Originally from Taipei, Taiwan, Ann Sung Ruckstuhl (BS ’86, MBA ’92) describes her experience coming to the United States at 15 years old as that of many immigrants – a blessing and a curse. While she had to quickly learn
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Alumni giving back their most valuable assets – time and expertise
The generous gifts of time, talent and expertise from alumni like Bill and Carol Moss, Marty Schaffel and Rick Scarola have enabled Warrington students to thrive. Read more about the different ways in which these alumni are giving back to
Rick Scarola: Practical application of real estate knowledge
Since graduating from the University of Florida in 1982, Rick Scarola (BSBA ’82) has combined his educational background in business and passion for engineering into a career path in real estate. For 23 years, Covenant Capital Group, which Scarola co-founded
Bill and Carol Moss: Personal connections facilitate learning opportunities
When Carol Moss (MBA ’87) first enrolled in the University of Florida’s MBA program, she didn’t quite know what she was getting into. As a nurse taking classes while working full time at Shands Hospital, she realized that there was
Marty Schaffel: First-hand insights from a successful entrepreneur
In the years after he graduated from the University of Florida, Marty Schaffel (BA, BSBA ’76) took on a few different roles in management and sales, but it wasn’t until he started his own company at age 27 that he
Drilling into marketing
With a good-natured grin, Peter S. Sealey PhD Professor of Marketing Richard J. Lutz stalked between desks in his Marketing 101 classroom. Every student in the packed auditorium leaned forward, curious to see what he’d do with the electric drill
University of Florida Full-Time MBA graduates set record salary highs
Students in the University of Florida’s Full-Time MBA Class of 2023 offer a distinctive value to today’s top employers, as demonstrated by their record-high program salaries, signing bonuses as well as excellent job placement. In 2023, UF MBA Full-Time graduates
Beautiful Curly Me
Evana Oli (BSBA ’02) is a “mompreneur.” After over 17 years of experience marketing for companies such as Delta, CNN and Georgia Pacific, Oli’s career took an unexpected twist. It all started when her daughter, Zoe, complained about her hair.
Banking on success
Looking back on the beginning of his career, Gary Antenberg (BSBA ’89) is grateful that he didn’t get his dream job right out of college. At the University of Florida, he studied finance in the hopes that he’d land a
AI is up and walking
Brett Adcock (BSBA ’08) has a knack for getting his businesses off the ground – flying and walking. Since founding his sustainable air mobility company, Archer Aviation, in 2018, Adcock has moved onto a new startup: Figure AI. Figure AI
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