Last month, 20 Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) members left work early to travel to FIU’s Frost Art Museum for U CREW, a real estate networking event that is an annual highlight for Hollo School of Real Estate students, faculty, alumni and guests. For former FIU undergrad Wendy Hernandez, now a capital markets analyst at […]
While they study analytics every day, it’s rare that students in FIU’s Information Systems and Business Analytics Department (ISBA) have the chance to work with massive real-world financial data. That’s why global financial giant Banco Santander’s first Santander NEO´s Challenge, an international university competition, posed an incredible opportunity to put their classroom knowledge to a […]
What do business, secured data and international relations have in common? Just about everything these days. The importance of those links will shine on March 8 at FIU’s Geopolitical Summit. The one-day event, titled “The Dark Side of the Web,” is sponsored by FIU’s Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), with […]
Networking and making a favorable impression are key when looking for an internship or a job, and for students, it’s never too early to start honing those skills. That’s why College of Business marketing professor Anna Pietraszek centered her February 12 Marketing Yourself in Today’s Competitive Job Market class at the FIU Career Services Career […]
Jennifer Mohammed (MS ’08), a director, talent management and development in the Human Resources department at MasterCard, is mentoring a college student because she thinks it’s the right thing to do. But Mohammed also thinks it’s a smart business move to mentor students in the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU). “Mentoring is […]
Students in the College of Business’ Marketing Department are challenging professors to complete a physical activity or fitness skill — all in the name of charity. The challenge is part of a fundraising project for Claire’s Place Foundation, which helps children with cystic fibrosis and their families. Entitled the “Give a Breath Fitness” campaign, the […]
Empowering business women is the key objective of Power Up, a summit to be held for the first time on Friday, May 27, 2016. Women leaders from South Florida will gather for a half-day seminar on leadership, entrepreneurship, health and financial wellness. This Power Up summit is the first event presented by the Women’s Alumni […]
The 2016 Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge, designed to open doors for new business ventures and start-ups throughout South Florida, is now underway. Now in its 18th year, the contest is sponsored by FIU’s Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center. Anyone with a business idea or an operating startup that is under two years old can enter. […]
At the February 3 Welcome to the BizLife event, students filled the CBC lobby to learn about the College of Business’ International Dual Degree Programs, and how they can incorporate these offerings into their undergraduate and graduate studies. Many of the College’s partner universities – from Munich and Belgium to Peru and Morocco – displayed […]
WordPress is the operating system that runs 25 percent of the web’s top million websites and over half of websites using a content management system. If you’re online, chances are, you’ve been on a WordPress site (in fact, if you’re reading this on BizNews, you’re on one right now). And if you’re an entrepreneur, an […]
