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FIU officially welcomed the Class of 2014 during Freshman Convocation Sunday, Aug. 22, a day before the start of Fall classes. More than 2,000 freshmen packed the U.S. Century Bank Arena, celebrating the start of their college careers with their peers and their families. The annual event is a formal [...]
Approximately 3,000 students made FIU their home this year. On Friday, Aug. 20, hundreds of students, along with their parents, moved carloads of belongings into the residence halls at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The news.FIU.edu team gave Resident Assistants flipcams to document the special day. Students shared what they couldn’t [...]
FIU’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management will launch its first FIU Hospitality Online Auction on Sept. 3. All proceeds from the auction will benefit the school’s scholarship program; grants for students to attend industry conferences; and funding for student teaching assistantships. Sponsored by Carnival Cruise Lines, the online auction [...]
FIU focuses on long-term solutions for Haiti’s future HEALTH FIU physician Dr. Pilar Martin has made numerous trips to Haiti, where she has a longstanding relationship with Rose-Mina de Diegue Orphanage in Port Au Prince. While there, Dr. Martin has delivered relief supplies and provided medical care in orphanages, tent [...]
FIU’s Garrett Wittels is just two games shy of tying the Division I all-time hit streak record By Sissi Aguila ’99, MA ’08 It was his first homerun of the season. Teammates had been teasing Garrett Wittels for weeks. He’d had a hit in 36 straight games. Amazing. But, he [...]
The FIU Athletic Department has unveiled its new Panther Points program presented by Brickell Motors for the 2010-2011 season. Students will have a chance to win prizes by building up points earned when attending FIU Athletic events throughout the year. Beginning with the FIU women’s soccer team’s home opener versus [...]
FIU students compete to build country’s best solar-powered house By Martin Haro ‘05 FIU students will compete with 20 universities around the world to build an energy efficient, solar-powered house that will be displayed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., next fall. The FIU house will be uniquely designed [...]
The Panthers Women’s Soccer team will return to FIU Friday, Aug. 27, for its 7 p.m. home opener against Delaware State. The team is coming off a three-game road trip that ended with a thrilling double-overtime win (1-0) for the Panthers against Florida Gulf Coast University. With the victory the [...]
Architecture professor Marilys Nepomechie writes a comprehensive guide to Miami-Dade’s historic structures and neighborhoods By Sissi Aguila ’99, MA ’08 Moorish arches and golden domes peak out behind 25-foot palm trees. Reminiscent of a magnificent palace in North Africa, the thick stucco structure, whimsically painted pink, white and yellow, is [...]
