From left: Robert Garcia, director, Executive and Professional Education; Harold Sinnott, vice president, Citigroup Global Transaction Services (GTS) and human resources head, Latin América; Maria José Monti, director, GTS regional client manager, Latin América; Juan Pablo Trigo, managing director, GTS business manager, Central América; and José de la Torre, dean of the Chapman School The […]
Author: Beverly Z. Welber
The Peace Corps just celebrated its 45th anniversary, an occasion that brought memories to and reconnections among those who have served as volunteers since its inception.
Ed Glab during his Peace Corps volunteer stint. In 1963, Ed Glab, director, Knight Ridder Center for Excellence in Management in the College of Business Administration, was an idealistic young man one-month short of his 21st birthday and devastated by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He turned that desolation into a positive commitment: […]
Entrepreneurship Week USA comes and goes, but its impact remains.
Bruce Welch (left), graduate student assistant in the Pino Center, at Entrepreneurship Week USA Fair When Entrepreneurship Week USA took place across the country from February 24-March 3, 2007, the Eugenio Pino and Family Global Entrepreneurship Center in the College of Business Administration was a lively participant. Sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation—a grant […]
Two top business leaders motivate and inspire Wertheim Lecture attendees.
One is a South Florida business legend who shared lessons learned while transforming a waterbed store chain into a leading quality furniture retailer. One is a recognized automotive industry leader whose career path has taken her from receptionist to globetrotting executive. Both Herbet A. Wertheim lecturers drew capacity crowds of 100 faculty, students, alumni, and […]
Innovative Latin Trade MBA Challenge offers full scholarship to winning candidate.
From left to right: José de la Torre, Chapman School dean; Livia Muzzi, scholarship winner; and Mike Zellner, Latin Trade publisher Florida International University and Latin Trade magazine recently partnered to launch the Latin Trade MBA Challenge, which offered participants the chance to win a full-tuition scholarship for the International MBA (IMBA) program in the […]
Victorious case competition participants showed thirst for success.
The college’s self-named “Dream Team” holds their trophy—from left, Blas Elias, Ruben Salazar, Martin Fernández, Tatiana Lopez, and Mahendran K. Jawaharlal Teams competing in the Intercollegiate Case Competition hosted by the University of South Florida spent an intense 24 hours analyzing a case from an actual company and presenting recommendations to a panel of judges […]
College of Business Administration takes center stage in Tallahassee.
Florida Governor Charlie Crist flanked by student ambassadors Angelina Troff, left, and Sashle Eslaquit, right FIU Day, an annual event held in the state capital—Tallahassee, Florida—gives representatives from Florida International University(FIU) a chance to showcase the university’s programs and services as well as to meet with key state legislators and their staffs at the start […]
College of Business Administration makes strong showing in BusinessWeek rankings.
The second annual ranking of the country’s best undergraduate business schools as evaluated by BusinessWeek brought great news to the College of Business Administration. The school ranked in the top 5 percent among the 1,400 business schools in the nation and among the top 20 percent of those accredited by AACSB International—the Association to Advance […]
New study shows that coordination among supply chain partners reduces costs.
Sushil K. Gupta “We need to cut costs!” This mandate drives most companies today—and many of them look to supply chain management as one area in which they could achieve that goal. “The importance of effective supply chain management is increasing amid intense global competition and growing business complexities,” said Sushil K. Gupta, professor in […]
Alumni Notes
Ramon Ferran (BBA ’79), senior vice president of corporate lending at TotalBank, has been elected to Florida international University’s Alumni Association’s board of directors. The Related Group has appointed Matthew J. Allen (MBA ’91) executive vice president and chief operating officer. Previously he was the executive vice president and chief financial officer. American Express announced […]