FIU Magazine Fall 2003



	COMING INTO IT'S OWN FIU's Art Museum boasts a big reputation and, soon, a new facility to match. When the 40,000-square-foot Patricia and Frost Art Museum opens at University Park in 2005-Groundbreaking took place Nov. 16- fans of the campus's current one room gallery... (read more)

	NANO TECH NOLOGY “Nanotechnology today has the same potential to change the world that microelectronics have shown over the last four decades,” said Vish Prasad, dean of the FIU College of Engineering, whose unit is conducting most of the University’s research in the field. (read more)

	ARCHITECT AND PATRON: THE MAKING OF THE FROST MUSEUM The planning of FIU’s new museum building at University Park has brought together the perfect match: a wonderfully credentialed architect and a highly committed University trustee and donor. (read more)

Very Important Panther
VIPs are FIU Alumni Association members recognized for their commitment to FIU and the community.

Adolfo Henriques ’76
Profession
Group CEO, Union Planters Bank

FIU Degree
MSM Accounting, 1976

FIU Affiliations
Chairperson, Board of Trustees
Past member, Foundation
Board of Directors
Past member, Council of 100

Favorite memories of your time at FIU?
My best memories are of working as a graduate assistant, helping in the accounting lab and doing research. The research was on users of financial statements.

How has your FIU experience helped you in life?
In business?
My FIU experiences certainly helped me reach my educational and professional objectives—passing the CPA exam, for instance. I think that I have used what I learned at FIU in just about everything that I have done in my professional career. All the knowledge that I acquired there, from corporate social responsibility all the way through tax to auditing to accounting to management—everything.

Any advice you would offer to FIU students? Balance. Dedicate the necessary and right amount of time to education, but also to enjoying all of your schoolmates and learning from them and their experiences. Have a good time while you’re doing it.

Why do you think it is important to be a member of the FIU Alumni Association?
I believe we always need to give back—to those individuals and institutions that have helped us and to give to others who without our support would not have the opportunities we have had. Belonging to the FIU Alumni Association keeps us connected to the university and each other and is a great networking opportunity. You’re doing something good for yourself, for others and helping the institution that helped you.

Proudest accomplishment? My three kids.