IMPORTANT DATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Apply for scholarships and tuition waivers.

Looking for scholarships or tuition waivers for the 2005-2006 academic year? Then, mark your calendar for January. That's when scholarship and tuition waiver application forms for undergraduates and graduates alike will show up on the web. You might want to pay an earlier visit to get an idea of what to expect. If you're an undergraduate, check out http://business.fiu.edu/current_undergraduate/index.cfmscholarships.html. Graduate students, click on http://business.fiu.edu/web/gradscholarfellow.htm for details.

Some scholarships awarded recently include: The Cuban-American CPA Association awarded Junier Perez, Kenneth Rojas, and Andres Suarez $1,000 each. The Financial Executive Institute (FEI), a national organization of chief financial officers, issued a $500 merit award and certificate of achievement to Dania Gonzalez, president of the Financial Management Association.