Centers & Trading Room

Connecting students, faculty and members of the local community, the research centers and trading room at Florida Atlantic University -- College of Business offer educational opportunities, research and business support and outreach programs on topics such as entrepreneurship, economics, services marketing, investment trading and the film industry.

Adams Center for Entrepreneurship

The Adams Center for Entrepreneurship brings students, faculty and the community together in the spirit of entrepreneurship through its education programs, yearly business plan competition, mentorship program, and student-led community consulting projects.

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Career Development Center

The Career Development Center is dedicated to providing students and alumni with access to internship and job placement opportunities. Students can enhance their academic studies through degree-related work experience.

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Center for Economic Education

The Center for Economic Education provides area K-12 teachers with new and innovative ways to teach economics in the classroom through free, in-service workshops on a variety of subjects. Since 2002, the center has served more than 1,000 teachers.

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Center for Services Marketing and Management

Since 1991, the Center for Services Marketing and Management has encouraged scholarship and research in the field of services marketing through industry and university partnerships, academic conferences, research support and local community workforce development.

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Center for Forensic Accounting

FAU’s Center for Forensic Accounting is the only active university center with this title. It complements FAU’s two existing graduate programs in Forensic Accounting and in Digital Accounting Forensics and Data Analytics. The director of the Center is Dr. Michael Crain, forensic accounting expert and FAU faculty member since 2008. Dr. Crain has over 30 years of experience as a practicing Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and specializing in forensic accounting, economic damages, and business valuation.

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FAU International Center for Emergency Management, in partnership with the Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel

FAU established an International Center for Emergency Management (ICEM), in partnership with The Chaim Sheba Medical Center in Israel (Sheba). Operated via the FAU College of Business, the ICEM is interdisciplinary and in full collaboration with FAU’s Schmidt College of Medicine, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, School of Public Administration, College of Engineering and Computer Science, and the College of Education.

The ICEM encompasses three main components: academics, research, and operations. This comprehensive approach distinguishes FAU by combining a crisis management academic program with a future simulation and unique training facility and field hospital. We will provide the most comprehensive and cutting-edge training and certification programs throughout the year, commuter and residential, taught by subject matter experts from Israel, the Department of Homeland Security, Florida's Division of Emergency Management, and regional experts in emergency, crisis and disaster management. We will also offer degree-level graduate certificate programs and concentrations for MBA and MHA students. Our research will provide much needed answers and solutions to everything from telemed with little to no bandwidth, to developing the latest sensors for drone assistance, to developing products using GPS and other technologies for better patient care during crises. Our field hospital will be deployed during crisis and for humanitarian missions. Our global footprint is firm with our partnership with Sheba. We are setting the stage for growth in students and trainees, research projects, and private/corporate support, which will lead to the building of our simulation/training center and acquisition of field hospitals.

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Phil Smith Center for Free Enterprise

The Phil Smith Center for Free Enterprise supports the vision and strategic plan of the College of Business to advance thought leadership in business, adding chaired professorships and supporting research and educational programs for faculty members and students. The Center also supports distinguished visiting faculty along with a lecture series and other educational programs focused on the principles of free enterprise and how those principles affect growth and prosperity.

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Trading Room

The FAU Trading Room brings Wall Street to Boca Raton, offering students a chance to learn real trading techniques and financial market principles through realistic exercises and simulations using the same technology employed by professional investors and money managers.

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