Every second, the world consumes 40,000 gallons of liquid fuel. Audience in the Ocean Bank Auditorium gathered for āOutlook for Energyā forum. Startling statistics like this one explain why the subject of energy generates discussion around the globeāincluding at the College of Business Administration during the Energy Business Forum held on November 14, 2007. More […]
Author: Beverly Z. Welber
Executive MBA students hit the road to see how China does business.
Executive MBA students visiting General Motors in Shanghai The College of Business Administrationās Executive MBA (EMBA) program offers entrepreneurs and professionals the opportunity to integrate new knowledge and apply new skills and insights into their current work. Classroom learningāincluding courses on international business and global financeāplays a key role in the EMBA experience. The coursework […]
Conference enables women to take next steps along leadership path.
Team building activity, Acid River, aimed at testing participantsā abilities to prioritize, organize, and mobilize around a challenge. āWomen on the Move: Advancing Authentic Leadersā brought together experts on leadership and women rising in their organizations. Organized by Florida International Universityās Center for Leadership and run by the College of Business Administrationās Office of Executive […]
Accounting regulations challenge would-be pharmaceutical investors.
Stephen Lin The successful production of a new drug benefits people with medical needs and investors alike. Yet, the time from R&D to product launch spans years, many drugs never make it very far along in the process, and the costābeginning with R&D through clinical trials to marketāruns in the billions of dollars. How can […]
Alumni Notes
The Florida International University Foundation Board of Directors elected Joseph L. Caruncho (BBA ā81), chief executive officer of Preferred Care Partners, Inc., as vice chair. Caruncho also chairs the collegeās Deanās Council. Juan Carlos Ruiz ( BBA ā85) and his company, Micro Sharp Hearing Centers, were recognized recently by the Miami Herald for āOutstanding Service […]
Chapman Graduate School will host alumni party on December 6, 2007.
The collegeās Chapman Graduate Schoolās alumni holiday networking party will be held on Thursday, December 6th, from 6:00-9:00 p.m. in the business building complex at Modesto A. Maidique Campus.Ā The event marks a great opportunity to network with fellow alums and enjoy entertainment, cocktails, appetizers and prizesānot to mention witnessing the new building complex at […]
Victoria Johnson (MSHRM ā05)
Victoria Johnson Graduate Degree: Master of Science in Human Resource Management, College of Business Administration, Florida International University Undergraduate Degree: Bachelor of Science in Professional Management, NOVA Southeastern University Current Employment: Human Resources Director, Fellowship House, Miami, Florida. Mission of Fellowship Miami: To assist adults with severe and persistent psychiatric disabilities and individuals who also […]
College reaches out to community of K-12 language teachers.
Maria Amparo Yuste, deputy director SpaināU.S. Chamber of Commerce, speaks to participants. Thirty K-12 teachers, mostly from Miami-Dade, Broward, and West Palm Beach counties, recently got expert advice about an important task: how to incorporate aspects of Spanish for international business into the standard high school Spanish curricula. Organized for the second time by the […]
Student consultants and their client benefit from case study.
Team members conducted some of their research on site at CCT’s warehouse. As a relatively new company, CCT Global Logistics couldnāt afford to hire consultants to evaluate an efficiency challenge theyād encountered. Nor could they afford to take valuable staff time to deal with it. A solution presented itself in the form of four students […]
College of Business Administration comes on strong at NSHMBA conference.
Martin Fernandez, Tatiana Lopez, Ruben Salazar, and Mahendran Jawaharial compete at NSHMBA. From its booth alongside partner Bank of America (BOA) to its co-sponsored breakfast with BOA attended by several hundred registrants to the sterling performance of a team of four Professional MBA (PMBA) students invited to compete in a case competition, the College of […]