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School of Accounting Advisory Board

School of Accounting Advisory Board

Steven M. Berwick, Alfredo N. Cepero, Steven J. Davis, Mario de Armas, Sergio de la Fe, Jr., Jorge N. De La Torre, Carolina Delgado, Robert Feldmann, Alvaro R. Florez, Edward V. Gannon, Rafael H. Garcia, Antonio M. Giro, Raisa Grau, Mitchell R. Less, Ana L. Martinez, Oscar P. Ortiz, Gerardo Pombo, Erbin J. Ramirez, Jorge I. Salgueiro, Gilbert E. Santiesteban and Justin Stone.

Generous gift from PwC to FIU’s accounting and business students expands partnership

Generous gift from PwC to FIU’s accounting and business students expands partnership

For years, the College of Business has delivered high-quality employees and interns to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The global accounting firm expects to hire at least 60 full-time employees and interns from the college by the end of 2015. In 2014-2015, PwC took on several generous initiatives designed to give back to […]

Maidelys Ruiz: PCAOB Scholarship Recipient

Maidelys Ruiz: PCAOB Scholarship Recipient

When she came from Cuba to the United States in 2008, Maidelys Ruiz knew English mainly from books. Coming to Miami marked the first plane ride for Ruiz, who emigrated with her parents and younger sister. Six years later, Ruiz not only graduated summa cum laude from the School of […]

Beta Alpha Psi board members (l. to r.): Erick Morales, Sugey Ramirez, Lazare Jean, Adeel Sobani, Azmat Aziz, Maria Pelaez, John Cuadra.

Beta Alpha Psi

  Gold again! For the second straight year, the Beta Alpha Psi chapter at FIU received the Gold chapter designation at the organization’s Annual Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in August, 2015. This recognition, awarded by KPMG, goes to only the top 12 BAP chapters in the world, which puts the […]

Ruth Ann McEwen

From the School of Accounting Director

This year, as the School of Accounting moved into its state-of-the-art MANGO building, we brought faculty and staff offices under one roof for the first time in many years. With new spaces to collaborate, we took the opportunity to reflect on some of our accomplishments in the past year, and […]

ALPFA FIU

ALPFA FIU

After being named the ALPFA Southern Region Student Chapter of the Year for 2014–2015 at the national convention in Atlanta in August 2014, ALPFA FIU demonstrated how they deserved the title by offering terrific opportunities for the members and for the community. “Our year was packed with member events, development […]

Publications

Publications

Alfonso, Elio, Cheng, C. & Pan, S. (2014). Income Classification Shifting and Mispricing of Core Earnings.  Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance. Dichev, I., Huang, Xiaochuan & Zhou, D. (2014). The Dark Side of Trading.  Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance. 29 (4), 492-518. Kim, Y., Kim, Jung Hoon, Kwon, […]

Forensic MAcc adds important new expertise for accounting community

Forensic MAcc adds important new expertise for accounting community

In South Florida, identify theft, money laundering, healthcare fraud and other economic crimes are all too rampant. In these scenarios, trained forensic accountants are asked to step in, investigate, and get to the root of issues…

MANGO technology helps faculty cross geographical borders

MANGO technology helps faculty cross geographical borders

Antoinette Smith, associate professor in the School of Accounting, uses MANGO’s technology to add a new dimension to classroom learning. Using Skype and three large projector screens in the classroom, she arranged for six speakers from major accounting firms to interact…

MANGO opens up new technology, collaboration, and dining choices

MANGO opens up new technology, collaboration, and dining choices

Amidst a fast-changing educational landscape driven by digital technology and students’ evolving needs, FIU officially inaugurated its six-story, state-of-the-art Management and New Growth Opportunities (MANGO) building in January 2015…