Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Alumni!

Did you get our Monthly Update? If so, you probably noticed we’ll be featuring an alumnus/a of the month! If you would like to be profiled, please complete the form at http://business.fiu.edu/alumni/member_spotlight.cfm and we’ll consider you for inclusion in a future mailing of our Update!

Also, if you have any other suggestions about how we can make this Update of greater value to you, let us know by providing us with your comments!

Real Estate Alumni!

Don’t forget to attend our Real Estate Alumni Council Networking Happy Hour on January 25, 2007, starting at 6:30 p.m. and ending at 9:00 p.m. at the Miami Beach Resort, Hotel and Spa. Our featured speaker will be Paco Diaz, CBRE Retail Services, named by CB Richard Ellis as its top “Retail Performer” in the U. S. in 2005. Find out more.

Family Business Owners and Service Providers!

Be sure to attend the Institute for Family Business in the college’s Eugenio Pino and Family Global Entrepreneurship Center’s first Family Business Forum of 2007 on January 30, 2007, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Chispa Restaurant, 225 Altara Avenue, Coral Gables.

The forum, titled “Entrepreneurship in the Next Generation,” will explore strategies and techniques used to encourage an entrepreneurial mindset among the next generation of family members within a family enterprise. It’s a mindset that focuses on identifying new trends and opportunities and has been proven to be a critical component in enabling family businesses to thrive through multiple generations of leadership. MIC Food, a twenty-year-old, second generation family enterprise, will be the topic of a live case study, with representatives from the family and firm as panelists. RSVP at http://entrepreneurship.fiu.edu/rsvp_list.php!

Business Alumni!

We’d like your ideas! We want to make your membership in the Business Alumni Chapter as meaningful and beneficial to you as we can. So send us your comments about the kinds of events and activities you’d like us to organize and coordinate for your benefit. We welcome your suggestions, always! This is YOUR chapter, and we want it to be what you want it to be!

Thursday, January 4, 2007

Congratulations to all of our new alumni!

Hope all you new graduates enjoyed our Tent Party following the afternoon Commencement on December 19th.



We’d love to hear your thoughts, your family’s thoughts, and for you to share any pictures you might have of your graduation day! Please send them so we can post!

Real Estate Alumni!

Be sure to join fellow alumni and industry professionals for our Real Estate Alumni Council Networking Happy Hour on January 25, 2007, starting at 6:30 p.m. and ending at 9:00 p.m. at the Miami Beach Resort, Hotel and Spa! See you there!