{"id":21569,"date":"2013-04-12T14:12:19","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T14:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=21569"},"modified":"2014-11-14T15:58:56","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T20:58:56","slug":"fiu-team-named-a-regional-champion-at-enactus-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2013\/04\/fiu-team-named-a-regional-champion-at-enactus-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"FIU team named a regional champion at Enactus competition."},"content":{"rendered":"

Enactus enables students to apply business concepts and entrepreneurial action in projects that positively affect their communities, combining two key focus areas for the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU): entrepreneurship and community service.<\/p>\n

When a team from FIU Enactus<\/a> showcased their projects at the Enactus United States Regional Competition in Atlanta, Georgia on April 2nd<\/sup>, they embodied the college\u2019s focus on these two areas. As a bonus, the team was named a regional champion and will advance to the Enactus U.S. National Exposition in Kansas City, Missouri, May 21-23, 2013.<\/p>\n

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Donald Roomes, Laura Osorio, Lureida Soto, Francisco Liantaud, Maximilian Staedtler, David Kinne, Jessica Agudelo, Maria Ortiz, and Deanne Butchey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cNot only does this recognition for our students validate their hard work and the contributions of the faculty members and partners who guided them, but also their projects affirm our commitment to engagement in the local and global community,\u201d said David R. Klock, dean of the college. \u201cI congratulate all the participants for proving that an entrepreneurial mind-set can make a difference in people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Presentations underscore creativity and diversity. <\/em><\/p>\n

In-person presentations were made by Leidy Laura Osorio on \u201cHeart10: Altruistic Shopping,\u201d Lureida Soto on \u201cA Financial Plan for Homeless at Chapman Partnership in Miami\u201d and Maximilian Staedtler on \u201cGood Nutrition in the Slums.\u201d Additional presentations were broadcast via a video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur students have remarkable, creative ideas to help solve global problems and through these projects become engaged, responsible global citizens,\u201d said Deanne Butchey, who along with faculty co-advisor Donald Roomes, accompanied the group. \u201cTheir diversity speaks to the people to whom they reach out and they provide compelling examples of how people can pull themselves up through education.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur students\u2019 presentation was characterized by confidence, passion and an unmistakable international flavor,\u201d said Roomes, noting that the FIU chapter was launched only in November 2012 and was vying against universities that have competed for years. \u201cI saw many of the judges nodding their heads in approval during the 17 minutes our students spoke.\u201d<\/p>\n

A detailed article about the projects, \u201cStudents use business skills to serve others<\/a>,\u201d appears on FIU News<\/em> and the BizNews <\/em>article Competition focuses on community engagement<\/a>\u201d provides details about the business advisors who helped the students prepare for the regional event.<\/p>\n

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