{"id":13720,"date":"2011-08-16T17:45:19","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T17:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=13720"},"modified":"2017-11-09T08:21:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T13:21:00","slug":"fiu-alumnus-receives-prestigious-jefferson-award-in-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2011\/08\/fiu-alumnus-receives-prestigious-jefferson-award-in-washington-d-c\/","title":{"rendered":"FIU alumnus receives prestigious Jefferson Award in Washington, D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the nation\u2019s highest honors for community service and volunteerism was awarded to an alumnus of the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) for the work he has done through FLIP, FIU Leadership in Practice.<\/p>\n<p>Oscar Grau (PMBA \u201910, BBA \u201903) of Miami Lakes, Florida was among 103 recipients from around the country presented with a Jefferson Award in a June 20, 2011 ceremony in Washington D.C. This award is widely regarded as the \u201cNobel Prize for Public Service.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29543\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29543 size-full\" title=\"Oscar Grau\" src=\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Oscar-Grau-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Oscar Grau, one of 103 recipients nationwide to receive a Jefferson Award, widely regarded as the \u201cNobel Prize for Public Service,\u201d spoke at the recognition ceremony in Washington, D.C.\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Oscar-Grau-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Oscar-Grau-400x266-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Oscar-Grau-400x266-230x153.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oscar Grau, one of 103 recipients nationwide to receive a Jefferson Award, widely regarded as the \u201cNobel Prize for Public Service,\u201d spoke at the recognition ceremony in Washington, D.C.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2009, Grau and fellow alumni founded FLIP to provide high school students with the motivation and connections needed to attend college, set high goals and reach their potential. FLIP has already helped over 100 at-risk high school students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowing up, I was very lucky to have a strong support network, but this is not the case for everyone,\u201d said Grau, a senior sales representative with Eli Lilly. \u201cThrough FLIP, I can give back and provide guidance for those in need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grau has led FLIP&#8217;s finance committee, helped with events to raise funds and awareness, served as moderator for a service project and helped create workshops for volunteers and program participants.<\/p>\n<p>He also was a founding member and president of the FIU Student Alumni Association (SAA), helping create SAA\u2019s first mentorship program. In addition, he established Young Urban Professional Alumni (YUPA!).<\/p>\n<p><em>FIU alumnus is in quite good company.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Grau and his wife, Jenny T. Grau (BA \u201901), attended the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was very honored to receive the award and have the chance to speak about the importance of mentoring and being a role model,\u201d said Grau, who addressed the group assembled for the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Chicago sports teams\u2019 owner Jerry Reinsdorf were among the notables recognized during the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was especially pleased to meet former Atlanta Falcons running back Warrick Dunn who received the Jefferson Award for the work his family\u2019s foundation does,\u201d Grau said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the nation\u2019s highest honors for community service and volunteerism was awarded to an alumnus of the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) for the work he has done through FLIP, FIU Leadership in Practice. Oscar Grau (PMBA \u201910, BBA \u201903) of Miami Lakes, Florida was among 103 recipients from around [&hellip;]<\/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":[3],"tags":[2507],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13720"}],"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=13720"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29546,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13720\/revisions\/29546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}