Where can you ski, dine in the desert and view the world’s tallest building? Dubai, of course. For 28 students, all but four of them undergraduate business majors in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU), a ten-day study abroad program to Dubai proved to be a revelation. “Dubai is as diverse […]
Author: Beverly Z. Welber
Glenn Rufrano (MS Real Estate ’74) is appointed CEO of world’s largest private real estate services firm.
The College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) proudly congratulates Glenn Rufrano (MS Real Estate ’74) on his appointment as president and CEO of Cushman & Wakefield Inc. He will begin his tenure on March 22, 2010. Cushman & Wakefield Inc. is the world’s largest privately held real estate services firm, with 15,000 […]
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Stefan Schins, network/security manager in the College of Business Administration’s Technology Center, was named the “Florida International University (FIU) Information Technology Employee of the Month” on February 4, 2010. The award, which came from the FIU Information Technology Administrators (ITA) Committee, recognized Schins for his continued contribution to the business school and the recent execution […]
Kaufman, Rossin & Co. hosts Alumni Day.
Inasmuch as about one-third of the employees at Kaufman, Rossin & Co.—one of Florida’s largest independent accounting firms—graduated from Florida International University (FIU), it’s no surprise that a gathering sponsored by the FIU Alumni Association would draw an enthusiastic group at the firm. And inasmuch as most of the firm’s FIU alumni are graduates of […]
Faculty Notes
School of Accounting Stephen Lin, associate professor and Knight Ridder Center Research professor; and assistant professors Abijit Barua and John (Changjiang) Wang, won a highly competitive “IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) Ready” award from the PricewaterhouseCoopers Charitable Foundation to fund their curriculum development proposal titled “Integrating IFRS in both accounting-major undergraduate and Master of Accounting […]
MBA from Italy savors work and educational experiences in Miami.
As the technical leader of group of engineers in the R&D department of a telecommunications company in Italy, Piero Vitale (MIB ’09) didn’t expect to find himself in Miami promoting Miami-Dade County as a place to do business, particularly to fashion-lifestyle companies based in Italy, France and Spain. But through an internship with The Beacon […]
Entertainment is serious business for alumnus.
Herb Payan (PMBA ’09), vice president, IS&T, Sony Music Entertainment, reflects on the global complexities in the music industry caused by the digital revolution: from understanding intellectual property rights, to integrating technology into business objectives, to the impact of the culture of “free music” on companies’ revenue streams. https://business.fiu.edu/biznews/2010/1/herb_payan.mp4
Students learn selling skills . . . by selling.
“Close to 70% of students with marketing degrees end up in sales.”—College recruiters “I don’t consider myself a selling-type person.”—Diane Edwards, marketing major, College of Business Administration, Florida International University (FIU) Given that such a high percentage of marketing majors become salespeople, and given the resistance expressed by Edwards and likely shared by many of […]
PMBA-Panama group reaches out to needy children for first, but not last, time.
Students in the first offering of Florida International University’s (FIU) Professional MBA-Panama (PMBA-Panama) periodically discussed a project to demonstrate their sense of social responsibility. However, bringing that idea to fruition always seemed to run into time or logistical obstacles. Not last December. With a goal to make the holiday season happier for kids, the group […]
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On November 17, 2009, Antoinette Lynch, assistant professor, School of Accounting, and her family volunteered for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami. The pinnacle of her experience came when she realized that she was helping to build a home for a family whose oldest daughter is currently an accounting major at the University South Florida […]