Location & Hours
850/644-4070
Welcome!
Offering graduate and undergraduate programs in risk management / insurance and real estate to well over 500 majors, as well as courses in business law, our programs are consistently ranked among the nation's finest. Especially noteworthy is our master's of management program in risk management / insurance, the nation's first fully-accredited online graduate program in RMI offered at a major university, and our new online MBA concentration in real estate finance and analysis.
Job opportunities in both risk management and real estate have been exceptional. You are invited to take time to visit more of our web site. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office.
News & Announcements
Congratulations to Dr. Randy Dumm who has been reappointed as Chair of the Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology by the Board of Trustees of the State Board of Administration. He will serve in that capacity until June 2009.
Congratulations to Dr. Kathleen McCullough who received the 2008 American Risk and Insurance Presidents’ Award.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Announcing the 14th Annual Real Estate Trends & Networking Conference, Nov. 6 & 7, 2008, in conjunction with the FSU/Clemson game. Solicitation for Conference Sponsors has begun. Please visit the conference website at www.fsurealestate.com for more information.
August 2008
Kevin Gatzlaff (RMI-PhD) has been selected to receive a State Farm Companies Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Award. The award is designed to stimulate research and development of new knowledge in the fields of insurance and business. The recipient receives a $10,000 research grant and the recipient's institution a $3,000 grant.
Congratulations to Steve Bailey (BUL/REE) and Bill Woodyard (BUL/REE) on their promotions to the rank of Research Associate, effective August 2008.
Congratulations to Bill Woodyard (BUL/REE) on receiving a 2007-08 University Teaching Award.
Congratulations to Joan T. A. Gabel (BUL) on her promotion to full professor, effective August 2008.
May 2008
Joan Gabel has been named Advisory Editor in Chief for the American Business Law Journal, the discipline's leading research journal.
Wiley-Blackwell, in its publisher’s report, lists “A Reexamination of the Corporate Demand for Reinsurance,” Journal of Risk and Insurance, March 2006, by Cassandra Cole and Kathleen McCullough, on its “top-ten” list of downloaded articles for 2007.
Dean Gatzlaff was named to the advisory board of the Real Estate Research Institute located in Hartford, CT.
April 2008
The following scholarship and award recipients were announced at the Spring Insurance Society banquet, April 17, at Killearn Country Club:
- Robert T. Powell Endowed Scholarship – Brian Andrews, Cody Baker, Jenna Barnard, Stephanie Hilliard, Matthew McPhillips, Stephanie Scherrer
- Tom C. Johnson Scholarship (FAIA) – Jenna Barnard
- William G. (Buddy) McCue Scholarship (FAIA) – Brian Andrews
- Florida Gold Coast CPCU Chapter Scholarship – Michael Rivas
- Katrina Anne "Katie" Froeschle Memorial Scholarship – Faith Decker, Sean Steele
- E. Ray Solomon Scholarship in Insurance – Shawn Bogdanoff, Stephanie Russo
- Waters Endowed Scholarship – Kevin Gatzlaff, Yuling Wang, Stephen Fier
- Hilton-Oliver Scholarship – Brad Karl
- Elfreda Egger Memorial Scholarship – Rebecca Smith
- Setnor-Byer Risk Management Awards – Grace Chi, Eduardo Rodriguez, Mary Ann Cole Perdue, Amanda Thomas
The following real estate program alumni were named to Real Estate Florida’s 2008 list of “30 Under 30, Rising Young Stars” in Florida: Casey Babb (REE/FIN, 2001), NAI Tampa Bay, Tampa, FL; Alison Frazier Williams (REE/FIN, 2003), NorthMarq Capital Inc., Tampa, FL; Ryan Sampson (REE, 2005), Eshenbaugh Land Co., Tampa, FL; and Genny Spies (REE/FIN, 2002), The Shopping Center Group, Orlando, FL.