{"id":2294,"date":"2009-06-18T16:12:19","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T20:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=2294"},"modified":"2014-11-14T16:00:51","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T21:00:51","slug":"mcgowan-scholar-appreciates-creativity-in-business-and-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2009\/06\/mcgowan-scholar-appreciates-creativity-in-business-and-art\/","title":{"rendered":"McGowan Scholar appreciates creativity in business and art."},"content":{"rendered":"

To Jasmine Kannikal<\/strong> (BBA ’09), a magna cum laude graduate with a marketing major and a mass communications minor, and the William G. McGowan Scholar for 2009-2010, Miami offers the environment in which to thrive. <\/em><\/p>\n

Opting for the Master of International Business<\/a> (MIB) degree, she plans to complete the one- to two-year program in one year and enter law school in 2010 with a goal of practicing corporate law.<\/p>\n

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Jasmine Kannikal <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Because Miami is such a key player internationally, I felt the MIB program would open my horizons to companies with offices here, including multinationals,” said Kannikal, whose tuition will be covered for one year by the scholarship.<\/p>\n

An undergraduate recipient of a Florida International University (FIU) Academic Excellence award, Kannikal has always been interested in business, particularly for its “extreme practicality” and “its balance of theory and creativity.”<\/p>\n

And her interest in creativity extends beyond business: an art enthusiast, she loves to frequent art galleries and museums.<\/p>\n

“Art is the ability to communicate a different message to different people through a single work,” she said. “This is truly remarkable in itself.”<\/p>\n

Community service plays role in scholarship award.<\/em><\/p>\n

Kannikal–whose parents came to the United States from India, wanting to build a better life for their two daughters–aids others seeking the same. She works with the International Rescue Committee<\/a>, supporting the organization in its efforts to resettle refuges in this country and helping them to become self-sufficient. In 2008, she coordinated a toy drive for relocated children.<\/p>\n

Such community service is part of the requirement for the McGowan Scholar applicants, as is an essay about McGowan, a noted telecommunications leader.<\/p>\n

“His perseverance in the face of adversity impressed me,” she said. “He challenged the monopoly of AT&T which ultimately led to increased competition, and thus had a positive ripple effect on prices and service.”<\/p>\n

The William G. McGowan Charitable Fund, Inc.<\/a>, a donor to the business school for the past several years, helps the college award scholarships to outstanding students like Kannikal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To Jasmine Kannikal (BBA ’09), a magna cum laude graduate with a marketing major and a mass communications minor, and the William G. McGowan Scholar for 2009-2010, Miami offers the environment in which to thrive. Opting for the Master of International Business (MIB) degree, she plans to complete the one- to two-year program in one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1247,1805,1869],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294"}],"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\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24048,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294\/revisions\/24048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}