Fernando Panizo (BBA ’00) never tires of the sweet smell of cocoa, the main ingredient in the fine chocolates produced by his family in Peru. It is this smell that he grew up with as he watched his mother, Elena, create the sweet treats in their home kitchen. Not only did he crave his mother’s […]
Author: Beverly Z. Welber
Real Estate Alumni Affinity Council (REAAC) announces new board members.
From left to right: Robert Meneses, president-elect; Denisse Recinos, vice president and chair of Events Committee, and Bill Harter, president. Not pictured: Andrew Demos, treasurer/secretary At a special reception at The Banker’s Club on May 31st, the 2006-2007 REAAC Board of Directors was announced. They are: President: Bill Harter, account manager at Spherion Corporation President-elect: […]
Future home for college proceeds on all fronts.
The physical construction of the new College of Business Administration’s building complex is moving along briskly, as is the continued effort to raise funds for the multi-phase Building for Business Campaign, whose components include: the Building Complex Fund; the Growth and Excellence Fund, which seeks to increase annual giving for special programs and initiatives; and […]
College’s MBA programs join those of acclaimed business schools.
The month was June, but the company was august when admissions personnel from eight of the country’s leading business schools and the Alvah H. Chapman Graduate School of Business spoke to sixty students from Florida International University about the value of the MBA degree. The road show, an activity of the Ten School Diversity […]
Emerging Versus Developed Economies: Do the business prospects differ?
“In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.” What does this statement by the sixteenth-century Dutch author and philosopher Erasmus have to do with conducting business in the twenty-first? Plenty, it turns out. Aya Chacar “Many people believe that in emerging economies, competition is weaker, enabling new players to be like the […]
Alumni Notes
The South Florida Business Journal honored three of the college’s most successful alumni at its 2006 Ultimate CEO Awards in May, 2006. They are: Antonio L. Argiz (BBA ’74), CEO and managing partner, Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra LLP; Joseph L. Caruncho (BBA ’81 ), CEO, Preferred Care Partners, and Angel Medina, Jr. (BBA ’92), […]
Alumni Circle launches survey to assess readiness of undergraduate business students as observed by recruiters.
The college’s Alumni Circle has been working during the last few months to develop a survey that will ask recruiters to evaluate the “business readiness” of the college’s undergraduate students. The Circle was given this project by Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam and Associate Dean Clifford Perry in order to complement the college’s Assurance of […]
Sophisticated computer model adds to knowledge about the impacts of hurricanes on insurance costs.
Shahid Hamid, professor in the Department of Finance in the College of Business Administration, director of Florida International University’s International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC)’s Laboratory for Financial, Insurance, and Economic Research, and lead investigator on the project. Researchers who worked on the model, International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC) affiliates and board members, and other […]
Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame ceremony enjoys sweet success.
Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame Inductee (Founder) Albert Santalo, President and Chief Executive Officer, Avisena; College of Business Administration Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam; and SunTrust Bank President, Miami-Dade County, Nicholas Bustle. Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame Inductee (Builder) Glenn J. Rufrano, Chief Executive Officer, New Plan Excel Realty Trust, Inc.; College of Business Administration Executive Dean […]
Alex Vega exemplifies the best in college’s alumni.
In our dynamic community, it’s not surprising to discover our college’s alumni are making huge strides in a variety of industries. Not only are our 30,000 plus business school alumni empowered with the knowledge they acquired in the college, but also, they possess the drive and integrity to lead South Florida’s future. Alex Vega Take […]