Two of our alumni recently received significant honors and we’re pleased to congratulate them. Torch Awards recognizes alumna. Gloria Romero Roses (BBA ’92) principal, Nexus_Consulting, LLC, was honored with a “Distinguished Alumni Award” at Florida International University’s (FIU) ninth annual Torch Awards Gala. “The alumni and faculty who are selected represent FIU’s finest—they are our […]
Author: Beverly Z. Welber
Re-located career fair expands job opportunities for FIU business students.
One-stop shopping. Just-in-time. Call it what you will, a career fair held in Orlando with University of Central Florida (UCF) and University of Florida (UF) provided a great opportunity for 44 Florida International University (FIU) graduate students in the College of Business Administration to meet potential employers. “Starting in 2005, we hosted the MBA/MS ‘Just […]
Faculty Notes
Decision Sciences and Information Systems Irma Becerra-Fernandez (PhD ’94), professor and director, Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center and fellow, Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center, has co-authored a book titled Business Intelligence, published by Wiley. Finance and Real Estate John Zdanowicz, professor and Florida International Bankers Association Chair, has continued to contribute to work on the topic of […]
Alumnus is an ace at making a lasting impression.
Whether his audience is a corporate group, students or the homeless, Frank Kelly (BBA ’01), a professional speaker and product manager for Johnson and Johnson, has a formula for helping transform each listener into a “lasting impressionist.” It’s as easy as A.C.E. (attitude, communication skills and external image)—and he doesn’t just explain it, he embodies […]
FIU listed among the top 15 graduate business schools in global management and operations.
Florida International University’s (FIU) Chapman Graduate School has been rated among the top 15 business schools in two categories—global management and operations—surveyed in The Princeton Review’s second annual “Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools.” The lists, which reflect the evaluations of 19,000 MBA students, appear in the April 2010 issue of Entrepreneur magazine. The graduate […]
First graduation takes place for Professional MBA-Panama.
On February 26, 2010, the 28 students in the inaugural Professional MBA in Panama (PMBA-Panama) graduated from the twenty-month, weekend MBA program designed for busy working professionals. Quality Leadership University (QLU) in Panama City offers the program, primarily taught by professors from the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU). Oscar Leon, QLU […]
BusinessWeek ranks undergraduate program among top in nation.
For the third time in the last four years, the College of Business Administration has been recognized in a Bloomberg BusinessWeek survey of undergraduate business programs. In its online The Best Undergrad B-Schools, Bloomberg BusinessWeek ranked the R. Kirk Landon Undergraduate School of Business at Florida International University (FIU) at 107th. Among all public schools […]
Florida A&M University names FIU Business alumna dean of School of Business and Industry.
After a national search, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) appointed Shawnta Friday-Stroud (PhD ’97) as dean of its School of Business and Industry (SBI). FAMU Provost Cynthia Hughes Harris made the announcement on February 15, 2010. “I am so proud of Friday-Stroud and I am very confident that she will be an excellent dean,” […]
New group plays key liaison role between current and future alumni.
“We see ourselves as the United Nations of the College of Business Administration—a place to share ideas for achieving greater success through more cooperation, and where student leaders come to offset weaknesses through others’ strengths.” With those words, Francesco Orofino, student liaison to the college’s Business Alumni Chapter (BAC) at Florida International University (FIU) set […]
Wertheim Lecture looks at poverty and ways out.
Does the value of education really need to be pitched on a college campus? Yes, when the person doing the pitch is Gustavo A. Cisneros, chairman, Cisneros Group of Companies—one of the largest privately held media, entertainment, telecommunications and consumer products organizations in the world. And yes, again, when he speaks about education in the […]