{"id":4037,"date":"2007-04-01T12:22:22","date_gmt":"2007-04-01T16:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=4037"},"modified":"2014-11-14T16:03:27","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T21:03:27","slug":"college-of-business-administration-takes-center-stage-in-tallahassee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2007\/04\/college-of-business-administration-takes-center-stage-in-tallahassee\/","title":{"rendered":"College of Business Administration takes center stage in Tallahassee."},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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\nFlorida Governor Charlie Crist<\/strong> flanked by student ambassadors Angelina Troff<\/strong>, left, and Sashle Eslaquit<\/strong>, right<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

FIU Day, an annual event held in the state capital\u2014Tallahassee, Florida\u2014gives representatives from Florida International University(FIU) a chance to showcase the university\u2019s programs and services as well as to meet with key state legislators and their staffs at the start of the legislative session.<\/p>\n

This year, the spotlight was on the College of Business Administration, invited by the university\u2019s Government Relations Office to be the featured college to exhibit in the exposition area set up in the Capitol Rotunda on March 8, 2007.<\/p>\n

College\u2019s students and staff join university leaders for Tallahassee events.<\/em><\/p>\n

President Modesto Maidique<\/strong> and his senior management team headed the FIU delegation, which also included representatives from the Student Government Affairs Office, Alumni Relations, and the Hurricane Center, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n<\/em>Florida International University President Modesto<\/strong> Maidique<\/strong><\/em> with student ambasssadors Angelina Troff<\/em><\/strong>, left, and Sashle Eslaquit<\/strong>, right<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Three members of the business school\u2019s \u00a0staff also made the trip to Tallahassee: Natalia Echeverr\u00eda-Sol, <\/strong>director, Corporate Relations; Robert Garcia <\/strong>(EMBA \u201997), <\/strong>director, Executive and Professional Education; and Lourdes Herrero-Matus <\/strong>(BBA \u201998), program manager, Downtown MBA program.<\/p>\n

Another important participant: Joseph L. Caruncho<\/strong> (BBA \u201981), CEO, Preferred Care Partners; chair of the college\u2019s Dean\u2019s Council, and director, FIU Foundation.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccompanying President Maidique and fellow board members to FIU Day was a unique opportunity to share our many successes with our legislators and Governor Charlie Crist<\/strong>,\u201d Caruncho said. \u201cIt also was an important forum for educating our elected leaders about the priorities and needs of the university for the coming year so that we can continue to achieve those successes in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nThe Florida International University delegation to FIU Day<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Two of the college\u2019s students, finance major Cristian Bossa<\/strong> and current graduate student Sashle Eslaquit <\/strong>(BBA \u201905, \u201906), joined eighteen other \u201csuper-star\u201d students for the event. Personally selected to represent the university, they had the opportunity to meet with legislators one-on-one while lobbying for priority issues such as student enrollment and faculty retention.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was honored to get this chance to represent my school and to speak on behalf of my fellow students regarding these important topics,\u201d said Eslaquit, who holds bachelor\u2019s degrees in finance and management and is slated to receive her MBA in December, 2007. \u201cThe legislators and their aides were very attentive. They took the time to speak directly with student representatives to hear firsthand what we believe needs to be done to ensure the ongoing betterment of the university and to strengthen the value of the degrees we earn here.\u201d<\/p>\n

The FIU delegation attended a reception at the Governor\u2019s Club on the evening of March 7, 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nFrom left: Student ambassadors Sashle Eslaquit<\/strong> and Angelina Troff<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u201cAt the reception, we were able to meet and mingle with members of the legislative community on a more personal level,\u201d Eslaquit said. \u201cThe next day, we were all ready to get down to business.\u201d<\/p>\n

College has a great story to tell to a very receptive audience.<\/em><\/p>\n

The college\u2019s FIU Day booth definitely was the center of attention, complete with banners and marketing materials that painted a colorful picture of the business school\u2019s programs and impressive achievements.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was the first time the FIU Day event was opened up to showcase a particular college,\u201d Echeverr\u00eda-Sol said. \u201cWe were very pleased to represent the college and to share our accomplishments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garcia added that a number of legislators and their staff members visited the college\u2019s booth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were impressed by our Executive and Professional Education programs, by our MBA for Public Managers program, and by the fact that our Executive MBA program is ranked number one in Florida,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Florida Governor Charlie Crist flanked by student ambassadors Angelina Troff, left, and Sashle Eslaquit, right FIU Day, an annual event held in the state capital\u2014Tallahassee, Florida\u2014gives representatives from Florida International University(FIU) a chance to showcase the university\u2019s programs and services as well as to meet with key state legislators and their staffs at the start […]<\/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":[10],"tags":[399,502,889,1392,1611,1927,1980,2382],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4037"}],"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=4037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24287,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4037\/revisions\/24287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}