FIU Business Now Magazine Spring 2024
 
THE MAGAZINE OF FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY'S COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
 

Scene

Dean Hardin with Business Students

(L to R) Rafael Soltero, associate teaching professor, marketing, FIU Business and undergraduate business graduate Angel Otero at the fall commencement ceremony on December 10, 2023.


2023 AIS Student Chapter Leadership Conference

An FIU Business master's program graduate at a fall commencement ceremony on December 10, 2023.


Baptist Health Leadership Experience Program

(L to R) Gabriela Crespo, a reception guest; Suchimita Mishra, associate dean, faculty affairs, FIU Business; a reception guest; and Betty Alvarez (BBA '97), client management specialist, Ark Solvers Cybersecurity, at the networking reception cohosted by FIU Business and FIU Law on August 30, 2023.


Faculty development program

(L to R) Katherine Navas; Luisa Moreno; Kalli Stephens; and Guadalupe Velazquez, all FIU Business students, at the FIU Business Global Bilingual Sales Competition on April 7, 2023.


Faculty development program

Accounting major Travis Lindor (center), who received the GEMRT Lissette Velasquez Allegue Memorial First Generation Scholar scholarship, with partners from the Garcia, Espinosa, Miyares, Rodriguez, Trueba & Co. accounting firm, which gifted $60,000 to FIU Business, at a check presentation on November 16, 2023.


Strategic alliance memorandum
 

Carmen Ackerman (MSM '19), vice president of membership services and community engagement at the Orange Bowl Committee, at the Master of Science in Marketing speaker series at FIU Business on February 20, 2024.


SouthState Bank case competition
 

(L to R) William Hardin, dean, FIU Business; Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Malcolm Butters (MSIRE '83), president, Butters Construction & Development; and Eli Beracha, director, Hollo School of Real Estate, at the REact 2023 real estate conference hosted by the Hollo School of Real Estate at FIU Business on November 3, 2023.


World Happiness Fest
 

(L to R) Isabel Lopez Miranda, director, specialized master's programs, FIU Business; Gianny Sanchez (MSIRE '18), senior store development manager: Latin America and the Caribbean, Starbucks; Alexandra Goeseke Cervera (MSIRE '14, BBA '09), director, general real estate, Cervera Real Estate; and Francis Beracha (MSIRE '18), broker, The Beracha Team, at the REact 2023 real estate conference VIP dinner, held November 2, 2023, the night before the conference.


Summer commencement
 

(L to R) Lorenzo Perez Jr., president, Premier International Properties; Enrique Lopez (BBA '02), vice president, Natural Resources & Real Estate, Private Wealth Management, Regions Bank; Michelle Gonzalez (MSIRE '16, BBA '01), broker, Floridian First Realty; William Hardin, dean, FIU Business; and Fernando Arencibia Jr., Co- CEO, Avanti Way Commercial, at the REact 2023 real estate conference hosted by the Hollo School of Real Estate at FIU Business on November 3, 2023.