{"id":6413,"date":"2010-01-29T12:57:41","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T16:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=6413"},"modified":"2020-03-04T09:49:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T14:49:23","slug":"kaufman-rossin-co-hosts-alumni-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2010\/01\/kaufman-rossin-co-hosts-alumni-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaufman, Rossin & Co. hosts Alumni Day."},"content":{"rendered":"

Inasmuch as about one-third of the employees at Kaufman, Rossin & Co.\u2014one of Florida’s largest independent accounting firms\u2014graduated from Florida International University (FIU), it\u2019s no surprise that a gathering sponsored by the FIU Alumni Association would draw an enthusiastic group at the firm. And inasmuch as most of the firm\u2019s FIU alumni are graduates of the College of Business Administration\u2014predominately with degrees in accounting or finance\u2014it was appropriate that Joyce J. Elam<\/strong>, executive dean of the business school, and Sharon Lassar<\/strong>, director of the School of Accounting, would provide updates to the group.<\/p>\n

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Many of the FIU alumni working at Kaufman, Rossin & Co. enjoyed Alumni Day. Steven Berwick, far left welcomed the firm\u2019s participants as well as the FIU contingent, including Roary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAn event like this makes people feel proud and reminds us of the substance of our alma mater,\u201d said Steven Berwick<\/strong> (BACC \u201974), CPA, a Kaufman, Rossin & Co. principal and a member of the School of Accounting Advisory Board and the President\u2019s Council, who welcomed the attendees. \u201cIt reminded us that we have friends in the business school and that we have resources there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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From left to right: Lazaro Escandel (BACC \u201995), manager; Roary, Tanya Ferreiro (BACC \u201990), principal; and Michael Perez (BACC \u201902), senior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Relationship grows between firm and the college.<\/em><\/p>\n

According to Berwick, \u201cWe are a future annuity for the School of Accounting,\u201d citing the example of a donation to the Building for Business Campaign. Alumni at the firm made contributions that, with matches, resulted in the Kaufman, Rossin & Co. Study Room in the new business complex.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe success of such projects, along with foundations and endowments, depends on alumni,\u201d Berwick said. \u201cAn event like this helps the alumni association get things going within the organizations for mutual benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ed Gannon (BBA \u201988), principal, and Roary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Though all alumni associations seek to stay connected with graduates, engaging FIU alumni makes particular sense because so many individuals remain in South Florida after graduation, including many of the 31,000 graduates of the business school.<\/p>\n

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Firm principals Tanya Ferreiro (BACC \u201990) and Nick Tootle (BACC \u201991) with Roary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inasmuch as about one-third of the employees at Kaufman, Rossin & Co.\u2014one of Florida’s largest independent accounting firms\u2014graduated from Florida International University (FIU), it\u2019s no surprise that a gathering sponsored by the FIU Alumni Association would draw an enthusiastic group at the firm. And inasmuch as most of the firm\u2019s FIU alumni are graduates of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[700,873,1405,1563,1883,2008,2388,2389,2496,2540],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6413"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6413"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33903,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6413\/revisions\/33903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}