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Florida International University’s (FIU) School of Hospitality and Tourism Management is breaking ground on the new Carnival Student Center at 10 a.m. Monday, April 5, at the university’s Biscayne Bay Campus. The Carnival Student Center represents a major step forward for FIU’s acclaimed School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. A [...]
WHAT: Former Miami Mayor Maurice Ferré, who is active in Puerto Rican politics, will discuss “Puerto Rico and its Role in U.S. and Latin American Relations” Ferré, a Democratic candidate to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate, will discuss the impact of Puerto Rico on the United States and Latin [...]
FIU has appointed an 18-member Sustainability Committee to lead the university’s green initiatives. Environmental activism has been a long-standing focus at FIU, but the new committee is developing a unified focus. The committee includes six students, six faculty members and six staff members. “The FIU Sustainability Committee is important because [...]
Nezih Pala, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Vagelis Hristidis, assistant professor in the School of Computing and Information Sciences, have been awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER awards. The CAREER award recognizes and supports the early-career development activities of those teacher-scholars who most effectively [...]
By Deborah O’Neil MA ‘09 The life of FIU student-athlete Kendall Berry was honored Monday at FIU with memories and tears, prayer and song, and repeated calls to stand in solidarity against violence. A crowd of more than 1,000 gathered in U.S. Century Bank Arena to remember the 22-year-old FIU [...]
Friday evening police arrested a suspect in the stabbing of FIU student Kendall Berry, who was killed Thursday evening outside the Recreation Center at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Police arrested Quentin Wyche, 22, on a charge of second-degree murder with a deadly weapon. Related posts: Celebration of life for Kendall [...]
The FIU community is invited to a celebration of life for Kendall Berry on Monday, March 29, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. The service will take place at the U.S. Century Bank Arena on the FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Kendall was exceptionally talented on and off the field. He [...]
Gary McCormick, director of partnership development for HGTV, will keynote student award ceremony By Heather Radi-Bermudez As part of Earth Day’s 40th Anniversary, green initiatives and sustainability will be the theme of the 2010 Communications Week, scheduled for April 5-9 on the Biscayne Bay Campus. The annual FIU School of [...]
