Alumni Spotlight: Andy Señor Jr. ’97

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Name: Andy Señor Jr. ’97 Degree: Bachelor in Theater For Andy Señor ’97, being a part of Rent has been an experience of a lifetime. The Panther is currently starring in Rent: The Broadway Tour opposite show vets Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp and Gwen Stewart, all of whom are cast [...]

FIU graduates bring home the pride during alumni reunions

Jesse Leon, Carlos Becerra, Alfred Mitat, Frank Consuegra, Robert Fernandez, all part of the fraternity Sigma Alpha Mu, hung out with Roary at the Greek Alumni Reunion.

By Deborah O’Neil This fall, dozens of alumni came home to share memories and school pride at reunions organized by the FIU Alumni Association. Fifty-six graduates of the Class of 1984 and earlier were inducted into Silver Pride during Homecoming Weekend. Also that weekend, more than 150 former fraternity and [...]

Dr. Rosenberg answers your questions, Fall 2009

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FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg recently took time to answer questions posed by news.fiu.edu readers. The resulting video was divided into two parts. Below readers can view part I. Next week, news.fiu.edu will run part II. The president will conduct another video Q&A in Spring 2010. To participate, please post [...]

Swimming & diving team gives back

Dec 10

FIU’s Panthers took time off from the pool on Dec. 4 to participate in the Junior Orange Bowl Sports Ability Games in Miami Springs, where they conducted a stroke clinic per the organizers’ request. “We are very grateful to organizers for including us in such a moving and inspiring event,” [...]

FIYou: Rolda Serieux ’09

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Name: Rolda M. Serieux ’09 Hometown: St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Job Title/Department: Senior Secretary in the Office of the Vice Provost Campus: Biscayne Bay Campus In a nutshell: I provide secretarial support to our office and make sure everything is in order. I also assist in planning events and [...]

FIU police seek leads in student disappearance

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MIAMI – Florida International University police are redoubling their efforts to find FIU law student Tommy Damon Daniels, who was reported missing last month. Daniels’ friends last saw him at a West Miami Dade County pizzeria on Nov. 2. They reported him missing on Nov. 11. Police later learned that [...]

FIU graduate is first Beng person to receive Ph.D. in U.S.

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Bertin Kouadio is used to being first.  A member of the minority Beng people in Côte d’Ivoire, he was the first among the Beng people to move to the United States. And on Tuesday, Dec. 15, when he walks across the stage at FIU’s U.S. Century Bank Arena, he will [...]

Holiday Celebration to benefit needy children in Miami-Dade County

WHAT: More than 100 underprivileged kids from schools throughout Miami-Dade County, along with their teachers and principals, will participate in the 17th Annual Holiday Celebration for Children. Hundreds of community sponsors and FIU employees will also participate in the festivities, which include lunch, a visit to a makeshift toyshop, a [...]

FIU co-sponsors Eighth Miami International Conference on Torah and Science

Israel’s minister of science and technology will deliver keynote address WHAT: What would Maimonides say about the $10 billion particle accelerator in Geneva?  Does Jewish law allow parents to discard embryos containing genes responsible for genetic diseases or to select only embryos from which a great doctor or violinist will [...]

Get your FIU Alumni life started at Grad Bash 2009

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The biannual event is set for Dec. 14-15 outside U.S. Century Bank Arena at MMC. As the university gets ready to graduate more than 3,000 students Dec. 14-15, the FIU Alumni Association is making all the final preparations to host one of the most fun blue-and-gold traditions: the annual Grad [...]