UIC Business Expo Showcases Future Entrepreneurs
Written by Prof. Jack Rose
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Dr. Marcela Moyano
marcela@uinternational.edu
Miramar – Students in Professor Jack Rose’s Business Expo class showcased their businesses on Monday, June 21, 2021 between, 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m., at the Dr. Alberto Moyano Auditorium, United International College, 3130 Commerce Parkway, Miramar, FL These budding entrepreneurs unveiled their future business plans and had a great turnout of individuals to interact with them about their product/service.
Student Esteban Roldan’s company is called Best Car Parking and Car Care Services that will target busy business properties in South Florida. While their vehicle is on the site, Roldan’s company will offer different services, such as car detailing, oil change, and shopping services to make their client lives easier to navigate by saving their clients valuable time.
Ana Pinedo is promoting Sweet Love, her surprise breakfast business that individuals can order a complete breakfast that is delivered on a wooden tray, decorated with balloons and appropriate decorations. Recipients of the Surprise Breakfast gift will certainly treasure the thoughts behind this gift.
Ashok Kusumala is excited about his Iconic Gas and Convenience Stop, and looks forward to implementing localization marketing techniques to service customers with the products they use.
Satish Dasari is confident that his franchised Kwik Stop Grocery Store will be welcomed in communities without a grocery store that is within a close proximity to their homes. His experience in the business will contribute to entrepreneurial success.
Ricardo Forero’s Broward Driving School will assist new drivers with individual driving lessons and teaching clients all the rules of the road, in preparation for each of his clients to obtain their driver’s license.
Juliet Contreras’ Mystic by Juliet creates an individual “soul box” for clients and for gift giving. This unusual, creative item is dedicated to creating boxes to improve stability of people who practice meditation, yoga, and reki. The recipient has the opportunity to improve self-esteem, quality of life, balance energy, balance chakras, and in the use of healing.
Valentina Ortiz’s company, RosediVale, is a new classic jewelry aspirational brand that generates female empowerment through its classic and unique styles. The central concept of RosediVale is to reflect traditional and elegant pieces that muse femininity and elegance.
In preparation for their own Business Expo, students attended a recent trade show/expo at the Miami International Mart in Miami Gardens where they were able to interact with many of the vendors and observe the purposes of executing a great trade show/expo.
“Working with these great students and watching them develop their ideas and bringing them to fruition, is the result of their coursework in marketing, management, accounting, finance, business planning, and entrepreneurship, added Professor Rose. Over the years, many successful entrepreneurs have started and grown their businesses successfully.” For more information, please contact Professor Rose at jrose@uinternational.edu.
UIC Students Explore Operación Pedro Pan
Written by Prof. Chonevski Aleksandar
UIC Students Explore the Operación Pedro Pan
During the COVID-19 Winter Semester of 2021, United International College’ (UIC) students from the International Business Management Program followed an online Ethics course conducted by Prof. Aleksandar Chonevski who invited Dr. Javier Gonzalez, a social justice professor from Barry University, on April 12, to present Operación Pedro Pan. After which, the class linked to a Global Immigration webinar.
On April 12, Barry University’s Institute for Immigration Studies (IIS), partnered with the Catholic University of America to sponsor a virtual speaker panel discussion entitled “Immigrant Family Separation: Past and Present.” Students from UIC’s Ethics class were invited to participate and reflect on the virtual event.
Nice United International College students reflected upon the Pedro Pan Conference with ideas, practice discussions, and themes, that concerned the panel highlight such as: comparison of different systems and social contrast, trauma, welfare, injustice and ethical relativism, feminism, difficulties of immigration, equality and discrimination, revolutionary purpose, educational challenges, struggling to survive, better citizens, family reunions that is extension prose of contemporary issues.
Ethical class conclusion: This conference “Immigrant Family Separation: Past and Present” revealed memories and contemporary lived experiences of Pedro Pan minors from the largest exodus in south Florida that shifted and recognized educational, cultural, socio-economics, psychological and political needs that happened and continues to happen in America, with purpose of dialogue and action to further research the narratives of American Dreamers.
