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Celebration of Life for Jim Riordan Set for April 28
The College of Business will hold a Celebration of Life on April 28 for Jim Riordan, Ph.D., who founded FAU’s MBA in Sport Management Program in 2000.

FAU LAUNCHES MADDEN CENTER FOR VALUE CREATION
Florida Atlantic University’s College of Business is establishing the Madden Center for Value Creation, thanks to a $3 million donation from the Bartley J. Madden Foundation.

Terjesen Honored for Work as Entrepreneurship Educator
Professor and Associate Dean Siri Terjesen, Ph.D., has been named as a Justin G. Longenecker Fellow, the highest honor given by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) to those who promote small and medium-sized businesses.

Adjunct Molinet Joins Board of Directors at Holy Cross Health
Rudy Molinet, an adjunct professor in the College of Business and a longtime healthcare executive, has been appointed to the Board of Directors at Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale.

FAU RANKS AMONG NATION’S TOP 50 ONLINE MBA PROGRAMS
Florida Atlantic University’s College of Business offers one of the nation’s best online MBA programs, according to The Princeton Review.

FAU Emeritus Professor of Marketing Donates $2 Million to University
Florida Atlantic University has received an estate gift pledge of more than $2 million from College of Business emeritus professor Eric Shaw ’72, ’73, Ph.D. This generous gift will benefit various athletics, business, arts and letters, and other university programs, and makes Shaw the largest FAU faculty or staff donor in the university’s history, after former assistant professor Dick Schmidt ’71.