Molly Mettler, a blogger for the Wall Street Journal, names Tempo as one of three tech tools that the elderly should consider using. This product, a wearable device that tracks the user’s sleep, movement and location, is getting substantial press everywhere from the Huffington Post to the National Association of Home Care & Hospice – […]
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Superintendent Alberto Carvalho to share his vision on the future of education at FIU on Nov. 5.
Alberto M. Carvalho, Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools and one of the most admired education leaders in the U.S., will share his insight and vision at Florida International University (FIU) on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. The event, free and open to the public, will be held at the Graham Center Ballroom […]
Delivering Results: Retired P&G executive Jorge Montoya kicks off 2014-5 Leadership Lectures on October 7.
In real estate, they say the only thing that matters is location, location, location. Jorge P. Montoya, with enormous retail leadership success behind him, says only one thing counts in proving your effective leadership skills. “You have to deliver results,” Montoya says emphatically. “A good leader can pay attention to ‘other matters’ but ultimately he […]
Leadership development program welcomes its fifth class of Miami-Dade principals.
Principles of the business world are of significant value to school principals. Now, the fifth class of principals from the Miami-Dade County Public Schools is benefiting from that multidisciplinary idea, the basis of the Principals Leadership Development Program from the Center for Leadership of the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU). “A principal […]
Ambitious goals set by 2014-2015 Mr. FIU Business and Miss FIU Business, among those receiving Student Business Awards.
Communicating the vast opportunities at the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU) is just one of the goals of the two students recently named as Mr. FIU Business 2014 and Miss FIU Business 2014. “It was only after I arrived as a student at FIU that I began to fully understand and appreciate […]
Coral Gables High School students get Bloomberg certified at State Farm Financial Literacy Lab.
Robert Reisert, accounting teacher at Coral Gables High School, has many students who want to be stock brokers, investment bankers, fund managers or other financial industry professionals, Reisert wanted to enhance the curriculum by bringing his students for training on the Bloomberg terminals after he participated in the Academy of Finance I Am C2 College and […]
Nearly 1,000 are awarded a business degree at spring commencement.
Immense pride and heartfelt joy filled the U.S. Century Bank Arena on Sunday, April 27, 2014 as 958 students in the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU) received their business degrees, as their friends and relatives, along with Dean David R. Klock and the College of Business faculty witnessed the occasion. In an […]
Academy of Finance students receive iPads for winning essays.
Winning essays netted four high school students from Miami-Dade County Public Schools a new iPad mini, presented to them at a reception at the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU) on March 11, 2014. The students were among nearly 600 participants from the Academy of Finance program, part of the National Academy Foundation, […]
Graduate students land scholarships in MSIRE and MSHI&MS programs.
Graduate students in two programs in the Chapman Graduate School of Business at Florida International University (FIU) have been awarded substantial scholarships. Scholarships presented to students at Tibor and Sheila Hollo School of Real Estate. Fifteen students have been awarded scholarships for the spring semester to pursue their master’s degree in International Real Estate (MSIRE). […]
Global business meets Miami tech: eMerge Americas Techweek, May 1-7, 2014 offers unique opportunity to FIU community.
Florida International University’s partnership with eMerge Americas Techweek will enable FIU community members to receive 25 percent off registration for this groundbreaking global conference using the code FIUEMERGE. Staff, faculty, alumni and FIU supporters will have the opportunity to hear industry titans, civic leaders, entrepreneurs and thought leaders at a two-day conference, which also includes […]