School of Business News & Events

The Evening MBA Program

Miami-Dade South

Great news for our interested MBA students in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties!  Our AACSB International accredited Evening MBA program is scheduled to begin again in Miami-Dade South at Assurant Solutions, Miami, located at 11222 Quail Roost Drive, Miami, FL 33157 (just off the Florid Turnpike-South Eureka Drive/Quail Roost Drive exit), in January 2009.  This gives applicants sufficient time to prepare for the GMAT and to submit their applications.  Or, if the applicant has extensive managerial experience they can complete the Admission Requirements’ portfolio detailing extensive managerial experience in order to be waived, upon review, from the GMAT.  

For the Evening MBA at Assurant there is an application deadline of Monday, November 24, 2008.  Also, please note that applicants for the Evening MBA at Assurant must either be U.S. citizens or residents or international applicants whose visas allow them to enroll as part-time (six credits per semester) students.

Participants will progress through their studies as one cohesive group referred to as a “cohort.”  In a cohort group, participants will complete the 36 credit hour, 23-month program together.  This provides a unique opportunity to form a functional and enduring professional network among participants, as well as strong mutual support for the future.

Classes will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00 – 9:00 PM.  Please see the projected course schedule for each semester, commencing with the spring of 2009, at the end of this article. 

The tuition, at $655 per credit hour for all Assurant Solutions’ employees ($715 for others), is a reduced rate from our on-campus MBA program's rate ($815 per credit hour).  This tuition structure will be in effect for the duration of the 23-month program.  Please note that the Barry University Merit Scholarship is not available to students at the Evening MBA at Assurant due to its discounted tuition structure.

For those students whose undergraduate degree is not in business, additional non-credit workshops may be required.  These workshops will be scheduled conveniently at our Miami Shores campus throughout the 23-month program.  For additional information about these workshops please go to: www.barry.edu/mba/admissions/preRequisites.htm

Barry University's Andreas School of Business has a proud tradition of providing its graduate students with the challenge and opportunities afforded by an academic environment that includes professors who have a strong background in the practical aspects of business and are skilled both in teaching and research.  All MBA classes are taught by full-time faculty who hold Ph.D.s. 

For additional information, please contact Jose Poza at 305-899-3535/1-800-289-1111 X3535 or jpoza@mail.barry.edu at your convenience.  We look forward to hearing from you and hope that Barry University will play an integral role in helping you achieve your personal and professional goals.

* MBA electives to be identified in consultation with the students in the class.

The Saturday MBA Program
Broward

Great news for our interested MBA students in Broward and Palm Beach counties! Our AACSB International accredited Saturday MBA program is scheduled to begin in Broward County at The Herald building located at 2010 NW 150th Avenue, Pembroke Pines, FL 33028 (on I-75 just off of the Sheridan East exit) on August 30, 2008.  This gives applicants sufficient time to prepare for the GMAT (or complete the Admission Requirements’ portfolio detailing extensive managerial experience in order to be waived, upon review, from the GMAT) and to submit their applications.  

For the Broward Saturday MBA there is an application deadline of July 1, 2008.  Also, please note that applicants for the Saturday MBA must either be U.S. citizens or residents or international applicants whose visas allow them to enroll as part-time (six credits per semester) students.

Participants will progress through their studies as one cohesive group referred to as a “cohort”.  In a cohort group, participants will complete the 36 credit hour, 23-month program together.  This provides a unique opportunity to form a functional and enduring professional network among participants, as well as strong mutual support for the future.

Classes will be held on Saturdays from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM with a one-hour lunch break.  Please see the projected course schedule for each semester, commencing with the fall of 2008, at the end of this article. 

The tuition, at $580 per credit hour for all Herald and Knight Rider employees ($625 for others), is a reduced rate from our on-campus MBA program's rate  ($725 per credit our).  This tuition structure will be in effect for the duration of the 23-month program.  Please note that the Barry University Merit Scholarship and the Marie Baier Scholarship are not available to students at The Herald's MBA due to its reduced tuition structure.

