Name: Maureen C. Kenny, Ph.D. Hometown: Bronx, N.Y Job Title/Department: Professor of Counselor Education, College of Education Campus: Modesto A. Maidique Campus In a nutshell: I am the director of the master’s degree program in Counselor Education as well as teacher in this program. I also direct a program entitled [...]
FIU breaks ground on new Ambulatory Care Center
FIU President Maidique, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Dean Rock and other university supporters were on hand for the ceremony on July 31 at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. By Martin Haro A group of FIU administrators, faculty/staff, alumni and university supporters, including longtime FIU benefactor Dr. Herbert Wertheim, gathered on [...]
Memories of a 4/10 summer
Modesto A. Maidique to mark last day as FIU’s president
FIU Athletics welcomes new diving coach, two new divers

Chris Mantilla has been tapped as FIU’s new diving coach. He arrives at the university along with incoming divers Victoria Lesley and Jamie Stinson. The FIU has a new diving coach in Chris Mantilla, an NCAA champion. After a successful high school career, Mantilla attended the University of Miami from [...]
FIU professor and humanitarian Dr. Pedro José “Joe” Greer to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

MIAMI (July 30, 2009) – Dr. Pedro José “Joe” Greer, chair of the Department of Humanities, Health & Society at Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, has been chosen by President Barack Obama to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest recognition given to civilians by the [...]
Undergraduate student reels in Marlins internship
By Beverly Welber Ask most young kids what they want to do when they grow up and you’ll likely hear options such as astronaut, doctor, lawyer or teacher. Not Christy Martinez. “I have always wanted to work for the Marlins,” said this international business and marketing major and lifelong Marlins’ [...]
The 5 C’s of Flu Prevention
White Coat Ceremony to mark beginning of medical studies at FIU
Inaugural class will receive white coats and recite oath patterned after the Oath of Hippocrates on Aug. 7 at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center. By Sissi Aguila The Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine will hold its first White Coat Ceremony – a tradition that symbolizes the beginning of a medical [...]
FIU breaks ground on Ambulatory Care Center
Facility to be part of university’s Academic Health Sciences complex MIAMI – Florida International University will break ground this week on the FIU Ambulatory Care Center, the most recent addition to FIU’s Academic Health Sciences complex. The ceremony will take place on Thursday, July 30 at 9 a.m. on the [...]




