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Welcome to President Mark B. Rosenberg’s blog chronicling his visit to China. Click here to check out his May 12th post and here to check out his initial post from May 11th. While it may seem obvious that every graduation Commencement is about the same — relieved and semi-exhausted students process into [...]
Welcome to President Mark B. Rosenberg’s blog chronicling his visit to China. Click here to check out his initial post from May 11th. Saturday, May 12, 2012 We’ve Got Talent! Universities invariably assemble talented students who have skills beyond their ability to study and learn competencies and skills that will [...]
Welcome to President Mark B. Rosenberg’s blog chronicling his visit to China. Friday, May 11, 2012 If the six commencements on April 30 and May 1 were not enough, we have another one coming up in Tianjin, China, on Sunday, May 13! A very small delegation from FIU is now [...]
This is the sixth article in a series highlighting some of the 124 faculty members who were hired during the 2011-2012 academic year Shekhar Bhansali’s life has taken him around the world. From his native India to Australia to Japan and finally the United States. Never one to follow the [...]
FIU baseball has a new all-time hits leader in Mike Martinez. The senior third baseman set the record when FIU defeated Middle Tennessee, 12-6, May 5. To learn more about Martinez, read Pete Pelegrin’s interview with him on his blog, The Prowl.
The FIU softball team dropped a 9-1 decision to South Alabama in six innings Friday morning, May 11, in the 2012 Sun Belt Conference Softball Championship at FAU Stadium. With the loss, the Panthers fall to 28-26 on the year and move on to an elimination game against North Texas. [...]
Neighbors and members of the FIU family turned out at the Engineering Center May 5 for tours and demonstrations of the Wall of Wind (WoW), a unique facility capable of simulating a category 5 hurricane. Participants were impressed with the power and size of the 12-fan structure. Research conducted at [...]
Head Coach Rita Buck-Crockett has received National Letters of Intent (NLI) from seven student-athletes, as Maryna Samoday, Emily Podschweit, Jekaterina Stepanova, Ashley Prince, Elly Citron, Jessica Mendoza and Kathryn Leckinger make up FIU’s first-ever sand volleyball signing class. The Panthers are set to begin competition in the spring of 2013. [...]
FIU took part in the unveiling of the Broadening Participation in STEM Education Act this week on Capitol Hill. College of Engineering and Computing Dean Amir Mirmiran joined bill sponsors Congresswomen Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX) and Miami’s own Frederica Wilson, corporate leaders and fellow academics at a press conference and [...]
The Division of Athletics has rounded out FIU’s coaching staff with the recent hiring of four new head coaches. Most recently, the university announced the hiring of Trevor Theroulde as the seventh head coach in the 38-year history of the FIU volleyball program. Theroulde has been the school’s top assistant [...]
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