Join Team FIU at Mercedes-Benz Corporate Run

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Ready, set, run! Faculty, staff, alumni and students are invited to join Team FIU Thursday, April 26, in the Mercedes-Benz Corporate Run. The 5K (3.1 mile) race is one of Miami’s biggest downtown social events of the year. Runners and walkers of all levels are welcome. The race, sponsored by [...]

FIU Americas Venture Capital Conference 2012 to bring innovative ventures, capital to Miami

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FIU’s College of Business Administration will host the 2012 Americas Venture Capital Conference: An International Summit of Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship on Nov. 14-15. This third annual conference, presented by FIU’s Eugenio Pino and Family Global Entrepreneurship Center, will take place at the JW Marriott Hotel, 1109 Brickell Ave., in [...]

FIU hosting energy industry leaders at two conferences

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As oil drilling begins off the coast of Cuba, prices at the pump threaten to reach record levels and the debate over the Keystone Pipeline expansion continues, some of the world’s foremost experts on energy are set to convene at Florida International University for two industry conferences. The Global Energy [...]

Leadership lecture series kicks off Feb.8

The Center for Leadership will launch its Leadership lecture series Feb. 8 with a presentation by Mary C. Gentile, a pioneer in business ethics. Gentile’s lecture, “The ‘How’ of Business Ethics” will address the questions: “What if I were going to act on my values? What would I say and [...]

FIU hosts Haiti-CEO retreat

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As Haiti marks the second anniversary of its devastating earthquake, one of the most significant signs of economic recovery is a strong entrepreneurial spirit. The “2011 Digicel Entrepreneur of the Year” from telecommunications operator Digicel fostered that success. Twenty-four finalists for the award took part in an intensive executive education [...]

FIU Center for Leadership hosts Miami Leadership Summit

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The FIU Center for Leadership hosted nearly 100 of Greater Miami’s top business, community and civic leaders at the Miami Leadership Summit Jan. 17. The summit was the brainchild of President Emeritus Modesto A. Maidique. The group developed specific ideas to position the region as a global competitor economically, culturally [...]

Alumna pioneers water treatment business

Lin Li is among a large group of students from China who are in FIU’s innovative Dual Degree Program, which offers options for the international scholar.

Lin Li (MIB ’11) had already been accepted for graduate work at Monash University in Australia when she heard about a partnership between FIU and Qingdao University, where she had earned two bachelor’s degrees. “The United States is one of the world’s most important economic centers and Miami is a [...]

FIU alumna volunteers a year in Nigeria

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Christine M. Adolf ’07 is spending a year in Kaduna, Nigeria as a volunteer, exploring how she can use her background in business to empower people living in poverty around the world. Read her blog on BizNews, the College of Business Administration’s news site.

Burger King CEO shares leadership philosophy

Joyce J. Elam, executive dean, College of Business Administration; Bernardo Hees; and FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg

A crowd of more than 145 students, faculty, alumni and representatives of the business community convened at FIU to hear Bernardo Hees, chief executive officer, Burger King Corporation, talk about leadership. Hees’ appearance at the College of Business Administration was part of the Herbert A. Wertheim Lecture Series. This program [...]

From homeless to cum laude: A graduate’s journey

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At one point in his life, after he joined the army to escape a girlfriend who broke his heart, after he left his wife for gambling away their money, after he was kicked out of the military for abusing alcohol, Aaron Alvin Sr. lived in Memphis, homeless and addicted to [...]