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This 20-Year-Old Miami Fashion Institute Student Wants To Design Clothes For The Pope

Four years ago, Fabiola Alfaro was having anxiety attacks and cutting herself with a blade.  “I used to hurt myself,” Alfaro recalls. “I used to...

Kendall And Padrón Campus To Launch Sports Management Program This Fall

At Miami Dade College sports are not just extracurricular activities—they’re part of the curriculum. This August, the School of Global Business, Trade and Transportation is...

Kendall Campus’ Food Pantry Rebranded—Renamed Hungry Haven

After receiving two fridges and 25 sets of pots and pans from the American Heart Association, Kendall Campus’ Student Life department was inspired to...

They Were Once SGA Leaders. Now They Run Medical Campus

When Alwyn Leiba was elected Student Government Association president at Medical Campus in 2006, Madeline Pumariega—the campus’ dean of students and administration at the...

This North Campus Student Is Making Death Her Business

Samantha Alexander believes in reviving the dead.  The 19-year-old—a funeral service student at North Campus—is often tasked with embalming bodies. Alexander dresses the deceased with makeup...

Continuing Education Legend Retires After 37 Years At Kendall Campus

For nearly four decades, Max Rodriguez served as a pillar in the Continuing Education department at Kendall Campus. Rodriguez, a lanky, rail-thin, ball of kinetic...
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He Dreamt Of Coaching Basketball; Now He’s Campus President At Kendall

Bryan Stewart has a penchant for aiming high. As a five-year-old, he played basketball at his local YMCA in Denton, Texas. As his game and...

Man Vandalizes Table At Hialeah Campus, Causing $5,000 In Damage

A man flipped a concrete table at Hialeah Campus, causing $5,000 in damage on June 3, according to the campus’ public safety report. The incident,...

Get To Know Your 2024-25 Student Government Leaders

Miami Dade College students—here are your new Student Government Association leaders. College-wide elections took place March 13 through March 20. Voting was held virtually through...

Kendall Campus Aims To Launch The Next Steve Aoki With New DJ Course

The New York City blackout of 1977 was a game changer for the music industry.  At the time, disc jockey culture was heating up in...

MDC-TV Honored With Communicator And Telly Awards

Miami Dade College’s North Campus-based television station, MDC-TV, has added two Communicator Awards and three Telly Awards to their trophy case.  The awards, which recognize...

North Campus Unveils State-Of-The-Art $57 Million School Of Justice Facility

Police swarmed onto North Campus’ Kennedy Drive on sleek motorcycles, thickly-muscled horses and a bulky SWAT vehicle. The show of force wasn’t an emergency—it was...
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