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Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old high school student who was killed Feb. 26 by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla., was remembered during a multifaith memorial service at Biscayne Bay Campus April 18. Dubbed “Standing on the Side of Love and Justice,” the event was organized by students in adjunct [...]
Five Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management undergrads were welcomed into the company of Loews Scholars at the Kovens Conference Center at Biscayne Bay Campus April 11. Each Panther received a $1,000 scholarship in recognition of their commitment to their studies – they all maintain a GPA of 3.0 [...]
Event caps a week of celebrations recognizing FIU’s student employees Zackari Abeyta, an undergraduate work study student in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Infectious Disease, was named 2012 Student Employee of the Year. The announcement was made at the university’s third annual Student Employee of the Year Awards (SEOTY) [...]
Chaz Bono, a transgender advocate and author, will speak to the FIU community about his experiences making the transition from female to male. Bono chronicled his journey in his 2011 book, Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man. Bono will share stories about gaining acceptance from his family. [...]
Sam Sifton, the former restaurant critic-turned-New York Times national editor, was at Biscayne Bay Campus March 22 to deliver the final lecture in the Student Government Association-BBC Lecture Series for Spring 2012. The writer discussed “Election 2012: How The New York Times Covers the Run for the Presidency” with a [...]
This week marks the 21st year of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s Communications Week. This year, under the leadership of new dean Raul Reis, the theme is global communications and international issues, with all activities centering on the global impact and trends affecting the fields of advertising, public [...]
Rita M. Cauce, librarian at the FIU Green Library, browses through shirts from a local vendor at the Biscayne Bay Campus (BBC) Market. “More students need to get out here. The vendors have beautiful things that are really unique and different,” Cauce said. A number of local vendors offer a [...]
The Atala butterfly, once thought extinct in Florida, has found a new home in the gardens of FIU’s Biscayne Bay Campus. In recent months, students have noticed an increasing number of the butterflies with dark wings and distinct coloration – male Atala have metallic green markings while the females have [...]
An exciting cross-cultural exchange will take place under the spotlight Thursday, March 22, when The Company Dance Theatre from Kingston, Jamaica, comes to the Biscayne Bay Campus (BBC). Now in its 23rd season, the company will perform a variety of pieces from its repertoire, including traditional Afro-Caribbean movements and classical [...]
Adrian Grenier, the 35-year-old actor who played the fictional Hollywood It Boy Vincent Chase on HBO’s Entourage, was at Biscayne Bay Campus last week, discussing his experiences and thoughts on fame as part of the second lecture in the Student Government Association-BBC Lecture Series of the semester. For eight seasons, [...]
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