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Read the latest stories about University of Florida Warrington College of Business alumni and friends, a powerful network of business graduates who are leading industries around the world.

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Warrington alumnus Brandon Harris holds a copy of his book recommendation, It Doesn't Have to be Crazy to Work.

Warrington alumni summer reading list suggestions

In addition to recommendations from Warrington faculty and staff, we asked alumni about what books they recommend reading this summer. Check out their selections below and what you’ll get out of reading each.   HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing

Preparing for milestone life event Beautiful Young Female Millennial business woman of Asian Ethnicity (Shot with Canon 5DS 50.6mp photos professionally retouched - Lightroom / Photoshop - original size 5792 x 8688 downsampled as needed for clarity and select focus used for dramatic effect)

Beauty before skills? How attractiveness helps in the hiring process, but confidence is king

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Think back to your last job interview in which you didn’t get hired. What were some of the reasons you told yourself you didn’t land the job? Maybe you struggled during the interview or you didn’t possess

Debbie Harvey sits at a conference table with a book about surfing pictured in the background.

Riding the retail wave to success

Even before Debbie Harvey (BSBA ’76) came to the University of Florida, she knew she wanted to pursue a career in business. Growing up, she watched her father run his own business making glass products, which grew her entrepreneurial spirit.

Joe Hair

The Great Facilitator

Exactly 50 years ago, in 1971, Joe Hair completed his third and final degree from the University of Florida Warrington College of Business. In the time since, Hair’s passion for marketing and entrepreneurship has propelled him to write more than

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When rudeness becomes a matter of life or death

Have you ever been cut off in traffic by another driver, leaving you still seething miles later? Or been interrupted by a colleague in a meeting, and found yourself replaying the event in your head even after you’ve left work

Osamah Abdelhaq benefitted from the MS-ISOM program

How my AI background at Warrington translated into a data science career

The Master of Science in Information Systems and Operations Management program not only provides the tools needed to break into data science, but challenges students with real world projects to apply those tools. My experience in the program taught me

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How much is a ‘like’ worth?

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The average person ‘likes’ about 12 posts per month on Facebook. With 1.82 billion active users logging onto the social media platform every day, that adds up to a lot of likes. Roughly 728 million likes per

Kevin Neff and Joy Scott

Two UF MBA Class of 2021 graduates named among Best & Brightest Online MBAs by Poets & Quants

Kevin Neff and Joy Scott represent two members of Poets & Quants’ Class of 2021 Best & Brightest Online MBAs.  As Poets & Quants writes, in the past, Online MBAs were sometimes stigmatized and considered an MBA Lite, even though the

PwC's incoming internship program

Corporate Partnerships: PwC

Early in Henry Miyares’ career at PwC, he made it a priority to bring other Gators with him. Now 39 years into his career and closing in on retirement, Miyares has recruited many successful Gators to the firm. As he

Ben Plotkin poses for a photo on the NYSE stock exchange floor under a sign with the Stifel trading price and analytics.

Success through service

Ben Plotkin (BSBA ’76) fondly remembers his teenage years working at his father’s lumber and hardware store in Miami in the 1960s. It was during the shifts he worked every weekend that he learned the business philosophy he’d carry forth

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