When leaders in international business education meet, the promise of progress is in the air. Ideas are exchanged, best practices are advanced, and students throughout the world stand to benefit. FIU Business facilitated such a gathering of leaders and members of two prominent academic organizations: AACSB, the international accreditation agency for business schools, and CUIBE, […]
Since his days as a doctoral student at FIU, George Marakas has seen magic happen when doctoral students from different disciplines get together: innovative scholarship, new ideas, and, in a nod to the Beatles, a “Lennon and McCartney” kind of creative energy. And, from his own experience, Marakas knows that these students benefit when they […]
Faculty members of FIU College of Business are helping to lead an effort to bring high-level leadership skills to an academic partner in the Caribbean. The effort is part of FIU’s Center for Leadership’s partnership with the University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI)’s Executive Certificate in Global Leadership program at UCCI’s campus in Grand […]
The setting was elegant and the congratulations were hearty as the latest class to be graduated from the Executive MBA program at Florida International University (FIU) gathered to celebrate. Members from this class of 23 elite executives and their guests enjoyed a Graduation Gala at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida, on July 17, […]
Amidst a fast-changing educational landscape, one driven by digital technology and students’ evolving needs, Florida International University (FIU) this week officially inaugurated its six-story, state-of-the-art Management and New Growth Opportunities (MANGO) building. MANGO is a key component of FIU’s strategy of growth and entrepreneurship designed to expand classroom space, add laboratories and support innovation. “Here we […]
Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems An article titled “The Future of Nursing—Leadership” by Neera Bhansali, visiting clinical assistant professor, appeared in the May issue of Hospital News and Healthcare Report. Joyce J. Elam, professor and James L. Knight Eminent Scholar Chair in Management Information Systems, was featured in an article titled “Women on […]
In the three short years since the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU) launched its Healthcare MBA (HCMBA), it has logged impressive results. Recently, for example, it was ranked 34th in Modern Healthcare’s 2013 listing of Top Business Graduate Schools for Physician-Executives, and the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) Accreditation […]
Florida International University’s (FIU) College of Business and its School of Accounting have been reaccredited for a standard five-year extension by AACSB International, the longest-serving global accrediting body for business schools offering undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees in business and accounting. The business school was one of 17 universities in the United States to maintain […]
More than 350 faculty and staff members and leaders of the Florida International University (FIU) community celebrated the career of Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam at an event that marked her departure from the leadership of the College of Business after 15 years. Dean Emerita Elam, who will continue as dean of University College, drew […]
One of Miami’s leading developers has stepped forward to support and expand real estate education at Florida International University’s (FIU) College of Business. The Tibor and Sheila Hollo School of Real Estate honors a gift from the developer Tibor Hollo and his wife Sheila. The naming of the Tibor and Sheila Hollo School of Real […]
