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 […]
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Leadership Miami event invites youths to campus to “Open Minds/Open Doors.”
“All things are possible.” This message resonated for the 30 students brought to campus recently by the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization to participate in the daylong “Open Minds/Open Doors” event. According to Garth D. Headley (MS ’07), director of programs, Center for Leadership, College of Business Administration, the campus visit marks the first of […]
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 […]
National Society of Hispanic MBAs conference urges attendees to “Think Ahead. Move Forward.”
The weather in Minnesota was decidedly chilly in early October, but for the Florida International University (FIU) contingent attending the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) Conference and Career Expo in Minneapolis, the atmosphere was anything but cold. More than a dozen students and alumni pursued hot job leads and participated in warm networking events […]
Business school ramps up paperless initiative.
Whether the issue centers on reducing costs or dealing with increasing demand for limited storage space, the effort to create a paperless environment provides a solution. The College of Business Administration embarked on such a path a number of years ago, and this year, Joyce Elam, executive dean of the business school, affirmed her commitment […]
Case competition benefits Disney and College of Business Administration team.
Say “Disney” and listeners might recall their childhood absorption in cartoons, or agitating for a trip to Disney World or Disneyland. However, for five members of the College of Business Administration’s Professional MBA (PMBA) program, the word meant something far more serious. Over an intense weekend, they had to devise strategic business recommendations for Walt […]
College launches popular graduate programs in Mexico and Panama.
Combine solid economies in countries with strong U.S. ties, proven graduate programs offered by the College of Business Administration, and the college’s commitment to sharing the expertise of its faculty to benefit students globally, and you have the foundation for the expansion of the Master of Accounting (MACC) to Mexico and the Professional MBA (PMBA) […]
Professional MBA program gets off the ground.
Thirty-four students from more than a dozen countries have begun the new Professional MBA (PMBA) program at the FIU Broward Pines Center. That’s just one shy of the ambitious initial enrollment goal set by the Chapman Graduate School of Business. The numbers validate the organizers’ research that indicated that a flexible, Saturday program offered in […]