Spring Commencement took place on April 30, 2007, with undergraduates from the Landon School, with the exception of the School of Accounting, receiving their diplomas in the afternoon. The ceremony for the Chapman Graduate School and the School of Accounting was held in the evening. During the course of the day, diplomas were conferred on […]
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BBA+ Weekend class reaches out to better the lives of children in Guatemala.
Just south of the Mexican border, small villages dot the mountainous areas of rural Guatemala. The inhabitants, mostly Mayan families, have overwhelming needs but almost no access to resources of any kind. Education for many Guatemalan children is rudimentary at best. Health aid, sufficient food, adequate housing, clean water—life’s most basic necessities—are out of reach […]
Two BBA+ Weekend graduates take same path to same company, more than a decade apart.
Mercy Ramirez (BBA ’05) and Jorge Munilla (BBA ’94) Eleven years separate the graduations of Jorge Munilla (BBA ’94) and Mercy Ramirez (BBA ’05) but much brings them together. Each opted to take the BBA+ Weekend program, a flexible, value-added option offered in the College of Business Administration. Each continues to hold the college in […]
Alumnus’ dream moves to fruition thanks to BBA+ Weekend.
Daniel Previlon (BBA ‘06) is an inspirational young man who grew up in the heart of “Little Haiti” in Miami, Florida. He overcame many obstacles and pushed through difficult circumstances with encouragement from his single mother and his older brother. Daniel Previlon His older brother, Carl Previlon, was his mentor and supported his passion and […]
BBA+ Weekend class “lights the night” with commitment to community service.
Chances are, we all know someone—be it a friend, family member, or neighbor—whose life has been touched by cancer. Just such a personal connection with the difficulties faced by a loved one fighting leukemia lit the spark fueling the community service project that students in Group 21 of the current BBA+ Weekend program are supporting. […]
How many lives will you save?
Members of the twentieth BBA+ Weekend class have launched Business Students Saving Lives (BSSL), a civic engagement project in their Business in Society class, to raise funds to benefit Salva Mi Vida, a private organization in Honduras that helps poor children who have cancer. They have adopted the phrase “How many lives will you save?” […]
Eighteenth BBA+ Weekend group graduates.
Donald Roomes, director, BBA+ programs, and Charles Soto, class vice president, accepting the leadership award for Myrtle Alexander, class president. Fifty-one of the fifty-three students who began the BBA+ Weekend program in the fall of 2004 will graduate in the summer of 2006. A celebratory dinner took place on July 7, 2006, in the Graham […]
Festive dinner helps BBA+ graduates celebrate their new status.
Forty students who recently completed the BBA+ program had a chance to mark their achievements with friends, family, faculty, and program staff at a dinner at the Modesto A. Maidique Campus Faculty Club on April 7, 2006. The seventeenth group to graduate from the BBA+ Weekend option included 24 students. Sixteen students, representing the second […]
Jamaica advisory board has successful launch.
Since 1999, the College of Business Administration has had a strong commitment to Jamaica and recently took the next step by establishing an advisory board for its two programs there: the International Executive MBA (IEMBA) and the Master of Science in Human Resources Management (MSHRM). Courses are taught at the University College of the Caribbean […]
Community service project sparks great interest.
Members of Group 19 in the BBA+ Weekend’s Business in Society class in the College of Business Administration have been working diligently on a special class project, “Spark for ARC” (Association for Retarded Citizens of South Florida). Their goal was to raise $20,000 to provide disabled children with specialized computer equipment to improve their educational […]