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January 2019 in photos: MLK, Next Horizon and Clear Skies

January 2019 in photos: MLK, Next Horizon and Clear Skies

Campus & Community

By David Drucker

January 31, 2019 at 12:00am

In the first month of 2019, FIU honored its achievements while gearing up for its bright future. Not only did FIU retain its highest research classification, but it also celebrated the kickoff of the Next Horizon campaign. Here are some of our favorite moments from January, as captured by FIU photographers Margi Rentis, Carl-Frederick Francois, Vince Rives, Doug Garland and Eduardo Merille.
Chaplin students Patricia Falcon (left) and Eliana de Las Casas flank WSVN news anchor Belkys Nerey ’89 at Biscayne Bay Campus, where Nerey recorded “Bite with Belkys” on Friday. The prominent news personality will meet many more students at the Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival, where she’ll be judging the Art of Tiki Cocktail Showdown. Photo by Vince Rives.
Kid-sized: Two children play with a model of the Aquarius Reef Base underwater lab at the Next Horizon campaign celebration. Photo by Carl-Frederick Francois.
Aldo Amenta ’18 with a van that FIU Trustee Rogelio Tovar donated to his family. After a severe spinal injury, Amenta was recognized at his graduation as he walked across the stage with help of an exoskeleton. Photo by Vince Rives.
View from the top: Workers polish the eye-catching FIU sign on the Green Library. Photo by Doug Garland.
While much of the country was shoveling snow this month, FIU students enjoyed Miami’s gorgeous winter weather on the lawns of the Graham Center. Photo by Margi Rentis.
Upon learning that FIU has retained its status as one of the nation’s top research universities, our Panthers had good reason to roar. Artwork by Eduardo Merille.
Sophomore Mariet Cardenes is shocked after being awarded a $10,000 scholarship for winning the Red Robin Golden Robin Contest. Her “Merisnard” burger recipe, which features chorizo, manchego cheese, garlic aioli, crispy fried onions and arugula, will be featured in Red Robin’s menu and served up at one of the Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s most iconic events. Photo by Margi Rentis.
Two cheerleaders spread the Panther spirit at the Martin Luther King Jr. parade. Photo by: Carl-Frederick Francois.
Poet Donovan Livingston energized and inspired the university community at FIU’s annual MLK Commemorative Breakfast this month. Photo by Margi Rentis.