{"id":14370,"date":"2011-10-06T19:06:25","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T19:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=14370"},"modified":"2017-06-29T08:34:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T12:34:04","slug":"undergraduate-student-leaders-enjoy-dessert-reception-with-faculty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2011\/10\/undergraduate-student-leaders-enjoy-dessert-reception-with-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate student leaders enjoy dessert reception with faculty."},"content":{"rendered":"

When Donald Roomes (MBA \u201990), a faculty member in the Department of Management and International Business in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU), decided to attend a September 8th<\/sup> dessert reception for undergraduate student leaders, he had a set of expectations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI looked forward to the opportunity to network with students and to increase my knowledge of ways I can serve them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Those expectations were certainly met as 25 faculty members and 50 student leaders had a chance to get to know one another. But Roomes also was surprised by one aspect of the reception.<\/p>\n

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Twenty-five faculty members and 50 student leaders networked at a dessert reception.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI was so impressed by how professional our students are,\u201d he said. \u201cEach organization made a short presentation about what their group does, and these efforts were outstanding. I learned so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

Representatives from the student organizations in the business school, part of the Student Leadership Group (SLG), attended the dessert reception. SLG advisor Yanyn San Luis (BA \u201910) welcomed the group and Gloria Deckard, the new associate dean of the R. Kirk Landon Undergraduate School of Business, talked about the importance of strong organizations on campus.<\/p>\n

Freshman Nicole Jimenez, a marketing major and member of Future Business Leaders of America \u2013 Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL), shares Roomes\u2019 enthusiasm.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrior to that evening, I only knew one professor. Now I know so many more,\u201d she said. \u201cPlus it was fun to socialize with other student leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n

True to its name, the event included cheesecakes, chocolate parfaits and a chocolate fountain with marshmallows and fruit.<\/p>\n

Event was first of its kind.<\/em><\/p>\n

San Luis planned the dessert reception as a result of an SLG roundtable discussion held last spring.<\/p>\n

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Cristina Urdaneta, American Marketing Association (AMA); Yanyn San Luis; and Mia Khavko, AMA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe students expressed a desire to be able to network with professors and to have the faculty learn more about their organizations,\u201d she said. \u201cWe will repeat the event in the spring.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll certainly be there,\u201d Jimenez said. \u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n