Two hundred alumni and guests from the Business, Honors, Real Estate and Law alumni chapters gathered at the beautiful new Texas de Brazil on Miami Beach on January 24, 2008, for part two of a multi-part series on the āArt of Networking.āĀ Senior students from the College of Business Administrationās student organizations also were invited […]
Author: Beverly Z. Welber
Simulation offers taste of the real worldāand success.
Students inĀ Strategic Management in the Multinational Corporation, taught byĀ Randall Martin (BA ā76), a member of the Department of Management and International Business, achieved repeated successes during the fall semester in the Business Strategy Game, used by 2,000 teams at 161 universities around the world. Players take a global athletic shoe company through five years of […]
Faculty member's research addresses future needs of the workplace.
Tomorrowās businesses likely will eschew the vertical structural models of today in favor of assembling teams of experts for time-limited, project-specific collaborations, saidĀ Irma Becerra-FernĆ”ndez (PhD ā94), associate professor, Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems in the College of Business Administration. In this new environment, how will businesses amass the human capital and expertise needed […]
Alumni Notes
Howard Shore (BBA ā91), principal of Activate Group, Inc., has been appointed to the board of directors of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the collegeās Alumni Circle. Guido Gallegos (MBA ā95) is a senior controller for Sulzer Metco. He is a long-standing finance specialist with eight years tenure in […]
Accounting and law students team up to aid small businesses, non-profits.
From left,Ā Corally Rodriguez, MACC student;Ā Illeana Charry, client;Indyara Andion, law student, andĀ Tessie Brunken, professor, Accounting Thanks to an innovative collaboration between the collegeās School of Accounting and the College of Law, qualified small businesses and non-profit organizations can receive free accounting services in the latterās Community Development Clinic. Launched in fall, 2007, the initiative has received […]
āArt of Networkingā event promises to be a hit.
This will not be your ordinary networking event! The Business, Real Estate, Law and Honors Alumni Chapters and Councils have bonded together to create a mixer worth attending. Guest speaker,Ā David Suarez (MBA ’04) will give you practical tips to improve your networking strategies and become better networkers. Suarez is president, CEO, and lead facilitator of […]
Chapman Alumni Holiday Reception reunites friends and faculty and introduces alumni to new college facility.
Chapman Graduate School Alumni gathered in the new College of Business Administrationās Complex on Thursday, December 6, 2007, to start off the holiday season by catching up with former classmates, professors, and program managers. Executive DeanĀ Joyce J. Elam welcomed alums back to the college and introduced attendees to the new building complex with guided tours. […]
Alumni join forces to create niche firm.
Zameer Upadhya (BACC ’02) and James Rivera (BACC ’01) Area of study: Bachelor in Accounting Zameer Upadhya (BACC ’02) andĀ James Rivera (BACC ’01) There to here: Combine a seven-year friendship, several commonalities, and an entrepreneurial spirit and you get the creation of an innovative niche social networking website namedĀ Babyspot.com. Company: Babyspot.com is a social networking […]
Walgreens makes two-part gift to college and two donors complete their contributions.
Walgreen’s vice president, store operations, presents check to Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam. The Walgreens name, which beckons from more than 6,000 locations in 49 states and Puerto Rico, recently acquired another spot from which to make its presence known: the new College of Business Administration Complex at Florida International University. The company donated $20,000 […]