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President
Maidique restores FIU summer schedule with release of $1.8 million
in reserves
Also appoints Rosa Jones New VP for Academic Affairs & Undergraduate
Studies, redistributes duties among other vice presidents
President
announces changes in Executive Committee
In the past month, President Modesto A. Maidique
has announced the appointment of two new vice presidents, as well
as changes in duties for two current vice presidents.
FIU's
Public Relations graduate program ranked eighth in nation
The program was named a "Premier Program" in a Marquette
University directory of the country's leading schools offering advanced
degrees in public relations.
Delpit
named executive director of FIU Center for Urban Education &
Innovation
Lisa Delpit, currently the Benjamin E. Mays Chairholder of
Urban Educational Leadership at Georgia State University, will join
FIU's College of Education in July.
Architecture
School faculty and students nearly sweep architecture awards
FIU's School of Architecture (SOA) faculty and students were winners
of many of the awards and honors recently presented at the 2001
AIA Miami Awards.
VP
Breslin's book focuses on role of 'pleasure' in foreign affairs
Beyond Pain presents a 2000-year overview of the ways in
which pleasure has been effectively used to defend and advance foreign
affairs interests.
MFA
student to have poetry book published
Monster Zero by Jay Snodgrass was recently named the second-place
winner in the Elixir Press Second Annual Poetry Awards and will
be published by the Minneapolis publisher.
Golden
Panthers announce second recruiting class
FIU football Head Coach Don Strock announced that 21 high school
student athletes committed to accepting grant-in-aid to attend FIU
this fall in the second high school recruiting class of the Golden
Panther football program.
FIU
alumnus Manny Diaz, mayor of Miami, honored by his alma mater
FIU
participates in MLK Day parade
Nobel
laureate Mario Molina to speak at FIU Apr. 4
One of the world's leading scientists responsible for discovering
the vulnerability of the Earth's ozone layer will speak at FIU and
be presented with an honorary doctorate.
Vice
Minister of Education of the People's Republic of China visits FIU
Florida
Extravaganza becomes South Beach Wine & Food Festival
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival, as it has been redubbed,
will take place March 15-17 at several locations in Miami Beach.
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Editor Todd Ellenberg
• Managing Editor Karen Cochrane • Photographer/Photo
Editor Michael Upright • President Modesto A. Maidique
• Vice President, University Advancement and Marketing
Dale C. Webb • Director of Interactive Design Eddie Leon
FIUnewsletter, the
official monthly FIU faculty and staff newsletter, is produced
by the Division of University Advancement and Marketing. To
submit information for FIUnewsletter, call Todd Ellenberg,
editor, at 305-348-3805, FAX the information to 305-348-3247
or bring it to PC 515, University Park. The deadline for the
March issue is February 25. Qualified individuals with disabilities
as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act who need
special accommodations for any FIU-sponsored event can request
assistance by calling the number listed in association with
the function. The request must be made five working days before
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