This week we had a little adventure: We had our hair cut in China! Gasp! We were worried for no reason at all. The salons in China are very nice, and the hairdressers are funny and polite. Our haircuts turned out great, although I must warn you that the blow-drying is definitely sub-par, just in […]
Category: Graduate School
Largest-ever IMBA group participates in first-time off-campus orientation.
Though you can swim with dolphins at Hawks Cay Resort in the Florida Keys, the newest members of the International MBA (IMBA) program in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) recently got a completely different kind of immersion. Over an intense two-day period, almost all of the 91 students—a record enrollment—participated […]
Airlines CEO shares company’s winning approach with graduate students in Panama.
Pedro Heilbron, CEO of Copa Airlines—a “powerhouse of a company,” according to Jerry Haar, has doubtless been called many respectful names. But “human case study” may be a new one. Yet, that’s how Haar described Heilbron as well as other executives who guest lecture in his International Business course in the College of Business Administration’s […]
Chapman Graduate School again among the top 10 in Hispanic Business ranking.
Once again, Hispanic Business has ranked the Chapman Graduate School of Business at Florida International University (FIU) in their Top 10 graduate schools in the country for Hispanic MBAs. The business school, which has consistently held a place in the listing, retained its 2008 eighth-place position in the September 2009 release of the survey results. […]
Friends with strong FIU connection band together to create music with a message.
With the release of their new music video “Coexiste,” the Miami-based Latin pop-rock band ORIGEN seeks to bring a little peace and harmony into today’s turbulent world. “The philosophy driving our music is simple—to coexist is freedom,” said Ruben A. Martinez (BBA ’06). “Our music video contains scenes that aim to promote tolerance among races, […]
IMBA Study Abroad: Third week in China!
This week the school organized a trip to Laoshan— Lao mountain. It is a very famous mountain and is known as one of the birthplaces of Taoism. It turns out that Laoshan is not just the mountain; it’s the entire area around it as well. It’s huge! First we climbed the mountain, all 1132.7 meters […]
South Florida Business Journal selects FIU Business alumna as one of 25 “Influential Business Women of 2009.”
Silka Gonzalez (MACC ’05) discusses Enterprise Risk Management—a boutique IT consulting firm specializing in information security of which she is president and founder—and how a driving passion for her work led to her recognition as one of South Florida Business Journal‘s Influential Business Women of 2009. https://business.fiu.edu/biznews/2009/8/silka_gonzalez_alumni_profile_Md.mp4
IMBA Study Abroad: Second week in China!
This week we are becoming more accustomed to the Qingdao way. People speak somewhat aggressively, yet they are not angry, and taxi drivers are absolutely insane, but they have to be to survive Qingdao traffic and drivers (anyone who has complained about Miami, Venezuelan, Middle-Eastern, or any other drivers MUST come to Qingdao and see […]
IMBA Study Abroad: First week in China!
We arrived in Qingdao after a three-hour flight from Hong Kong on a cool airline called Dragonair. Their seats are upholstered in blue leopard skin, which I found hilarious, and the service is phenomenal. As soon as we landed we had a taste of the swine flu craze in China…two men, dressed entirely in white […]
Executive MBA students from Jamaica complete Miami residency.
As part of the curriculum of the Executive MBA-Jamaica program (EMBA Jamaica), offered by College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) and delivered in Kingston at University College of the Caribbean (UCC), students make a required—and enjoyable—trip to Miami. “After being a student for the past nine months, FIU to me now is […]