Earning a degree from the College of Business Administration was just one gratifying experience for recent graduates. Walking in Florida International University’s Commencement on December 19, 2006, was another. And so was participating in a festive round of parties, affording them the opportunity to socialize and recognize their classmates and professors. Here’s a sampling. BBA+ […]
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BBA+ Weekend class “lights the night” with commitment to community service.
Chances are, we all know someone—be it a friend, family member, or neighbor—whose life has been touched by cancer. Just such a personal connection with the difficulties faced by a loved one fighting leukemia lit the spark fueling the community service project that students in Group 21 of the current BBA+ Weekend program are supporting. […]
How many lives will you save?
Members of the twentieth BBA+ Weekend class have launched Business Students Saving Lives (BSSL), a civic engagement project in their Business in Society class, to raise funds to benefit Salva Mi Vida, a private organization in Honduras that helps poor children who have cancer. They have adopted the phrase “How many lives will you save?” […]
Eighteenth BBA+ Weekend group graduates.
Donald Roomes, director, BBA+ programs, and Charles Soto, class vice president, accepting the leadership award for Myrtle Alexander, class president. Fifty-one of the fifty-three students who began the BBA+ Weekend program in the fall of 2004 will graduate in the summer of 2006. A celebratory dinner took place on July 7, 2006, in the Graham […]
Meet Bill Wilson: An alumnus who knows how to network.
There is one thing Bill Wilson (MBA ’06, BBA ’04) knows: how to network. Wilson is a young, up- and-coming professional in government, born and raised right here in South Florida. He always has been a very proud Floridian. He was accepted to numerous universities, but when he visited Florida International University, he knew that […]
Festive dinner helps BBA+ graduates celebrate their new status.
Forty students who recently completed the BBA+ program had a chance to mark their achievements with friends, family, faculty, and program staff at a dinner at the Modesto A. Maidique Campus Faculty Club on April 7, 2006. The seventeenth group to graduate from the BBA+ Weekend option included 24 students. Sixteen students, representing the second […]
Largest BBA+ Weekend fundraising attempt surpasses goal.
Ana Lorenzo and son When students in the BBA+ Weekend program in the College of Business Administration embarked on a journey to raise nearly $20,000 for Project Thrive, the Infant & Toddler Stimulation Program of ARC (Association for Retarded Citizens of South Florida), they weren’t sure they’d reach their goal. “It seemed like it could […]
Community service project sparks great interest.
Members of Group 19 in the BBA+ Weekend’s Business in Society class in the College of Business Administration have been working diligently on a special class project, “Spark for ARC” (Association for Retarded Citizens of South Florida). Their goal was to raise $20,000 to provide disabled children with specialized computer equipment to improve their educational […]
College volunteers pack bags for kids in need.
Students in the BBA Weekend program assembled 137 book bags for kids in a local shelter. Hundreds of area kids started school this year with smiles on their faces thanks to new, well-filled packs on their backs, courtesy of three separate efforts by members of the College of Business Administration. About fifty faculty and staff […]