{"id":6501,"date":"2015-03-16T16:55:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T16:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/?p=6501"},"modified":"2018-05-09T15:22:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T15:22:06","slug":"fiu-royal-caribbean-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/2015\/03\/16\/fiu-royal-caribbean-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"FIU-Royal Caribbean Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Our university has a long history of breaking new ground \u2013 forging innovative partnerships and pioneering creative new approaches to teaching, learning and research.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We don\u2019t hesitate to explore new ways of doing things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Our partnership with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is no different.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The <b>ROYAL@FIU World Stage Collaborative<\/b> builds upon our collective assets as engaged anchor institutions to advance unprecedented experiential learning and research opportunities, while attracting top talent to both organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It\u2019s an example of how we are forging relationships between industry and academia. It\u2019s also an example of how our FIU is Worlds Ahead in fostering <b>innovative public-private partnerships<\/b> to benefit our students, faculty and community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Our vision for this partnership is <b>talent development<\/b>, shared knowledge and <b>real world exploration<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Our collaboration is already off the ground through the Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management and the College of Architecture and the Arts \u2013 with internships, custom curricula and <b>behind the scenes access<\/b> to Royal Caribbean\u2019s experts, state-of-the-art facilities and shipboard operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hospitality internships will include <b>hands-on experience<\/b> in operations and management. Arts internships will include music, theater and visual arts \u2013 from stage management, lighting and design to auditions, promotion, rehearsals and final production.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">One of the most exciting components of the partnership is <b>collaborative research<\/b> for FIU faculty and graduate students, who will have access to RCL marketing and sales data to conduct original research and surveys, with findings and recommendations presented to RCL.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The most visible component of the partnership thus far is the construction of a 130,000-square-foot, <b>state-of-the art entertainment studio<\/b> at the FIU Biscayne Bay Campus. \u00a0This rehearsal and production center includes three-story studios, a 300-seat theater, 20,000-square-foot costume-making and storage facility and 10 other rehearsal studios. Our partnership provides FIU students with unique access to these facilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It may not be typical \u2013 but FIU is not typical. Our collaboration with RCL is multi-faceted, long-term, globally focused and with tremendous potential for expansion across multiple disciplines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span>We look forward to sharing more details of this exciting partnership. <b>Be sure to join us for the grand opening celebration from 10:15 a.m. to 12 p.m. on March 20, 2015 at the Biscayne Bay Campus<\/b>.\u00a0If you have not already done so, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1NkPGaU0h5RHQX_K3z-HV3WBxX8BfT1QrL57uWLlAdrI\/viewform?c=0&amp;w=1\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"s2\">here<\/span><\/a> to RSVP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our university has a long history of breaking new ground \u2013 forging innovative partnerships and pioneering creative new approaches to teaching, learning and research. We don\u2019t hesitate to explore new ways of doing things. Our partnership with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is no different. The ROYAL@FIU World Stage Collaborative builds upon our collective assets as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":6502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[225,149,129],"class_list":["post-6501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-announcements","tag-chaplin-school-of-hospitality-and-tourism-management","tag-partners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6501"}],"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=6501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15192,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6501\/revisions\/15192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}