BOCA RATON – All 23 graduates of the Florida Atlantic University Accounting Scholars Program are leaving school with a job in their field.
Whether you are Republican or Democrat, an occupier or a tea partyist, the report last Sunday by CBS’ “60 Minutes” on insider trading by members of Congress should have steam whistling from your ears.
But there’s more to tell. And the news will not make you any happier.
Florida Atlantic University’s College of Business has announced that both its undergraduate and graduate student teams from the College’s health administration programs recently won the South Florida Healthcare Executive Forum’s (SFHEF) 2012 Student Case Competition at Aventura Medical Center in Aventura.
Florida Atlantic University’s College of Business is proud to announce that the entire accounting scholars class of 2012 boasts a 100 percent job placement rate.
Florida Atlantic University’s Adams Center for Entrepreneurship and the College of Business, along with the Research Park at Florida Atlantic University, recently hosted the 2012 FAU Business Plan Competition in which 21 teams comprised of FAU students, members of the business community, alumni and, for the first time, local high school students competed for a share of more than $200,000 in cash and prizes.
With two kids in college, software entrepreneur Mark Fredericks chafes once a semester at the steep price of textbooks. His solution? A website that lets students buy, sell and trade textbooks.
SwitchMyBooks.com started as a way to cut down on the $2,500 that Jose Christiansen and Dave Fredericks spend on college textbooks each year. On Friday, it became their ticket to owning a growing business.
Understanding how to identify one’s target market and develop an effective marketing plan is one key to driving sales and being a resourceful business owner.
Florida Atlantic University’s School of Accounting received a generous pledge in the amount of $50,000 from Dr. Veena Looknanan Brown. The gift, made in memory of Dr. Brown’s father, Clyde C. Looknanan, who was a strong influence in her life and died five years ago today, establishes the Clyde C. Looknanan Fund.
Florida Atlantic University’s 2012 Business Plan Competition’s final round, two-day event will take place on Thursday, April 12 and Friday, April 13 at the College of Business, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus. The competition provides an opportunity for participants to compete and test their business ideas.
