{"id":6446,"date":"2015-03-03T13:22:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T18:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/?p=6446"},"modified":"2018-05-09T15:43:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T15:43:51","slug":"ed-mugnani-to-be-recognized-by-florida-international-university-with-distinguished-alumni-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ed-mugnani-to-be-recognized-by-florida-international-university-with-distinguished-alumni-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Mugnani to be recognized by Florida International University with Distinguished Alumni Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fiualumni-eastus.azurewebsites.net\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ed-Mugnani-200x238.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive alignleft size-full wp-image-3403\" src=\"https:\/\/fiualumni-eastus.azurewebsites.net\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ed-Mugnani-200x238.jpg\" alt=\"Ed Mugnani 200x238\" width=\"200\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a>The Florida International University Alumni Association will be presenting Ed Mugnani \u201991 with a Distinguished Alumni award during FIU\u2019s fourteenth annual Torch Awards Charity Gala on Saturday, March 28, 2015. This award recognizes alumni who have brought honor and distinction to the university through their notable record of service and achievement in a particular discipline, organization or cause.<\/p>\n<p>As president of the Western Division of Eurest-Compass Group, Ed Mugnani oversees an eclectic mix of business and industry dining, including financial institutions, oil and gas, technology, startups, manufacturing, entertainment and retail operations. He has been in the food service industry for more than 20 years. He has applied his participative leadership style from fine dining restaurants, fast casual restaurants, off-premise catering and retail operations to his current role of president since joining Eurest in 2003. Mugnani received an Associate of Science in Hotel\/Food &amp; Beverage Management from Johnson &amp; Wales University, a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management from Florida International University and is fluent in Spanish. He is a member of the Society for Foodservice Management and is active in numerous charities.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the FIU Alumni Association will be hosting the prestigious gala at the luxurious Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel, located on 4441 Collins Avenue in Miami, Fla.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>-FIU-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>About FIU:<\/em><\/strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><em>Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. It is a public research university with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/main.fiu.edu\/academics\/colleges-schools\/index.html\">colleges and schools<\/a>\u00a0that offer more than 180\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/main.fiu.edu\/academics\/degree-programs\/\">bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s and doctoral<\/a>\u00a0programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida\u2019s anchor institutions, FIU contributes $9.8 billion each year to the local economy. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded over 200,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thefrost.fiu.edu\/\">Patricia &amp; Phillip Frost Art Museum<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wolfsonian.org\/\">Wolfsonian-FIU<\/a>, and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishmuseum.com\/\">Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU<\/a>. FIU is a member of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiusports.com\/\">Conference USA<\/a>\u00a0and has over 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiu.edu\/\">http:\/\/www.fiu.edu\/<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>About the FIU Alumni Association:<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><em>The Florida International University Alumni Association<\/em><em>is a membership-based organization with over 20,000 dues paying members governed by a volunteer board of directors and currently serves a total alumni base of over 200,000, represented in every state and in more than 30 countries around the world. The mission is to serve the community of FIU alumni, students, family and friends by providing lifelong connections to FIU. The organization strives to provide opportunities to support FIU\u2019s key strategic initiatives, which includes the revitalization and expansion of financial resources, achieving academic excellence, enhancing research and creative initiatives, and engaging the community of FIU. <\/em><em>For more information about the FIU Alumni Association, visit <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/\"><em>FIUalumni.com<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida International University Alumni Association will be presenting Ed Mugnani \u201991 with a Distinguished Alumni award during FIU\u2019s fourteenth annual Torch Awards Charity Gala on Saturday, March 28, 2015. This award recognizes alumni who have brought honor and distinction to the university through their notable record of service and achievement in a particular discipline, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":97,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[369],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6446"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15440,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6446\/revisions\/15440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}