{"id":5158,"date":"2009-10-19T15:53:07","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T19:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=5158"},"modified":"2017-11-09T12:35:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T17:35:15","slug":"national-society-of-hispanic-mbas-conference-urges-attendees-to-think-ahead-move-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2009\/10\/national-society-of-hispanic-mbas-conference-urges-attendees-to-think-ahead-move-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"National Society of Hispanic MBAs conference urges attendees to \u201cThink Ahead. Move Forward.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Laura
Laura Bacci at the NSHMBA 2009 Conference<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The weather in Minnesota was decidedly chilly in early October, but for the Florida International University (FIU) contingent attending the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) Conference and Career Expo in Minneapolis, the atmosphere was anything but cold. More than a dozen students and alumni pursued hot job leads and participated in warm networking events between October 8th<\/sup> and 10th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year, students from our International MBA (IMBA), Master of Science in Finance (MSF), Professional MBA and Evening MBA programs—including IMBA student Laura Bacci<\/strong>, who received the NSHMBA Scholarship of $12,000 for the 2009-2010 academic year—participated,\u201d said Barry Shiflett<\/strong>, director, Career Management Services (CMS) in the College of Business Administration.<\/p>\n

The college\u2019s team\u2014Shiflett, Elsie Florido<\/strong>, CMS associate director and Luis Casas<\/strong>, director, marketing, communications and recruiting, played a key support role for students as they lined up interviews and navigated the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor example, Heather Thurston<\/strong>, an IMBA-MSF student, was able to turn to us for assistance in meeting employers and she succeeded in obtaining interviews with several companies, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts and IBM among them\u201d Shiflett said.<\/p>\n

\"From
From left to right: Elsie Florido, Barry Shiflett, Paxton Riter and Luis Casas at the FIU Business booth at the NSHMBA 2009 Conference<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As a university partner to NSHMBA, the college already enjoys a close relationship with the organization, and Shiflett and Florido plan to heed the conference\u2019s message to \u201cThink Ahead. Move Forward.\u201d They will be following up with a number of companies, building relationships that can translate into new job and internship possibilities for the college\u2019s graduate students.<\/p>\n

New Corporate MBA gains visibility.<\/em><\/p>\n

Paxton Riter<\/strong>, the college\u2019s vice president, academic partnerships, used the gathering of high-powered companies to expand the partner base for the business school\u2019s new, fully online Corporate MBA, scheduled to launch on November 30, 2009.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf a company is a partner, their employees and the employee\u2019s family can take advantage of a preferred tuition rate for our Corporate MBA,\u201d he said. \u201cBeing able to meet representatives from about 250 Fortune 500 companies in one place afforded me an excellent chance to build partnerships with corporations whose employees can benefit from the program and from the tuition break.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"From
From left to right: Oscar de Lima, Darwin Rivera (Deloitte Consulting), Andreina Zuccaro and Laura Bacci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Barry
Barry Shiflett and Heather Thurston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"From
From left to right: Stephanie Janik, James Keirsted (Walt Disney Parks and Resorts), Barry Shiflett and Elsie Florido<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Alejandro
Alejandro Fernandez performing at the NSHMBA 2009 Conference<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Jacqueline
Jacqueline Naranjo at the NSHMBA 2009 Conference<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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