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The GC Pit at MMC was full of blue-and-gold spirit as hundreds of Panthers gathered to wish their university a happy birthday.
Back in 1965, four men had a dream: that South Florida would be home to a leading urban, public, multi-campus university. Those men were FIU Founding President Charles E. “Chuck” Perry and Nick Sileo, Butler Waugh and Donald McDowell. That dream became FIU.
On Sept. 10, FIU celebrated its 45th birthday.
The celebration in honor of the alma mater of nearly 150,000 graduates got off to rousing start when hundreds of proud Panthers showed up at the GC Pit at Modesto A. Maidique Campus to wish their university a happy birthday.
Students in attendance received special anniversary white FIU T-shirts with a “45” emblazoned in blue in the back, participated in a special FIU cheer and, of course, capped it all off with a slice of cake.
Some, like international relations students Mario Muñoz (third from left), even got in on some cupcake-eating-contest action, taking the…uhh…blue-and-gold cupcakes as the party’s champ.
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No, I stood in line for an hour and everyone who cut ended up getting a shirt.. I did not. I just got my time wasted. Thanks! Next time you should start on time. Crazy idea huh?