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With the holidays as a background, FIU’s student-athletes, faculty and staff were all about giving back during the last week, delivering toys and spreading cheer throughout South Florida. The holidays are a time of celebration, and at FIU we like to look back on the year that was, while looking, [...]
With preparations under way for FIU’s first-ever Bowl game, Head Coach Mario Cristobal, quarterback Wes Carroll and safety Jonathan Cyprien took time out to address the local and national media about the opportunity to play the Toledo Rockets in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. The game will be played on [...]
The FIU Honors College kicked off its reforestation initiative with the City of Sweetwater, Fri., Nov. 19, by distributing and planting close to 200 trees. The project is part of the College’s partnership with the city and aims to promote urban forest development within this underserved community. The trees were [...]
The FIU School of Music kicked off the holiday season with a special performance of Handel’s Messiah, among other holiday works Dec. 10 in the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert Hall. The FIU Symphony Orchestra and Chorus was directed by Grzegorz Nowak, the principal associate conductor of [...]
This was a proud week for approximately 3,600 FIU students. Joined by family and friends, the fall graduating class of 2010 received their degrees from President Mark B. Rosenberg in six ceremonies Dec. 13 and Dec. 14 at the U.S. Century Bank Arena. For highlights of the first ceremony (which [...]
Parking and Transportation will be closing Lot 3 and Lot 4 at Modesto A. Maidique Campus during the winter break for repairs. These parking areas will be closed beginning Dec. 18 and will reopen for the start of the spring semester. Alternate parking can be located in the Gold Garage [...]
Students from some of South Florida’s poorest elementary schools came to FIU recently and left with armfuls of gifts, a new bike and an invitation to come back as a college student one day. The children were handpicked by teachers and counselors to participate in the 18th Annual Holiday Celebration [...]
Name: Mohammad A. Qureshi ’92, MS ’97 Hometown: Okara and Lahore, Pakistan; Miami Fla. Job Title/Department: Assistant Dean, Facilities and Administration, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management Campus: Biscayne Bay Campus In a nutshell: I provide leadership and supervision to the school’s day-to-day operations, including budgets and facilities projects. This [...]
Eleven global learning foundations courses will be offered in spring 2011. In fall 2010, FIU launched the first phase of its new global learning graduation requirement as part of the Global Learning for Global Citizenship initiative. Starting this academic year, first-time-in-college freshmen take two global learning courses prior to graduation–one [...]
More than 1,350 members of the FIU family came together Dec. 8 for the annual President’s Holiday Celebration at U.S. Century Bank Arena. Guests enjoyed a catered buffet and the sounds of DJ Stephen Peters, who works in the College of Business. Bryan Gonzalez and his band members performed live [...]
