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Name: Karen Williams Hometown: North Miami Beach, Fla. Job Title/Department: Facilitator/Organizational Development and Learning Campus: Modesto A. Maidique Campus In a nutshell: I design and facilitate customized employee developmental programs such as customer service, team enrichment skills, supervisory skills and team retreats. I also facilitate New Employee Experience, which is [...]
Some 125 Golden Panthers gathered at the Hotel Gansevoort Rooftop Garden in New York’s Meatpacking District in September for a lively Alumni Association NYC alumni cocktail reception. Among those in attendance was Athletic Director Pete Garcia, who got the New York blue-and-gold alumni pumped and ready for the FIU-Rutgers game [...]
By Karen Cochrane Nearly three months in development, the new University Calendar features a cleaner design and more user-friendly options than its predecessor, something designers made a priority in the redesign. “At the end of the day, it’s about creating something that is useful to everyone,” says Fabian Alcantara, Web designer. “We made a [...]
MIAMI – Florida International University College of Engineering and Computing Dean Amir Mirmiran has been named the Miami-Dade American Society of Civil Engineers 2009 Engineer of the Year, adding to his list of accomplishments since assuming leadership of the college. Mirmiran, 48, who became the college’s dean in February after [...]
DNA typing could help solve the case By Sissi Aguila “Be proactive.” That was the message, DeEtta Mills, director of FIU’s Forensics DNA Profiling Facility, delivered to the South Florida Horse Show Association Sept. 18. Mills met with the group gathered at Tropical Park in South Miami to ask them [...]
Student-athletes turned out on a recent Saturday to help the youth mentoring organization fight childhood obesity. By Karen Cochrane More than four dozen FIU student-athletes volunteered to help host Big Brothers Big Sisters’ recent flag football tournament at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The event, in celebration of football season, was [...]
MIAMI – President Mark B. Rosenberg, Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public School Alberto Carvalho and Miami-Dade College President Eduardo Padrón will host a one-of-a-kind town hall meeting to address the future course of education in South Florida. The entire FIU community is invited to participate. The town hall meeting, which [...]
Monday, Sept. 14, FIU President Mark Rosenberg and his wife Rosalie hosted the university’s annual reception honoring faculty members who have received tenure and/or promotion. Rosenberg and Provost Douglas Wartzok extended their appreciation and congratulations to 17 faculty members who were awarded tenure or tenure and promotion, and to 12 [...]
The week ending on Sept. 20 brought victory and defeat to FIU’s football, volleyball, soccer (men’s and women’s), golf, and cross country teams. FIU’s volleyball team scored its 10th win of the season on Sept. 19 at the Radisson-UCF Classic as it defeated host UCF, 3-0 (25-9, 25-21, 25-20). Led [...]
Khassan Baiev will share his experiences during both Chechen wars and discuss the nation’s current humanitarian situation. The Middle East Studies Program in the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) is hosting Khassan Baiev, a Chechen surgeon known internationally for treating all who sought help during the wars in Chechnya. [...]
