COVID-19

NJCAA Reverses Decision To Restart Sports This Fall; Games Will Now Start In January

Less than three weeks after announcing sports would return this fall, the National Junior College Athletic Association has postponed the 2020-2021 season until the...

ICE Directive Puts Fate Of More Than 1,350 International Students At MDC In Jeopardy

When Victor Hugo Batistela moved more than 4,000 miles from his home in São Paulo, Brazil three years ago, it was to attend school...

Calle Ocho Festival Going Virtual This Year

Each year, the Calle Ocho Festival brings thousands of people together to celebrate Carnival. Unfortunately, the festival was postponed on March 6 due to...

Miami Dade College Shifts Its Annual Summer Camp To Online

Miami Dade College is offering a virtual alternative to its traditional in-person summer camp this year, Summer On-Screen Camp.  The online programming, a necessity this...

Sporting Events At Miami Dade College Scheduled To Return This Fall Semester

By Heidi Perez-Moreno and  Jose Tovar It’s been more than three months since the baseball and softball seasons at Miami Dade College were cut short...

Zoo Miami Reopens Its Doors After Closing For More Than Two Months

The coronavirus pandemic has forced us to find creative forms of entertainment. But nothing can compare to visiting some of our favorite attractions. Venues at...

Hurricanes, Bomb Threats And COVID-19—Meet The Man Behind Crisis Management At MDC

When a five-story parking garage under construction at West Campus collapsed in October of 2012—killing four construction workers and injuring eight others—Yakir Fernandez lept...

Visually Impaired Student Struggled Through Remote Learning: ‘I Could Not Even Sleep’

ACCESS Services tutor Cheryl Cook designed a normal curve graph using cardboard and coily pipe cleaners to help Florela Francois, a visually impared student,...

Recruiting Athletes Takes A Virtual Turn As Coronavirus Continues To Loom

Kevin Ledoux, the men’s basketball coach at Miami Dade College, never thought he would do all his recruiting from the comfort of his living...

COVID-19 HIV League Scholarship Application

Students can apply to the COVID-19 HIV League Scholarship until May 31.  The scholarship—which awards students $1,000 on a one-time basis—recognizes students with human immunodeficiency...

MDC Announces Three-Phase Plan To Reopen; Small Number Of Students To Take Classes On Campus This Summer

Miami Dade College Interim President Rolando Montoya revealed a plan during this week's Board of Trustees meeting that allows a small number of students...

MDC To Start Distributing More Than $49 Million To Students Through CARES Act

Miami Dade College will start to dole out emergency aid grants to students later this month, courtesy of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...