{"id":1447,"date":"2009-01-04T07:42:41","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T07:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=1447"},"modified":"2014-03-19T17:38:15","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T17:38:15","slug":"fall-commencement-ceremony-brings-all-business-school-graduates-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2009\/01\/fall-commencement-ceremony-brings-all-business-school-graduates-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Commencement ceremony brings all business school graduates together."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On December 16, 2008, approximately 1,274 individuals made the passage from  student to alumna or alumnus at the Fall Commencement in the U.S. Century Bank  Arena on the University Park campus. For the first time since the 2004 Spring  Commencement, the business school\u2019s entire student body\u2014from the undergraduate,  graduate, and School of Accounting programs\u2014participated in the festivities on  the same day. Approximately 770 students from the College of Business  Administration\u2019s R. Kirk Landon Undergraduate School and approximately 504,  including fourteen doctoral students, from the Alvah H. Chapman, Jr. Graduate  School, graduated.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1449\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1449\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/commencementb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1449\" title=\"commencementb\" src=\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/commencementb.jpg\" alt=\"More than 1,000 students graduated from the College of Business Administration at the 2008 Fall Commencement.\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 1,000 students graduated from the College of Business Administration at the 2008 Fall Commencement.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Joyce J. Elam, executive dean of the college and vice  provost, FIU Online, spoke to the assembly, assuring the candidates for  graduation that they \u201chave demonstrated many of the qualities that will be  invaluable to you in your future endeavors\u2014ability, desire, determination,  commitment, perseverance, and purpose. You have prepared yourself to face  successfully the many challenges that lie ahead of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Remarks set the stage for future alumni involvement.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Elam\u2019s speech also provided an opportunity to remind the soon-to-be business  school alumni, a group that now numbers approximately 30,000, of the importance  of staying involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout your continued involvement and support, we can never reach our  potential,\u201d she said, and then quoted Robert Maynard Hutchins, the fifth  president of the University of Chicago, who said, \u201cIf the alumni of a university  do not maintain it\u2014in thought and action\u2014there is no reason why anyone else  should.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No one could embody the notion of a dedicated alumnus more than <strong>Mario  de Armas<\/strong> ( BACC \u201985), market managing partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP, who received the FIU Medallion as the outstanding alumnus. Within the  college, de Armas serves on the Dean\u2019s Council, and is the new president of the  School of Accounting Advisory Board. He also plays a role on many community  boards including the Board of Trustees of Dade Marine Institute, Inc., a United  Way agency that works with court-supervised youth in Miami-Dade County.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donald Roomes<\/strong>, director of the BBA+ program, and  <strong>Divesh Sharma<\/strong>, associate professor, School of Accounting, were  banner marshals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 16, 2008, approximately 1,274 individuals made the passage from student to alumna or alumnus at the Fall Commencement in the U.S. Century Bank Arena on the University Park campus. 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