MIAMI (March 31, 2009) – The Board of Trustees Presidential Search Committee has determined the timeline for the final phase of the search process to select the university’s next President. FIU’s fifth president is expected to be announced on Saturday, April 25, 2009 and will succeed Modesto A. Maidique, who [...]
FIU students to get Ludacris
03/30/2009 By
The Grammy Award-winning rapper will headline the Student Programming Council’s Up-Roar Concert 2009 at University Park on April 2. The Student Programming Council will present its Up-Roar Concert 2009, featuring Grammy Award-winning Ludacris, on Thursday, April 2, at 8 p.m. The event will take place at the University Park Soccer [...]
FIU Interior Design goes ‘green’
03/30/2009 By
FIU Interior Design has been participating in designing the interiors for the Solar Decathlon house located on the Engineering Central Park. The students in the Sustainable Interior Design Practices course were given the task of utilizing a combination of eco-friendly and sustainable materials to create an environment that exhibits the [...]
University hopes to name new president by end of April
03/30/2009 By
In a March 27 memo to the university community, Board of Trustees Chairman David Parker provided an update on the presidential search process. Here is the communication: The Presidential Search Advisory Committee met Wednesday to discuss the next phase of the search process and to prepare for the candidate selection and [...]
Win a free airline ticket
03/30/2009 By
Simply purchase an ice cold beverage at any of 30 marked vending machines located across University Park. If you’re lucky enough to purchase one of the specially marked bottles or cans identifying you as a winner, you can redeem your bottle or can for all kinds of prizes. How does two free airline tickets to anywhere in the [...]
President’s Message — March 27, 2009
03/27/2009 By
Dear members of the university community: My fellow Florida state university presidents and I have spent the last two days in Tallahassee making the case for universities to be recognized and treated as the economic engines they truly are. We had an opportunity to present before the Board of Governors [...]
Picture perfect
03/27/2009 By
Michelle Perez uses oils to paint the pastoral landscape for her second-year painting class.
Greeting the sun
03/27/2009 By
Golden Panthers find their center performing a yoga exercise called “greeting to the sun” on the lawn behind the Graham Center.
Green thumb
03/27/2009 By
David Trujillo, garden coordinator, tends to his plants at FIU’s organic garden. The garden, which began as part of a sustainable agriculture class, features two 40×5-foot beds with an edible landscape (plants that produce food in lieu of more commonly used ornamental plants). Students help plant, weed and water [...]
FIU participates in Earth Hour March 28
03/26/2009 By
By Karen Cochrane Paris’ Eiffel Tower. New York City’s Empire State Building. Egypt’s Great Pyramids. Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue. FIU’s Green Library. They will all share something in common for one hour on March 28 – darkness – as individuals, cities and institutions around the world participate [...]
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