For those students whose undergraduate degree is not in business, additional non-credit workshops will be required.  These workshops will be scheduled conveniently at our Miami Shores campus throughout the 23-month program.  For additional information about these workshops please go to: www.barry.edu/mba/admissions/preRequisites.htm

Barry University's Andreas School of Business has a proud tradition of providing its graduate students with the challenge and opportunities afforded by an academic environment that includes professors who have a strong background in the practical aspects of business and are skilled both in teaching and research. 

For additional information, please contact Jose Poza at 305-899-3535/1-800-289-1111 X3535 or jpoza@mail.barry.edu at your convenience.  We look forward to hearing from you and hope that Barry University will play an integral role in helping you achieve your personal and professional goals.

* MBA electives to be identified in consultation with the students in the class.

Graduate Programs Information Sessions:
 
Dates:

Monday, May 26, 2008 - 6:00 PM

Location:

Dean's Conference Room
Administrative Offices
2nd Floor of the Andreas School of Business

Applications will be accepted.

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For additional information please contact:

José J. Poza, Jr., MBA
Assistant Dean for Marketing
Andreas School of Business
(305) 899-3535/1-800-289-1111 x3535
(305) 892-6412 (fax)
jpoza@mail.barry.edu

Business student team is finalist in Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge

A team of graduating seniors from the Andreas School of Business is one of six finalists in the 10th Annual Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge contest. Doggy-Duo, a retractable dog leash with a pivoting spinner at the end of it, was chosen from among more than 70 entries.

On Monday, May 5, the six finalists will be featured in the Herald’s Business Monday. The public will then have one week to vote for their favorite in the People’s Choice Award. The People's Choice winner will be profiled along with the three winners selected by the Herald’s panel of judges in the May 19th edition.

Doggy-duo creator and graduating senior Anthony Lisiewski, knows all about the difficulties of waking multiple dogs at one time.

“I have an American Bulldog, Kilo, and my roommate has four dogs, so I know what it’s like to walk two or more dogs and get all tangled up when one wants to go one way and the other one another.”

Lisiewski developed the idea as a project for his undergraduate Entrepreneurship class taught by Dr. Betty Diener. As part of the project, students are asked to develop a unique product and develop a business plan to introduce it to the market. The best products, Diener said, often involve finding simple solution to a common problem.

“Every now and then you hear of an idea that’s just a great idea. There’s no other product on the market like it,” Diener said. “Doggy-Duo is like that; it just lets you and your dogs walk down the street perfectly happy.”

Lisiewski teamed up with seniors Carlos Musibay, Jeffery Willis, and Mitch Rodriguez to develop a business and marketing plan for Doggy-Duo. “We thought of a lot of different ways to help market and promote the product, such as demonstrating it at local dog parks or donating a portion of the sales to the ASPCA or another organization that helps homeless dogs,” Lisiewski said.

To vote for Doggy-Duo and support our Barry team, go to www.miamiherald.com/business/monday. They need your vote to win.

A first-generation Haitian immigrant who considers her hardworking mother her greatest role model; a high school athlete and child of an interracial marriage who mentors kids and works two jobs to pay for his college education; a young wife and mother who excelled academically while recovering from a severe injury; an aspiring ‘fashionista’ and Big Sister for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami who greatly admires the “courageous and amazing” women she remembers growing up in Port-au Prince.

The Ocean Bank scholarship recipients for the 2007-2008 academic year are (left to right): Jomina Joseph, Amber Davenport, Martine Cardet and Christopher Simon.

Martine Cadet, Amber Davenport, Christopher Simon and Jomina Joseph, all students at Barry University’s Andreas School of Business, are one step closer to realizing their academic and career aspirations thanks to a generous scholarship from Ocean Bank of Florida. The scholarships, which will total $60,000 over the next two years, were awarded to upper division students in the School of Business who are black, non-Hispanic, U.S. citizens. To qualify, students had to have and maintain a GPA of 3.25, be residents of Miami-Dade or Broward counties and display leadership and a commitment to community service.

