{"id":1128,"date":"2008-07-03T16:23:50","date_gmt":"2008-07-03T20:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2014-11-14T16:01:34","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T21:01:34","slug":"international-mba-offers-exciting-support-for-prospective-incoming-and-graduating-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2008\/07\/international-mba-offers-exciting-support-for-prospective-incoming-and-graduating-students\/","title":{"rendered":"International MBA offers exciting support for prospective, incoming, and graduating students."},"content":{"rendered":"

Thirty-five years ago, David R. Parker<\/strong>, chief operating officer, The Archstone Partnerships, and chair of the Florida International University Foundation Board of Trustees, received a life-changing opportunity upon completing his graduate work at the Harvard University Business School.<\/p>\n

\u201cRather than leaping right into the workforce, I took advantage of a Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship that enabled me to combine travel and study at points throughout Europe during a seven-month period,\u201d said Parker, who studied the automakers in each country\u2014during the volatile period of the early 1970s\u2014while getting a sense of each culture and gaining confidence that helped him later operate at the highest corporate levels.<\/p>\n

With ties to Harvard and Europe, Parker opts for donating to his local public university. <\/em><\/p>\n

A move to Miami, which brought him in contact with the university, prompted his interest in creating a similar opportunity for graduate students in the College of Business Administration\u2019s International MBA (IMBA) program.<\/p>\n

\u201cPublic universities are incredibly important, as I know from personal experience,\u201d he said. \u201cI would have been unable to obtain my undergraduate degree otherwise. As a citizen of Miami, I wanted to contribute where I lived, and to do so in a way that matched what I had experienced as part of my graduate work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nTomislav Mandakovic<\/em><\/strong>, associate dean, Chapman Graduate School of Business; Paola Moreno<\/strong> (MBA \u201903), associate director, International Graduate Programs; Jessica Aristizabal<\/strong> (MBA ’07); and Tania Frederic<\/strong>, program coordinator, International Graduate Programs, meet with students at third \u201cIMBA for a Day\u201d on June 25, 2008.<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Over the past several years, fifteen IMBA students with at least a 3.25 GPA have benefited from $1,000 awards from the endowment Parker established.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe students select the schools they want to attend over the summer, with the Chapman Graduate School having established some guidelines for the programs, including the opportunity for the students to take courses, make company visits, study the language, and sightsee,\u201d said Paola Moreno <\/strong>(MBA \u201903), associate director, International Graduate Programs.<\/p>\n

Each student writes a short report about his or her experiences to fulfill Parker\u2019s modest requirement that he \u201cbe able to see how the study-abroad was useful to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Dana Farrow<\/strong>, professor, Department of Management and International Business and IMBA faculty director, who also sees the reports, \u201cAll who go feel the experience is very important in giving them a different academic view and immersing them in another culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

New scholarships expand opportunities and reward excellence for graduate students.<\/em><\/p>\n

Parker\u2019s scholarship stands alongside two others that the Chapman School has more recently secured to help attract students with high GMAT scores to both the IMBA and Master of International Business (MIB) programs. Former Chapman School Dean Jos\u00e9 de la Torre<\/strong> was committed to expanding the number of scholarships the Chapman School offers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to the generosity of Espirito Santo Bank<\/strong> and Mercantil-Commercebank,<\/strong> we will be awarding at least three scholarships to outstanding students entering these programs,\u201d Moreno said.<\/p>\n

International MBA students get a taste of what awaits them.<\/em><\/p>\n

Seven admitted students for the International MBA (IMBA) program in the fall of 2008 received \u201can opportunity to experience firsthand what it\u2019s like to be an IMBA student,\u201d said Paola Moreno<\/strong> (MBA \u201903), associate director, International Graduate Programs, of the inaugural \u201cIMBA for a Day\u201d event on April 8, 2008.<\/p>\n

The group met with an IMBA graduate; a current student; Tomislav Mandakovic<\/strong>, associate dean, Chapman Graduate School; Dana Farrow<\/strong>, professor, Department of Management and International Business and IMBA faculty director; and program administrators.<\/p>\n

Tamara Benitez<\/strong> called it \u201ca great eye opener. Speaking to the administration and the IMBA students gave me a much better picture of what to expect. Meeting my peers and sitting in on a class gave us a sense of unity, and the program hasn\u2019t even begun. I left feeling excited and scared but more motivated than anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sean Wiborg<\/strong> found it \u201cextremely helpful in making my final decision, and I had a good time getting to know everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

A second \u201cIMBA for a Day\u201d took place on May 28, 2008, with Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam<\/strong> participating. The day\u2019s agenda included a Q&A session, lunch, a tour of the new building complex, and the chance to interact with program personnel as well as with current and past students. A third session took place on June 25, 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thirty-five years ago, David R. Parker, chief operating officer, The Archstone Partnerships, and chair of the Florida International University Foundation Board of Trustees, received a life-changing opportunity upon completing his graduate work at the Harvard University Business School. \u201cRather than leaping right into the workforce, I took advantage of a Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[578,1151,1165,1290,1405,2400,2536,2539,2587],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128"}],"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\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24142,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128\/revisions\/24142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}