Looking at the career services a university offers is a smart move for prospective online students. That’s one criterion Daniel Vargas (CMBA ’12, BBA ’05) used to select Florida International University (FIU) for his online Corporate MBA (CMBA). “I had reached the ceiling in my job and needed to improve my credentials,” Vargas said. “My […]
Author: Jane Schreier Jones
“Thanks!” School of Accounting says to Crowe Horwath.
Ask the people at Crowe Horwath why they made a generous donation to the School of Accounting at Florida International University (FIU) for a scholarship and other purposes, and they’ll respond that it was partially self-serving. “We’ve had several key hires of FIU grads over the past three years and, quite frankly, we want to […]
Truly, the best of class: 83 are inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma.
With the world frequently using adjectives that “hedge” and accolades that encompass everyone, recognizing absolute excellence is particularly important. In spring 2012, 83 students from the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) were inducted into the international honor society, Beta Gamma Sigma. “Only the top ten percent of undergraduate business students and […]
High turnout for combo MSF and MSIRE alumni event.
Often, logical thinking works best. “Because alumni from the Master of Science in Finance (MSF) and Master of Science in International Real Estate (MSIRE) programs have much in common, in 2011 we held a networking event for both groups,” said Isabel Lopez (MIB ’06, BBA ’03), associate director of Finance and Real Estate Graduate Programs […]
Third place in Johnson & Johnson case competition captured by international business, finance students.
Competing against other top business schools, students from the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) won third place in the national Johnson & Johnson Business Case Competition, March 29-April 1, 2012. A team of international business, finance and Honors College undergraduate students—Litong Chen, Carlos E. Gomez, Giorgio Izzo, Prince Mikado and Maximilian […]
Best practices for family enterprises presented at workshop.
If your boss is “Uncle Dave” and co-workers are your kids and marketing plans are as likely to be discussed in the rec room as in the board room, well, chances are you’re part of a family business. This tradition certainly has a rich heritage, particularly in the Miami area, but it also brings unique […]
FBLA-PBL brings home buckets of awards from state competition.
It’s outstanding math: 30 members of Future Business Leaders of America–Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL) from Florida International University (FIU) brought back 32 awards from the organization’s 2012 State Leadership Conference held March 15-18 in Tampa. “FIU became one of the universities to take home the most awards, the most ever for our team,” said chapter […]
Top Ten times ten—FIU’s AMA named as a top chapter for the tenth year.
It’s tough to earn Top Ten recognition in the American Marketing Association (AMA) collegiate competition. After all, 300 chapters are vying for the top slots of bronze, silver, gold or platinum status. But at the 34th annual International Collegiate Chapter Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, the AMA from the College of Business Administration at Florida […]
South Florida health care leadership gathers to learn 2012 trends.
If you ask physicians and healthcare administrators to spend an entire workday away from their busy worlds, you better make sure the event is highly beneficial. “I found this event to be extremely worthwhile, for clinicians and administrators to learn best practices around the county,” said internal medicine physician Deborah Gracia. She and 80 other […]
Three graduate programs —MIB, MSIRE and MSHRM — offered online in fall 2012.
Florida International University (FIU) has been actively engaged in online teaching since 1998. Now the highly-ranked Chapman Graduate School in the College of Business Administration has announced that in fall 2012 three programs—the Master in International Business (MIB), the Master of Science in International Real Estate (MSIRE) and the Master of Science in Human Resource […]