{"id":26244,"date":"2016-01-11T15:45:12","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T20:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=26244"},"modified":"2016-01-25T09:18:23","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T14:18:23","slug":"over-1000-students-awarded-business-degrees-at-december-14-commencement-ceremonies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2016\/01\/over-1000-students-awarded-business-degrees-at-december-14-commencement-ceremonies\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 1,000 students awarded business degrees at December 14 commencement ceremonies."},"content":{"rendered":"
Celebrate! Jubilation filled every corner of the U.S. Century Bank Arena on Monday, December 14, 2015, as friends and relatives, along with FIU President Mark Rosenberg, Acting Dean Jose Aldrich and the business school faculty witnessed 1,064 students in the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU) being conferred with a business degree.<\/p>\n
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In the afternoon commencement, 652 business students in the R. Kirk Landon Undergraduate School of Business had the opportunity to step forward to receive their bachelor\u2019s degree. The National Anthem<\/em> and the FIU Alma Mater were performed by business instructors S. Christopher Ellis and Donald Roomes.<\/p>\n At an evening commencement ceremony the same day, 411 students from the Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Graduate School of Business were honored for earning a master\u2019s degree. Jun Yang was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n College employees add degrees to their list of accomplishments.<\/em><\/p>\n