2011 Torch Awards honors outstanding FIU alumni

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The 10th annual Torch Awards Gala March 19 was, as FIU Alumni Association President Joaquín “Jack” González ’97 promised, “a very special evening.” Not only did the FIU family come together – dressed to the nines – at the fabulous JW Marriott Marquis in downtown Miami to celebrate the achievements [...]

FIU graduates ‘a different kind of lawyer’

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College of Law confers 152 degrees on its departing Class of 2010 Florida doesn’t need more lawyers. It needs a different kind of lawyer. With that message, Florida Supreme Court Justice Jorge Labarga applauded the 152 graduates of the FIU College Law, a new generation of lawyers as diverse as Miami [...]

FIU breaks ground on new Ambulatory Care Center

FIU President Maidique, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Dean Rock and other university supporters were on hand for the ceremony on July 31 at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. By Martin Haro A group of FIU administrators, faculty/staff, alumni and university supporters, including longtime FIU benefactor Dr. Herbert Wertheim, gathered on [...]

FIU inducts 10 community leaders as Honorary Alumni

“Their contributions to this university and this community have been far-reaching and we are honored to have them become part of our family,” said FIU President Modesto A. Maidique. By Martin Haro A group of community leaders who did not graduate from FIU but have supported the university was inducted [...]