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MIAMI, Fla. (Sept. 22, 2003) – The
presidents of two of the most important universities in South
Florida are in the line-up
for Faculty Convocation Week at Florida International University
this Fall.
University of Miami President Donna
E. Shalala and Florida Atlantic University President Frank Brogan,
will share their views regarding
the future of higher education with the FIU Faculty.
“We are looking forward to the
perspectives offered by the different approaches represented
by these two guests,” said Convocation
Committee Chair James Sutton. “Presidents Shalala and Brogan,
together with our own President [Modesto A.] Maidique, are shaping
the future of higher education in South Florida.”
President Brogan will address the
faculty at the Biscayne Bay Campus at 4 p.m. on Tues. Sept. 30
in the Wolf University Center
Ballrooms,
3000 N.E. 151st St, North Miami. His lecture is titled Toward
the Privatization of Higher Education in Florida.
President Shalala will be the keynote
speaker at the Faculty Convocation and Awards ceremony scheduled
to take place at 9
a.m. on Fri. Oct.
3rd in the auditorium of the Wertheim Performing Arts Center
at the University Park, 11200 S.W. 8th Street, Miami. Shalala
will
speak on Public and Private Higher Education: Converging or Diverging?
“These talks come at an important time in our business. Budgets are getting
tighter and tighter; less that 40 percent of FIU’s operating budget comes
from the State these days,” said Sutton, who is a professor of English
at FIU. “As a profession we have
to proceed in a real smart and creative way in order to continue our mission
of educating tomorrow’s leaders. I’m sure Brogan and Shalala will
have some innovative suggestions as to how we can meet these challenges.”
Convocation Week, an annual celebration
of faculty accomplishments, will begin with the FIU Honors College’s Parade of Nations and States at 2p.m. on
Sept. 29 followed by a ceremony in the Graham Center Ballrooms, FIU- University
Park.
“I look forward to my colleagues’ views on important matters currently
facing universities through out the state and the nation,” said President
Maidique, who has been at the helm of FIU since 1986, longer than any other university
president in Florida. “The challenge is to continue to offer affordable
quality education while conducting the kind of research and intellectual endeavor
that turns universities into economic engines with a real, positive impact on
the community.”
FIU employs about 1,100 full-time
faculty, approximately 77 percent of whom hold the highest degree
in their discipline. The university offers
190 degree
programs
in 19 colleges and schools.
For more information about Convocation,
contact Professor Sutton at
305-348-1270.
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