“Last night I had a dream,” said President Mark B. Rosenberg when he first introduced “FIU in 2020,” a video glimpse into what FIU could look like in the year 2020.
Based on comments on YouTube, there are a few doubters. But there are also many who’ve witnessed the incredible speed with which FIU has already grown, and believe.
What do you think? Leave a comment and let us know.
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Looks amazing! FIU is definitely worlds ahead!
I miss the days when FIU was a smaller, quieter campus. I hope not to be in Miami in 10 years to see this…bigger is not always better and will only lead to more congestion and less of the personal touch that our campus once had…
LOVE IT!!
this was disturbing. the nature preserve is definitely gone.
The greenest option would be to keep it just the way it is. All the construction for what? To be consumed by rising sea levels? I agree with Hetzel.
Miami needs a World's Ahead university!
So that is FIU in 10 years? When we walk on campus The Dark Knight theme will play? Copyright infringement aside I think we need more parking, in all those simulations we had zero parking with super green areas with palm trees. Realistically speaking if the campus is that big, we would need a Disney Land parking lot. Looks good in theory, hope we can achieve something close to it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_DSq-LhOyU — Dark knight theme
I would like to see all that money invested in returning the art majors, giving more financial aid to the students, decreasing or at least not increasing our tuition (!) and improving the academic quality of FIU, which is after all,is a university, not simply a great opportunity for capital investment. I think that what upcoming generations need is not a resort, but a more academic/ ethics-oriented education. Thank you
Unless the FL Lottery gives all of its revenue for the next 10 years directly to FIU, it doesn't seem very likely that even half of this will occur in a 10 year time frame, although it would be pretty cool though… specially that people mover thing…
I left FIU for Nova in 2006 due to the careless and incompetent guidance I recieved there. Lets face it: FIU is cheap. It is the biggest bang for your buck but only at the cost of your pride, patience and time. FIU has the poorest customer service of all the higher higher learning institutions I've attended. I should know I've been to three. This presenation makes FIU look good, real good. It may and probably will fool future high schoolers into thinking FIU is a world's ahead university. But this FIU veteran knows better. After the 2020 mounstrous face lift, the aforementioned high schoolers' frustrations will amplify and multiply as fast as the monorail slides across the screen. Maybe I'm wrong, just like student workers at the financial aid office often are. In fact, I hope I AM wrong. Seeing as though my children will probably attend FIU. It is after all, the cheapest thing around.
Looks like the Jetsons of Miami are going to get the University they always wanted; in all seriousness, being worlds ahead in image, externally, is important for excitement purposes but their definitely needs to be some internal growth and restructuring to create a thoughtful and more intellectually nurturing environment. Mark Rosenberg says that he had a dream about what "FIU would look like" but how about having dreams about how" FIU would feel like, or be like?" Why couldn't we have quotes of intellectual giants or contributors to the various disciplines painted on the inside of some buildings? Whether your an Art student, or Pre-med, how about some quotes from Monet or Hippocrates? Aphorisms that inspire more awe about our studies?
All the emails we have received from President Rosenberg concerns football, and the success of FIU alumni, but we have yet to receive any food for thought, or encouragement during academically challenging times, such as midterms or finals week.
I hope this would inspire a friendly dialogue with President Rosenberg.
Best,
Farah Yamini and Jorge Nonell