http://business.fau.edu News articles from Florida Atlantic University College of Business http://business.fau.edu/news-events/news-details/index.aspx?nid=124BOCA RATON – All 23 graduates of the Florida Atlantic University Accounting Scholars Program are leaving school with a job in their field.2012-05-03T09:13:00http://business.fau.edu/news-events/news-details/index.aspx?nid=123Join us for one of our information sessions to learn more about the MBA programs for working professionals. FAU's Executive MBA classes are in-session every third weekend...2012-05-02T16:06:00http://business.fau.edu/news-events/news-details/index.aspx?nid=121FAU College of Business Board Member, Steven Sponder, awarded the FAU Board of Trustees Service Award. Steve Sponder is a serial entrepreneur and inventor who has founded...2012-04-30T15:46:00http://business.fau.edu/news-events/news-details/index.aspx?nid=117Whether 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.2012-04-26T13:34:00http://business.fau.edu/news-events/news-details/index.aspx?nid=118Florida 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.2012-04-26T13:46:00http://business.fau.edu/news-events/news-details/index.aspx?nid=120Florida Atlantic University’s School of Accounting received a generous pledge in the amount of $50,000 from Dr. Veena Looknanan Brown.2012-04-26T14:42:00http://business.fau.edu/news-events/news-details/index.aspx?nid=119Florida 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.2012-04-26T14:04:00http://business.fau.edu/news-events/news-details/index.aspx?nid=114Florida 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.2012-04-16T11:34:00http://business.fau.edu/news-events/news-details/index.aspx?nid=115SwitchMyBooks.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.2012-04-16T11:36:00http://business.fau.edu/news-events/news-details/index.aspx?nid=113Understanding 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.2012-04-11T08:44:00http://business.fau.edu/news-events/news-details/index.aspx?nid=111Florida 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.2012-04-10T12:00:00http://business.fau.edu/news-events/news-details/index.aspx?nid=112Florida 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. 2012-04-10T12:03:00http://business.fau.edu/news-events/news-details/index.aspx?nid=106Senior procurement leaders from some of South Florida's most prominent companies: Office Depot, DHL, JM Family, Southern Wine & Spirits, AutoNation, Brightstar, Citrix, Royal Caribbean and others got together at FAU’s Office Depot Center for Executive Education Center, March 9, for the 2012 Procurement Best Practices and Networking Summit. 2012-03-27T15:40:00http://business.fau.edu/news-events/news-details/index.aspx?nid=98The Fall 2011 semester brought much success for ENT 4024- Business and Entrepreneurship, an interdisciplinary course offering FAU business and engineering students the opportunity to work together with industry experts through a semester-long project.2012-02-13T16:22:00http://business.fau.edu/news-events/news-details/index.aspx?nid=99When EMBA student Ricky Edwards enrolled in GEB 6217, Communication Skills for Business Professionals, he had no idea that the coursework would have an immediate affect on his professional development. 2012-02-13T16:30:00http://business.fau.edu/news-events/news-details/index.aspx?nid=94Professor Gary Castrogiovanni was named a Fellow of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE). Selection as a Fellow is the highest recognition that USASBE gives to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the development, furtherance and benefit of small and medium businesses. The USASBE Fellows Award recognizes the achievements of those men and women whose passion and burning desire for small business and entrepreneurship is reflected in their teaching, writing, research, training and public service.2012-01-23T15:37:00http://business.fau.edu/news-events/news-details/index.aspx?nid=93About 10 years ago, Florida Atlantic University’s (FAU) School of Business created a unique program for the community and offered a complete, comprehensive course on retirement and estate planning. A decade later over 5,000 people have taken the course and the program is still going strong.2012-01-20T14:03:00http://business.fau.edu/news-events/news-details/index.aspx?nid=92Student evaluations continue to play a major and outsize role in how departments of economics evaluate teaching, according to a paper presented here Friday at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association in Chicago. The paper, presented by William Bosshardt, an associate professor of economics at Florida Atlantic University, mirrored many of the findings of similar research more than a decade ago.2012-01-19T07:27:00http://business.fau.edu/news-events/news-details/index.aspx?nid=88Students pursuing a business degree at Florida Atlantic University are about to get leg up on some of the competition. The school is offering one-on-one mentoring with business leaders from the area. And there are quite a few.2012-01-11T09:51:00http://business.fau.edu/news-events/news-details/index.aspx?nid=89Take advantage of professional development classes in Project Management, Six Sigma and a variety of other professional certifications that can help you succeed in the new year!2012-01-11T09:56:00