For the sixth time in seven years, the College of Business Administration has been recognized in the Bloomberg Businessweek survey of undergraduate business programs. In “The Best Undergrad B-Schools,” the publication ranked the Landon Undergraduate School of Business at Florida International University (FIU) at 109th. FIU was one of four universities in the state to […]
Author: Beverly Z. Welber
Faculty Notes: February 2012
School of Accounting An article titled “Shareholder voting on auditor selection, audit fees, and audit quality” by Kannan Raghunandan, professor and Ryder Eminent Scholar Chair in Business Leadership and Dasaratha Rama, Knight Ridder Center Research Fellow, Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems, appeared in the January/February issue of The Accounting Review, published by the […]
Most recent commencement brings sense of achievement to all.
Nearly 1,000 students in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) graduated in Fall Commencement ceremonies on Tuesday, December 13, 2011. In the morning, 582 business students received their bachelor’s degrees; 411 graduate students, two of them new PhDs, graduated in the afternoon. College has strong presence among Worlds Ahead Graduates. Three […]
FIU Business announces new executive and assistant directors.
The College of Business Administration at Florida International University is pleased to welcome four new administrators to its staff. Angel Burgos joins FIU business as executive director, MBA programs. In his role as executive director, MBA programs, Angel Burgos will manage the college’s portfolio of MBA offerings including the Executive (EMBA), Professional (PMBA), International (IMBA) […]
Faculty Notes: January 2012
Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems An article titled “Health Informatics: Critical to Healthcare’s Success” by Nancy Borkowski, clinical associate professor and director of graduate health management programs, was published in the South Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Reporter in January 2012. The article highlighted the College of Business Administration’s new degree—the Master of […]
Faculty Notes: December 2011
Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems Monica Chiarini Tremblay, assistant professor, received a grant, along with Our Kids of Miami Dade and Monroe, from the Health Foundation of South Florida, for a project titled “Evaluation of outcomes through the use of electronic medical passports at Our Kids.” She was appointed an area editor for […]
Karina Janette Fernandez appointed business school’s assistant director, human resources.
Karina Janette Fernandez has become the assistant director of human resources for the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU). She holds a Master of Arts in human resources management from Webster University and has extensive experience, thanks in part to her work at a temp agency. “It was like boot camp,” she […]
Faculty Notes: November 2011
Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam was featured along with nine other deans of business schools in an article titled “Ten on Ten,” which appeared in the November/December issue of BizEd, a publication of AACSB. Her section was called “Where is IT taking us?” Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems Nancy Borkowski, clinical associate professor […]
Business in Society projects spur commitment to community engagement.
It all adds up. One program: the Professional BBA in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU). Offered in two versions: Sunrise and Weekend. With a course called Business in Society, required for a management major, taught by Wendy Gelman in PBBA Sunrise and Jose Rocha in PBBA Weekend. One assignment: a […]
Annual Faculty Awards Luncheon honors professional accomplishments.
All awards are welcome, but recognition by one’s peers, and for professors, recognition by one’s students, is particularly meaningful. Each year, the dedication of members of the faculty of the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) gets special attention at the Faculty Awards Luncheon. Held this year on October 20th, the luncheon […]