […]
FIU COVID-19 Datathon offers solutions to the challenge of campus repopulation.
An AI powered wearable device, a plan to supply personal protection equipment and a solution to optimize class scheduling took the top prizes in the FIU ATOM COVID-19 Datathon, held from July 24 to August 2, 2020. The competition, hosted by the FIU Business ATOM Think Tank to develop technology-driven solutions for repopulating the campus, attracted 51 students from throughout FIU. […]
CEO Speaker Series: Johannes Evenblij, PepsiCo
While packaging cookies for PepsiCo in Argentina, Diego Miguez noticed that a particular part on the line broke often, and its Italian-made replacement took a long time to arrive. Wondering why his company didn’t just print it on a 3D printer, Miguez went home and tried. Fourteen prototypes later, Miguez nailed it. Today, PepsiCo is […]
Some 1,300 FIU Business graduates celebrated at Summer 2019 Commencement.
Family and friends watched with pride as about 1,300 FIU College of Business students joined the alumni ranks at two summer 2019 commencement ceremonies on July 28, 2019. More than 550 master’s and PhD degrees were awarded, along with some 750 undergraduate degrees. FIU Business Dean Joanne Li and FIU President Mark Rosenberg greeted the […]
Butters family scholarship helps FIU real estate grads pay down debt and start anew.
When Jarrod Woodley started his Master of Science in International Real Estate (MSIRE) at Florida International University’s College of Business, he brought with him a history of failures but a perseverance to turn things around. Ten months later, at the Hollo School of Real Estate program’s graduation dinner on June 30, 2019, he not only […]
NABA celebrates achievements, new recognition for FIU chapter.
When Ken Bouyer looked around his starting class of 130 at Ernst & Young in 1990, he noticed only four other faces resembling his, filling him with doubt about whether he’d made the right decision and could succeed at such a place. Without knowledge of any professional organizations catering to them, the five would sneak […]
Spring Commencement celebrates accomplishments of FIU Business graduates.
A proud audience of friends, family and faculty members watched as nearly 1,000 FIU College of Business students received their degrees at the Spring 2019 commencement ceremonies on April 28, 2019 at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center. More than 225 scholars of the Alvah H. Chapman Graduate School and about 750 scholars from the R. […]