On September 25, 2009, the Faculty Awards Luncheon reinforced that students truly appreciate the efforts that faculty members in the College of Business Administration make on their behalf. Undergraduate and graduate students as well as those from student organizations selected the recipients for a series of highly competitive teaching awards. The event also provided the […]
Author: Beverly Z. Welber
Dean’s Alumni Circle gets hats off . . . and hats on . . . treatment.
Members of the Dean’s Alumni Circle recently got a reminder of the school-room instruction to put on their thinking caps. Only this time, the person putting on the caps was Joyce Elam, executive dean of the college. And, the setting was the first Dean’s Alumni Circle board meeting—not of the school year, but of the […]
Alumni at Ernst & Young take lead in securing donation.
When the Ernst & Young Student Learning Lab was dedicated, it meant a great deal to many constituencies of the college: a group of alumni, their firm, current and future business students, and the business school’s faculty, administration and staff. The generosity of alumni Alvaro R. Florez (BBA ’88), Ricardo Gonzalez (BBA ’95), James C. […]
Alumni Notes
BankUnited has named Nicholas G. Bustle (MIB ’88) senior executive vice president, Commercial Banking. Bustle will oversee commercial, middle market, small-business banking and commercial real estate services to customers in BankUnited’s Florida footprint. Bustle is the chair of the Dean’s Council. Jeremy Ahwee (BACC ’95) was promoted to principal at Goldstein Lewin & Co. Albert […]
Dean’s Council and new FIU president hit the ground running.
It’s a new beginning for the Dean’s Council—the college’s principal advisory board, which offers strategic guidance to the business school administrators—and for Mark Rosenberg, FIU’s fifth president. At its first meeting of the 2009-2010 fiscal year, the two had the chance to interact. Dean’s Council members learned about Rosenberg’s plans to “Hit the Ground Running,” […]
Finance seminar series continues to attract renowned presenters.
Since 2006, Suchi Mishra, a member of the Finance and Real Estate Department, has organized seminars at which leading scholars present to faculty and PhD students. The 2009 season got off to a strong start on September 18th with a lecture by noted real estate professor Timothy Riddiough, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Approximately 25 faculty members […]
Two business school faculty members honored at 2009 Faculty Convocation.
Donald Roomes, Department of Management and International Business, and Laureano Martinez, Department of Finance and Real Estate, were among a very select group recognized at the annual Faculty Convocation, held on September 17, 2009. Roomes was the sole recipient of an award for advising. Martinez was one of three adjunct faculty members to receive an […]
Seminar looks at CEO power and compensation in troubled times.
With many companies undergoing financial pressure these days, it’s no surprise that CEOs have plenty to worry about. A recent seminar organized by the Department of Management and International Business at Florida International University (FIU) provided a forum for two faculty members from the University of Miami to shed some scholarly light on the topic. […]
Alumnus’s company helps decision makers better understand Hispanic consumers.
“We want to thank Hispanics nationwide for allowing us the privilege to enter their lives on a daily basis, all in an effort to have one person’s opinion represent that of thousands of members of their community.” With those words, Martin Cerda (BBA ’86), founder, president and research director of Encuesta, Inc.—a marketing research and […]
Largest-ever IMBA group participates in first-time off-campus orientation.
Though you can swim with dolphins at Hawks Cay Resort in the Florida Keys, the newest members of the International MBA (IMBA) program in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) recently got a completely different kind of immersion. Over an intense two-day period, almost all of the 91 students—a record enrollment—participated […]