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FIU’s Athletics weight room will be named for Doctors Hospital Center for Orthopedics & Sports Medicine. Doctors Hospital, part of Baptist Health South Florida, is the official sports medicine provider of FIU Athletics. “This is the latest in a deepening relationship between Baptist Health and FIU,” said FIU Executive Director [...]
FIU’s Office of Multicultural Programs and Services will be commemorating the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a two week-long celebration inspired by King’s life and work. The MLK Commemorative Celebration is one of the most anticipated annual university events on campus. Below is a list of events for this [...]
WHAT: Latin Grammy Award Winner Nestor Torres will host “Havana Forever: A Cuban Music Love Affair,” as he conducts the FIU Danzon/Charanga Ensemble performing a selection of timeless music from Cuba, as well as Havana inspired original compositions. Throughout the program, Torres will share personal stories about his discovery of music. The concert will [...]
FIU has spent the past week welcoming 46,000 students to its campuses for the 2011 Fall Semester. The welcome banners are up, the bookstores are stacked with textbooks, and the Facilities Planning & Construction Department is working at full throttle. During the summer, the department was involved in five major [...]
Due to a major FPL power outage impacting the Modesto A. Maidique Campus, classes at MMC only are canceled for the rest of the day. Check fiu.edu or 305-348-HELP (4357) for updates.
Richardson’s Tikkun, a monumental chiseled glass sculpture, is on loan to FIU’s Sculpture Park . The Frost Art Museum is hosting a reception in honor of American master glass sculptor Henry Richardson on Jan. 19 at 12:30 p.m. Richardson will then deliver a lecture at 2 p.m. in Rafael Diaz-Balart [...]
When President Mark B. Rosenberg surveyed the open spaces at Modesto A. Maidique Campus (MMC), he decided to enlist FIU talent to create a sanctuary for the university community. More than 50 architecture, landscape architecture, and art students joined forces earlier this month to re-imagine four outside areas at MMC [...]
The men of Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) hosted a pep rally Sept. 9 in anticipation of the start of the 2010 FIU football season and opening game vs. Rutgers on Saturday, Sept. 11, at 8 p.m. Our very own A.J. Meyer ‘09, of AJ Walking and Alumni Relations, shared photos of [...]
It’s a steamy morning in early August, less than three weeks before the start of the 2010 Fall Semester when more than 40,000 students will descend upon FIU, and PG 5 Market Station is hopping. Skill saws, drills and hammers provide a cacophonous backdrop to the 200 construction workers who [...]
John “Jay” Stewart has spent the last couple of months creating the ultimate FIU bike. It was a labor of love for Stewart, who works in Campus Services at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. He says he wanted to give the university, where he’s worked for more than 34 years, a token [...]
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