School of Accounting Kannan Raghunandan, professor and Ryder Eminent Scholar Chair in Business Leadership, was recently appointed to a team that is helping the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) set standards related to the preparation and issuing of audit reports by registered public accounting firms. Stewart Appelrouth, Manuel Dieguez, Meghna Singhvi and Shawn Wolf […]
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Faculty Notes: June 2011
School of Accounting C. Delano Gray, instructor, was the first College of Business Administration professor to be the grand marshal for the College of Law commencement. The event took place on May 27, 2011 in the U.S. Century Bank Arena. Department of Finance and Real Estate Ken H. Johnson, associate professor and Knight Ridder Center […]
Accounting students pitch in to help with tax returns for low-income earners.
For some, preparing their tax return is a simple, albeit not enjoyable, exercise. For other people, help is sorely needed. This past tax season once again, accounting students from the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) helped low-income earners complete their tax forms. The students participated in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance […]
Current and future accountants celebrate accomplishments.
Almost 200 people, about half of them from area accounting firms and companies, enjoyed the festivities at the Second Annual School of Accounting Awards Banquet, held April 30, 2011 at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa. The event acknowledges the achievements of two student organizations at Florida International University (FIU): ALPFA at FIU and Beta […]
Albert Morrison Jr. honored at event and through new scholarship.
Albert Morrison Jr., founder of the accounting firm Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra and its chairman beginning in 1971, was always a good friend to Florida International University (FIU) and its College of Business Administration, particularly the School of Accounting. After he passed away on December 31, 2009, some of those whose lives he had […]
Mentoring program for School of Accounting marks start of second year.
Learning how to interact with real professionals in the workplace is just one advantage that student Rolando Chavez has discovered from having a mentor. Chavez, a senior accounting major in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU), has Gary Opper (MST ’83), CPA, as a mentor. Opper is managing member of Levie-Opper […]
Faculty Notes: May 2011
School of Accounting Yunhao Chen, assistant professor, and Xiaoquan Jiang, assistant professor, Department of Finance and Real Estate, won a 2011 Kauffman Professorship for their proposal titled “Risk assessment and business valuation of new entrepreneur companies in Latin America and South Florida.” Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems Faisal Kaleem, adjunct, was interviewed on […]
McGladrey promotes Sergio de la Fe to national leader, strategic accounts.
RSM McGladrey, one of the country’s leading providers of tax and consulting services under the McGladrey brand, recently promoted Sergio de la Fe (BACC ’90) to national leader, strategic accounts. In his new role, de la Fe will be responsible for leading the firm’s consulting line of business new strategic accounts program, which will focus […]
Undergraduates debate the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards.
A year ago, graduate students in the Master of Accounting (MACC) program in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) debated the question “Should the United States adopt the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) now being used by more than 100 countries?” This spring, the first IFRS event for accounting undergraduates took […]
In Memoriam: Marguarette Johnson
Marguarette Johnson, a longtime and valued staff member of the School of Accounting in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU), passed away on April 5, 2011. She began her career at FIU as a college work study student in 1979, and was hired in the School of Accounting as a secretary. […]