{"id":26395,"date":"2016-02-26T14:56:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T19:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=26395"},"modified":"2016-03-08T11:59:40","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T16:59:40","slug":"mastercard-executives-say-yes-to-mentoring-fiu-business-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2016\/02\/mastercard-executives-say-yes-to-mentoring-fiu-business-students\/","title":{"rendered":"MasterCard executives say \u201cyes\u201d to mentoring FIU business students."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jennifer Mohammed, mentor from MasterCard shares her experience at a mentoring event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jennifer Mohammed (MS \u201908), a director, talent management and development in the Human Resources department at MasterCard, is mentoring a college student because she thinks it\u2019s the right thing to do. But Mohammed also thinks it\u2019s a smart business move to mentor students in the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU).<\/p>\n

\u201cMentoring is a good way to connect with the people who are the future of the business world,\u201d she says. \u201cMany of the FIU students will stay in south Florida so it\u2019s especially beneficial to connect with them, to see what the \u2018up and comers\u2019 are thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mohammed, who\u2019s enjoying mentoring FIU business student Katarina Perez, is one of 15 people at MasterCard\u2019s offices in Miami participating in the mentoring program offered by Office of Advancement in the business college. This year, the program has paired 136 students with mentors, compared to last year\u2019s 54,<\/em> an increase of an impressive 151 percent.<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Mohammed and COB student Katarina Perez strike a pose at mentoring program kick off<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alumna Francis Hondal (MBA ’94, BBA ’87), now executive vice president, Global Consumer Credit and Loyalty Solutions at MasterCard Worldwide, was responsible for MasterCard becoming a partner in the business college\u2019s mentoring effort. Currently MasterCard is the leader in providing mentors for the program.<\/p>\n

Getting involved with students who need a connection. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Mentor Belkys Hack from MasterCard and Mentee Stephanie Gutierrez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cMany of our students are first in their families to attend college,\u201d said Yanyn San Luis (BA \u201910), assistant director of alumni relations in the Office of Advancement. \u201cOur students are fortunate that professionals are stepping forward to provide a personal connection to the business world.\u201d<\/p>\n

San Luis added that mentors can mold and shape the lives of students who will soon be beginning their careers. \u201cWhen a company participates in a big way, like MasterCard is doing, they are influencing the future,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Mohammed noted strong enthusiasm for the project among MasterCard mentors, in spite of logistical challenges. \u201cMost of our people are traveling almost constantly and you would think mentoring would be impossible,\u201d she says. \u201cBut with texting, emailing and meeting face-to-face when possible, effective mentoring can still be accomplished.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reflecting on the benefits of the experience, Mohammed said, \u201cI wish I could have had a mentor when I was an undergraduate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jennifer Mohammed (MS \u201908), a director, talent management and development in the Human Resources department at MasterCard, is mentoring a college student because she thinks it\u2019s the right thing to do. But Mohammed also thinks it\u2019s a smart business move to mentor students in the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU). \u201cMentoring is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":26415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[940,3864,3966,1857,2693],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26395"}],"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=26395"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26416,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26395\/revisions\/26416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}