{"id":7318,"date":"2010-04-14T12:36:41","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T16:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=7318"},"modified":"2017-06-28T15:17:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T19:17:35","slug":"business-students-increase-global-perspective-during-trip-to-london-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2010\/04\/business-students-increase-global-perspective-during-trip-to-london-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Business students increase global perspective during trip to London, Paris."},"content":{"rendered":"

When Florida International University (FIU) student Joseph Iglesias<\/strong> was atop the London Eye, the largest Ferris wheel in Europe, he got quite a different view of the city.<\/p>\n

When he participated in the business learning opportunities during the trip abroad, Iglesias benefited from yet another new perspective.<\/p>\n

\u201cI learned so much about international business, with unique experiences I never could have had on my own,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Iglesias was one of 38 undergraduate students from FIU\u2019s College of Business Administration who traveled to London and Paris through the study abroad program organized by the FIU-Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER).<\/p>\n

The 10-day trip in March 2010 let the students enjoy traditional sightseeing venues such as Windsor Castle, the Tower of London, the Louvre and the palace at Versailles. But their unique peek into international business equally impressed them.<\/p>\n

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Grant Thornton International in London, one of the companies visited by participants in the college\u2019s most recent study abroad program.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI learned so much from the visit to Grant Thornton International in London,\u201d said international business major Viviana Rivera<\/strong>, who traveled to Europe for the first time.<\/p>\n

At Grant Thornton, one of the world\u2019s leading organizations of independently owned and managed accounting and consulting firms, the students increased their knowledge of international finance by meeting with Jatin Radia, director of the UK International Business Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe heard about the UK\u2019s experience in converting to the International Finance Reporting System (IFRS),\u201d Rivera said.<\/p>\n

Enriching business experiences help in global understanding. <\/em><\/p>\n

While abroad, the participants attended business classes, including guest lectures by British and French professors. Business-oriented trips also included presentations and tours at the Bank of England and ExxonMobil.<\/p>\n

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In addition to company visits and coursework, the study aboard program included opportunities to view famous landmarks, such as Paris\u2019s Eiffel Tower.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since Iglesias wants to run his own business someday, he especially appreciated the visit to the showroom of Paris designer Gaspard Yurkievich.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe learned how difficult yet critical it is to get exposure for your name, and how this small firm was able to achieve that in the highly competitive European market,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur objective in designing the experience was to increase the students\u2019 global perspective, to make them better world citizens,\u201d said Doreen J. Gooden<\/strong>, faculty leader of this trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Florida International University (FIU) student Joseph Iglesias was atop the London Eye, the largest Ferris wheel in Europe, he got quite a different view of the city. When he participated in the business learning opportunities during the trip abroad, Iglesias benefited from yet another new perspective. \u201cI learned so much about international business, with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[374,435,670,987,1134,1158,1252,1390,2508,2631,2650],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7318"}],"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=7318"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28596,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7318\/revisions\/28596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}