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Members of the university community posed questions and offered feedback on a draft version of the university’s proposed Worlds Ahead strategic plan at an open forum Sept. 29. The plan, which proposes university-wide goals and actions for the next five years, will be presented to the Board of Trustees in [...]
Longtime FPL employee Alex Perdomo was recognized with the company’s award on Sept. 13 for his work as volunteer soccer coach and his efforts on behalf of the Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity. For Alex Perdomo ’92, MS ’94, giving back has always been a priority. Since childhood, the College [...]
Everyone’s invited to the S Sports Bar and Grill, the official “host” bar for all FIU games, for Saturday’s FIU vs. Pittsburgh watch party. There’ll be food and drink specials and free giveaways and prizes, plus appearances by Roary and the Golden Dazzlers. There’s plenty of space and television screens, [...]
Name: Patty Delgado (I will graduate in 2012 with a master’s in human resource development.) Hometown: Miami, Fla. I currently live in Pembroke Pines. Job Title/Department: Coordinator, Budget & Human Resources, for both the Division of External Relations and the Division of University Advancement. Campus: Modesto A. Maidique Campus In [...]
They’re off to their best conference start (2-0) in a decade after wins against University of Arkansas-Little Rock (UALR) and Arkansas State last weekend, but just who are the women of FIU soccer? In this continuing feature brought to you by FIU Athletics, this week’s videos feature defender Kelly Ann Hutchinson [...]
The university community will gather at 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 30, to discuss FIU’s Worlds Ahead Strategic Plan. The strategic plan website has been updated with the latest draft of the plan. Visitors to the site will find five alternate versions of FIU’s mission statement and three alternate versions of [...]
Flu season is just around the corner, and students, faculty and staff can get a flu shot without ever having to leave campus. University Health Services (UHS) is currently offering flu shots to FIU students for $16. For more information about getting a shot at UHS at Biscayne Bay Campus, [...]
The FIU Emergency Management Group is monitoring a tropical weather system currently located about 400 miles south-southwest of Miami, which is expected to become Tropical Storm Nicole later on Tuesday, Sept. 28. South Florida has been placed under a tropical storm warning, which means that weather is expected to deteriorate [...]
The Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival will celebrate 10 years of providing financial support and on-hand experience to FIU’s hospitality students next winter. A new cookbook looks back on a decade’s worth of recipes and offers a chance to win an all-inclusive trip to “SoBe” in 2011. [...]
WHAT: Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and Autism Speaks’ Miami-Dade Chapter will host an open forum on the advances of science and how they pertain to autism spectrum disorders. “Giving Answers and Getting Results” will feature guest speakers from Autism Speaks. Created by Bob and Suzanne Wright [...]
