Business, Law & Policy

FSU risk management/insurance program earns prestigious award

Published: May 30, 2017 | 1:58 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Cassandra Cole is the department chair of Risk Management/Insurance, Real Estate, and Legal Studies at Florida State University.

The Florida State University College of Business has been awarded the Global Centers of Insurance Excellence (GCIE) designation by the International Insurance Society for its highly ranked risk management/insurance program. The designation is awarded to universities and colleges with outstanding risk management and insurance programs and in selecting designees, the society considers such factors as […]

FSU marketing professor honored for his positive impact

Published: May 17, 2017 | 10:08 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

FSU Marketing Professor Martin Mende was honored for having a positive impact on people's quality of life.

Martin Mende, an associate professor of marketing in the Florida State University College of Business, has been selected as the 2017 Emerging Scholar by the Marketing and Society Special Interest Group (MASSIG) of the American Marketing Association. The award honors researchers in the early stages of their academic careers who tackle significant societal issues that substantially advance understanding in […]

FSU entrepreneurship faculty member wins achievement award

Published: May 11, 2017 | 12:00 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, University News

FSU faculty member Doug Tatum, an entrepreneur in residence in the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship, has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Corporate Growth.

Florida State University’s Doug Tatum, an entrepreneur in residence in the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship, has received a distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Corporate Growth. The award is a rare honor that hasn’t been presented to an honoree since 2012 when Jay Jordan, chairman and founder of the Jordan Company, received […]

Closing the deal: Florida State Real Estate program shines at national competition

Published: April 20, 2017 | 10:10 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, Students & Campus Life

A team of four FSU real estate students — Race Smith, Michael Walsh, Sarah Flemister and Michelle Langborgh — won the eighth annual Villanova Real Estate Challenge on March 31. They competed against teams from 18 universities that operate the top undergraduate real estate programs in the United States.

Florida State University’s Real Estate program has established itself as one of the nation’s most successful programs over the past 40 years and has been consistently ranked in the Top 10 for education and faculty research. The latest example of the program’s national prominence comes from a talented group of students in the College of […]

International business group honors FSU chapter

Published: April 11, 2017 | 12:57 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

The Society for Advancement of Management (SAM) recognized Florida State’s chapter of SAM.

A new student group at Florida State University has been honored with multiple awards from a century-old international organization. The Society for Advancement of Management (SAM) — a nonprofit that shares management expertise in a variety of fields — recently recognized Florida State’s chapter of SAM. The group was organized by the Jim Moran School […]

FSU alumni earn place in College of Business 2017 Hall of Fame

Published: April 6, 2017 | 9:43 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

The FSU College of Business 2017 Hall of Fame class: Douglas Dunlap, Clifford Hinkle, Stuart Lasher and Thomas McAlpin.

Four new members will be inducted into the Florida State University College of Business Alumni Hall of Fame April 6 at the Augustus B. Turnbull III Florida State Conference Center. The four will join 43 other individuals inducted since the Hall of Fame was created in 2003 to honor alumni who have excelled in their […]

FSU alumnus works with Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship to expand market of best-selling grooming product

Published: March 23, 2017 | 1:56 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Joshua Esnard ('08) received support from the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship to expand the market of his product, The Cut Buddy.

A Florida State University graduate and the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship are working together to expand the reach of his already successful startup company. Joshua Esnard, who graduated from FSU in 2008 after taking entrepreneurship classes and earning a bachelor’s degree in finance, started selling The Cut Buddy in 2016. The product, a patented […]

FSU hosts lecture on presidential rating game

Published: March 16, 2017 | 3:49 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, Education & Society, News

It’s a perennial pastime to compare U.S. presidents, but according to an upcoming guest lecturer at Florida State University, our current ranking systems are flawed and even our most admired leaders are due for some new critical consideration. Alvin Felzenberg will deliver the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy’s Anderson-Ashby lecture “Rethinking the Presidential […]

Profiles in Leadership: New dean aims to strengthen future of law school

Published: March 7, 2017 | 1:25 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, University News

Erin O’Hara O’Connor, the new dean at Florida State University’s College of Law, sprinkles her language with a boxing expression when she talks about her talented and motivated faculty. She says they “punch well above their weight” — an expression of respect, recognizing and praising them as potent overachievers — as they step into the […]

InNOLEvation® Challenge announces winners

Published: March 6, 2017 | 4:57 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Susan Fiorito, Hannah King, Wendy Plant and Mark McNees

Four student-operated businesses have won top honors at the 2016-2017 InNOLEvation® Challenge business model competition hosted by the Florida State University Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship. The competition, which paid out more than $35,000 to winners, included two first-place awards. One focused on a social problem and another focused primarily on entrepreneurship. Hannah King and […]