GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Joey Couture, Luis Franco and Cara Grandstaff, seniors at the Heavener School of Business, were inducted into the Heavener Hall of Fame. The Heavener Hall of Fame is reserved for undergraduate business students who have shown truly
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Warrington trio receive honor for exceptional community service
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Warrington students Kaitlyn Czencz, Emily Lunn and Abdul-Kader Okab were recipients of the University of Florida’s 2016 Presidential Service Awards on March 29 at the President’s House. The Presidential Service Awards, awarded by UF’s Center for Leadership
Influential real estate executive receives UF’s highest alumni honor
Kelley A. Bergstrom, namesake of the Warrington College of Business’s Kelley A. Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies, received the University of Florida’s Distinguished Alumnus Award on Friday during the College’s annual Business Advisory Council meeting. UF’s Distinguished Alumnus Award
Mobile tutoring app claims top prize at Big Idea Competition
Knack, a peer-to-peer tutoring mobile app, won the first-place, $25,000 grand prize at the 2016 Big Idea Gator Business Plan Competition on Friday. The Big Idea Gator Business Plan Competition, presented by the Warrington College of Business’s Entrepreneurship & Innovation
UF MBA Director to lead Heavener School of Business
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Dr. Alex Sevilla, who has guided UF MBA at the Hough Graduate School of Business to its place among the nation’s premier MBA programs, has been named Associate Dean and Director of the Heavener School of Business.
Men at Qwerk
How many times have you overheard a stressed-out UF student say they’d be willing to pay someone a small fee to take care of a menial task? Jonathan Katz has lost count how many times he’s heard that familiar refrain.
Heavener School ranks among nation’s top 25 public undergraduate business schools
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Heavener School of Business ranked 24th among the nation’s top public undergraduate business schools in Bloomberg Businessweek’s “2016 Best Undergraduate Business Schools” released today. The Heavener School, which ranked 58th overall, was one of only two
Accounting professor named to Poets & Quants’s 40 Under 40 List
Dr. Marcus Kirk, the Luciano Prida Sr. Term Assistant Professor at the Fisher School of Accounting, was recognized by Poets & Quants in its 2016 “Most Outstanding 40-Under-40 Business School Professors” list. Read Dr. Kirk’s profile, and see why he
Student Spotlight: Julie Varsha
Tax Day can be a stressful date for some Americans as they rush to file their taxes before the deadline. For those who can’t afford tax preparation assistance, the stress is even greater. Fortunately, students like junior Julie Varsha are
UF MBA takes second in SEC case competition
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – UF MBA at the Hough Graduate School of Business finished in second place at the 2016 Southeastern Conference (SEC) MBA Case Competition on Saturday at the University of Arkansas’s Walton College of Business in Fayetteville, Ark. UF