{"id":14846,"date":"2011-12-01T14:43:57","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T14:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=14846"},"modified":"2017-06-22T13:02:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T17:02:12","slug":"are-you-ready-college-summit-opens-doors-to-the-possibilities-at-fiu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2011\/12\/are-you-ready-college-summit-opens-doors-to-the-possibilities-at-fiu\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAre You Ready?\u201d College Summit opens doors to the possibilities at FIU."},"content":{"rendered":"

Things started on a high note for the 350 students from 13 South Florida high schools who arrived at Florida International University (FIU) on October 5th<\/sup> for the recent College Summit—thanks to the welcoming beat of tunes from Y100, Miami\u2019s hit music station.<\/p>\n

What followed was an action-packed agenda that began with welcoming remarks from Joyce J. Elam, executive dean of the College of Business Administration, and ended with a college tour and school information sessions.<\/p>\n

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FIU mascot Roary welcomed the \u201cAre You Ready?\u201d College Summit participants to the Modesto A. Maidique campus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to Margaret Brisbane (BBA \u201980), co-chair of the Dean\u2019s Alumni Circle\u2019s community service committee, the participating students are peer leaders with whom College Summit works to build a college-focused culture in their high schools. These students all attended a three-day workshop this summer hosted by the College Summit program.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of them attend inner-city schools and will be first-generation college-going students,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Second year of FIU and College Summit partnership produced an \u201cawesome experience.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Martin G. Cerda (BBA \u201996), Alumni Circle member, was impressed with the energy in the room as the students prepared for the campus tours.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were cheering as the schools and majors were called out,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s clear they not only have aspirations to attend college but also already have an interest in possible fields of study.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The 350 high school leaders learned about what FIU offers them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brisbane adds that the feedback from the students was extremely positive.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were excited about being on a university campus,\u201d she said. \u201cThey were eager to hear about student life, to learn about the admission and financial aid programs offered by the university, to take a campus tour and to learn about the opportunities available in the various schools and student organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n

To wrap up their college-for-a-day experience, the students received gift bags courtesy of Gables Engineering and Rick Finale (MBA \u201990), Alumni Circle community service committee member.<\/p>\n

Brisbane credited her event co-chairs Cerda and Juan Carlos Morales (BACC \u201905), the committee members and the FIU staff for working to ensure the success of the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to doing this again in 2012,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n