How to best address inequities in the availability of quality health care remains one of the more pressing aspects of our country’s health care dilemma. On November 15, 2007, concerned students, faculty, and staff joined representatives from the health care community in the Ocean Bank Auditorium in the new College of Business Administration Complex to […]
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Fashion, friends, and fundraising come together to help Latin American children in need.
Telemundo interviews Carlos Arturo Zapata, haute couture designer. Hot high fashion paraded down the runway to the sound of cool live music as the spirit of generosity soared during the first annual Fashion for Friends fashion show and fundraising event benefiting Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos, a network of orphanages in Latin America and the Caribbean. Students […]
Department of State’s energy advisor meets with college’s Energy Business Forum.
Ed Glab, director, Knight Ridder Center for Excellence in Management; Carmen Algeciras (MIB ’03, BA ’01), director, USAID Farmer-to-Farmer Program; Greg Manuel, Department of State energy advisor, and George Philippidis, associate director of the university’s Applied Research Center. On December 4, 2007, Greg Manuel, Department of State energy advisor to Condoleezza Rice, met with members […]
Looking into the energy crystal ball: Where will 2030 find us?
Every second, the world consumes 40,000 gallons of liquid fuel. Audience in the Ocean Bank Auditorium gathered for “Outlook for Energy” forum. Startling statistics like this one explain why the subject of energy generates discussion around the globe—including at the College of Business Administration during the Energy Business Forum held on November 14, 2007. More […]
Chapman Graduate School will host alumni party on December 6, 2007.
The college’s Chapman Graduate School’s alumni holiday networking party will be held on Thursday, December 6th, from 6:00-9:00 p.m. in the business building complex at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The event marks a great opportunity to network with fellow alums and enjoy entertainment, cocktails, appetizers and prizes—not to mention witnessing the new building complex at […]
College reaches out to community of K-12 language teachers.
Maria Amparo Yuste, deputy director Spain–U.S. Chamber of Commerce, speaks to participants. Thirty K-12 teachers, mostly from Miami-Dade, Broward, and West Palm Beach counties, recently got expert advice about an important task: how to incorporate aspects of Spanish for international business into the standard high school Spanish curricula. Organized for the second time by the […]
College of Business Administration comes on strong at NSHMBA conference.
Martin Fernandez, Tatiana Lopez, Ruben Salazar, and Mahendran Jawaharial compete at NSHMBA. From its booth alongside partner Bank of America (BOA) to its co-sponsored breakfast with BOA attended by several hundred registrants to the sterling performance of a team of four Professional MBA (PMBA) students invited to compete in a case competition, the College of […]
New program grooms supply chain management professionals.
Students in the first offering of the APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) Program, and their instructor, Michael Richardson, far right. With businesses striving to gain an advantage, taking a global view of operations has emerged as a significant activity. Yet, understanding how each part of a company’s complex chain of relationships is connected—from suppliers […]
Advisory board for Career Management Services holds first meeting.
Left to right: Dawn Lazar, Elsie Florido, Barry Shiflett, and Ellie Browner The concept of advisory boards pervades graduate programs in the College of Business Administration’s Chapman School. The formula: assemble a group of energetic business leaders with an interest in your mission and goals. Then, get their feedback on your activities and initiatives to […]
Kenneth D. Rosen makes major donation to Jerome Bain Real Estate Institute.
Kenneth D. Rosen Ever since the establishment of Florida International University in 1972, Kenneth D. Rosen, CCIM, president, Kendar Realty, Inc., dreamed of seeing a school of real estate at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Thanks in large part to his dedication, a thriving one exists. The most recent sign of his commitment: a personal contribution […]