A record 316,267 fans attended the exciting Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament held this spring at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, and marketing messages from the Chapman Graduate School of Business at Florida International University (FIU) greeted the crowd. In the park, advertising on big screens and beneath the scoreboards was part of every […]
Category: Graduate School
ACG Cup Competition delivers real-life experience to graduate students.
“Professors and peers can be more forgiving—but not judges at a case competition,” Julie Kwock said. “It’s tough. It’s stressful. But it’s enormously beneficial to participate in such a real-world experience.” Kwock and fellow graduate students Michelle Carter and Jose Mena represented the College of Business Administration of Florida International University (FIU) in the 2011 […]
“Just in Time” career event for business graduate students is big success.
Sometimes smaller is better. The second “Just in Time” MBA/MS hiring event, which took place in Orlando in February 2011, was not small in terms of how many companies and government agencies were there to recruit. In fact, recruiters from 27 organizations came to the event to learn more about candidates from the three sponsoring […]
Case competition team creates solutions for 100-year old company.
Devising corporate strategies for taking a successful 100-year old company into its next decade was the task during the 2011 Intercollegiate Graduate Case Competition. A five-member team of students from the International MBA program in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) competed in the event held February 10-11, 2011 in Tampa. […]
Lecture focuses on challenges in the U.S. healthcare system.
Spiraling costs and a central debate over control continue to plague the U.S. healthcare system, with little resolution in sight, according to John Iglehart, a journalist and expert in healthcare policy. In his talk, “Health Reform, Mounting Deficits and Partisan Politics: A Perilous Path on Uncertain Terrain,” Iglehart, founding editor of Health Affairs and national […]
Graduate students learn how to convert raw data into meaningful health information.
With the availability of raw health data growing at phenomenal rates, one enormous challenge is disseminating statistics so people can actually use the information. Last fall, graduate students in a course focused on health informatics, working on their Master of Science in Management Information Systems (MSMIS) in the College of Business Administration at Florida International […]
ICEF Fair and FAM tour builds new global connections.
You could call it speed networking—with a global collegiate twist. The recent International Consultants for Education and Fairs (ICEF) event held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Key Biscayne, Florida, gave representatives from the Chapman Graduate School of Business the chance to meet one-on-one with 80 prospective agents from around the world. Participants hailed from […]
Doctoral student lands impressive college teaching job.
In August 2010, Sokol Celo, a doctoral student in the Department of Management and International Business at Florida International University (FIU), reached a high point in his academic career. He was among the six winners of the Academy of Management’s International Management Division’s “Most Promising Dissertation Proposal Award.” His proposal was titled “Bounded Rationality and […]
From Bogota to Bangalore, the Chapman Graduate School of Business participates in the World MBA Tour.
Around 80 percent of candidates for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) would consider the United States as a study destination, according to a survey by the QS World MBA Tour. That’s one reason why the Chapman Graduate School of Business at Florida International University (FIU) participated in the 2010 QS World MBA Tour, making […]
Fall Commencement celebrates excellence, dedication.
Fall Commencement at Florida International University (FIU), held on December 13, 2010, began a new phase for those graduating—approximately 584 students in the R. Kirk Landon Undergraduate School of Business and approximately 300 students in the Alvah H. Chapman Graduate School of Business. Among the undergraduates, Adriana M. Ross maintained a 4.0 and nine others […]