spotlight on success
Congratulations to the following Johnson & Wales
University students and faculty who have been honored
this past academic year.
PROVIDENCE
DENVER
Entrepreneurship major Jennifer LaSala '14 was named
the 2013 Global Young Entrepreneur by the Network for
Teaching Entrepreneurship New England. Jennifer started
her own online pastry shop, Sugar Coated Heaven, in
January 2011.
At the Colorado Phi Beta Lambda State Competition
in April, 17 Denver Campus students placed in the top
10, including five first place and four second place
winners. The winners competed in categories including
hospitality management, human resource management,
macroeconomics, integrated marketing campaign,
management concepts, strategic analysis and decision
making.
Mari Dias, Ed.D., professor in the School of Arts &
Sciences, received a Fulbright Scholarship that sent her
to the University of Zululand in South Africa to train
graduate students in theories and techniques this past
summer.
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NORTH MIAMI
Jack J. Rose, associate professor in the College of
Business and executive director of the Florida Association
of Collegiate DECA, received the 2013 Edgar L. Fleming
Outstanding Leadership Award commemorating his 50th
year of involvement with DECA and Collegiate DECA.
Department Chair and Assistant Professor Colin Roche,
Ph.D., CEC, CCE, and College of Culinary Arts Dean
Bruce Ozga, CEC, CCE, won the 2013 Idaho Potato
Commission Innovation Award for "The College of
Culinary Arts Edible Garden" on the North Miami
Campus and its integration into the curriculum.
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Kris Hefley, associate professor in the College of Business,
received a certification in Advertising Ethics from the
Institute for Advertising Ethics from the American
Advertising Federation.
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CHARLOTTE
Instructor Josh Rosenbaum and the American Culinary
Federation Awards (ACF) JWU Student Culinary Team won
a silver medal and overall second place at the ACF North
Carolina State competition.
Senior Instructor Brian Campbell won the ACF North
Carolina Chef Professionalism Award.
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