CampUs hosts high school freshmen

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The courtroom was silent as the foreman rose to deliver the verdict in Nugent vs. the State. “Not guilty,” she said. The defense cheered and the prosecution received encouraging pats on the back. This was no ordinary court case: the judge and mentors were FIU college students and the prosecutors [...]

Accounting students help low-income earners with tax returns

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For some, preparing their tax return is a simple, albeit not enjoyable, exercise. For other people, help is sorely needed. This past tax season once again, accounting students from FIU’s College of Business Administration helped low-income earners complete their tax forms. The students participated in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance [...]

GLOWS program to bring sustainable water to Rwanda

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FIU’s Global Water for Sustainability Program (GLOWS) will be helping to improve water quality in Rwanda. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded GLOWS a five-year, $21.9 million grant for a project dubbed Rwanda Integrated Water Security Program. The program is designed to positively impact human health, food [...]

Inaugural Give and GoGreen event huge success

Office of University Sustainability employee Ali Dutton and Spring 2011 intern Sean Koester with some of the donated items

Plans are already underway to expand next year’s program A pilot program to collect unwanted items from students moving out of the dorms for the summer has given renewed life to more than 3,000 lbs. of goods that were slated for the trash heap. The FIU GoGreen Team partnered with [...]

High school students address Europe’s economic problems in 2011 Euro Challenge

Three teams are New York City-bound after March 22 competition organized and hosted by Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence. Spain’s housing market slowdown. Greece’s high government deficit and debts. Germany’s globalization challenges, including immigration. Twelve teams of ninth and tenth graders from Miami to Fort Pierce tackled these complex [...]

Overtown Cookbook crew gets visit from Jamie Oliver

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Chef and food activist Jamie Oliver visited Booker T. Washington Senior High School Feb. 25 to meet with students and the creators of the Overtown Cookbook, a collaborative project between the high school and FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management and Robert Stempel College of [...]

Students of math, science shine in South Florida Regional Science Bowl

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FIU hosted more than two dozen high school teams who came together to test their knowledge of math and science. For the second year in a row, the competition ended with an “overtime” round. It all came down to this: “Assuming the specific heat of aluminum is 0.9 Joules per [...]

Chef Jamie Oliver visits FIU-supported “Overtown Cookbook” project at Booker T. Washington Sr. High

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WHAT: Celebrity chef and food activist Jamie Oliver will visit Booker T. Washington Senior High School to meet with students and the creators of the Overtown Cookbook, a collaborative project between the high school and Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management and Robert [...]

FPL and Florida International University open first-ever student-staffed customer care center

Unique partnership offers local students paid employment and real-life work experience Creating a talent pipeline for the future and providing employment opportunities for college students, Florida Power & Light Company and Florida International University have  launched the utility’s first on-campus customer care center to answer calls from FPL customers in [...]

FIU transfer students receive scholarships, a helping hand

The Miami-Dade Community Action Agency awarded FIU $400,000 to provide scholarships to 191 of the university’s neediest students so they may continue their education at FIU. Scholarship recipients are students like Alwyn Rodriguez, a veteran who each day spends five hours commuting from Miami Beach to campus because he does [...]