School of Accounting Manny Pravia (MST ’92), adjunct, presented a presented a Federal Tax Update to the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA) Tax and Financial Planning Conference on November 21, 2013, and to the Miami-Dade and South Dade FICPA Chapters on December 7. Department of Management and International Business Jerry Haar, professor, associate […]
School of Accounting Manny Pravia (MST ’92), adjunct, presented a two-hour seminar on “U.S. International Tax Concepts” to the Valle del Cauca Chapter of the Asociación Nacional de Empresarios (ANDI) in Cali, Colombia on November 15, 2013. Department of Decision Sciences and Management Systems Monica Chiarini Tremblay, Debra VanderMeer and Gloria Deckard, associate professors, presented […]
Gerald C. Grant Jr., a two-time graduate of Florida International University’s (FIU) College of Business who once worked two jobs while studying full-time, has pledged $1 million to help business students pursue their dreams. Grant and his wife, Jennifer Adger Grant, have created an endowment to establish the Gerald C. Grant Jr. and Jennifer Adger […]
Weekly Information Center Market Insight The market has shown continuing underlying economic fundamentals, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting an increase in private payrolls of 204,000 from a previous 150,000. The private employment sector signals to a bettering labor market, which coupled with a .3% advance in Q3 GDP to 2.8%, could provide further […]
School of Accounting Elio Alfonso, assistant professor, was featured on radio station 880, The Biz, on the Pete De La Torre program on October 3, 2013. Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems Monica Chiarini Tremblay, associate professor, and Gloria Deckard, associate professor and associate dean of the Landon Undergraduate School, presented the seminar “One […]
Nancy Richmond, FIU Business’ new director of Career Management Services, came to the college with a mission: helping students maximize their professional social media presence as they engage in the job search process. As the founder of the Career Counselor Technology Forum on LinkedIn with over 2,200 members, Richmond specializes in social media and the […]
For the second straight year, the Masters of Science in Finance (MSF) program at Florida International University (FIU) has earned the number four ranking in the category of Master in Finance Post-Experience 2013, according to the Financial Times. The top three rankings were earned by the London Business School, Singapore Management University and University of […]
The R. Kirk Landon Undergraduate School of Business in the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU) has earned Top Ten finishes for its marketing and international business specialties in the highly regarded 2013 Bloomberg Businessweek’s survey of business programs at U.S. colleges and universities. The school’s marketing specialty placed seventh among all schools […]
Florida International University’s (FIU) 2012 Americas Venture Capital Conference awarded Trapezoid Digital Security and Fotopigeon top prizes at closing ceremonies for the event, which brought together nearly 400 investors, ventures and other attendees to the JW Marriott Brickell. The 2012 AVCC was presented by the Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center at the FIU College of Business. […]
Calling for a new generation of leadership that will inspire a community to transcend personal differences to serve others, David Lawrence Jr., former publisher of The Miami Herald, delivered the keynote address at the first annual Chapman Leadership Lecture, an event presented by Florida International University’s (FIU) College of Business’ Center for Leadership (CFL). “Each […]
