Business Features

Stories about the college's departments, centers, units, and community.



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FAU Leadership Course Connects Business Students With Senior Executives for Real-World Insight

By | 02/09/2026

Miami Marlins owner Bruce Sherman and legendary investor Leon Cooperman were among a group of influential business leaders participating in a semester-long special leadership class for students in Florida Atlantic University’s College of Business.

JM Family Graduate Michael Peskin

Never Too Late: A Graduate’s Three-Decade Journey Back to the Classroom

By | 12/12/2025

For Michael “Mike” Peskin, the road to graduation has never been a straight line. It has been a 37-year journey that included professional wrestling, personal setbacks and a refusal to tap out, even when life pulled him miles away from the classroom.

AMA CEO Bennie Johnson visit

Sparking Possibility: AMA CEO Bennie F. Johnson Visits Florida Atlantic

During the American Marketing Association (AMA) International Collegiate Conference in early 2025, AMA CEO Bennie F. Johnson spoke passionately about the power of connection between academia, industry and community. When FAU AMA advisors asked whether he’d consider a first-time campus visit to Florida Atlantic University, Johnson smiled and answered with one word that set everything in motion — “Yes.”

 


 
 

 

 

 

 
 
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