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The South Florida construction industry recently raised $250,000 to preserve FIU’s Department of Construction Management, which was slated to merge with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as part of the university’s $19.6 million in budget cuts this year. The university agreed that if the department raised $250,000 by [...]
The Oct. 14 event showcased seminars offered through the university’s Beverage Management Program. By Martin Haro School of Hospitality and Tourism Management professors Chip Cassidy ’75 and Michael Moran ’86, MS ’03 partnered to co-present a wine and food seminar in the Southern Wine & Spirits Beverage Management Center on [...]
The volleyball team wrapped up its home play for the month of October with wins over Arkansas-Little Rock and Arkansas State Oct. 23-24. The Panthers will be on the road until Nov. 11 when they return to U.S. Century Bank to face Florida Gulf Coast. FIU’s volleyball team secured its [...]
Peer advisor information sessions are being held at MMC and BBC. Applications are due Nov. 16. Currently enrolled students are encouraged to apply to become 2010 FIU Preview Orientation Peer Advisors. Orientation Peer Advisors are a select group of Panthers who provide service to the university, assisting with all new [...]
CNN anchor and special correspondent for CNN: Special Investigations Unit Soledad O’Brien will make an appearance at FIU on Tuesday, Oct. 27, as part of the SGA Lecture Series. O’Brien will speak on the topic of diversity in the media. The lecture is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. in GC 140 [...]
Tough economic times have not dampened the sense of goodwill and giving at FIU. The university will launch its 2009 United Way campaign with ice cream socials on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at Modesto A. Maidique Campus and Wednesday, Oct. 28 at Biscayne Bay Campus. The events, scheduled for noon, will [...]
Name: Victor Joel Ortiz ‘03 Degree: Bachelor in Liberal Studies, Minors in Theater, Business and Entrepreneurship and a Certificate of Film Studies. It took six years and a change in majors to get! My work: Actor living and working in New York City. My inspiration: Everyone who didn’t believe in [...]
The FIU Alumni Association will honor the Class of 1984 and past classes at the Nov. 14 Silver Pride Reunion, a day of celebrating old memories and building Panther Pride. The annual event is held during Homecoming Weekend to give alumni an opportunity to reconnect with old classmates and professors [...]
After spending most of his time in tropical Latin American climates for agricultural production and business development, a volunteer assignment in the European nation of Moldova was a distinct and welcome change for FIU alumnus Dean Wheeler. The California resident recently returned from Chisinau, Moldova, where he trained members of [...]
By Melissa Saegert Elicker Texting. E-mail. Twitter and Facebook. These communications and social media tools have fast become an integral part of every student’s academic and campus community activities. Now Stefany Marcelino, a management information systems (MIS) major in FIU’s College of Business Administration, is using these same tools as [...]
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