{"id":10862,"date":"2011-01-26T17:23:39","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T21:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=10862"},"modified":"2014-11-14T15:35:21","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T20:35:21","slug":"fiu-strengthens-relationship-with-universidad-externado-de-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2011\/01\/fiu-strengthens-relationship-with-universidad-externado-de-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"FIU strengthens relationship with Universidad Externado de Colombia."},"content":{"rendered":"

The arrival of students from Universidad Externado de Colombia for an Inbound Study Tour provided a clear sign that the relationship between the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) and the Colombian university is strengthening.<\/p>\n

\u201cUniversidad Externado is a leading Colombian business school with which we will be signing an undergraduate dual degree agreement,\u201d said Jerry Haar<\/strong>, associate dean for international programs for FIU\u2019s business school. \u201cThis group of graduate students came to experience our highly popular inbound study tour of classroom instruction and business site visits with a focus on international trade and commerce.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bilingual graduate students from Universidad Externado were immersed in relevant business topics during a weeklong residency at FIU.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The graduate students, all bilingual, participated in the \u201cIntroduction to International Business\u201d program held on the Modesto A. Maidique campus. This non-credit study module, designed by Haar, was developed and administered by the Office of Executive & Professional Education (EPE).<\/p>\n

During the weeklong event, FIU business professors covered such topics as Latin American energy markets, media and information in the world economy, international banking, human resource management, marketing in global villages and more.<\/p>\n

Guest lecturers offered additional perspectives. For instance, consultant Mariana Ferrari gave participants an \u201cIntroduction to Innovation and the Decade Ahead\u201d and consultant Mario Suarez presented a program of particular interest to this group: \u201cColombia Pro Expo Trade and Latin America.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mario Suarez, international business developer, Export Americas Corp, spoke to the group about \u201cColombia Pro Expo Trade and Latin America.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Students visit venues in one of the premier business centers in The Americas.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe students toured the Port of Miami, and learned more about the operation of the complex,\u201d said Victoria Partridge Serrano<\/strong>, EPE program coordinator. \u201cThey also visited Terremark, an international Internet routing company, and explored the Miami Free Zone, a unique area where companies sell their goods tax free.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, the Colombian students reported that the entire program was \u201can amazing experience,\u201d and said the faculty and university were \u201cimpressive.\u201d<\/p>\n

The participants also said they enjoyed experiencing the FIU campus and academic life. They took a campus tour and received important information from Francisco Marquez, <\/strong>assistant director, admissions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The arrival of students from Universidad Externado de Colombia for an Inbound Study Tour provided a clear sign that the relationship between the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) and the Colombian university is strengthening. \u201cUniversidad Externado is a leading Colombian business school with which we will be signing an undergraduate dual […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[787,823,1288],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10862"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23756,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10862\/revisions\/23756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}