Adriana Dos Santos, Author at The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College

Miami Dade College Offering Free Virtual Contact Tracing Course

July 14, 2020 Adriana Dos Santos COVID-19, Coronavirus, contact tracing, Medical Campus

Public health officials have often lauded contact tracing as an integral weapon in the fight against the coronavirus. Contact tracers interview people with infectious diseases and identify anyone they may have been in contact with in hopes of slowing the spread, according to the Centers for Disease Control and… Read the rest at our website.

News North Campus Wolfson Campus

Meek Center Student Services Director To Retire After Almost Three Decades At MDC

June 30, 2020 Adriana Dos Santos North Campus, administrator, MEEC, retiring staff

Michael Mason saw a challenge when she joined Carrie P. Meek Entrepreneurial Education Center’s staff in 1999. The outreach center—located in Liberty City—taught about 300 students at the time. Mason, hired as director of student services, wanted to increase those numbers. After 21 years of designing new enrollment initiatives,… Read the rest at our website.

A&E

Miami Film Festival Announces Call For Entries For It’s 38th Annual Edition

June 29, 2020 Adriana Dos Santos Miami Film Festival, MFF, Film, Movies

Filmmakers, get ready—the Miami Film Festival is accepting submissions for its 38th annual edition. The festival announced its call for entries via a press release on June 1. It also made temporary changes to its submissions’ eligibility criteria because of the coronavirus. It will run from March 5-14 of… Read the rest at our website.

News West Campus North Campus

‘This Was Her Life’: English Professor To Retire After Almost 27 Years At Miami Dade College

June 18, 2020 Adriana Dos Santos West Campus, North Campus, Retired Staff, Retiring Professor

During her nearly 27 years at Miami Dade College, Lisa Shaw has made her lectures memorable with themed classes that analyze the Civil Rights Movement, or compare Shakespeare to the CBS reality show, Survivor. “She always innovates in the classroom to keep herself and her students engaged, infusing her… Read the rest at our website.

News COVID-19

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

June 15, 2020 Adriana Dos Santos Public Safety, COVID-19, crisis, emergency management

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 into action. Fernandez, who was the assistant chief of public safety at the time, sealed off entrances and shepherded petrified staff and students off campus. … Read the rest at our website.

News North Campus Wolfson Campus

DACA Student Graduates From UPenn Law School, Aspires To Tackle Immigration Policy

May 22, 2020 Adriana Dos Santos DACA, Tuskegee University, UPenn, Alum

When Fred Toney told Gustavo Cardona he should apply to Tuskegee University, a historically black university, he couldn’t believe the opportunity was real. As an undocumented immigrant from Colombia, Cardona didn’t think he fit the bill. “Tigers come in more than one color,” Toney, formerly the assistant director of… Read the rest at our website.

A&E

Latin Grammy Nominee Performs Virtual Violin Concert For Koubek Center

May 16, 2020 Adriana Dos Santos Koubek Center, concert, violin, violinist, virtual concert

Violinist Daniela Padrón performed songs from her debut solo album, Bach to Venezuela, on May 15, live on the Koubek Center’s Instagram and Facebook pages. The performance brought together more than 100 viewers. They showered her with virtual applauses and heart emojis as she played the violin at home. … Read the rest at our website.

News

Pell Grant Program Provides Inmates A Second Chance At An Education

May 14, 2020 Adriana Dos Santos Department of Education, Inside Out Prison Exchange Program, second chance, students

Miami Dade College has been selected to participate in the Second Chance Pell Program, a federal project aimed at helping incarcerated people attain degrees. Last month, the Department of Education added 67 institutions to the program that was started in 2015. It now has 130 participating schools. Approximately 30… Read the rest at our website.

COVID-19 News A&E

Virtual Collective, I Remember Miami, Wants Your Fondest Memories of The Magic City

May 7, 2020 Adriana Dos Santos Miami, MOAD, Miami Book Fair, virtual, MBF, artist, archive

Miami Dade College’s Museum of Art and Design, in collaboration with the Miami Book Fair, launched I Remember Miami—a virtual project that allows people to share their fondest memories of Miami while it undergoes a temporary shutdown caused by the coronavirus. The project seeks audio and photo files to… Read the rest at our website.

A&E

Quarantine Haircuts: How Not To Ruin Your Hair During A Coronavirus Crisis

May 5, 2020 Adriana Dos Santos COVID-19, quarantine, Coronavirus, hair, diy, hairstyle, haircut

Our hair can play a big role in our overall mood and wellbeing. When we feel sad, we cheer ourselves up with a new hairstyle. When we are bored, we change our routine by coloring it differently. When we are quarantined due to a worldwide pandemic—well, it’s just not… Read the rest at our website.

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