{"id":3627,"date":"2013-04-30T14:08:16","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T19:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/?p=3627"},"modified":"2013-04-30T14:08:16","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T19:08:16","slug":"luncheon-showcases-cmus-redekop-school-of-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/2013\/luncheon-showcases-cmus-redekop-school-of-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Luncheon showcases CMU\u2019s Redekop School of Business"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CMU Associate Professor of International Business Jeff Huebner showcases the university\u2019s new business space and the video-conferencing technology.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Winnipeg, April 30, 2013 \u2013 More than 40 businesspeople, students, and teachers gathered at CMU on April 9 as the university\u2019s Redekop School of Business (RSB) partnered with the Winnipeg chapter of Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) for a luncheon.<\/p>\n

The luncheon allowed CMU Associate Professor of International Business Jeff Huebner to showcase the university\u2019s new business space, and the video-conferencing technology now available to RSB faculty and students.<\/p>\n

The luncheon also included a 30-minute live videoconference with Veronica Herrera, the CEO of MiCredito in Managua, Nicaragua. MiCredito is a microfinance organization funded in part by MEDA.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a great event,\u201d Huebner says, noting that while CMU has had a business program for five years, it was only in the last year-and-a-half that it became known as the Redekop School of Business and started offering the Bachelor of Business Administration degree.<\/p>\n

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The luncheon included a 30-minute live videoconference with Veronica Herrera, the CEO of MiCredito, a microfinance organization in Nicaragua funded in part by MEDA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe luncheon was a spotlight event where we could profile the school to the business community,\u201d Huebner says.<\/p>\n

MiCredito creates business solutions that include both social and financial support to micro and small entrepreneurs in Nicaragua, providing for a more prosperous future. It employs 54 people in seven branches, with a portfolio worth more than $4 million USD.<\/p>\n

Six business students from CMU will visit the organization during an international study tour April 29-May 13.<\/p>\n

Huebner says he organizes travel study programs so that students see and experience first-hand how their business knowledge and skills can be applied in other countries.<\/p>\n

Huebner says he organizes travel study programs \u201cso that students see and experience first-hand how their business knowledge and skills can be applied in other countries and among those who are less fortunate or who have different needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the luncheon, Huebner also introduced a new RSB scholarship. Worth approximately $6,500 in tuition savings, the scholarship has been established for a student endorsed by MEDA.<\/p>\n

Established in 2011, the Redekop School of Business is developing the potential of future business leaders to bring together sound business practice with commitments of faith, generosity, and service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Winnipeg, April 30, 2013 \u2013 More than 40 businesspeople, students, and teachers gathered at CMU on April 9 as the university\u2019s Redekop School of Business (RSB) partnered with the Winnipeg chapter of Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) for a luncheon. The luncheon allowed CMU Associate Professor of International Business Jeff Huebner to showcase the university\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20,25,5],"tags":[227,395,182,396,397],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3627"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3627"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3634,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3627\/revisions\/3634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}