Sharon Lassar Though rental properties attract buyers who hope to gain steady income or to enjoy a high return upon their sale, tax law holds many complexities that can affect the profitability of such investments. Owners may lack awareness of the negative possibilities. Even tax advisors may not know all the potential pitfalls or ways […]
Author: Beverly Z. Welber
How many lives will you save?
Members of the twentieth BBA+ Weekend class have launched Business Students Saving Lives (BSSL), a civic engagement project in their Business in Society class, to raise funds to benefit Salva Mi Vida, a private organization in Honduras that helps poor children who have cancer. They have adopted the phrase “How many lives will you save?” […]
Eighteenth BBA+ Weekend group graduates.
Donald Roomes, director, BBA+ programs, and Charles Soto, class vice president, accepting the leadership award for Myrtle Alexander, class president. Fifty-one of the fifty-three students who began the BBA+ Weekend program in the fall of 2004 will graduate in the summer of 2006. A celebratory dinner took place on July 7, 2006, in the Graham […]
Executive MBA members get involved in team "rebuilding."
EMBA classmates at team-building event. Teams abound in corporate America and in many of the programs offered by the Chapman Graduate School of Business. The benefits of a well-running team are a given, and companies expend time and money to ensure that their teams are functioning at their best. So why would the Executive MBA […]
Beijing provides dramatic backdrop to program coordinated by college’s faculty member.
Mary Ann Von Glinow addresses AIB delegates. When Mary Ann Von Glinow, professor, Management and International Business Department in the college and director of Florida International University’s Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), stood on the stage of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, it was the culmination of months […]
Workshop takes a tropical twist: Farmer-to-Farmer program connects with tropical agricultural research.
Tropical fruit production and research take place in the two geographic extremes of the United States: South Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean region; and Hawaii and Guam in the Pacific Basin. While they face many of the same challenges, researchers in both regions had never come together […]
Alumni Notes
Accounting firm Kaufman, Rossin & Company has named Keith Ellenburg (BBA ’80) as a principal in the firm’s audit practice. Ellenburg is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Roberto Pardo (BBA ’81) has joined the Board of Directors of the Cuban-American Bar Association. […]
Meet Bill Wilson: An alumnus who knows how to network.
There is one thing Bill Wilson (MBA ’06, BBA ’04) knows: how to network. Wilson is a young, up- and-coming professional in government, born and raised right here in South Florida. He always has been a very proud Floridian. He was accepted to numerous universities, but when he visited Florida International University, he knew that […]
Real Estate Alumni Affinity Council (REACC) Networking Happy Hour scheduled for August 31st.
Mark your calendar for the upcoming Real Estate Alumni Affinity Council’s (REACC) networking happy hour scheduled for August 31st from 6:00-9:00 p.m. at the college’s Downtown Center, located in the Macy’s building. William Hardin, the new faculty director of the Master of Science in International Real Estate (MSIRE) program, will be the guest speaker. […]
Business Alumni Traveling Happy Hours return.
The signature Happy Hour series returns for its second year to continue providing the college’s alumni with the opportunity to mix and mingle with fellow business graduates in some of Miami’s favorite “hot” spots. This year’s theme is all about DRIVE—the drive of our alumni to succeed and become engaged members of their organizations and […]