{"id":29983,"date":"2017-12-21T13:01:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T18:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=29983"},"modified":"2018-01-11T15:57:24","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T20:57:24","slug":"caps-off-fiu-college-of-business-graduates-celebrate-overcoming-challenges-and-earning-degrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2017\/12\/caps-off-fiu-college-of-business-graduates-celebrate-overcoming-challenges-and-earning-degrees\/","title":{"rendered":"Caps off! FIU College of Business graduates celebrate overcoming challenges and earning degrees."},"content":{"rendered":"

For Shane Mosko, college graduation day wasn\u2019t just about those long days and nights of studying.<\/p>\n

For the 25-year-old who suffered paralysis from the waist down after a car accident five years ago, it all came down to a moment \u2013 literally 45 seconds — of taking one cautious step at a time with the help of a robotic suit and walking sticks in each hand to get his diploma.<\/p>\n

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Shane Mosko (BBA \u201817)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mosko, an FIU College of Business Worlds Ahead graduate who received a bachelor\u2019s degree in Business Administration, was but one of 426 students graduating on the evening of Dec. 17, 2017, ready and eager to start their futures. Worlds Ahead students are those who have faced an unusual challenge and succeeded.<\/p>\n

As Mosko walked along the stage to shake hands with Florida International University President Mark Rosenberg, the crowd\u2019s applause and cheers grew louder and louder.<\/p>\n

Mosko said he stood up for those who cannot stand. The moment was bigger than himself, he noted: it was about breaking barriers and judgment, and it was about not defining persons with disabilities or those who use a wheelchair to get around.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m ready to show the world we can do anything we set our minds to,\u201d he said. \u201cFor me, being Worlds Ahead was pushing myself to places I\u2019ve never been.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFierce determination. That\u2019s what\u2019s guided him over the past five years,\u201d Rosenberg said as he recognized Mosko at the ceremony.<\/p>\n

True to his personal slogan of not letting the debilitation hold him back, Mosko studied abroad visiting Spain, France, Portugal and the Azores in 2015.<\/p>\n

He was a key participant in the roll-out of the robotic exoskeleton suit developed by Ekso Bionics and serves as an ambassador marketing the product that helped him walk across the graduation stage. In November, he took the suit to China where he showed what it does.<\/p>\n

For now, Mosko plans on continuing to work full-time for Ekso Bionics, where he does their social media marketing campaigns, but he wants to earn an MBA down the road.<\/p>\n

A total of 1,260 students earned degrees from the FIU College of Business at the commencements on Dec. 15, 16 and 17:<\/p>\n