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Renovations are underway in the Graham Center that will offer more options for dining, gathering and shopping by summer’s end. The improvements began on the first day of the summer sessions when students, faculty and staff returned to campus to enjoy a renovated GC Food Court situated with new tables [...]
For the first time in FIU softball history, four Panthers received National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-South Region honors when the NFCA released the 2010 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-Region teams May 20. Freshman Jessy Alfonso and sophomore Ashley McClain were named to the NFCA All-South Region First Team. The pair of [...]
Name: Maxine Hylton MS ’99 Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica Job Title/Department: Director, Graham Center Campus: Modesto A. Maidique Campus In a nutshell: I oversee operations (custodial and maintenance services), the Information Center, game room, public events, student events, and policy administration and risk management for activities outside of GC. I’m also [...]
FIU’s Tobacco-free Campus Steering Committee will host an educational session Tuesday, May 25, to gain support and address concerns about implementing the tobacco-free and smoke-free policy for a proposed date of Jan. 1, 2011. The meeting will be from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Graham Center, Room 243, at [...]
For the seventh consecutive year, talented elementary, middle and high school artists are exhibiting their work at The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum. Creative Visions runs through May 23. A crowd of nearly 500 students, teachers, family members and art lovers turned out May 12 for the opening of [...]
Through a partnership with a North Miami Beach-based telecommunications services provider, the FIU Student Government Association will raise up to $65,000 for the university’s efforts for Haiti’s recovery. Everyone is encourage to contribute and help make a difference. By Martin Haro ’05 Haitian Flag Day (May 18) was another key [...]
FIU experts discussed various issues surrounding the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico during a teach-in Saturday at the Biscayne Bay Campus Wolfe University Center Ballroom. More than 90 people attended Saturday’s teach-in to learn more about the oil spill’s potential implications for South Florida. FIU Interim Provost [...]
WHAT: High school students from Miami-Dade and Broward counties were challenged to develop barriers that would protect flat roofs during hurricanes. On Wednesday, they will put their inventions to the test – subjecting them to a simulated hurricane, as part of the Wall of Wind Mitigation Contest, hosted by the [...]
Garret Wittels extended his NCAA-leading hitting streak to 45 games on the year after FIU swept South Alabama May 14-16, while the softball team earned its second-ever bid to go to NCAA Division I softball championship. Playing at home, FIU (30-20, 16-11 Sun Belt Conference) swept South Alabama (30-23, 16-11 [...]
