Business, Law & Policy

Growth fuels exciting future for Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship

Published: February 27, 2019 | 9:45 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Faculty members of the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship have moved into the renovated Shaw Building on campus. Now the growing program has an additional 12,000-square-feet of space to complement the school's downtown location in the Jim Moran Building.

Like the entrepreneurial spirit it is dedicated to instilling in students, Florida State University’s Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship is launching new programs and expanding staff on its mission to train the next generation of successful business innovators. Less than two years after starting with an inaugural class of 80 students, about 500 students are […]

FSU’s Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship wins national award for excellence and innovation

Published: January 29, 2019 | 3:55 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, News

FSU Professor Susan Fiorito accepts the Model Emerging Program Award from the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. The Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship won the award for its innovative approach to entrepreneurship learning.

Florida State University’s Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship has earned the top award in a national competition of entrepreneurship programs. Professor Susan Fiorito, the director of the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship, accepted the Model Emerging Program Award from the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) at the organization’s conference in St. […]

Jim Moran Institute recognizes scholarship recipients

Published: January 17, 2019 | 9:40 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, News

Randy Blass, Jan Moran and President John Thrasher recognized Jim Moran Scholars Hakeem Hunter, Robel Mechal and Jerry Jean-Pierre at a special reception at the Jim Moran Building in downtown Tallahassee, Jan. 16, 2019. (FSU Photography Services)

The Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship in the Florida State University College of Business recognized freshmen Jerry Jean-Pierre and Robel Mechal as 2018 Jim Moran Scholars Wednesday evening. The special reception, led by FSU President John Thrasher and Jan Moran at the Jim Moran Building in downtown Tallahassee, also celebrated the accomplishments of Hakeem […]

Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship appoints Central Florida director of operations

Published: January 9, 2019 | 10:07 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Entrepreneur and marketing professor Shane Smith has joined the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship as director of Central Florida operations. “I am thrilled to join the Jim Moran Institute team,” said Smith, who holds a doctorate in marketing. “I was attracted to the Jim Moran Institute’s mission of training and inspiring entrepreneurs throughout Florida, […]

FSU honors President and Dean Emeritus Sandy D’Alemberte

Published: November 19, 2018 | 3:30 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, News, University News

Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte stands next to his statue at the FSU College of Law. It originally was placed near the College of Medicine in 2009. "I'm honored to have this statue erected and glad to have it at the law school," D'Alemberte said. (FSU Photography Services)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State University’s beloved and brilliant President and Dean Emeritus Sandy D’Alemberte feels like he’s back home. D’Alemberte, now 85 years old and still teaching law courses, greeted friends and colleagues with his signature bright smile and cheerful style at a ceremony Nov. 18, commemorating the relocation of the “D’Alemberte Statue” from […]

FSU entrepreneurship students win top awards in global competition

Published: November 16, 2018 | 4:42 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, News

FSU senior Hannah King competed against five other teams of student-entrepreneurs from around Florida and won the statewide competition. Now, she heads to the National Finals in Denver. Adam Serota, on King's right, took second place.

A Florida State University student has emerged as the winner of a statewide competition for student-entrepreneurs and will represent Florida at the national finals of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) next year. Senior Hannah King — owner of Woven Futures, a business that markets the unique craftsmanship of Guatemalan textile weavers — earned a […]

Florida State announces 2019 Seminole 100 list

Published: November 8, 2018 | 4:50 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, News

FSU's Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship has announced its annual Seminole 100 list.

The Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship at Florida State University’s College of Business, in partnership with the FSU Alumni Association and EY, has released its 2019 Seminole 100 list. This annual list recognizes the fastest-growing U.S. businesses owned by Florida State alumni, who are responsible for some of the most innovative and profitable companies in […]

FSU Dedman School of Hospitality opens Marriott Career and Professional Development Center

Published: October 25, 2018 | 12:00 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, News

(L-R) Sarah Collins, FSU Foundation Director of Development, Student Affairs; Don Farr, Director of the Dedman School of Hospitality; Alishia Piotrowski, Director of the Dedman School of Hospitality’s Marriott Career and Professional Development Center

Florida State University’s Dedman School of Hospitality hosted a grand opening of its Marriott Career and Professional Development Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour, Oct. 19. The hospitality-focused center, established with a generous $2 million gift from The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation, opened following three months of renovations to existing space […]

FSU College of Law chapter wins Animal Legal Defense Fund Chapter of the Year Award

Published: October 19, 2018 | 1:43 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Laurel Tallent, FSU law student and FSU ALDF president

The Florida State University College of Law Animal Legal Defense Fund Chapter (FSU ALDF) has won the 2018 Chapter of the Year Award, presented by the Animal Legal Defense Fund. FSU ALDF was selected to receive the award from among hundreds of national and international chapters. The award recognizes an Animal Legal Defense Fund chapter […]

FSU College of Business inducts new members of Alumni Hall of Fame

Published: September 21, 2018 | 9:55 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, News

Four outstanding new members comprising the 2018 class were inducted into the Florida State University College of Business Alumni Hall of Fame at the Augustus B. Turnbull III Florida State Conference Center Thursday night. They joined 47 other honorees in the Hall of Fame, created in 2003 to honor alumni who have excelled in their careers […]

FSU research finds troubling disadvantages, including bias, against women in business

Published: September 1, 2018 | 1:55 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, News

Only 5.4 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs are women, according to startling new research conducted over more than two years by Florida State University. (FSU Creative Services, Amanda Hartsfield)

Women CEOs in America are paid less, have shorter tenures and their companies are punished in the stock market, even when their firms are just as profitable as those run by men, according to new research from Florida State University. In addition, women CEOs are less likely to serve as board chair of their companies, […]

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