College Students Learn Skills for a Professional Trade Show
Written by Prof. Jack Rose
Miramar, Florida – Students in Professor Jack Rose’s Business Expo class were invited to attend the recent Miami International Trade Mart Show on March 8th held in Miami Gardens. This B2B trade show included vendors showcasing their products in various categories, including luggage, household, health and beauty, party supplies, disposable goods, picture frames, calendars and other paper products, area rugs, electronics and more.
The students interacted with many of the vendors who shared their experiences with the business majors. Jodi Meserve of IG Design Group Americas Inc. encouraged students to take advantage of any and all opportunities that come their way. Jodi is an expert on global sourcing and the students learned about the importance of using Excel spreadsheets. Traveling all over the world, Jodi shared that she does not speak any other language, but preparation and research of potential clients were very important. “You establish a relationship, ask about their customer want and styles, colors they like, and then you build a presentation geared specifically to their business.” Professor Rose added, “Just like music is the universal language, spreadsheets and numbers speak volumes without uttering a word.”
These budding entrepreneurs were attending the trade show since their final project is to execute their own business expo. Attending the trade show were students, Elona Dushku, Renata Diniz, Valentina Perez, and Quynh Truong. All of the students said the trade show was a great experience and they enjoyed seeing a live trade show since most of the trade shows have been virtual the past yar. “Speaking with these vendors was very special,” Valentina added.
Speaking on Radio Taught Online
Written by Dr. Marcela Moyano
Miramar –Students of the Communications and Mass Media program of United International College enrolled in the Speaking on Radio course during the Summer term and embarked on a challenging journey to learn how to announce and manage their voice through UIC’s distance learning modality due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“When I was offered to teach this course, I immediately knew it was going to be a challenge. I teach audio editing and voice announcing in this course. I was excited about embracing this challenge and getting the best out of it” Dr. Marcela Moyano, course’s professor.
UIC has an audio studio equipped with a radio station for students to practice their learning. Since this group of students was not going to enjoy the benefits of learning in this state of the art facility, UIC’s communications program administration had to ensure that students would have all necessary equipment to learn.
Therefore, each student enrolled in the course received by mail a USB Cardioid Digital Condenser Microphone for their practice and production work. In addition, they all were given access to the Adobe Creative Cloud All Application and downloaded Adobe Audition CC for their audio editing needs.
The course began and Dr. Moyano started teaching them through UIC’s Online Campus successfully instructing breathing and voice management techniques, and audio editing. The course methodology implemented exceeded students’ expectations and students were excited to have their own equipment at home.
Week seven of the eleven-week course, was a memorable one. Students premiered their South Florida Mosaic radio show, in which pieces of News were featured by Martha Rodriguez, Arts by Daniela del Valle, and Culture by Carolina Portilla. The show was live streamed on Facebook and had five episodes. The show also featured Stephany Jimenez, the creator of The Bird Movement; Santiago del Valle, Production Manager; and Valentina Bilbao, a world acclaimed visual artist. The South Florida Mosaic concluded with live streaming of students’ audio stories on the last episode of the season.
The South Florida Mosaic Season
Also, the charismatic radio talent Tamara Gant, mostly known in South Florida as Tamara G. and co-host of mornings on 101.5 Lite FM with Julie Guy, known for their long running show as “Those Two Girls in the Morning,” visited the virtual class and inspired the students to follow a career on the radio industry. Tamara shared with students her experience and passion on radio and demonstrated some announcing techniques she had implemented that same week. Students applied some of her news writing and announcing tips in the upcoming radio shows.
The course concluded with an hour session with WLRN anchor and voice talent Christine DiMattei. In preparation for her lecture, she shared with Dr. Moyano scripts to be distributed to each student. On the day of her class, students role play being professional announcers with DiMattei. She introduced them as reporters and they would read each of the scripts. Then, she would critique their delivery and emphasize ways of improvement. At the end of the class, students were confident and excited that they had received a private lesson from a talented, acclaimed, and numerous award winning professional.
