When Mitzue Stockdale began the BBA+ Weekend program in the College of Business Administration in May 2008, she had been warned about a marketing project that would put her in close contact with her teammates, “spending endless hours together and seeing them more than our families.” Luckily for her, that turned out to be true. […]
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Diverse high school accounting students immerse selves in four-day college event.
Thirty-three Florida high school students from as far away as Kissimmee and Land of Lakes got a preview of college life and the exciting career opportunities afforded by a degree in accounting. It all took place when they attended the Minority Summer Residency Program (MSRP) July 13-16, 2009, offered by the Florida Institute of Certified […]
Summer internship pays in multiple ways.
“I am looking at lots of opportunities I didn’t have before . . . almost more than I can decide among.” That’s the enviable position Miguel Lugo, a finance, marketing and international business major in the College of Business Administration, finds himself in thanks in part to a paid summer internship through the Hispanic National […]
Camp provides invaluable experiences for promising accounting students.
Summer means camp to many young people. Instead of horseback riding, crafts or swimming, 21 high school students from the area recently got to participate in a very different kind of day camp: the Accounting Careers and Money Program (A.C.A.M.P.), held at Florida International University (FIU) July 8-9, 2009. The two-day event, offered in conjunction […]
Students cruise to international business understanding.
On land and sea, 41 students from the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) experienced the business and cultural environments of Rome, Sicily, Athens, Ephesus and Crete . . . while continuing their coursework, taking one or two classes. “During our three days in Rome, we visited the American University of Rome […]
College of Business Administration’s online BBA degree named 11th on list of affordable, regionally accredited programs nationwide.
GetEducated.com awarded the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) an 11th place and a “Best Buy” designation for its online Bachelor of Business Administration. The position was based on a nationwide survey of 83 regionally-accredited colleges offering a total of 391 online bachelor’s degrees related to a business or management major. The […]
Undergraduate student reels in Marlin internship.
Ask most young kids what they want to do when they grow up and you’ll likely hear options such as astronaut, doctor, lawyer or teacher. Not Christy Martinez. “I have always wanted to work for the Marlins,” said this international business and marketing major and lifelong Marlins’ fan. https://business.fiu.edu/biznews/2009/7/christy-martinez.mp4 She recently took another step toward […]
Learning continues for student during BBA+ Weekend graduation.
When Russian-born Svetlana Itlyasheva (BBA ’09) saw her name on the program for the recent dinner for the 25th group of BBA+ Weekend graduates, she was confused. Although she is fluent in English, there was a word that she didn’t know: valedictorian. “I was asking my fellow students, ‘why is my name there next to […]
Students distinguish themselves at national leadership event.
Eleven students from the College of Business Administration participated in competitions at Phi Beta Lambda’s (PBL) National Leadership Conference, “Get the Edge,” attended by more than 1,700 college students from across the country. Jose Betancourt, president of the Florida International University (FIU) chapter of PBL and Florida PBL state secretary took first place in public […]
Weekend BBA+ students move to the front lines of community service.
A personal note, a favorite snack and an entertaining DVD go a long way to brighten the day of a U.S. solider serving in Afghanistan or Iraq. Thanks to the efforts of the College of Business Administration’s Weekend BBA+ Group 27 students, hundreds of military men and women recently received such a morale-boosting care package. […]