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Public relations junior Nicole Garcia is among the 30 recruits from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) who will volunteer at the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival Feb. 23-26. As usual, the event will serve as a learning ground for approximately 1,000 FIU Panthers. This [...]
Approximately 300 FIU Greeks participated in the 21st annual Rock-a-Thon hosted by Phi Sigma Sigma Feb. 17 in the GC Pit at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The event was a philanthropic effort to raise money for the National Kidney Foundation and the Phi Sigma Sigma Foundation while having fun. Each [...]
What do hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons, Entourage star Adrian Grenier, and Sam Sifton, the national editor of The New York Times, have in common? Well, if you guessed the three are scheduled to speak at Biscayne Bay Campus this semester then you’d be right. Simmons will be the first to [...]
The “What If Nobody Listened? How Whistleblowers and Journalists Expose Corruption, Skullduggery and Injustices” two-day program the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) presented Feb. 8-9 had important takeaways for students in attendance. Some found the event to be inspirational, while others thought the stories they heard were informational [...]
The Karatassos siblings – Pano Jr. ’93, Ann ’92 and Niko ’98 – continue a family fine dining tradition By Sissi Aguila ’99, MA ’08 It’s Sunday morning and the Karatassos family kitchen is prepped. Handpicked herbs and vegetables sit on the counter waiting to be chopped and diced. Pots crackle over the heat anticipating the [...]
Congratulations go out to Lynne Barrett on winning the Gold for General Fiction at the Florida Book Awards, which every year honors the best work produced by Sunshine State writers. The English professor will collect her award – which celebrates Magpies, her latest collection of short stories – at the Florida [...]
County Commission Chairman Joe A. Martinez is on a mission to clean up the entire code of ordinances – and he’s recruited students from the College of Law to help get the job done. Together with FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg and R. Alexander Acosta, the college’s dean, Martinez announced [...]
Alfredo Brown is 21 years old. He’s a sports management senior at FIU, and the president of Pi Kappa Phi. Today, he is a healthy young man, but he once was known as a Miracle Child. He was born three months premature, and among the problems he faced were a [...]
As part of its 2012 Hearst Distinguished Lectures Series, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication will present a two-day program exploring “What If Nobody Listened? How Whistleblowers and Journalists Expose Corruption, Skullduggery and Injustices” Feb. 8-9 at MMC and BBC In 1984, Meryl Streep received her fifth Academy Award nomination [...]
Name: Martha M. Barantovich ’91, MS ’94, Ed.D. ’06 Hometown: Miami, Fla. Job Title/Department: Instructor, Department of Leadership and Professional Studies in the College of Education Campus: Modesto A. Maidique Campus In a nutshell: I teach undergraduates about the foundations of education and get them to ask questions. Number of [...]