UIC’s focus is on hands-on education and this course is a clear example of how UIC embraces technology and creativity to provide students with most enriching learning experiences.
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UIC Students' First Virtual Business Expo
Written by Prof. Jack Rose
Miramar – Students in Professor Jack Rose’s Business Expo class presented their First Virtual Business Expo on Thursday, September 17th through Zoom.us, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
In the past, the business expo was held in the school’s Dr. Moyano Auditorium at United International College, 3130 Miramar Parkway, Miramar, Florida. Due to the current COVID-19 situation, the students attended the Virtual National Small Business Expo held on August 4th and 5th. Professor Rose emphasized that one of the most important words in business is flexibility and while the students looked forward to this event that always had a large attendance allowing the students to interact with potential clients, the need to promote their products and services had to take on another venue. Thus, the First Virtual Business Expo was conceived.
Tuong Hoang plans to open Queen Beauty Nail Salon offering not only manicures and pedicures, but skin care services through various facial treatments, waxing and threading.
Hong Nguyen’s business is Dream English Center where people who want to improve their English skills in her native Vietnam, in Nghe An countryside. She plans on offering a quality-learning environment for young children, teenagers, and adults.
Alix Paez, a native of Venezuela, is passionate about the make-up industry and believes that makeup can be used as a therapeutic instrument, since it also increases and transforms the clients mood and self-esteem.
Tram Tran’s business enterprise is Beauty Hair Salon and believes that proper hair care and treatment contributes to an increase in self-confidence.
Binh Nguyen also looks forward to opening her own nail salon providing excellent nail care and other services in a relaxing environment.
Students submitted their written Sales Promotion Plan as their final term project.
For further information, please contact Professor Rose at jrose@unilatina.edu
UIC’s 2020 Commencement Ceremony Was Quiet a Memorable Academic Act Conducted in the Campus Parking Lot where the Applauses shifted to Celebratory Car Honking
Miramar, FL- United International College commemorated its annual commencement ceremony on Friday, June 26 at 6:00 p.m. in the parking lot of its campus in the Miramar Park of Commerce, 3130 Commerce Parkway, Miramar, FL 33025 with the support of the Miramar Police Department.
UIC celebrated the culmination of the academic journey of 22 students earning associate and bachelor degrees in Business, Communications and Tourism. These 22 fine students represent Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Brazil and the United Arab Emirates.
The ceremony began with a drive by parade from the graduating students, followed by a speech from UIC’s founding president, Lydia Bautista Möller, “The world needs you more than ever…Also, we are happy to celebrate our first graduating ceremony with our new name, United International College. Name that represents our community with the incredible cultures we welcome every day. Our growth wouldn’t be possible without the voice of each of you and we want you to know that this is your home and will be your alma mater…UIC stands with every minority, gender, race, religion, and recognizes the movement that has led us to become more inclusive and respectful of all lives. We all are equally important.”
Commencement student speaker and Summa Cum Laude, Laura Steudel, added “although we are immigrants, we are united. I want to thank you for supporting me throughout these years. This United family will support us always. I want to remind you that we are in a country where being unique is embraced. All our ideas have weight. Find something you love and pursue it.”
A caravan parade with the commencement students followed to award their diplomas. Faculty members and board of directors greeted students from a distance with farewell message signs. Right after Laura’s speech, the Miramar Police and Fire Department officers surprised the grads with a celebratory drive by parade from their police patrols and fire trucks. They held signs that read “Congratulations Class of 2020”.
During these difficult times of social distancing, UIC joins with the community to inspire and celebrate the efforts of UIC’s graduating students who culminated their degrees under the difficult circumstances faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ceremony was broadcasted live through social media for family and friends to join this solemn academic act.
