Media Alert – FIU to make major announcement on Friday


Florida International University President Modesto A. Maidique and Board of Trustees Chairman David R. Parker will make a major announcement concerning FIU’s future on Friday, Nov. 14th at 10:30 a.m., immediately following the Board of Trustees meeting. A press conference will be held at the Graham Center West Ballroom, at FIU’s University Park, 11200 SW 8th Street in Miami.

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Media Contact: Madeline Baro at 305-348-2234

About FIU:

Florida International University was founded in 1965 and is Miami’s only public research university. With a student body of more than 38,000, FIU graduates more Hispanics than any other university in the country. Its 17 colleges and schools offer more than 200 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations and law. FIU has been classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a “High Research Activity University.” In 2006 FIU was authorized to establish a medical school, which will welcome its first class in 2009. FIU’s College of Law recently received accreditation in the fastest time allowed by the American Bar Association.

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