Juniors Martine Cadet, Christopher Simon and Jomina Joseph each received annual scholarships of $6,000, while senior Amber Davenport was awarded $12,000. The remaining $30,000 will be awarded in the 2008-2009 academic year.

“Ocean Bank is proud to offer these well deserving students the opportunity to further their education at such a fine institution as Barry University. It is Ocean Bank’s philosophy to assist by giving back to the community in which we serve,” said Ocean Bank Assistant Vice President Cassandra Wiggins.

The scholarships were awarded at a luncheon and check presentation held on Thursday, Nov. 15 at Barry University’s Miami Shores campus. During the luncheon representatives from Ocean Bank got a chance to meet the scholars and to learn more about their career aspirations, while the students were happy to have the opportunity to express their gratitude face-to-face.

“The reason I have held two jobs since I have been in college is because I try to help my parents as much as possible when it comes to school,” said finance major Christopher Simon. “After hearing about this amazing opportunity Ocean Bank has given me, I was speechless, having to hold back the tears. My parents shared the same emotions as well as expressing their happiness for me.”

Barry University President Sister Linda Bevilacqua, OP, Ph.D., also expressed her gratitude on behalf of the University and emphasized the benefits of investing in higher education. “There are many ways you can invest your money, but I believe that investing in higher education is one of the most significant,” Bevilacqua said. “When you invest in one individual, the possibilities are endless. It’s very gratifying to know that the people at Ocean Bank feel the same way.”

Ocean Bank is the largest independent commercial bank headquartered in Florida. Chartered in 1982, the bank operates a network of branches throughout Miami-Dade and Broward counties. With more than 1,000 employees, Ocean Bank has a tradition of investing in education and the local community. The bank received the 2007 Leave a Legacy Donor Next Door Award, which recognizes philanthropists and local organizations that are making a difference in South Florida. Ocean Bank and its President and CEO Jose A. Concepcion also received the Julia Tuttle Award of Corporate Citizenship in recognition of National Philanthropy Day 2007.

Barry University’s Career Services and the Student Accounting Association partnered to host Careers in Accounting Night with 75 students in attendance.  A panel discussion was moderated by John Moriarty, Assistant Director, Career Services, followed by an informal networking reception where students could mingle with the panelists.  The panel highlighted 3 Barry University alumni working in different sectors of accounting: Ms. Dana Lance, ’06, Senior Associate with Grant Thornton in their State and Local Tax Practice, Ms. Dee Grohowski, ’95, Tax Specialist with KPMG, and Mr. Jonathan Brock, ’01, Manager at Sungard.

Barry's academic merit scholarship is available (to be eligible a minimum GMAT combined score - encompassing the verbal and quantitative sections - of 450 is required) to you for our MBA, MSM, and MSA programs. You might be eligible for a grant or scholarship ranging from a minimum of $162.50 per credit, or $2925 per 18 credits to a maximum $455 per credit, or $8190 per 18 credits! The cost per credit for all of our graduate programs at our Miami Shores campus is $765.00.

Please note that this scholarship is not available for the Broward Saturday MBA program which already offers a tuition discount and for the dual-degree programs which may offer scholarships via the Podiatry program (DPM/MBA), the School of Nursing (MSN/MBA), the School of Education (MSHRD/MBA), and the School of Human Performance and Leisure Sciences (MSSM/MBA).

The grant and scholarship program is based on your undergraduate GPA and your performance on the Graduate Management Admissions Test ( www.mba.com ). If you'll take a moment to send us an email (to Jose Poza at jpoza@mail.barry.edu), telling us your undergraduate cumulative GPA, we'll get an e-mail out to you telling you what kind of a scholarship you could qualify for.

Barry University has been named “Best Private University or College,” according to South Florida CEO magazine. The ranking is part of a South Florida “Best in Business” list compiled for the magazine’s Jan. 2007 issue from an online reader survey.

