Florida House Speaker Cannon at FIU: ‘It is easy to advocate for excellence’

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Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon visited the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine July 19 to learn about the college’s progress and meet FIU students, faculty and administrators. Cannon, who was joined by the Miami-Dade legislative delegation, toured a Nursing and Health Sciences STAR Simulation Lab that mimics a hospital emergency [...]

Florida House Speaker Cannon to Visit FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

WHAT: Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon will join the Miami-Dade legislative delegation in a visit to the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine to learn about its progress and meet FIU students, faculty and administrators. The visit also will allow the delegation to learn about the latest technologies being [...]

Leading researcher Ora L. Strickland takes the helm at FIU College of Nursing & Health Sciences

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Veteran nursing educator and researcher Ora L. Strickland will join Florida International University’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences (CNHS) as its new dean. “Dr. Strickland is an internationally recognized leader in her field who will energize our nursing and health sciences program,” said FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg. “She [...]

Healthy advice

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Nursing & Health Sciences students strategize how best to engage students as part of their community class project. The students were at BBC’s Wolfe University Center dispensing tips on how to prevent sun exposure and dehydration, among other useful information. They’ll be back at the center with more tips June [...]

Top professors recognized for outstanding achievements

Faculty honored at the April 25 reception: back row from left to right -- Kannan Raghunandan, David Roelant, Michael Gillespie, Hannibal Travis, Gary Rand, Douglas Wartzok, Mark Rosenberg, David Bagner, James Waxmonsky, Anthony McGoron, Juan Sanchez. Front row, from left to right -- Mary Ann von Glinow, Irina Agoulnik, Eric Wagner, Howard Wasserman, Ellen Brown, Shahid Hamid.

FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg recognized 23 outstanding faculty members at a reception April 25 for their dedication to excellence and for their accomplishments in research and scholarship. “Tonight is the night we get to say thank you to all of you,” said FIU First Lady Rosalie Rosenberg at the [...]

Nursing & Health Sciences building opens to fanfare

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State-of-the-art building is the first LEED-certified structure on campus. Hundreds of faculty/staff, students, alumni and friends of FIU were on hand Feb. 4 to tour the new College of Nursing & Health Sciences building at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The new teaching and research facility encompasses 115,000 square feet of [...]

College of Nursing and Health Sciences to dedicate new $34 million building Feb. 4

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Advanced teaching and research facility raises bar for interdisciplinary healthcare education   By Mary Sudasassi Thursday, Feb. 4, the College of Nursing & Health Sciences (CNHS) will kick off a day-long celebration to dedicate its new teaching and research facility at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The new $34 million Nursing [...]

FIU nursing dean Divina Grossman named vice president for engagement

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MIAMI – Florida International University College of Nursing and Health Sciences Dean Divina Grossman has been appointed the university’s founding vice president for engagement. FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg explained that in her new role, Grossman will provide leadership for the development and coordination of partnerships with key local, state, [...]

Temporary electrical shutdown scheduled for CP building at MMC

The FPL shutdown, scheduled for Aug. 14, was chosen with input from building users and their college. FPL will temporarily shut down the electrical power to Chemistry Physics (CP) building at Modesto A. Maidique Campus to modify the transformer servicing the building in conjunction with the connection of permanent power [...]

Men at work

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While installing the windows of University Park’s new College of Nursing and Health Sciences building, construction workers shield themselves from the scorching South Florida sun with colorful umbrellas. Slated to open in December 2009, the $34 Million CNHS building will become the gateway to the university’s highly anticipated Academic Health [...]