Business News and Events

Forum Offers Family Businesses Insights into Compensation Trends Dr. Carol Wittmeyer offers remarks during a past family business forum.

09/02/2024 - St. John Fisher University’s Family Business Program announces their fall forum event “Family Business Compensation,” running from 8 to 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, in Cleary Family Auditorium in Kearney Hall. The program includes presentations on recent national compensation research, regional trends and a panel discussion from area family business leaders.

Fisher Program Empowers Students to Think Like Entrepreneurs Dr. Chantz Miles with students in the EmpowerED program.

08/28/2024 - This summer, more than two dozen high school students experienced entrepreneurship in action during the inaugural EmpowerED Program.

Key Private Bank is Inaugural Cardinal Sponsor for Fisher’s Family Business Program Logo: Key Private Bank

08/26/2024 - St. John Fisher University’s Family Business Program has announced Key Private Bank as the inaugural Cardinal Sponsor for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Student Research Explores Fraud in Family Firms A security lock in front of digital numbers.

07/17/2024 - Elle McEneany, a May 2024 graduate of St. John Fisher University, recently completed her Honors Keystone project, where she built upon experiences from her graduate-level Forensic Accounting class and further investigated the complex—and often overlooked—issue of fraud within family businesses.

Summer Fellows Explore Passions through Research A student conducts research over the summer.

07/12/2024 - A record-breaking 37 St. John Fisher University undergraduates are engaging in the Summer Fellows Research Program, collaborating with faculty mentors on research projects representing more than a dozen disciplines.

Fisher Announces Spring 2024 Dean’s List Honorees Official Seal of St. John Fisher University

07/03/2024 - St. John Fisher University recently announced the Dean’s List honorees for the Spring 2024 semester, which includes more than 1,400 undergraduate students.

Endowed Scholarship Supports Accounting Students at Fisher University Trustee Matt Rowe ’90 offers remarks during the dedication of the football coaching suite in honor of his father, William E. Rowe ’61.

06/27/2024 - A newly endowed scholarship fund at St. John Fisher University will benefit undergraduate students in the School of Business, thanks to the generosity of alumnus and University Trustee Matt Rowe ’90.

School of Business Inducts 23 into Beta Gamma Sigma Logo: Beta Gamma Sigma - The International Business Honor Society

06/25/2024 - This spring, 22 students and one faculty member in the School of Business were tapped to join St. John Fisher University’s chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, an international honor society for AACSB-accredited schools representing the top five percent of business programs around the world.

Course Connects Student Stakeholders in Family Firms Students in the Family Business Management course.

06/19/2024 - Twenty St. John Fisher University students who are stakeholders in family firms took the course Family Business Management during the spring semester. The course provided the opportunity to attend the Family Business Program’s Successful Successions dinner, tour family firms including Gorbel Inc. and Rochester Colonial, and hear from several alumni who are family business leaders.

RBJ Readers’ Rank Fisher Programs Among the Best A student talks during class.

06/18/2024 - St. John Fisher University’s undergraduate and graduate programs were selected as the top “reader favorites” in the Rochester Business Journal’s 2024 Reader Rankings Awards.

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