“I can say that I have been to the beginning of the Internet,” said Kevan Edwards, office assistant in the Downtown Center and a student in the college’s Downtown MBA program. With an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering, Edwards has had a long-standing interest in the Internet. However, he never had the chance to see […]
Author: Beverly Z. Welber
Business Partners Luncheon provides pre-Thanksgiving treat.
Guests at the Business Partners Luncheon, seated from left: Colin D’Arcy, president, South Florida commercial division, Humana, Inc.,Chapman Executive Committee;Monique Catoggio(EMBA ’03), director, alumni and partner relations; Luis Tapanes, manager, Beckman Coulter, EMBA Advisory Board; Hernan Vera, director, marketing, global supply chain solutions, Ryder System, Inc., EMBA Advisory Board; Carolyn Donaldson (MSHRM ’06), vice president, […]
Alumni gather for Burger King’s Corporate Day.
About forty of Florida International University’s alumni who work at Burger King’s headquarters in Blue Lagoon gathered to celebrate their alma mater and to network with university administrators in attendance. The event, organized by the university’s Office of Alumni Relations and hosted by Burger King, was supported heavily by the college, which partners with Burger […]
Alumni Notes
Ed Ricardo (BA ’83) has been added as a named partner at Coral Gables accounting firm Jordan Castellon & Company. F. Antonio Puente (BBA ’92) has joined Fairchild Partners as senior vice president for commercial sales and leasing. Barbara E. Reed (MBA ’94) has been promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer at […]
Insurance expert reflects on a changing industry.
An audience of 85 people attended the second Herbert A. Wertheim Lecture of the fall, 2006 series, presented by Bernard John Daenzer, CPCU, JD, and chairman of Daenzer Associates. He spoke on “The Incredible Growth of Professional Risk Management in the Last Fifty Years.” He should know. He’s been a major player all that time. […]
College’s Alumni Circle joins faculty for exciting connections.
Members of the Alumni Circle soon will participate in a new program designed by Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam, called Faculty Linkage. Monique Catoggio (EMBA ’03) “Because the Circle is a college-wide group and is not attached to a particular degree program, it is important that its members have the opportunity to engage more deeply […]
“A Night in Paradise” marks the end of ordinary fundraisers.
After four short months on the Business Alumni Chapter Board, a small group of dedicated volunteers envisioned a creative charity event—one that would create funds for the college’s Business Alumni Scholarship Fund as well as contribute a gift to CHARLEE, a non-profit organization that helps abused and neglected children. The board’s mission was to develop […]
NSHMBA conference makes impact on attendees…and vice versa.
Opening day at NSHMBA Conference and Career Expo When Anand Shah, a student in the Executive MBA (EMBA) program in the college’s Chapman School, was offered a full scholarship to attend the 16th Annual Conference and Career Expo of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) in 2005, he declined. Instead, he spent the next […]
Alumna’s career attains new heights.
Heather Freeland (IMBA ’03, BBA ’00) has moved up in the world: to 8,000-plus feet. In her new position as special events and sales manager for The Club at Cordillera (cordillera-vail.com) in Vail, Colorado, she has a different perspective on the value of her experiences in the college—experiences that helped her win the job and […]
College’s MBA programs garner increasing recognition in rankings.
For the first time, the College of Business Administration’s Executive MBA program appeared on the just-released (October 23, 2006) Financial Times rankings of the top 85 executive MBA programs around the world, coming in above that of any other business school in Florida. The college’s Executive MBA program (#78) was ranked above those at the […]