{"id":25573,"date":"2015-06-09T15:20:17","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T19:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=25573"},"modified":"2015-07-09T09:01:53","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T13:01:53","slug":"generous-gift-from-pwc-to-fius-accounting-and-business-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2015\/06\/generous-gift-from-pwc-to-fius-accounting-and-business-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Generous gift from PwC to FIU\u2019s accounting and business students"},"content":{"rendered":"

For years, Florida International University\u2019s College of Business has delivered high-quality employees and interns to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Now the firm is giving back with a $100,000 donation to support the School of Accounting.<\/p>\n

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Mario de Armas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe have a very strong vested interest in the success of the College of Business and the School of Accounting because we recruit many students from FIU for both internships and full-time positions,\u201d said Mario de Armas (BAcc \u201985), Florida Market Managing Partner at PwC.<\/p>\n

He added that PwC expects to have hired at least 60 full-time employees and interns from the College of Business by the end of this year.<\/p>\n

PwC\u2019s contribution will be used, among other things, to cover graduate students\u2019 participation at research conferences across the U.S. and to send undergraduate students to case competitions, said Ruth Ann McEwen, director of the School of Accounting and Senior Associate Dean of the College of Business.<\/p>\n

A long-term partnership.<\/em><\/p>\n

In recognition of the gift, Classroom 222 in the College of Business\u2019 state-of-the-art Management and New Growth Opportunities\u00a0(MANGO) building, home to the School of Accounting, will be named the PwC Classroom.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo see our brand represented there is a great source of pride for me personally because of my history with the university,\u201d said de Armas, whose job responsibilities include recruitment at FIU.<\/p>\n

Designed to enhance face-to-face, online and hybrid learning, MANGO\u2019s classrooms are outfitted with the latest technology, including push-to-talk microphones on each student\u2019s desk, sophisticated projectors and touch whiteboards.<\/p>\n

The PwC Classroom will serve as a symbol of the firm\u2019s relationship with the School of Accounting and the College of Business, McEwen noted. She recalled how one student\u2019s participation in the Introduction to the Profession non-credit course sponsored by PwC led him to a job at the firm\u2019s Chicago office upon graduation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey [PwC executives] are extremely visible on campus throughout the year, not just at recruiting time,\u201d she added. \u201cThat\u2019s a pretty strong show of support for our programs and for our students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Setting a path for opportunities and success.<\/em><\/p>\n

De Armas describes his academic path at FIU as fundamental in a career that brought him to PwC in 1987 and helped him grow professionally, occupying a broad range of roles at the firm both in the U.S. and abroad.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe accounting program at FIU, when I was there and still today, is second to none,\u201d said de Armas, a member and past chairman of the School of Accounting\u2019s Advisory Board. \u201cWhen I went to the University of Florida to get my MBA, much of the material we covered in their graduate accounting program was what I had covered at FIU as an undergraduate.\u201d<\/p>\n

His advice for current College of Business students: Never underestimate what you can accomplish.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe students that graduate and apply themselves have many opportunities at PwC, not just in South Florida but globally,\u201d de Armas insisted. \u201cAnything is achievable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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