{"id":22784,"date":"2014-03-11T17:02:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T17:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=22784"},"modified":"2014-11-14T15:33:38","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T20:33:38","slug":"new-university-wide-paw-program-brings-alumni-for-classroom-visits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2014\/03\/new-university-wide-paw-program-brings-alumni-for-classroom-visits\/","title":{"rendered":"New university-wide PAW program brings alumni for classroom visits."},"content":{"rendered":"

The College of Business at Florida International University (FIU) has a strong reputation of inviting successful alumni into the classrooms, to share their experience and knowledge with students. So it wasn\u2019t surprising that it was a distinguished business alumnus who had the idea for a university-wide Panther Alumni Week\u2014PAW–launched the week of February 3, 2014.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Gerald C. Grant Jr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe caliber of our alumni is excellent, thanks to how well FIU prepares students for the workplace,\u201d said Gerald C. Grant Jr. (MBA \u201989, BBA \u201978), explaining why he suggested the program that was later developed by the Office of the Provost and the FIU Alumni Association. \u201cPAW was a way to get even more alums engaged with the university.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to Grant, these alumni shared their knowledge and experience with students in business classes during PAW:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Leslie-Anne Triana (MACC \u201907, BACC \u201906), currently employed by FIU and formerly of Deloitte and of Ryder System, at Izhar Hag\u2019s Accounting class<\/li>\n
  • Mario Trueba (MBA \u201987), CEO and president of Sabadell United Bank, at Marcos Kerbel\u2019s Finance class<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      \n
    • Victor Valdiviezo (MSF \u201911), senior financial analyst at FP&A Latin America headquarters at Spectrum Brands, at Suchismita Mishra\u2019s Global Financial Strategy class<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Grant brings his own world of experience to a Finance class. \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

      Students in Flavio Carillo\u2019s Finance class were fortunate to have a visit from Grant, who recently, along with his wife, created an endowment to establish the Gerald C. Grant Jr. and Jennifer Adger Grant Scholarship Fund. He shared perspectives on the business world and also offered personal advice.<\/p>\n

      \u201cI told the students that while it\u2019s wonderful that they\u2019re in school, the important thing is to graduate,\u201d Grant said. \u201cI reminded them that resources are available on campus and they should get involved with study groups and take advantage of tutoring and networking opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

      Grant reported that the students were very engaged in the discussion and he was impressed with their worthwhile questions.<\/p>\n

      \u201cAt the PAW reception at the conclusion of the week, I heard very good feedback about this initiative,\u201d he said. \u201cI hope PAW will continue in future years. We have outstanding alumni and the students benefit from getting to know them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The College of Business at Florida International University (FIU) has a strong reputation of inviting successful alumni into the classrooms, to share their experience and knowledge with students. So it wasn\u2019t surprising that it was a distinguished business alumnus who had the idea for a university-wide Panther Alumni Week\u2014PAW–launched the week of February 3, 2014. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":22785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[3206,3124,3205],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22784"}],"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=22784"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22790,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22784\/revisions\/22790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}