Crafting a Public Relations Campaign Proposal
Miramar, FL- On April 6, 2020, seven UIC students started taking PUR 301: Introduction to Public Relations taught by Dr. Marcela Moyano. The course began only two weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine and was delivered online through UIC’s Online Campus.
The first weeks of the course students learned the fundamental concepts of Public Relations, which prepared them to develop a Public Relations Campaign Proposal for their startups or a client’s company.
Students carefully identified a Campaign Overarching Objective, the publics that were going to be targeted in this campaign and specific goals, strategies, tactics and key messages. They developed a campaign budget and calendar, and finalized their campaigns with an evaluation instrument to assess the success of their campaign.
On May 4th, Jessica Levy, founder and president of Levy, a public relations, events, and social media agency, virtually visited the class and shared with UIC students her experience as an expert in the field. She shared with them examples of initiatives executed with her clients that demonstrated the value of public relations. As a result of this talk with Jessica, students were able to understand the nature of the field and picture themselves as PR practitioners.
On May 25, students submitted the first part of the P.R. Campaign Proposal. They continued editing their work and adding to their proposal on a weekly basis. On June 15, they were ready to deliver their final presentations. Daniela Del Valle, prepared a campaign for her audio visual company, DVSA Corp, and invited her partner, Santiago Del Valle to listen to her final presentation and give her feedback.
Martha Rodriguez prepared a campaign for ATR Group, a real estate agency. After much thought and feedback from the professor and classmates, she successfully completed her campaign. On the day of her presentation, she shared with the class that ATR Group was already implementing some of the proposed tactics in her campaign.
“I am a graphic designer and now I study Communications & Media at United International College. This term I took the Public Relations class with Professor Marcela Moyano. I am so impressed because I had never imagined how much I could learn. For the final project we had to make a public relations campaign proposal for a company, I chose to do it for a team of real estate agents. It was incredible and hard work because I had to do a careful investigation of the team on its public, competitors, mission, vision, and then design the proposal with a main objective and three goals with excellent strategies, tactics and messages to reach them. I really enjoyed doing it. I was able to learn more than I ever imagined.”
Renata Diniz, developed a P.R. Campaign Proposal on her company Tasty Bites. As most of the students, she also did a wonderful job crafting her tactics and coming up with creative ideas to engage new customers.
All the course was delivered through UIC’s online classroom, The Big Blue Button, which facilitated and enhanced student interaction through break out rooms. Students truly embraced technology and excelled at it! This can be appreciated through their public relations campaign proposals.
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Future Entrepreneurs Hold Expo
Miramar , FL– Students in Professor Jack J. Rose’s Business Expo class proudly showcased their businesses at the Winter Business Expo at United International College on March 9th, which was attended by students, faculty, administration, and the community. Prior to executing their own expo, the students attended the Senior Expo held recently at the Big Easy Casino so they could see a professional trade show and interact with the different expo participants.
The students were challenged to produce promotional marketing materials, including business cards, brochures, flyers, and a complete social media marketing campaign for their product or service.
Ximena Caraballo is the owner of XC Event Planners whose mission is to offer clients a personalized service in planning and executing a special event that will forever be a memorable occasion for the client and their guests. Ximena proudly showcased her company and partnered with other students to showcase their businesses in transportation, music, florist, photography, and catering.
Chef Juan Leal’s business focuses on exclusive catering by creating individual menus for his clients. Chef Juan Leal specializes in the best paellas, satisfying clients by using quality ingredients and flavorful spices. All attendees who sampled his paella raved about the taste and Chef Leal booked three future events.
Tai’s Nails & Lashes is a business that student Duong Linh hopes to expand. Tai’s professional nail care for women and men has teamed up with XC Event Planners by providing the bride with a free manicure and pedicure if the bridal party comes into the salon as a group 4-6 hours before the wedding.
What is any event without music – the universal language that brings us together! Jesus Pineda, owns JP Guitar Services and Entertainment. He is certainly proud of his well-deserved name as a Music Entertainer. Jesus showcased his talents at the recent Arts Night Out at United International College.
