Internal Updates: April 2026

🎓Graduation Ceremonies for the College of Business 

Please note that this semester there will be 3 back-to-back ceremonies for COB.

The College of Business graduation ceremonies will take place at the following times:

 

Thursday, May 7th

9:00 AM - Bachelor’s Degrees only - (Undergraduate Marketing, Management, General Business, General Studies majors only)

1:00 PM - Bachelor’s Degrees only - (All other majors except Marketing, Management, General Business, General Studies)

5:00 PM - Master’s & Doctoral Degrees only

🥂Graduation Celebrations 

Date: Thursday, May 7

Location: FAU Boca Raton Campus, College of Business - Sean Stein Pavilion

Time: 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM

Event Breakdown:

The College of Business will host three Commencement Ceremonies on this day; therefore, the Graduation Celebration is divided into the following groupings. Although the event runs from 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM, we encourage you to attend during the time slot in which you taught the majority of your students.

Group 1: Select Undergraduate Majors

• Attending the Graduation Celebration from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
• Attending the 1:00 PM Commencement Ceremony.
• Undergraduate Majors Attending: Accounting, Hospitality & Tourism Management, Finance, Economics, Health Administration, Data Science and Analytics, Management Information Systems

Group 2: Select Undergraduate Majors

• Attending the Graduation Celebration from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
• Attending the 9:00 AM Commencement Ceremony.
• Undergraduate Majors Attending: Marketing, Management, General Business, General Studies

Group 3: All Graduate Level Programs

• Attending the Graduation Celebration from 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
• Attending the 5:00 PM Commencement Ceremony.
• All graduates in Master’s and Doctoral programs attending.

Please click here to RSVP by Friday, May 1.

Department Chairs - Please forward this invitation to any adjuncts in your department.

If you have any questions, please contact Lacey Taylor, laceytaylor@fau.edu.

We look forward to celebrating together!

Sincerely,

Lacey Taylor

57th Annual Honors Convocation Recognitions 

It is a pleasure to recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievements of our faculty, staff, and students who were honored at the 57th Annual Honors Convocation. Their dedication, innovation, and commitment to excellence truly distinguish our college.

Congratulations to all of our award recipients on these well-deserved honors.

Faculty & Staff Recognitions

Casey Thomas (Associate Director, Student Academic Services - Undergraduate)

• Excellence and Innovation in Undergraduate Advising Recipient

Mark Mallon (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management Programs)

• 2026 Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award Finalist

Student Recognitions

Aaron Thon (Accounting & Finance)

• 2026 Hersker, Shaw, Gosser Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Scholarship Award Recipient

Annika Zarazua (Management and Marketing)

• 2026 University Scholar Award Recipient, College of Business

Taylor Smith (Economics)

• 2026 Undergraduate Researcher of the Year, Allen E. Smith Awardee

Autumn Courtney - Softball (Finance) & Daniel Laureyssens - Swimming (International Business)

• 2026 Student Athletes of the Year

Thank you for your continued contributions to the College of Business's success and reputation.

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In the Media | FAU Business

Steven Carnovale, Rebel Cole, Kevin Cox, Monica Escaleras, Daniel Gropper, Eric Levy, Cristina Stewart-Harfmann, Casey Thomas, George Young

Peer-Reviewed Research

Robert Pinsker, Professor, School of Accounting, along with co-authors, have had their paper, “Shadow IT risk and usage policy effectiveness among German and Italian financial executives,” accepted for publication in the Journal of Information Systems (AJG 1).

Public Scholarship Research

Steven Carnovale, Associate Professor, ITOM - Logistics Managers' Index

William Luther and Eric Van Tassel, Associate Professors, Economics - Monthly Inflation Report at Florida Atlantic

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