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By Kara Turey This month’s UCF College of Business Alumni Spotlight is Trey Johnston. Earning his Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from the University of Phoenix, after serving our country in the military, he held an internship at Lockheed Martin during the afternoons following classes for his Professional MBA (PMBA) degree. Mr. Johnston is […]

By Kara Turey With three years in leadership development and a desire to focus on employee talent and organizational development, Michael Groves decided it was time to go back to school. He found UCF’s Professional Master of Science in Management, Human Resources Track (PMSM/HR) program to be the perfect fit. He earned his master’s degree […]

  First Generation Knight Readies for Career in Professional Selling By Josh Miranda Early on, Taylor Nolan decided she would need a college degree to achieve her dreams – making her the first in her immediate family to pursue higher education. The past four years provided a formative experience for Nolan, who uncovered a passion […]

By Melanie Carrion As a Marketing major, Pedro Valencia found a natural inclination toward the world of sales, eventually joining the Professional Selling Program (PSP) at UCF. As one of 60 students in the program, Valencia’s journey, character and endurance make him a perfect example of a future sales leader. “We need to encourage the […]

Business and Engineering & Computer Science Colleges Team Up to Compete Eight UCF students earned a $5,000 scholarship with their award-winning plan to keep college students engaged in extracurricular activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. UCF College of Business students Armando Barrial, Tomas Daza, Maria Pacheco Naranjo, Karen Ortiz and UCF College of Engineering & Computer […]

Social distancing may slow the spread of COVID-19, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. After months stuck inside with little to no company, many of us are desperate for events. We miss everything from concerts to lectures to trade shows. And with more than 26 million professionals in the events industry worldwide, events miss people […]

By Kara Turey Earning a position as Senior Vice President of Business Marketing for Seacoast Bank upon the completion of the Executive MBA program (EMBA) from the UCF College of Business makes Eric LaBat ’17 a successful UCF College of Business alumnus and our Alumni Spotlight. Eric LaBat has not always been in the banking […]

By Kara Turey This month’s Alumni Spotlight of the College of Business is Meghan McPhee. Meghan successfully completed an audit internship at Ernst and Young (EY) during her undergraduate program at UCF. Upon graduation from the MBA program at UCF, she went back to EY full-time and is currently an Assurance Manager with EY. Meghan […]

Business Knights Earn Small Business Institute® National Honors     ORLANDO, FL — Two student teams from UCF College of Business earned second place honors in the Small Business Institute®’s (SBI®) annual Project of the Year competition, which was held in the spring. The Small Business Institute® (SBI®) provides professional development for those engaged in […]