The listing calls attention Barry’s Catholic heritage and the number of programs offered. In addition, it highlights Barry’s recent U.S. News and World Report ranking as No. 1 for student diversity among southern schools of the same size.

"This is exciting news,” said President Sister Linda Bevilacqua, OP, PhD. “We know we are the best, but to receive such recognition from our South Florida neighbors and supporters is very encouraging and affirming news. Thank you for all you do to contribute to our very positive reputation."

The list includes categories ranging from “Best Condo Developer,” to “Best Boutique Store” to “Best Men’s Grooming Spot.”

South Florida CEO is available online at www.southfloridaceo.com.

Click here to read the full South Florida CEO “Best in Business” list. 

The Andreas School of Business at Barry University was recently named an outstanding school of business in Princeton Review's “Best 282 Business Schools.”

“Best 282 Business Schools” contains 11 ranking lists of top 10 business schools in various categories. The 10 lists are based on The Princeton Review's surveys of 18,000 students attending the business schools profiled in the book.

“No other school would give you such personal attention. Several of my classes have had fewer than 10 students, and the professor tailors the material to fit our schedules and individual ambitions,” said one MBA student surveyed.*

Ranked number four in business schools that provide the “greatest opportunity for minority students,” Barry was also cited for providing “choices that are typically available only at larger universities” while at the same time giving its students “the benefit of personalized attention.”

U.S. News and World Report also recently named Barry the most diverse campus in the Southern United States for a university of its size, making this the second time in recent months Barry has been recognized for its level of diversity and inclusiveness.

“We are extremely proud that Barry was recognized for the personal attention it gives its students as well as the opportunities it provides to minority students entering the business world. In these areas, we believe we are truly leading the field and are going to continue to work to improve the experience and opportunities we provide to all of our students,” said Jack Scarborough, Dean of Andreas School of Business.

*Note: The Princeton Review does not give the names of students surveyed.

On November 12th  Cardo Martinez, a senior finance major, was named a Fellow of the Financial Management Association (FMA).  Only twenty-four students across the United States received this honor. The FMA Collegiate Fellows Program recognizes outstanding FMA chapter members who have made meaningful contributions in service to their chapter and/or college throughout the year. Students must be nominated for this honor by their chapter or faculty advisor and demonstrated one or more significant achievements during the current academic year. Cardo’s accomplishments included serving as President of the FMA Honor Society, arranging guest speakers and actively promoting the FMA among fellow students.

Twenty-four Andreas School of Business students were accepted for membership into The Financial Management Association International Honor Society.  They have the distinction of belonging to the ONLY international honorary which specifically recognizes the achievement of finance majors and demonstrates their expertise in areas such as financial economics and decision making.

New Members for Fall 2007: Victor Aponte, Fabian Belfor, Biana Berardi, Shervane Browne, Jonathan Budi, Michael Carmosin, Shu-Kai Chang, Timothy Coleman, Brian Gossett, Agnes Krelkeler, Giselle Mas, Allison Miettunen, Candice Paige Myer, Raj Naidu, Kathryn Nanlal, Robert Neidle, Kimberly Orlandi, Brett Pencar, Jose Rodas, Christopher Simon, B. Keith Smith, Michelle Spencer, Saran Steward, and Roman Werschel

On November 12th the Andreas School of Business held an induction ceremony for the following new members of Beta Gamma Sigma: Shu-Kai Chang, Amber Davenport, Brian Gossett, Agnes Krelkeler, Cardo Martinez, Giselle Mas, Raj Naidu, Kathryn Nanlal, Kimberly Orlandi, and Alina Walton.

Beta Gamma Sigma is the scholastic honor society established to encourage and honor academic achievement in the study of business, to foster personal and professional excellence, to advance the values of the Society, and to serve its lifelong members.  Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest recognition a business student anywhere in the world can receive in an undergraduate or master’s program at a school accredited by AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.