Orlando Landinez is the owner of Prime Transportation and prides his company by offering customer service excellence. A former Lyft and Uber driver, Orlando is proud of his 5-star rating given by his many clients over the past three years. Orlando has also partnered with XC Events and has been named the official transportation provider for XC Event.
Luis Vega promoted his HAIM Visitor Management System, which is a modern visitor access software program that enhances control that residents have over who has access to their gated communities. The system is affordable since there is no expensive hardware, no implementation cost, and low maintenance cost. Residents pre-authorize visitors by sending a one time or custom pass code via text message generated by the mobile app. Security guard at the gate verifies the validity of the pass code to allow or deny guest entry. The visitor gains entry to the gated community.
Marian Leal proudly showcased her company, Bridging Marketing, which offers consulting and coaching services, social media and management services, website and graphic design services, video and photography. Her slogan certainly highlights her goals and wishes for a successful company – “Empowering your digital dreams and taking your business ahead.”
Luciano Rocha is the Vice President of Operations at US Global Equipment Solutions specializing in construction equipment. US Global Equipment Solutions has targeted small and midsize businesses based primarily in South and Central America. In the United States his company intends to operate in the surplus parts business because many of the machines used around the world cannot enter the country due to the stricter laws regarding the emission of pollutants.
What Am I Thankful For?
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What Am I Thankful For?
“Thanks for the kindness of all the people I met in my life, and thanks to God for another day to live.” Tuong Hoang
“I am thankful for the new opportunities brought to me this year.” Ana Socha
“I am thankful for my Mom who gave birth to me and raised me.” Linh Truong
“I am thankful for my life every day and all of those I get to share it with.” Heydi Henriquez
“I’m deeply thankful for all my friends, and the opportunity to be here studying in the United States.” Martha Rodriguez
“I’m thankful for people who are always beside me and support me.” Phuong Thao
“I’m thankful for my family, my kids, Kiki and Nico, who teach me a life lesson daily, my dear students, for working at UIC where I constantly develop my intercultural skills,, for my garden, and for living in an abundant world where nature always appreciates our love and care.” Dr. Marcela Moyano
“I am eternally thankful for all the prayers that were said by hundreds of family members, friends, colleagues, former students, present students, and my UIC family that resulted in my sharing another Thanksgiving and holiday season with all of you. Prayers are answered and I thank you and love you!” Professor Jack J. Rose
“Today, I thank God for allowing me to celebrate life with all its nuances. Hugs!” Diana Vieyra
“First, I want to thank God for my family who has been the best support this year. Second, I thank the United family, professors, and staff colleagues for all the teachings, because I enrich my professional life and learned to care for and protect my spiritual life.” Sandra Valentin
“I am thankful for my life and health, for the beautiful family that God gave me. I am also thankful for UNILATINA, all the amazing staff members, students, and faculty. I am thankful for sharing the Thanksgiving Celebration together one more year.” Angelica Moyano, Academic Director
“I thank God for allowing me to continue here, for being healthy, for my family, especially my son and husband, and my good friends. I hope the next year gives us so much to be grateful.” Haiskel Natali Tovar de Maduro
“I’m thankful for every single person that is part of my life now, and everything that I have accomplished this year. ” Regards, Sebastian, Level 5, Johan Palencia
“I thank God for every ticking of each of the clocks in my life, because they have made me an unstoppable woman full of dreams to pursue. On this trip, called 2019, my suitcase is filled with thousands of things to be thankful for. First, there is my Mother who will visit me this year, almost four years without seeing each other. I also appreciate that, this year, I graduated from my UIC, which is truly my second home, and to which I owe so much. For example, the honor of meeting such a wonderful person as Professor Rose, my lovely Heydi, Ana, Ruby, Sandra, and the Moyano Family. I am thankful for my husband and family who are the engine that moves me forward. As I said, the list is long, and the best way to live in gratitude is working hard, doing my best, having fun, and smiling every minute of each day.” Sandra Agudelo
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