Building skills and making connections. Starting businesses and shooting for the stars. These are some of the goals women can pursue at the second annual Power Up! Women’s Summit, to be held on Thursday, April 20, 2017 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Parrot Jungle Island in Miami. Themed “The Power of You,” the […]
For the past 15 years, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint slides have been the tools of a life-changing annual competition at FIU’s Chapman Graduate School of Business. Dozens of the school’s most ambitious graduate students take on the case competition, recently branded as the Chapman Cup Challenge. Students organize into teams of consultants, learning business analysis […]
Joanne Li has been appointed dean of FIU’s College of Business. She comes to FIU with a distinguished record in academia, most recently serving as dean and professor of finance at the Raj Soin School of Business at Wright State University, a position she has held since 2012. Li will take the reins of the […]
The Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) has re-accredited Florida International University’s Healthcare MBA program in the College of Business with a full seven-year accreditation, the highest for a program of its kind. FIU’s CAHME accreditation applies to both the on-campus Healthcare MBA, with classes in Miami and Miramar, FL, and the online […]
Military veteran Michael Scadden re-entered civilian life with goals of becoming a successful entrepreneur and a mix of confidence and caution. He had the discipline of a soldier, some experience as a government contractor and college work under his belt, as well as a background of marketable skills in risk analysis and security services. Yet […]
When it comes to business, New York City is where the world meets. Global headquarters, stock exchanges, big banks and countless opportunities draw some of the world’s finest financial minds. In the past few years, the College of Business’ Career Management Services began to introduce small groups of students to New York through company visits […]
Entrepreneurs hungry to get a business off the ground, and those seeking to learn how to use data to fuel business growth, will find expert solutions at the FIU booth (D1) at eMerge Americas, April 18-19 at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Two College of Business organizations will showcase the hands-on solutions they offer to […]
On February 13, 2016, five FIU students took on the Florida Intercollegiate Case Competition, a 24-hour test of strategy, stamina and presentation skills sponsored by the University of South Florida in Tampa. After three months of almost constant preparation, and with less than two hours’ sleep that night, FIU’s team, the Mercury Group, walked into […]
School of Accounting Antoinette Smith, associate professor, is the author of the book Insider Secrets to College Classroom Success! (Freedom Stream, August 24, 2015). Department of Finance Reflections from Marcos A. Kerbel, participating adjunct professor, and his wife, Helen, are included in It Happened in Miami, The Magic City-An Oral History, a book co-authored by […]
In its latest national recognition, Florida International University’s (FIU) College of Business has received a top ranking for its graduate program for human resources management. HR.com ranked the Master of Science in Human Resource Management #2 for the Masters Program with Emphasis on HR in its 2016 Leadership Excellence Awards, released last week. HR.com’s recognition […]
