Students in the Healthcare MBA (HCMBA) program in the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU) won the 2013 South Florida Healthcare Executive Forum’s (SFHEF) student case competition, earning regional recognition and a $1,000 award. This year’s event, held on March 23rd at the Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, focused on physician leadership issues. […]
Nancy Borkowski, executive director of the Healthcare MBA (HCMBA) program in the Chapman Graduate School of Business at Florida International University (FIU) was the subject of a letter of gratitude—“Nancy Borkowski: A different leader”—from Jean Sergot Raphael (HCMBA ’12), who graduated from the HCMBA in December 2012. The opinion piece, which appeared in The Miami […]
Eleven programs in the Chapman Graduate School in Florida International University’s (FIU) College of Business admit students in the spring as well as the fall. This year, the business school topped the enrollment numbers from previous springs—390 people opted to enroll in the college’s flexible offerings for working professionals. The menu includes fully classroom programs, […]
For 1083 students in the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU), December 12, 2012, was a landmark day. Years of dedicated study, often while juggling work and family responsibilities, translated into college degrees—689 of them from the R. Kirk Landon Undergraduate School of Business and 394 from the Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Graduate […]
State representative and Florida International University (FIU) alumna Jeanette M. Nunez (MS ’98, BA ’94), led a highly interactive session for 33 students in the Health Policy and Economics course, part of the Healthcare MBA offered in the College of Business. Her focus was on what she termed the “three P’s concept”: policy, players and […]
This month, Joyce J. Elam, executive dean, College of Business, traveled to Guangzhou China to welcome the third cohort of students under the College of Business’ Dual Degree agreement with Southern Medical University (SMU). SMU students study at SMU for one year, then travel to Florida International University (FIU) to complete FIU’s Healthcare MBA (HCMBA). […]
Career Management Services (CMS) has expanded its expertise with three new employees. Naomi Hutchinson-Salazar is administrative coordinator. “I appreciate data and measuring tools. It’s intriguing for me.” So says Naomi Hutchinson-Salazar, administrative coordinator, in the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU). Another interest: entrepreneurship. In fact, Hutchinson-Salazar hopes to establish a physical therapy […]
With changes happening rapidly in healthcare, studying systems of other countries offers ways of improving efficiencies. Graduate students in the Healthcare MBA (HCMBA) program in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) recently presented the highlights of their Master’s Research Project—which included extensive research in China during March 2012—to the leadership of […]
More than 1,100 students in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) graduated in Spring Commencement ceremonies on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. In the afternoon, 746 business students received their bachelor’s degrees; 411 graduate students, two of them new PhDs, graduated in the evening. Four new Worlds Ahead Graduates come from FIU […]
Joyce J. Elam, executive dean, spoke at the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce’s Women’s Business Network Luncheon on May 15, 2012. Her topic was “My fifteen-year journey as a business school dean: lessons learned along the way.” School of Accounting Manny Pravia (MST ’92), adjunct, presented “Accounting for tax uncertainties from the tax, audit and […]
