FIU graduated their first Earth Science Education majors during the spring semester’s commencement ceremony for the School of Environment, Arts and Society in the College of Arts & Sciences. The Earth Sciences with Earth Science Education degree program was first implemented by the college’s Department of Earth and Environment in [...]
What to tell your kids about the Sandy Hook massacre
By Deborah O'Neil
12/21/2012
Professor Phil Lazarus is the former chair and founding member of the National Emergency Assistance Team and past president of the National Association of School Psychologists. He and his team and have responded to more than a dozen school shootings. At FIU, he is the program director of the School [...]
FIU to graduate thousands ready to make their mark
By Lilyvania Mikulski
12/06/2012
More than 4,000 students will receive their bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees next week during three days of graduation ceremonies at FIU. Among them will be newlyweds who traveled far to find love in the biology lab; a young woman who had to overcome an abusive home, foster care and [...]
President Rosenberg to discuss STEM education in Washington D.C. meeting
By Madeline Baro
11/28/2012
WHAT: Florida International University President Mark B. Rosenberg will make a presentation on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, highlighting FIU’s successes in educating STEM graduates, particularly underrepresented minorities. Rosenberg, who will be discussing STEM from a higher education perspective, will be speaking during a meeting of the President’s [...]
STEM Transformation Institute launches
By Sissi Aguila
09/04/2012
FIU launched the STEM Transformation Institute today, a multidisciplinary partnership that will pave the way for student success in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). “Globally, the demand for STEM-educated professionals is increasing. As a nation, we need to put a greater focus on educating a greater number of STEM [...]
Park Ranger Larry Perez ’96, MS ’08, shares the secrets of the Everglades
By Martin Haro
08/22/2012
Like just about every other urban Miamian, Larry Perez ’96, MS ’08, grew up not giving the Everglades much of a second thought. Today, the park ranger finds sanctuary in the middle of South Florida’s tropical wilderness. By Sissi Aguila ’99, MA ’08 | Photos by Angel Valentin I’ve been driving for a [...]
Mingling with Nobel Laureates in Germany
By Karen Cochrane
08/17/2012
This article is part of our Summer Sojourns 2012 series highlighting summer adventures of FIU students. The Lindau Nobel Laureates meeting is an annual gathering of Nobel Laureates and young researchers from around the world. Laureates from the respective fields of science are invited to the Lindau Meetings for physiology [...]
Basketball star Raja Bell trades uniform for FIU cap and gown
By Lilyvania Mikulski
08/07/2012
NBA star Raja Bell will graduate this summer – 13 years after his stellar basketball career at FIU. The son of educators, Bell, who most recently played for the Utah Jazz, promised his parents that he would finish his college degree regardless of his successful career. His wife Cindy Greenman [...]
Doctoral student is Florida’s 2013 Teacher of the Year
By Martin Haro
07/18/2012
When pre-K, special education teacher Alexandre Lopes stood on stage at the 2013 Florida Department of Education/Macy’s Teacher of the Year Award ceremony in Orlando the evening of July 12, he fully expected to hear the name of one the other four Teacher of the Year finalists announced as the [...]
Physics student to meet Nobel Prize winners in Germany
By Evelyn Perez
04/17/2012
FIU physics Ph.D. student Idaykis Rodriguez ’08 is packing her bags and passport and headed to Lindau, Germany, this summer now that she has been invited to attend the 62nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. The Cuban-born Panther is the only FIU student granted the opportunity to meet with more than 25 Nobel Prize winners [...]
FIYou: Martha M. Barantovich ’91, MS ’94, Ed.D. ’06
By Martin Haro
02/01/2012
Name: Martha M. Barantovich ’91, MS ’94, Ed.D. ’06 Hometown: Miami, Fla. Job Title/Department: Instructor, Department of Leadership and Professional Studies in the College of Education Campus: Modesto A. Maidique Campus In a nutshell: I teach undergraduates about the foundations of education and get them to ask questions. Number of [...]
Good handwriting and good grades: FIU researcher finds new link
By jprenaud
01/18/2012
Who cares about handwriting, anyway? It’s the 21st century, after all. We have iPads and iPhones, computers that spell check and fonts that go from French script to Freestyle and back to Times New Roman. But to Laura Dinehart, an assistant professor at Florida International University’s College of Education, handwriting matters. [...]
Tips to get your child to practice their handwriting
By jprenaud
01/17/2012
A study by FIU College of Education Professor Laura Dinehart concludes that a 4-year-old who practices his or her handwriting can do better in elementary school–both in reading and math–than someone who never focused on penmanship. Below are some of Dinehart’s tips to get a child interested in handwriting: 1- Have writing material [...]
FIYou: Chaundra L. Whitehead MS ’10
By Martin Haro
01/12/2012
Name: Chaundra L. Whitehead MS ’10. I’m currently pursuing a Ed.D. in adult education and human resource development. Hometown: Tallahassee, Fla. Job Title/Department: I’m the managing editor of New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development, a quarterly publication produced by the Department of Leadership and Professional Studies in [...]
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