Business Features

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



Lean Six Sigma Capstone

How Executive MBA Students Transformed a Construction Startup with Lean Six Sigma

By | 02/11/2026

A group of four executive MBA students drove operational change for a South Florida construction start-up by applying Lean Six Sigma principles. What started out as a capstone project for an executive MBA class led by Dr. Tres Bishop turned into a soon to be published case study in th Quality Progress from the American Society for Quality, one of the leading practitioner journals.

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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.

 


 
 

 

 

 

 
 
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