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\u201cWe learned an incredible amount about state government and also were able to promote FIU,\u201d Betancourt said. \u201cFor instance, Senator Fasano asked about FIU and if our curriculum was preparing us. We took the opportunity to tell him how our university and college are \u2018Worlds Ahead.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The students also met with Secretary of State Kurt Browning, leaders of the Florida Chamber of Commerce and Marc Caputo of The Miami Herald<\/em> plus held a mock debating and voting session in Senate chambers.<\/p>\n Student Leadership Forum gathers leaders in Tampa. <\/em><\/p>\n From China, Mexico and other points around the world, 75 students from Beta Gamma Sigma met for the organization\u2019s Student Leadership Forum in Tampa. Membership in this international honor society for business majors is extended to FIU undergraduates in the top 10 percent of their class and graduate students in the top 20 percent.<\/p>\n Jeff Zelaya<\/strong> and Mohales Deis<\/strong> represented the college at the Tampa forum, which featured workshops and networking opportunities.<\/p>\n \u201cI learned that 60 percent of the CEOs of the Fortune 100 are members of Beta Gamma Sigma, so I was excited to be in good company,\u201d Zelaya said.<\/p>\n Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam<\/strong>, who sits on the Beta Gamma Sigma board, attended the forum. Zelaya said he appreciated getting a chance to talk one-on-one with her. Clifford Perry <\/strong>is the organization\u2019s advisor.<\/p>\n \u201cLeadership skills are learned outside the classroom, so it\u2019s critical that students have opportunities like those in Tampa and Tallahassee,\u201d said Yanyn San Luis <\/strong>(BA \u201910), FBLA-PBL advisor. \u201cThese students distinguished themselves and represented our college very well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When the state officers of Future Business Leaders of America\u2013Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL) recently visited with legislative leaders in Tallahassee, Florida International University (FIU) had more representation than any other university. FBLA-PBL State President Jose Betancourt, District V Vice President Saul Perez and State Parliamentarian Emmanuella Casimir, all undergraduates in the College of Business Administration, […]<\/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":[13],"tags":[455,1405,2507,2693],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11404"}],"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=11404"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28674,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11404\/revisions\/28674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Beta](\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/tn_Group-Shot.jpg\" "\\"Beta")