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$3M estate gift to FSU expresses couple’s ‘love for the university’

Florida State University alumni Scott and Suzi Brock announced a $3 million charitable bequest that underscores the couple’s enduring appreciation for FSU athletics, gives back to the College of Business and honors Scott Brock’s late father, a Northwest Florida native who dedicated his life to public service.

Recipient of Recent Alumni Achievement Award flourishes in ultra-high-net-worth advising

Eight years after earning his MBA, Tyler Smillie is set to receive the college’s 2024 Recent Alumni Achievement Award – an honor that left him surprised and humbled.

New Business Living-Learning Community serves as college’s ‘front porch’ to incoming freshmen

The Business Living-Learning Community, or LLC, launches this month at Azalea Hall, among the newest and most desirable residential facilities on campus. “We’re ready to roll,” said Mark Zeigler, a senior lecturer and director of first-year experience programs in the Florida State University College of Business.

Alumni Hall of Fame member creates endowed directorship for FSU Real Estate Center

Brett Lindquist's gift bestows the title of Brett C. Lindquist Executive Director on the center’s existing executive director, Yvonne Baker, who decades ago impressed Lindquist with her work in commercial real estate.

Thinking big: Alumni Hall of Famer gives $1 million to create endowment for first-generation students

Tony DiBenedetto, an FSU College of Business Alumni Hall of Fame member and the chairman and CEO of Appspace, recently gifted the college $1 million to create the Think Big Endowment Fund, which will support first-generation students.

RMI faculty members help effort to defuse Florida’s property insurance ‘timebomb’

Florida Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky participates with College of Business faculty members Patricia Born and Charles Nyc


MSF student achieves alongside mother and brother at FSU

These three personify FSU’s global reach, and they literally illustrate the university’s celebrated family atmosphere. 

FSU researcher: Digital tools including AI alter consumer trust, purchasing decisions

Colleen Harmeling’s new study with Rachel Hochstein, an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Taylor Perko, who served as an FSU research assistant while earning her MBA from the College of Business, appears in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. 

C.F. Sirmans, ‘an unparalleled figure’ in real estate studies

C.F. Sirmans, a highly venerated and decorated real estate economist and professor emeritus in the Florida State University College of Business, passed away on March 25, about three years after having been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. He was 74.

Faculty, staff awards night features enshrinement of Maroney, Nast

The college’s induction of Patrick Maroney and Donald Nast in the Charles A. Rovetta Faculty Hall of Fame coincided, as always, with its annual faculty and staff awards ceremony, which recognized 19 people for their work to help the college fulfill its mission of producing the next generation of business leaders.