At FIU, Career Management Services helps on-campus and online business students.

Looking at the career services a university offers is a smart move for prospective online students. That’s one criterion Daniel Vargas (CMBA ’12, BBA ’05) used to select Florida International University (FIU) for his online Corporate MBA (CMBA). “I had reached the ceiling in my job and needed to improve my credentials,” Vargas said. “My […]

FIU Business achieves top 100 ranking for online graduate business programs.

U.S.News & World Report has released new rankings for online programs and the Alvah H. Chapman Graduate School of Business at Florida International University (FIU) placed in the top 100 in two categories: 19th in the Student Engagement and Accreditation category and 69th in Student Services and Technology. In evaluating student engagement and accreditation, the […]

Three graduate programs —MIB, MSIRE and MSHRM — offered online in fall 2012.

Florida International University (FIU) has been actively engaged in online teaching since 1998. Now the highly-ranked Chapman Graduate School in the College of Business Administration has announced that in fall 2012 three programs—the Master in International Business (MIB), the Master of Science in International Real Estate (MSIRE) and the Master of Science in Human Resource […]

FIU welcomes largest number of Dual Degree graduate students from around the world.

The Dual Degree International Program at Florida International University (FIU) is on the grow. The innovative idea, which allows international students to receive a degree from FIU’s College of Business Administration while also earning a degree from their home institution—in almost the same time as it would take to earn only one degree—has enjoyed a […]

Annual luncheon recognizes faculty contributions.

Faculty members toil long and hard on behalf of their students, the College of Business Administration and Florida International University (FIU). That dedication gets recognized annually at the Faculty Awards Luncheon, this year held on September 24th and attended by approximately 65 dedicated colleagues. Undergraduate and graduate students as well as those from student organizations […]

Scholarship student Andrew Carbon graduates at top of class.

The graduate school scholarship that Andrew Carbon (MSHRM ’10, BBA ’06) received not only influenced his work on his master’s degree but also is affecting the rest of his life. Carbon, who completed his bachelor’s degree with a dual major in international business and management from the College of Business Administration at Florida International University […]

Fall Commencement helps close 2009 on upbeat note.

For students and their families and friends, there’s no more exciting event than when all the hard work, dedication and sometimes considerable sacrifice is recognized in the form of a college commencement. That was true for the more than 5,500 students who graduated from Florida International University (FIU) on December 14 and 15, 2009. Among […]

Chapman Networking Social provides welcome connection in tough times.

Approximately 120 graduate students, alumni, advisory board members and representatives from the College of Business Administration, including Joyce J. Elam, executive dean, gathered  at Segafredo Brickell to enjoy wine, hors d’œuvres and most importantly, each other’s company during a Chapman Networking Social this spring. Four graduate programs—Master of Science in Finance (MSF), Master of Science […]

Victoria Johnson (MSHRM ’05)

Victoria Johnson Graduate Degree: Master of Science in Human Resource Management, College of Business Administration, Florida International University Undergraduate Degree: Bachelor of Science in Professional Management, NOVA Southeastern University Current Employment: Human Resources Director, Fellowship House, Miami, Florida. Mission of Fellowship Miami: To assist adults with severe and persistent psychiatric disabilities and individuals who also […]

Burger King

Summer interns keep good company at Burger King.

Barry Shiflett This summer, six students from the College of Business Administration interned in a variety of departments at Burger King’s corporate headquarters in Miami. They worked alongside students from other leading universities, such as Harvard, Duke, Wharton, and the Rochester Institute of Technology. In fact, according to Barry Shiflett, director of Career Management Services […]