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Business Networks | October, 2008 | Volume 6, Issue 10 Energy challenges command attention this election season.
As the November election nears in the United States, energy remains on the list of hot topics on the national—and global—political agenda. Questions abound: Why are today’s oil prices so high? What about alternative fuel sources? How should energy policies evolve? All are tough issues—with no easy answers. To provide perspective on the ongoing energy debate, Edward Glab, co-director of Florida International University’s Energy Business Forum, offers some insights into what really is happening with energy today. Read more. Blog this.
Faculty members contribute at leading international business and management conference.
The prospect of four days in Milan, Italy, would entice travelers of all sorts. For scholars in the areas of international business and management, the lure was even greater when the Academy of International Business (AIB) held its 2008 annual meeting there during the summer. Considered the premier opportunity for scholars in the field to interact with peers, receive suggestions for their research, and learn about what others are doing, the AIB meeting attracted about 1,200 participants from international political economy, international relations, economics, and business. Approximately twenty faculty members and administrators from the College of Business Administration presented papers, chaired sessions, and got new ideas for future collaborations. Mary Ann Von Glinow, professor and Knight Ridder Eminent Scholar Chair in International Management, Department of Management and International Business; and director of Florida International University’s Center for International Business Education and Research (FIU-CIBER), was one of four AIB Fellows—a select group of leading scholars in international business—chosen to make 45-minute presentations to CEOs from Milan (Fiat, Cisco, Vodafone, Ernst & Young, among others), on behalf of the AIB Fellows. Read more. Blog this. Wal-Mart president and CEO, The Americas, offers insights on doing business responsibly in the region.
It should come as no surprise that a guest lecture by a highly placed Wal-Mart official would draw a crowd. And when you add to the equation that the speaker’s job focuses on The Americas and that he would be delivering the speech in the College of Business Administration—with its prominence in business research in The Americas and its faculty and student profile in which the region is strongly represented—success should be assured. It was. The attendance numbers and the enthusiasm generated by the appearance of Craig Herkert, president and CEO, The Americas, for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., were every bit as significant as anyone could have anticipated. As part of the college’s Herbert A. Wertheim Lecture Series, Herkert spoke about “Success Factors in Serving and Winning the ‘Working Class Customer’ Market” to an audience of between 300 and 400 college faculty members, administrators, staff, students, alumni, and business partners. Read more. Blog this. Summer graduations acknowledge hard work and achievements.
Though winter and spring are the seasons associated with commencement, summer is a busy graduation season in the College of Business Administration, too. Students in undergraduate and graduate programs complete their programs . . . and celebrate at fun-filled events that include awards from professors to students, from students to professors, and even from students to each other in the form of citizenship recognition. Here’s a summary of four of the summer graduations, along with observations from the top graduates from each of them. Thirty new graduates in the BBA+ Weekend program’s 23rd group took stock of their accomplishments at the Graham Center on June 27, 2008. Well aware of the demands of the BBA+ Weekend program thanks to his wife’s completion of it in 2006, Andrew Carbon (BBA ’08), student services assistant, Miami Dade College, appreciated the “quality of the faculty as well as the quality of the students. We came together as a group, almost like family and our diverse employment background added to the learning experience.” Read more. Blog this. Study abroad program immerses students in several different cultures in one country.
Oxygen may be in short supply in parts of Peru, but enthusiasm among those who participated in the recent study abroad program to the country was abundant. “I saw one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Machu Picchu; I got to see how different companies work; and I got to take two classes that I needed for my major,” said finance major Nicholas Aldrich. Randall Martin (BA ’76), Department of Management and International Business, and faculty director of the study abroad programs, leads the trips, which are designed to give students the chance to study international business in a different country. The Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) handles logistics. While each location offers unique attractions, the intense short-term format always includes three elements: course work, visits to companies, and time for sight-seeing. Read more. Blog this.
International Business Honors major participates in month-long service project in Amazon rainforest.
“If mosquitoes were made of chocolate, the Amazon trip would have been perfect,” said Yirama “Catalina” Medina, an International Business Honors (IB Honors) major in the College of Business Administration, with a second major in economics. One of students from Florida International University to journey deep into the Amazon rainforest—part of the first-time offering of the course in the university’s Honors College—Medina was interested because of her “fascination about the world,” and her desire “to travel everywhere I can.” Equally important was her commitment to service, a commitment she could fulfill on the Amazon trip, which centers on community service projects. Read more. Blog this.
Alumna Profile: Isabel Fernandez
Isabel Fernandez (MS ’90, BBA ’94), advisor/adjunct faculty, Hospitality Management Program, Miami Dade College, credits the College of Business Administration with giving her “technical and practical knowledge that I can use in anything I do.” Read more. Blog this. What A Feeling, Take Your Pride, Make It Happen . . .
The Silver Pride Reunion this year recognizes the Class of 1983 and past classes. The Florida International University Alumni Association cordially invites you to the Silver Pride 25-year class reunion. Read more. Blog this. Alumni Notes
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