{"id":14153,"date":"2011-09-14T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T09:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=14153"},"modified":"2017-11-13T11:47:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T16:47:19","slug":"from-around-the-globe-professionals-celebrate-earning-their-corporate-mba-completely-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2011\/09\/from-around-the-globe-professionals-celebrate-earning-their-corporate-mba-completely-online\/","title":{"rendered":"From around the globe, professionals celebrate earning their Corporate MBA\u2014completely online."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhen I heard I could earn a Corporate MBA<\/a> online with a university as reputable as Florida International University (FIU), I jumped at the chance,\u201d said California resident Abdelaziz \u201cAziz\u201d Zakkout (CMBA \u201911).<\/p>\n

Like many others, Zakkout\u2019s first time on campus was to attend the Corporate MBA Class of 2011 Graduation Celebration, held August 13th<\/sup> at the College of Business Administration. The class of 48 students was the second in the program\u2019s history; the first class graduated in spring 2010.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe international aspect of the program greatly appealed to me,\u201d said Zakkout, a project manager for Global Financial and Consulting, based in La Jolla. \u201cWhy sit in class with five people from your hometown? I attended online classes with people I now know from Africa, Puerto Rico and Tennessee, among many places.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Abdelaziz
Abdelaziz “Aziz”Zakkout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He learned about the program when his father, Adnan Zakkout (MBA \u201981), received an email describing it. Zakkout admits he originally had a negative view of online education.<\/p>\n

\u201cI prefer the Socratic method of learning and didn\u2019t think much of online education,\u201d he said. \u201cBut FIU\u2019s online classes and discussions made it an enriching way to learn.\u201d<\/p>\n

A North Carolina resident saw benefits of a flexible option. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI knew I wanted an online program for my master\u2019s,\u201d said Rene Arroliga (CMBA \u201911, BS \u201900), who moved to Raleigh, North Carolina shortly after completing his bachelor\u2019s degree. \u201cI was only working part-time. If I got a full-time job, I wanted to be able to continue work on my degree.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smart thinking. In February 2010, Arroliga started with Allscripts Software the same day his MBA classes began.<\/p>\n

\"Rene
Rene Arroliga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI worked hard, continuing my career and earning a master\u2019s,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Arroliga found out about the new FIU program through an Internet ad.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy friend got a master\u2019s online at another university and so often while I was taking classes we realized how superior FIU\u2019s program is,\u201d he said. \u201cHis was a \u2018canned program\u2019 with a disconnect between him and his professors and peers. But with my classes, from the start, I was engaged. Remarkably, a coach telephones you on the first day of each semester to provide any assistance you need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Currently, there 633 students enrolled in FIU\u2019s Corporate MBA program, from 36 U.S. states and four countries.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen I heard I could earn a Corporate MBA online with a university as reputable as Florida International University (FIU), I jumped at the chance,\u201d said California resident Abdelaziz \u201cAziz\u201d Zakkout (CMBA \u201911). Like many others, Zakkout\u2019s first time on campus was to attend the Corporate MBA Class of 2011 Graduation Celebration, held August 13th […]<\/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":[3,7],"tags":[457,491],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14153"}],"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=14153"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29692,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14153\/revisions\/29692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}