Tony Argiz (BBA ’74), chairman and CEO, Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC, has been announced as incoming first vice chairman of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. He also was one of eight individuals who received a Claude Pepper Memorial Award; his was in the corporate service non-healthcare category. Broad and Cassel has named […]
Category: Alumni
FIU honors developer Tibor Hollo and distinguished alumni at 2012 Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame.
It was a night to salute the stars. What better venue than a stage? The stars were four distinguished alumni entrepreneurs from Florida International University’s (FIU) College of Business Administration as well as an iconic Miami developer. The event was the college’s 13th annual Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame. And the stage was one of Miami’s […]
“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 […]
Alumni Notes: April 2012
Tony Argiz (BBA ’74), chairman and CEO, Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC, was chosen to throw out the first pitch at the FIU/Marlins baseball game, one of the first games played at the new Marlins Stadium. Argiz originally came to FIU on a baseball scholarship. The City of Miami Arts and Entertainment Council has […]
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 […]
College teams with FIU Annual Giving Center for first—and very successful—alumni fundraising campaign.
The College of Business Administration and Florida International University (FIU) Annual Giving Center recently joined forces to conduct a phone campaign reaching out to alumni with requests to support the college’s Student Enhancement Fund. The result? The center—where FIU students are on the phones—reached out to more than 3,500 college alumni. To date, the effort […]
Alumni Notes: March 2012
Margaret Brisbane (BBA ’80) was the recipient of a Torch Award at the 11th annual Torch Awards Gala on March 3, 2012. The awards, which recognize selected individuals for the positive impact they make on their profession, the community and the university, honor the memory of Senator Ernest R. Graham, who helped create FIU. Berkowitz […]
A year in Nigeria: Cross River State—The People’s Paradise
They’d told us that a couple of the key soft skills we’d need as CUSO International volunteers are flexibility and adaptability—so very true! I knew that in coming to Nigeria I was signing up for an adventure and the past month has certainly not disappointed. After having been required to evacuate from Kaduna to Abuja […]
Want more customers to hit the “Like” button? Experts at Marketing Roundtable tell audience how.
“We are building a Web where the default is social,” Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced at a 2011 conference. He was right. More than ever, companies are scrambling to incorporate social media into their marketing, using an array of web-based and mobile technologies. Perhaps that is why attendance was high at the second lunch in […]
Alumni Notes: February 2012
MDO Partners has named Richard Montes de Oca (MBA ’00) as a partner. He was previously associate vice president and assistant general counsel at Royal Caribbean Cruises. TotalBank promoted Thaymell Martin (BBA ’05) to senior vice president. He joined the bank in 2010 as managing director for the West Kendall Banking Center. Ed Lamazares (MBA […]