David R. Klock, who will join the College of Business on October 1, 2012 as dean, was named Ryder Eminent Scholar Chair in Business. School of Accounting Abhijit Barua, associate professor, has been named to the Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC Professorship. Wendy Gelman, senior instructor, was named an R. Kirk Landon Teaching and […]
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Faculty Notes: June 2012
School of Accounting Daniel Medina (MACC ’01, BACC ’97), adjunct, is quoted in an article titled “What’s new with e-discovery,” which appeared in South Florida Legal Guide Midyear 2012 Edition. Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems Nancy Borkowski, clinical associate professor; Ariel Gil, Write-to-Learn assistant director in the Chapman Graduate School; and Jean Gordon, […]
Faculty Notes: May 2012
Joyce J. Elam, executive dean, spoke at the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce’s Women’s Business Network Luncheon on May 15, 2012. Her topic was “My fifteen-year journey as a business school dean: lessons learned along the way.” School of Accounting Manny Pravia (MST ’92), adjunct, presented “Accounting for tax uncertainties from the tax, audit and […]
Faculty Notes: April 2012
Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam was quoted extensively in an article titled “Florida International University doubles size of Brickell center,” which appeared in the Miami Today edition for the week of April 26, 2012. School of Accounting Teresa Hernandez, a student in the Master of Accounting (MACC) program, and Robert W. McGee, associate professor, presented […]
Miami-Dade County officials participate in intense one-day leadership program at FIU.
Imagine a meeting of busy government officials where everyone arrived on time, came prepared, weren’t checking their electronic devices constantly, participated enthusiastically, stayed for the entire all-day event—and best of all, left with substantial new knowledge about leadership. That describes the Leadership Development Program for Miami-Dade County mayor Carlos Gimenez and his team, presented by […]
Top business, community and civic leaders convene at FIU to chart Miami’s course.
Nearly 100 influential community leaders gathered at The Miami Leadership Summit to discuss positioning the region as a global competitor economically, culturally and socially. The event, presented by Florida International University’s (FIU) Center for Leadership on January 17, 2012, was the brainchild of FIU’s president emeritus Modesto A. Maidique, who serves as the center’s executive […]
Faculty Notes: January 2012
Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems An article titled “Health Informatics: Critical to Healthcare’s Success” by Nancy Borkowski, clinical associate professor and director of graduate health management programs, was published in the South Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Reporter in January 2012. The article highlighted the College of Business Administration’s new degree—the Master of […]
Subscription rate soars for Center for Leadership’s “Leading” newsletter.
John F. Kennedy said “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” That reasoning explains the success of Leading, the electronic quarterly newsletter launched in 2011 by the Center for Leadership in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU). Between the premier issue in September and the second in December, subscriber count […]
Faculty Notes: November 2011
Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam was featured along with nine other deans of business schools in an article titled “Ten on Ten,” which appeared in the November/December issue of BizEd, a publication of AACSB. Her section was called “Where is IT taking us?” Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems Nancy Borkowski, clinical associate professor […]
Panel of experts presents new research on international leadership.
Florida International University (FIU), South Florida’s leading business school with a unique expertise in international business, provided the appropriate setting for the “Leadership in an Age of Uncertainty: The Evolving Leader in a World without Borders” research colloquium. This multidisciplinary event on October 25, 2011, was part of Leadership Colloquium 2011, presented by the Center […]