"Meet Michael Bowermaster ’21"- Student Profile for the University of Miami College of Engineering

"Meet Michael Bowermaster ’21"- Student Profile for the University of Miami College of Engineering

By Nancy Abramson | 10/24/2017

For Michael Bowermaster ’21, a College of Engineering (CoE) biomedical engineering major, the journey to the CoE was not a long one. Born and raised in Miami, Michael has always had the University of Miami on his radar.

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"Major Gift Supports Entrepreneurship, Promenade" - An article about giving for the University of Miami School of Business magazine

"Major Gift Supports Entrepreneurship, Promenade" - An article about giving for the University of Miami School of Business magazine

By Lauren Comander

Through a significant gift, the Finker-Frenkel Legacy Foundation created the Business Plan Competition Endowed fund, which will forever finance the annual University of Miami Business Plan Competition, hosted by the School of Business. The foundation’s gift also financed renovations of the School’s outdoor gathering and study space, which was dedicated Nov. 14 as the Finker-Frenkel Family Promenade.

Now in its 16th year, the Business Plan Competition awards nearly $50,000 in prize money annually to University of Miami students and alumni to help them launch or grow startup ventures.

Fall 2017 BusinessMiami magazine

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"Keep Your Gift Wrapping Under Wraps" – Short Research Story for the University of Miami School of Business magazine

"Keep Your Gift Wrapping Under Wraps" – Short Research Story for the University of Miami School of Business magazine

By Lauren Comander

If you’re feeling pressure to step up your gift wrapping as the holidays near, then wrap your mind around findings by Uzma Khan, associate professor of marketing at the School. Drop the bows and the carefully crafted corners and keep things simple, she says, or you’ll be setting the gift recipient up for disappointment. 

Fall 2017 BusinessMiami magazine

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