What’s working? What can we improve? What can we change? These questions set the tone for open discussion as more than 40 student mentees and volunteer mentors came together on March 23, 2012 to review the College of Business Administration’s mentoring program. Topics included team building, financial literacy, interview and résumé building, as well as promoting […]
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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 […]
Marketing study abroad trip to Iberian Peninsula opens new business and cultural doors.
Barcelona. Madrid. Toledo. Lisbon. Sintra. The Portuguese coast. So reads the itinerary for the 20 Florida International University (FIU) students who participated in the March 2012 study abroad program to the Iberian Peninsula. The program was organized by the Marketing Department and supported by FIU’s Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). According to […]
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 […]
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 […]
FIU students score success at Rotman Trading Competition.
In its first showing at the prestigious Rotman Interactive Trading Competition, a team from Florida International University’s (FIU) College of Business Administration won high praise, including a third-place finish in one of the trading contests. The invitation-only competition, held at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, attracts some of the world’s most astute […]
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 […]
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 […]
Business expo for accounting, finance and MIS students grows in popularity.
“So much better than ordinary career fairs” is how students Eddy Aiello and Yegor Nadvornyy enthusiastically describe the Ahead of the Game Accounting and Business Expo offered semi-annually at Florida International University (FIU). The spring expo, held January 27, 2012, drew 229 students, a 38 percent increase over the spring 2011 event. An increase in […]
High school students compete in FBLA-PBL’s “The Great Debate.”
National political debates are now frequent events but lively debates occur every minute in the international business world, at companies large and small. Because the art of convincing can be an important business skill, members of the Future Business Leaders of America–Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL) at Florida International University (FIU) made debating the focus of […]