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“Community development is my passion,” said Erbi Blanco-True, DTMBA ’10, senior vice president and director of community development at Great Florida Bank (GFB). Blanco-True serves on the Dean’s Alumni Circle at FIU’s College of Business Administration. Her involvement in community development began in 2002 when she was appointed president of Neighborhood [...]
Ever since Haiti was struck by the devastating earthquake of January 2010, FIU has remained committed to helping the island recover. Through its Hope for Haiti Task Force the university has overseen ideas big and small that have developed into long-term initiatives to assist the Haitian people. One of these [...]
The courtroom was silent as the foreman rose to deliver the verdict in Nugent vs. the State. “Not guilty,” she said. The defense cheered and the prosecution received encouraging pats on the back. This was no ordinary court case: the judge and mentors were FIU college students and the prosecutors [...]
Betsy Soler ’10, FIU’s social media community manager, reads all your comments on FIU News, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. Each week, she features a range of comments from the quirkiest to the most passionate and insightful in a video blog. Watch to see if your comment is highlighted!
A cast of FIU theater actors will perform a production of José El Soñador at Miami’s Dade County Auditorium July 29-31. Tickets to the Broadway-caliber show are $32-$45…but the FIU family may enjoy a special 2-4-1 rate using the code “JOSE321” when purchasing tickets through Ticketmaster or JoseEnMiami.com. The new [...]
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum is in the running for a grant to help fund and expand its current Virtual Frost Project. The project will allow the museum’s exhibitions to be seen over the web in 360-degree views. Currently, the Frost is in third place. With this grant, [...]
Douglas Wartzok, FIU’s provost and executive vice president, recently hosted a small get-together in his office to welcome longtime faculty member Patricia Price as the next faculty fellow in the Office of the Provost. Price, an associate professor of geography in the Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies, will serve [...]
The Chronicle of Higher Education gives FIU top marks for workplace diversity MIAMI (July 25, 2011) – Florida International University is one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to a new survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The results, released today in the Chronicle’s [...]
FIU women’s basketball Associate Head Coach Inge Nissen has been named to the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2012, as announced during the WNBA All-Star Game in San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday, July 23. The six members of the Class of 2012 are Nancy Fahey (coach), Nikki McCray [...]
Dear members of the university community: Today, we have reached yet another milestone that reflects the love and dedication you have shown for this university and its students. I hope you are as proud as I am of what we have accomplished, and of the exceptional place we have created [...]
