Since 1999, the College of Business Administration has had a strong commitment to Jamaica and recently took the next step by establishing an advisory board for its two programs there: the International Executive MBA (IEMBA) and the Master of Science in Human Resources Management (MSHRM). Courses are taught at the University College of the Caribbean […]
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Fall Commencement honors graduates, alumnus.
Fall Commencement took place on December 20, 2005. During the afternoon ceremony, 436 undergraduates from the Landon Undergraduate School programs, with the exception of the School of Accounting, received their degrees. The Chapman Graduate School and the School of Accounting ceremony took place in the evening, with a total of 338 students, including those from […]
Master of Accounting program graduates twenty-eight students in October.
Members of the sixth cohort of the College’s Master of Accounting (MACC) program graduated on October 21, 2005. The approach of Hurricane Wilma did not damage the good spirits of the 28 graduates and guests—totaling seventy people—who attended the event at the Rusty Pelican Restaurant. Students made awards to fellow cohort members and to faculty. […]
College breaks ground for new business building complex.
Donning hard hats and bearing golden shovels at the Ground Breaking Ceremony on November 18, 2005, from left, Chapman Graduate School Dean José de la Torre, Regions Bank President Angel Medina, Jr., Board of Trustees member and donor R. Kirk Landon, Ocean Bank President José Concepción, Florida International University President Modesto Maidique, College of Business […]
Chapman School expands its focus on China.
José de la Torre, dean of the Chapman Graduate School of Business at Florida International University, recently returned from a six-day trip to China where he met with officials from several business schools to discuss possible joint programs. Preliminary proposals with the Graduate School of Business at Nankai University, located in Tianjin, and the International […]
College creates Executive and Professional Education unit.
As part of its ongoing commitment to ensure exceptional customer service to the business community, the College of Business Administration has created the Executive and Professional Education unit to deliver a variety of non-credit programs for executives and managerial professionals. Its range of offerings will enable business professionals to keep current, refine their skills, and […]
Chapman Graduate School contributes sponsorship and expertise to forum.
José de la Torre, dean of the Chapman Graduate School, was moderator of a panel on “Remittances: What This Represents for Latin America.” The panelists with him are (left to right): Sergio Bendixen, president, Bendixen & Associates; José Maria Ayuso, executive vice resident of Product Management & Member Relations, Visa International; and José Guerrero, CEO, […]
Enrollment stats underscore College's diversity.
Demographics are in for the current undergraduate and graduate classes in the College of Business Administration and the figures support the aptness of the name Florida International University. Each class—bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D.—reveals a rich gender and ethnic blend among the 5,543 students, 2,852 of whom are women and 2,691 of whom are men. In […]
Executive MBA students pay ten-day visit to India.
Participants in the Executive MBA trip to India got to see one of the world’s most famous monuments: the Taj Mahal. Twenty-six students, 24 in the current Executive MBA cohort in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University and two Executive MBA alumni; Sumit Kundu, Ingersoll-Rand professor in international business and faculty director […]
College captures high rankings in three separate lists.
The College of Business Administration at Florida International University now holds seventh position in U.S. News and World Report‘s “America’s Best Colleges 2006′” annual ranking of undergraduate international business programs at U.S. business schools. The College has moved up two places in this listing of undergraduate programs with a focus on international business since last […]