{"id":14670,"date":"2011-11-08T18:15:03","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T18:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=14670"},"modified":"2017-11-09T12:58:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T17:58:25","slug":"antoinette-smith-named-phd-pipeline-faculty-associate-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2011\/11\/antoinette-smith-named-phd-pipeline-faculty-associate-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Antoinette Smith named PhD Pipeline Faculty Associate of the Year."},"content":{"rendered":"

As the PhD Pipeline Opportunity Program prepares to celebrate its first anniversary, Antoinette Smith, assistant professor of accounting in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU), has been named the program\u2019s Faculty Associate of the Year.<\/p>\n

This exciting program, the brainchild of Duke University business school professor Lucy J. Reuben who obtained a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, seeks to increase the number of under-represented minorities among business school faculty. Working through partner universities, the PhD Pipeline Program encourages minority undergraduates to consider pursuing a doctorate in business.<\/p>\n

\"Antoinette
Antoinette Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI applaud Antoinette Smith\u2019s dedicated work to inform and motivate students,\u201d said Reuben in announcing Smith\u2019s award, given primarily for the \u201csignificant participation\u201d of FIU students she recruited for the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a large number of our students apply for the PhD Pipeline 2011 Summer Workshop held at Duke University and, happily, three were selected,\u201d Smith said. \u201cI used Facebook and mass emails within the college to get the word out. I also sent information to our organizations and followed up with faculty members. This workshop was a terrific opportunity for students to become aware of PhD advantages.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smith, profiled in the organization\u2019s inaugural newsletter<\/a>, is passionate about the need for more minorities in her profession; she plans to conduct seminars and initiate other outreach efforts.<\/p>\n

\"Lucy
Lucy Reuben, director, PhD Pipeline Opportunity Program and Professor of the Practice of Business Administration, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University; Ralph Hines, director, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education; Antoinette Smith, Sim Sitkin, Duke\/Fuqua Committee Chair, professor of management and faculty director, Center on Leadership and Ethics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cOften a student perceives obstacles to earning a doctorate,\u201d she said. \u201cIt took someone in my life to encourage me and now I want to help others.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDr. Smith was my first choice to lead PhD Pipeline at FIU because I knew that she wholeheartedly supported the goals,\u201d Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam said.<\/p>\n

Summer workshop at Duke opens new doors.<\/em><\/p>\n

FIU students Lorena Lizarralde, Natalie Palacios and Sasha Thomas joined 19 business students from Duke University, Fisk University and other institutions for the workshop, a program packed with information and motivation.<\/p>\n

\u201cA PhD was a \u2018maybe someday\u2019 goal for me,\u201d said Palacios, a junior majoring in human resources and business management. \u201cNow I know this is the path I want to take. I am very grateful to Dr. Smith for bringing this opportunity to us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the PhD Pipeline Opportunity Program prepares to celebrate its first anniversary, Antoinette Smith, assistant professor of accounting in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU), has been named the program\u2019s Faculty Associate of the Year. This exciting program, the brainchild of Duke University business school professor Lucy J. Reuben who obtained […]<\/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":[4],"tags":[158,1405,1604,1986,2127,2381],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14670"}],"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=14670"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29593,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14670\/revisions\/29593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}