{"id":27619,"date":"2016-12-14T11:16:46","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T16:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=27619"},"modified":"2017-01-09T12:09:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T17:09:47","slug":"celebrate-college-of-business-awards-almost-1300-degrees-at-fiu-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2016\/12\/celebrate-college-of-business-awards-almost-1300-degrees-at-fiu-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate! College of Business awards almost 1,300 degrees at FIU commencement."},"content":{"rendered":"
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As their families and friends cheered, 1,278 students in the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU) were awarded degrees at Fall 2016 commencement.<\/p>\n
President Mark B. Rosenberg congratulated business school graduates at three ceremonies held at the FIU Arena, located at FIU\u2019s Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Acting Dean Jose Aldrich presented the diplomas.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven in hard times, you made a difference,\u201d Rosenberg said to cheers from the students. \u201cHere we have the next generation of our country\u2019s business leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n
At an afternoon ceremony on Sunday, December 11, 2016, 600 of the students from the R. Kirk Landon Undergraduate School of Business were recognized for earning a bachelor\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n
During the ceremony, Albert Dotson Sr., one of FIU\u2019s most enthusiastic advocates and Chairman Emeritus of the FIU Board of Trustees, was presented with the first Albert E. Dotson, Sr. Blue & Gold Award.<\/p>\n
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At the evening ceremony on the same day, 573 students from the Alvah H. Chapman Graduate School of Business received a master\u2019s degree. One student was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Business Administration: Inkyoung Hur (PhD \u201916).<\/p>\n
On Monday, December 12, 2016, at an afternoon ceremony, 103 students from the School of Accounting, part of the Landon School, received their Bachelor of Accounting degree. Three faculty members from the College of Business performed The<\/em> National Anthem <\/em>and the FIU Alma Mater <\/em>at this ceremony: S. Christopher Ellis, Donald Roomes and Louis Melbourne.<\/p>\n College employees add degrees to their list of accomplishments.<\/em><\/p>\n