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2020 FIU Carnival Gold Scholars

Partners

The FIU Carnival Gold Scholars Reception and Dinner was held recently at the FIU Biscayne Bay Campus/Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management. The Carnival Gold Scholars program awards renewable, full-tuition scholarships, including room and board, of up to $20,000 each to five new qualifying students every year. Meet the five new students selected to receive a scholarship: Celesse Temes, Danaisy Abascal-Yero, Tia Yahnke, Keyshawn Cole, and Jose Bernal. This is the sixth cohort of FIU Carnival Gold Scholars. To-date, the program has had 27 students that have participated in the program and 10 that have graduated. Congratulations to the new class!

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NRF Foundation Gala

Special Events

We recently attended the NRF Foundation Gala in New York, which Carnival Foundation supported. Bill Brand, SVP of retail for Carnival Corporation, serves on their board and we are thrilled to be involved with the organization. As the philanthropic arm of the National Retail Federation, the NRF Foundation stands up for the value of retail jobs at all levels and helps support a bigger, better pool of talent for retailers nationwide through education, training and experiences for everyone from high school and college students to people with barriers to employment.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast

Special Events

On #MLKDay, Carnival Foundation Executive Director Linda Coll attended the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Foundation’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast. The organization was founded by Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, and the breakfast honors the young men that make up the Class of 2020 and the life and teachings of Dr. King. The 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project is a dropout prevention, mentoring program committed to closing the minority male achievement gap by guiding minority male students along a carefully charted path through grades K-12 and college or ensuring the attainment of other post-secondary credentials, and increasing their employability in higher wage, high skills jobs within high demand industries.

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Florida Lt. Governor Jeanette Nunez Keynote Speaker During School-to-Work Visit

Scholarship & Mentoring Program

Yesterday Carnival Foundation held the January school-to-work visit. The guest speaker was Florida Lt. Governor Jeanette Nunez, who was elected as Florida’s first Latina Lieutenant Governor in 2018. Born and raised in Miami, her ties to Carnival run deeper than her speaking engagement. Nunez’s sister Isabel works for Carnival and is a mentor in the program! The Lt. Governor spoke to the group about how she first got involved in politics and about the challenges she faces finding a balance in her life as a wife, mom and elected official. She told the group that whatever they set out to do in life, they should do with passion and a purpose. She also spoke about the benefits of having a mentor and using the opportunity to learn and grow. We also recognized our mentors for National Mentoring Month, and the students gave their mentor a picture frame with a photo of the duo.

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Holiday Party 2019

Scholarship & Mentoring Program

Tis the season! Carnival Scholarship & Mentoring Program held its annual Holiday Party where we got to enjoy delicious food, great company and the incredible sounds of Carnival’s own DJ Spike! Our students brought their families to the party, and it was a great opportunity for some of the mentors to meet them for the first time. Everyone had a blast, dancing the night away and celebrating the holidays.

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End of School Year Celebration 2019

Scholarship & Mentoring Program

May’s School-to-Work visit is always bittersweet. We came together to celebrate another fun school year. We also celebrated and said goodbye to our joyful graduating seniors. We will see our returning students and mentors in September! Congratulations Class of 2019!

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2019 FUN Team Volunteer Reception

F.U.N. Team

The 24th annual FUN Team Volunteer Reception was held on June 5 to honor our outstanding volunteers for an amazing 2018. Volunteers were recognized for their efforts in helping thousands of people in our community through 52 projects and more than 2,000 community service hours. During the reception, we announced our Volunteer of the Year, Sales Support Representative Joann Conroy. Congratulations, Joann!

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Volunteering at Miami’s Ronald McDonald House

F.U.N. Team

FUN Team volunteers visited Ronald McDonald Miami during National Volunteer Month. There the team helped cook and serve a meal for families whose children are hospitalized and in need of housing assistance.

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Career Showcase for Carnival Scholarship & Mentoring Program

Scholarship & Mentoring Program

On April 25th, we hosted a Career Showcase with executives in the top fields our students are interested in pursuing. Students were able to ask our panelist questions about their studies, journey to the position they are currently in, and advice.

Thank you to Gary Eppinger, CISO for Carnival Corporation; Dr. Kaitlin Ross, Family Medicine Physician at Baptist Health; Rick Miguez, Esq., Deputy General Counsel at Carnival Corporation; Ben Clement, SVP of New Builds, Innovation & Product Development at Carnival Cruise Line; Tami Blanco, VP of Office of Shared Services at Carnival Cruise Line; Mark Jackson, SVP of Technical Operations at Carnival Cruise Line; Jennifer Tobias Alvarez, VP of Creative & Digital Marketing at Miami HEAT; and Dominick Froio, VP of Security Services at Carnival Cruise Line.

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Celebrating Women’s History Month with Teresa Rodriguez

Scholarship & Mentoring Program

On March 21, 2019, Bigs and Littles had their monthly School-To-Work visit. We celebrated Women’s History Month with the first Hispanic woman to anchor a national newscast in the United States, Teresa Rodriguez from Univision. Seniors learned more about Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami and UNCF scholarship opportunities.

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