Full Name John Cuadra (BBA, BAcc ’16) Undergraduate Major Management Information Systems (MIS) and Accounting Graduate Major Master of Science in Accounting (currently enrolled at FIU) Internship: KPMG, Charlotte, North Carolina, in IT Audit & Assurance. KPMG is one of the “Big 4” international accounting firms. Offered a full-time position in IT, Audit and Assurance […]
In the autumn of 2008, Michael Jadoo (BBA ’10, BA ’09) took his first government assignment, participating in a virtual internship program with the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). Fast-forward two years and Jadoo is packing his bags and moving to Washington, D.C. to work as an economist with the DOC’s Bureau of Economic Analysis […]
As the exciting potential of biofuels and renewable power such as solar, wind and waste-to-energy are explored around the world, an undergraduate at Florida International University (FIU) spent six weeks this summer researching alternative energy in the Dominican Republic. Renzon Mora, a senior majoring in international business and marketing in the College of Business Administration, […]
As the technical leader of group of engineers in the R&D department of a telecommunications company in Italy, Piero Vitale (MIB ’09) didn’t expect to find himself in Miami promoting Miami-Dade County as a place to do business, particularly to fashion-lifestyle companies based in Italy, France and Spain. But through an internship with The Beacon […]
Ana Maria Silva and Maria Lau, both undergraduate students in international business and marketing in the College of Business Administration, experienced working for the government away from home thanks to a summer internship program offered by the Hispanic National Internship Program of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU). Although the two worked for […]
Texting. E-mail. Twitter and Facebook. These communications and social media tools have fast become an integral part of every student’s academic and campus community activities. Now Stefany Marcelino, a management information systems (MIS) major in the College of Business Administration, is using these same tools as part of a new ten-week internship program brought to […]
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 […]
K. Galen Kroeck Though the College of Business Administration has an established record of placing graduate students in internships successfully, area businesses have expressed a desire to have access to talented juniors as well. “Companies perceive that when they get an intern from the college, they are getting someone great, especially as our programs continue […]
The King, Burger King Corporation’s brand icon As the College of Business Administration forges deeper relationships with the business community, one of the most productive is the one with Burger King Corporation (BKC). Through internships offered by the company, the participation of BKC executives on college advisory boards and panels, Alumni Days, and other efforts, […]
Barry Shiflett This summer, six students from the College of Business Administration interned in a variety of departments at Burger King’s corporate headquarters in Miami. They worked alongside students from other leading universities, such as Harvard, Duke, Wharton, and the Rochester Institute of Technology. In fact, according to Barry Shiflett, director of Career Management Services […]
