Jackie Naranjo (BBA ’08) embodies the notion that an unexpected career option can turn out to be extremely rewarding. Through the summer internship program offered by the Hispanic National Internship Program (HNIP) of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), she landed a position in the contracting office of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). […]
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Employee Service and Recognition Awards Ceremony honors dozens.
Approximately 500 people attended the most recent Employee Service and Recognition Awards Ceremony, during which Mark Rosenberg, president of Florida International University (FIU), traced the history of the university by focusing on milestone events in increments of five years, matched to the equivalent years of service of those being honored. The theme of the event, […]
Faculty gathers to celebrate achievements.
On September 25, 2009, the Faculty Awards Luncheon reinforced that students truly appreciate the efforts that faculty members in the College of Business Administration make on their behalf. Undergraduate and graduate students as well as those from student organizations selected the recipients for a series of highly competitive teaching awards. The event also provided the […]
Two business school faculty members honored at 2009 Faculty Convocation.
Donald Roomes, Department of Management and International Business, and Laureano Martinez, Department of Finance and Real Estate, were among a very select group recognized at the annual Faculty Convocation, held on September 17, 2009. Roomes was the sole recipient of an award for advising. Martinez was one of three adjunct faculty members to receive an […]
BBA+ students write mission statement . . . for their marriage.
When Mitzue Stockdale began the BBA+ Weekend program in the College of Business Administration in May 2008, she had been warned about a marketing project that would put her in close contact with her teammates, “spending endless hours together and seeing them more than our families.” Luckily for her, that turned out to be true. […]
Learning continues for student during BBA+ Weekend graduation.
When Russian-born Svetlana Itlyasheva (BBA ’09) saw her name on the program for the recent dinner for the 25th group of BBA+ Weekend graduates, she was confused. Although she is fluent in English, there was a word that she didn’t know: valedictorian. “I was asking my fellow students, ‘why is my name there next to […]
Weekend BBA+ students move to the front lines of community service.
A personal note, a favorite snack and an entertaining DVD go a long way to brighten the day of a U.S. solider serving in Afghanistan or Iraq. Thanks to the efforts of the College of Business Administration’s Weekend BBA+ Group 27 students, hundreds of military men and women recently received such a morale-boosting care package. […]
Skating event rolls good deeds and good times into one.
In the mood for some tunes from Foreigner? Or maybe some Ambrosia, Jefferson Starship or other rock classic bands from the 1980s? More than 500 classmates, family members, students, faculty and friends certainly were, as they all came together for a fun-packed “Roll Back to the 80s” skate night and fundraiser held late spring at […]
College and corporate community collaboration cheers hospital-bound children.
Good deeds are contagious. Or so seems to be the case with the volunteer service project for Miami Children’s Hospital undertaken by BBA+ Weekend Group 27 students-right on the heels of another project led by Group 26 students. Group 27 volunteers worked with the local chapter of AT&T Telecom Pioneers to create a “Spring Celebration” […]
BBA+ Weekend students give patients at Miami Children’s Hospital something to treasure.
What would help brighten the day of a sick child? Seeking the answer to this question motivated BBA+ Weekend Group 26 to pull out all creative stops for a recent volunteer service event at Miami Children’s Hospital. The end result? More than 100 young patients decorated their own “treasure chest” as a keepsake from their […]