Students, faculty and staff filled rooms in both FIU’s University Park and Biscayne Bay Campus Monday for President Modesto A. Maidique’s Town Hall meeting on the budget. Along with interim Provost Douglas Wartzok and interim Senior Vice President of Administration and Chief Financial Officer John Miller, Maidique outlined a three-year [...]
Nancy Friedemann exhibit to open at the Frost
05/19/2009 By
The Frost Art Museum will host the opening of Nancy Friedemann’s “What Comes After” on May 20 at UP. By Martin Haro FIU’s Frost Art Museum will unveil an exhibit by Colombian artist Nancy Friedemann’s titled “What Comes After” at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20. Admission is free and [...]
President-designate Rosenberg wants FIU alumni
05/19/2009 By
In a message to the blue-and-gold community, FIU President-designate Mark Rosenberg encouraged alumni who are not members of the FIU Alumni Association to join their alma mater‘s organization. Rosenberg wants 2,000 new members by June 30. By Martin Haro FIU President-designate Mark Rosenberg has issued a challenge to the Alumni [...]
FIU College of Law graduates 117 new lawyers
05/18/2009 By
MIAMI (May 18, 2009) – The Florida International University College of Law will graduate its fifth class on Friday, May 22 at 11 a.m. at the U.S. Century Bank Arena at Florida International University’s University Park, 11200 SW 8th Street. “This is a diverse group of graduates who will reflect [...]
President’s Budget Message – Monday May 18, 2009
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It’s a jungle in there
05/15/2009 By
Reminiscent of a tropical montane or cloud forest, the Wertheim Conservatory offers self-guided tours every Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors can wander back and forth along a circular path with a map explaining the different plant species. For more information, contact Scott Zona at 305-348-1247 or [...]
Ping-pong wizards
05/15/2009 By
Alumnus Bryce Health ’08 and Roberto Ramirez played a match of ping pong while visiting University Park last week. Health headed FIU’s ping-pong club when he was a student in business management.
Column Trees
05/15/2009 By
A sculpture by Cuban-born artist Florencio Gelabert, “Column Trees” was donated to the Biscayne Bay Campus Sculpture Garden by Marc Routh, a New York-based art collector, and funded by the Florida Art in State Buildings Program. The 4-foot-wide, 10-foot-tall “Column Trees” is fabricated from steel, aluminum, tree trunks and polyester gel coat [...]
Florida International University chosen for $100,000 “Wal-Mart Minority Student Success Award”
05/14/2009 By
MIAMI — May 14, 2009 – Florida International University has been selected by the Institute for Higher Education Policy to receive a Wal-Mart Minority Student Success Award-a $100,000 grant to help build on FIU’s demonstrated successes in enrolling, retaining, and graduating first-generation college students. FIU was one of only 15 [...]
FIU’s traffic lab celebrates grand opening
05/12/2009 By
By Sissi Aguila One of the most sophisticated labs of its kind in the nation, FIU’s Integrated Intelligent Transportation System Laboratory (IITS) at the Lehman Center for Transportation Research officially opened its doors with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, May 11. Researchers will use the high-tech facility in collaboration with state and local [...]
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