{"id":31399,"date":"2018-11-13T13:17:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T18:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=31399"},"modified":"2019-10-24T09:54:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T13:54:28","slug":"torch-award-recognizes-distinguished-fiu-college-of-business-alumni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2018\/11\/torch-award-recognizes-distinguished-fiu-college-of-business-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Torch Award recognizes distinguished FIU College of Business alumni."},"content":{"rendered":"

Four College of Business alumni will be honored with the 17th<\/sup> annual Torch Award, given to leaders who exemplify the best of FIU and serve as an inspiration to all. This year\u2019s FIU Business torchbearers are:<\/p>\n

\"Diane<\/p>\n

Alumna of the Year
\n<\/strong>Diane M. Faulconer (\u201974, MS \u201974)
\nFormer nurse and healthcare executive, philanthropist<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Misha<\/p>\n

Entrepreneurial Leadership Award
\n<\/strong>Misha Kuryla (MIB \u201904)
\nOwner of Misha\u2019s Cupcakes<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Francisco<\/p>\n

Distinguished Alumni Award
\n<\/strong>Francisco Gonzalez (BAcc \u201990)
\nManaging Principal, Miami Office – Audit Dept.,
\nMorrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Distinguished Alumni Award
\n<\/strong>Marcel L. Navarro (BAcc \u201993)
\nFounder & Principal, MMG Equity Partners<\/p>\n

The Torch Awards, bestowed by the FIU Alumni Association, recognizes alumni and faculty for the positive impact they make on their profession, the community and the university. They were created in memory of Senator Ernest R. Graham, who helped create FIU 44 years ago.<\/p>\n

Proceeds from the annual Torch Awards Gala benefit the First Generation Scholarship Program, which provides financial\u00a0support to undergraduate students who are the first\u00a0generation in their families to attain a college degree. Since the program\u2019s inception in 2006, more than 10,000 First Generation Scholarships have been allocated to FIU students.<\/p>\n

Additionally, funds will be allocated for the future construction of the FIU Alumni Center.<\/p>\n

For more information on the Torch Awards, visit\u00a0torchawards.fiu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four College of Business alumni will be honored with the 17th annual Torch Award, given to leaders who exemplify the best of FIU and serve as an inspiration to all. This year\u2019s FIU Business torchbearers are: Alumna of the Year Diane M. Faulconer (\u201974, MS \u201974) Former nurse and healthcare executive, philanthropist   Entrepreneurial Leadership […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":31425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[3903,4441,909,949,1925],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31399"}],"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\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31399"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33449,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31399\/revisions\/33449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}