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Owned by Rollins College, the Alfond Inn was built with the help of a grant from the Harold Alfond Foundation. Net operating income from the inn will endow the college's Alfond Scholars program.
of radiation over the shortened period but will reduce the number of treatments by a third. Past studies indicate giving more frequent radiation treatments may be as safe and effective as the standard six-week treatment, without increasing the risk of side effects. With operations in Orlando, Tampa, Lakeland and Melbourne, among other locales, ODC CONSTRUCTION has tripled revenue in less than two years and will construct approximately 3,000 homes in Florida this year. Now, Florida’s largest shell construction contractor has its sight set northward, with the opening of a Columbia, S.C., office. According to officials, the company continues to add capacity as homebuilders dramatically ramp up their production levels and home prices rise steadily. Winter Park's newest boutique hotel, THE ALFOND INN , has a distinct link to education. Owned by Rollins College, the 112-room hotel was built with a $12.5 million grant from the Harold Alfond Foundation. Net operating income from the inn will endow The Alfond Scholars program, the college’s premier scholarship fund. Income will be directed to the fund for the next 25 years or until the endowment principal reaches $50 million, whichever comes later. In
other Rollins news, Peter McAlindon has been named its first-ever Entrepreneur-inResidence. He brings 20 years of successful entrepreneurial venture creation to the program and will also serve as a full-time instructor of entrepreneurship.
an MBA student at Stetson, presented a research paper at The Finance, Global Management, Economics & Information Technology Research Conference in New York on “Information Communication Technology and Gross Domestic Product of Communities and Nations.” MacFarlane’s research is expected to be published in the Journal of American Academy of Business in September. Shahram Amiri, professor and chair of the Department of Decision and Information Sciences at Stetson and co-author of the study, has previously completed extensive studies on the impact of information and telecommunication technology in communities and developing nations. His research provided the foundation for MacFarlane’s case study and subsequent findings. In other news from Stetson, Georgios Bakamitsos has been named associate dean of graduate business studies for its School of Business Administration. In addition to teaching, Bakamitsos will manage all graduate business programs, including the Professional MBA on the DeLand and Celebration campuses; Executive MBA at the Celebration campus; JD/MBA at Stetson’s Gulfport campus; and Master of Accountancy, Master of Accountancy Online and Pharma/MBA joint degree program with the University of Florida. He will also assist in designing global initiatives and partnerships.
GEORGE AGUEL , president and CEO of VISIT ORLANDO , has been named among the “25 Most Influential People in the Meetings Industry” in 2013 by Successful Meetings magazine. Aguel is the only convention TURNER CONSTRUCTION ’s “School of and visitor bureau president named to the Construction Management,” in partnership annual list. Aguel joined Visit Orlando as with Orange County Business Development president and CEO earlier this year, with and the Central/North Florida Minority more than 35 years’ experience in sales and Supplier Development Council, celebrated marketing. Most recently, he was senior vice a recent class of 67 graduates from 47 president of GLOBAL CORPORATE ALLIANCES and OPERATING PARTICIPANTS at The Walt Disney Co., where he led worldwide management for the company’s strategic corporate alliance agreements. Aguel also served as senior vice president of sales and services for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.
Developing nations that invest in building robust information communications technology, such as Internet and broadband, will see an increase in their GDP and improvement in the national economy and quality of life for its citizens, according to researchers from STETSON UNIVERSITY. Kate MacFarlane,
Hilton Smith, Turner Construction’s senior vice president, and Orlando City Commissioner Daisy Lynum celebrated with graduates of Turner's free management education.
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