“I thought being a Hispanic woman meant there’s only a certain level of leadership I can reach,” said Paola A. Lacouture, a student at Florida International University (FIU). “However, after listening to Annette Martinez, I learned that the thickness of the glass ceiling is determined by me. We set our own limits.” Annette Martinez, vice […]
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One event brings two awards to the FIU accounting community.
At the recent XXIX Interamerican Accounting Association (IAA) conference held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Florida International University (FIU) received the Fra Luca Bartolomeo Paccioli award. According to Eduardo Mendez (MS’ 01, BA ’96), president of the Cuban American CPAs Association and Foundation, the prestigious award is named after the 15th-century Italian mathematician, who is […]
Antoinette Smith named PhD Pipeline Faculty Associate of the Year.
As the PhD Pipeline Opportunity Program prepares to celebrate its first anniversary, Antoinette Smith, assistant professor of accounting in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU), has been named the program’s Faculty Associate of the Year. This exciting program, the brainchild of Duke University business school professor Lucy J. Reuben who obtained […]
Panel of experts presents new research on international leadership.
Florida International University (FIU), South Florida’s leading business school with a unique expertise in international business, provided the appropriate setting for the “Leadership in an Age of Uncertainty: The Evolving Leader in a World without Borders” research colloquium. This multidisciplinary event on October 25, 2011, was part of Leadership Colloquium 2011, presented by the Center […]
College of Business Administration is star of the big top in Roary’s Circus.
“I loved the energy, enthusiasm, and amazing creativity exhibited by our staff and students during Homecoming 2011,” said Joyce J. Elam, executive dean of the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU). And the awards were pretty nice, too. College gains two first place university recognitions. “Congratulations to the Chapman Graduate School of […]
Future is bright for skilled audit professionals, Deloitte leader and FIU alumnus tells students.
The audit profession is experiencing a paradigm shift, according to a man who should know. Carlos Sabater (BACC ’81), national audit leader of Deloitte & Touche LLP and member of U.S. Board of Directors of Deloitte LLP, returned to his alma mater to be the first Executive in Residence for the School of Accounting in […]
Executive in Residence connects with Executive MBA students.
For 20 Executive MBA (EMBA) students in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU), the chance to interact with global leaders is just one of the benefits of their program. But it’s a very important one. And when that global leader is Gustavo A. Cisneros, chairman, Cisneros Group of Companies—one of the […]
FIU #16 in undergraduate international business in U.S.News 2012 rankings.
According to U.S.News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges,” undergraduate international business programs in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) rank in the top 20 in the country. The college has achieved this ranking each year since 2005, securing a spot in the top 10 three times; in 2011, FIU Business […]
FIU welcomes largest number of Dual Degree graduate students from around the world.
The Dual Degree International Program at Florida International University (FIU) is on the grow. The innovative idea, which allows international students to receive a degree from FIU’s College of Business Administration while also earning a degree from their home institution—in almost the same time as it would take to earn only one degree—has enjoyed a […]
Alumni boards gather to welcome in the new fiscal year.
A recent breakfast held on the Florida International University (FIU) campus brought together new and past alumni board members to celebrate the successes of the 2010-2011 fiscal year and to create excitement for the upcoming one. More than 25 alumni—including representatives from the College of Business Administration’s Accounting Alumni Council (AAC), Business Alumni Chapter, Chapman […]