FIU’s Office of Multicultural Programs and Services will be commemorating the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a two week-long celebration inspired by King’s life and work. The MLK Commemorative Celebration is one of the most anticipated annual university events on campus. Below is a list of events for this [...]
Betsy reads your comments Nov. 18
11/18/2011 By
Betsy Soler ’10, FIU’s social media community manager, reads all your comments on FIU News, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. Each week, she features a range of comments from the quirkiest to the most passionate and insightful in a video blog. Watch to see if your comment is highlighted!
Building for the future
08/25/2011 By
FIU has spent the past week welcoming 46,000 students to its campuses for the 2011 Fall Semester. The welcome banners are up, the bookstores are stacked with textbooks, and the Facilities Planning & Construction Department is working at full throttle. During the summer, the department was involved in five major [...]
SJMC graduate students awarded mentored research scholarships
06/27/2011 By
Three FIU students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s (SJMC) Global Strategic Communications graduate program were awarded mentored research scholarships from locally based literary company Jewish Book Summaries (JBS). The students are preparing, creating and implementing a comprehensive marketing communications plan with JBS during the summer 2011 semester. JBS [...]
Pic of the Week May 3
05/04/2011 By
The Pic of the Week winner for April 25 – May 2 is Dayana Iglesias, whose aerial photo of the Biscayne Bay Campus received 59 votes. “I took this picture at 10:30 a.m. from the third floor breezeway between Academic I and Academic II,” said Iglesias. “As I looked around, [...]
Students help family displaced by Japan earthquake
04/21/2011 By
On April 14, Ayato Kaneko, his wife, their 3-year-old daughter and their 7-month-old son packed all they could fit into four suitcases and left their home in Japan. Bound for the United States, the family hopes to start a new life following the triple catastrophe of the March 11 earthquake, [...]
Hip-hop artist Common freestyles at FIU
02/10/2011 By
The Student Government Association at Biscayne Bay Campus hosted on Feb. 9 hip-hop artist and actor Common. The entertainer spoke on “The Effects of Hip-Hop on American Society” as part of the SGA-BBC Lecture Series. Common started the event with a freestyle about FIU. Thank you to YouTuber adgirl11 for capturing the [...]
What will FIU look like in 2020?
02/01/2011 By
“Last night I had a dream,” said President Mark B. Rosenberg when he first introduced “FIU in 2020,” a video glimpse into what FIU could look like in the year 2020. Based on comments on YouTube, there are a few doubters. But there are also many who’ve witnessed the incredible speed [...]
FIU’s BBC Library to be named: Glenn Hubert Library
11/05/2010 By
MIAMI – The library at the FIU Biscayne Bay Campus is getting a new name on Monday, Nov. 8th: it will be known as the Glenn Hubert Library. Hubert, who grew up in a working-class family in Miami, worked throughout high school and college. He attended the University of Miami [...]
FIU hosts 10th anniversary of Banned Books ReadOUT
09/23/2010 By
WHAT: The Biscayne Bay Campus Library of Florida International University will present a Banned Book ReadOUT in observance of Banned Books Week. The event will include a display of banned, expurgated, or challenged books on a bookshelf with chains and locks wrapped around them. FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg, FIU [...]
