50@50: President George H.W. Bush speaks to graduates at FIU

To celebrate the university’s 50th anniversary, FIU News is sharing 50 moments in FIU’s history as part of our “50@50″ series. On the heels of President Barack Obama’s visit to FIU for a town hall on immigration, we take a look back at the first time a sitting president addressed the FIU community and put the university on the map.

By Joel Delgado ’12 MS ’17 

On April 27, 1992, President George H.W. Bush delivered the commencement address to FIU graduates at the Miami Beach Convention Center, highlighting FIU as one of the 50 largest universities in the country at the time and as a driving force for growth in the South Florida community.

“I can tell you this: They won’t be asking ‘F-I-Who?’ anymore. Never again,” Bush declared. “The progress that you’ve made stands as testimony to the power of a dream and also of your determination to make that dream real.”

To watch more of President Bush’s speech in the ABC News video archive, click here.