What's Happening @FAUbusiness

Florida Atlantic University’s College of Business MBA in Sport Management program is among the top 20 postgraduate sports business programs in the world, according to the latest rankings from SportBusiness . The program was ranked #17 out of 40 graduate-level programs listed in the worldwide rankings (chosen from 80 programs that submitted applications). FAU’s program ranked third among Florida un...

The executive education professional development programs at FAU Business have been ranked by the Financial Times for the first time in its annual rankings of the top 80 open enrollment executive education programs in the world. FAU ranked #71 globally, #15 in the United States, #3 in the southeast, and #1 in Florida in the Financial Times Executive Education Rankings . Among public universities,...

According to a statewide survey of Florida voters by the FAU Business & Economics Polling Initiative (FAU BEPI) - U.S. President Donald Trump & former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden hold commanding leads in the race for their parties’ nominations for president in 2020, & are in a dead heat in a possible head-to-head matchup. On a separate note, the FAU BEPI poll also finds that a plural...

FAU's Center for Forensic Accounting & the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Inspector General will host the 3rd annual Forensic Accounting & Financial Institution Fraud Conference on May 22nd & 23rd at the FAU College of Business. Guest speakers will include members from components of government & private sector experts, & some of the topics to be covered includ...

An FAU High senior, Alyssa Alvarez will be simultaneously earning her bachelor's degree and high school diploma this summer. Majoring in economics with a minor in business law, Alyssa is the Co-President of Phi Alpha Delta, a Pre-Law Fraternity, and a member of the FAU Undergraduate Law Journal. During the past year, Alyssa has conducted research with the FAU Business and Economics Polling In...

The FAU Alumni Association recently hosted its annual Hall of Fame and Distinguished Alumni ceremony and reception , and Arthur C. Brooks , a graduate of the College of Business, was introduced as the 2019 Hall of Fame inductee. Brooks is a bestselling author, a classical musician, a social scientist, and the president of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. He began his c...

On April 17th, FAU hosted its 50th annual Honors Convocation , a ceremony recognizing the University’s most outstanding students and faculty. From the College of Business, awards went to the following: John Scurto... FAU Distinguished Student Award Harrison Bryant... Student-Athlete of the Year Sydney Elney... Undergraduate Researcher of the Year / College of Business Adeel Shahzad... University S...

David Gorski , an FAU Honors College student, recently won first place and $10,000 in prize money at the annual FAU Business Plan Competition for his activity tracking mobile app, Life-Metrics . For more information about FAU's Business Plan Competition, visit business.fau.edu/bpc . And for more on the Wilkes Honors College and the Kenan Social Engagement Program, go to HonorsCollege.edu . Su...

Life-Metrics , an activity tracking mobile app, won first place and $10,000 in prize money at the annual FAU Business Plan Competition , recently hosted by FAU’s Adams Center for Entrepreneurship and the College of Business . Created by Wilkes Honors College student David Gorski, the Life-Metrics app platform establishes quantitative connections between health/usage data and psychological/physical...

FAU Business recently hosted its first-ever Real Estate Connect Conference , which drew industry stakeholders from around the country to discuss the outlook for various markets in the United States and across the globe. The conference is the kickoff event for establishing a recognized real estate program in the college of business.  The conference’s goal is to connect with a set of engaged partner...

Consumer confidence among Hispanics in the U.S. dropped slightly in the first quarter of 2019 as political divisions became apparent in their economic outlook for the U.S., according to a new national consumer sentiment index conducted by the Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative (FAU BEPI) in FAU’s College of Business . Read the full press release and follow FAU BE...

We are joined by Jonathan Sweet , Ph. D., from the @FAUbusiness Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM). Jonathan delves into both the ITOM program and the MIS student organization, MISA, for which he is the faculty advisor. Learn more about ITOM at business.fau.edu/ITOM , and follow MISA at misafau.com as well as Facebook , Instagram , Snapchat and Slack . Support th...

Hunter Greer graduated from FAU Business in 2018 with his MBA in Sport Management . He currently works as a Football Operations Assistant for FAU Football. Follow Hunter on twitter at @H_Greer . Support the show Business.fau.edu

FAU's College of Business has announced a new Executive Ph. D. in Business program, tailored to meet the needs of the southeast Florida community and provide highly educated members of the workforce a world-class education in business consulting and leadership. The three-year, research-intensive program allows individuals to focus in the following areas: accounting, economics, finance, inform...

Through FAU’s new Edu-Vantage Partner Program , JM Family Enterprises will offer its associates full tuition for both undergraduate and graduate degrees and certifications. With this new benefit, the automotive company’s 4,300 full-time associates are eligible to enroll in FAU’s online and on-campus courses starting in the fall semester. JM Family is the first organization to join FAU’s Edu-Vantag...

We are joined by Roland Kidwell , the Director of the FAU Adams Center for Entrepreneurship. Roland is also the DeSantis Distinguished Professor & Chair of the Management Programs in the FAU College of Business. On the show, Roland talks with us about the upcoming FAU Business Plan Competition which is hosted by the Adams Center for Entrepreneurship & takes place on Friday, April 12th, 201...