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FIU rolled out its first-ever faculty and staff fundraising campaign, “Ignite,” with a rousing call to action from founding faculty member Steve Fain. “I know it is tough to ask people for money,” Fain, chair of the new campaign, told a crowd of 400 in the GC Ballrooms Feb. 15. [...]
County Commission Chairman Joe A. Martinez is on a mission to clean up the entire code of ordinances – and he’s recruited students from the College of Law to help get the job done. Together with FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg and R. Alexander Acosta, the college’s dean, Martinez announced [...]
Biscayne Bay Campus Vice Provost Steven Moll often refers to his campus as “beautiful BBC” – and with good reason: the sprawling North Miami location is surrounded by Biscayne Bay and native mangroves; adjacent to Oleta River State Park; and rich in open spaces. The university hosted its second annual [...]
To date, FIU has raised more than $3 million for its First Generation Scholarship Fund. More than 150 movers and shakers gathered in the beautiful Granada Ballroom of the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables Sept. 23 to share a lovely breakfast. The occasion, as FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg said, [...]
Founding faculty member Judy Blucker helped build FIU and its women’s athletics programs. Now, she’s leaving a gift for future generations of female athletes. By Bryan Gilmer for FIU Magazine Though Florida International University launched in 1972 – the same year Congress enacted Title IX requiring equal opportunities for college [...]
Could we be…more curious about what’s going on here? Wanna know exactly what FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg and Student Government Association-Biscayne Bay Campus President Denise Halpin are doing to SGA-Modesto A. Maidique Campus President Patrick O’Keefe as an FIU News crew and Roary look on by the PC Fountain [...]
Art student Wen-Ju Chien (right) was among the 16 Panthers who received scholarships at the 9th Annual FIU Scholarship Fishing Tournament June 18. Here, she strikes a pose poolside at Monty’s Miami Beach with FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg, her friend Huong Phan and Roary.
The future FIU Alumni Center was at the forefront of the FIU Alumni Association Annual Meeting at the Ronald W. Reagan Presidential House at Modesto A. Maidique Campus May 26, especially after Executive Director Bill Draughon announced that health sciences alumnus Raul Chavez ’80 and his wife, Dr. Angela Martinez, [...]
For the first time in FIU history, a greater portion of the university’s operating budget will come from tuition, as the state’s “disinvestment” in education continues, said FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg. Rosenberg spoke at a Budget Town Hall meeting on Thursday, where he presented the university’s 2011-2012 budget, that [...]
Commencement got underway early May 2 with the first of six ceremonies that ran through the evening of Tuesday, May 3. Kicking off two days of celebration were undergraduate, master’s and doctoral candidates from the College of Education, the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, and the School of Journalism [...]
