Alexa Hernández, Author at The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College

ARCOS Seeking STEM Tutors For The 2019-2020 Year

March 29, 2019 Alexa Hernández STEM, ARCOS, tutors, Wolfson Campus

Applications for the Peer Academic Leadership Program are currently open for the 2019-2020 school year. The deadline to apply is July 12. Peer Academic Leadership provide STEM tutoring and resources for students, facilitate group-tutoring sessions and assist MDC faculty in organizing class curriculum. “In my experience, students selected usually… Read the rest at our website.

Briefing

Board of Trustees Award Application Open To Students

March 29, 2019 Alexa Hernández Award, Board of Trustees

Applications for the Board of Trustees Award, a $5,000 prize, are currently available. Students who are eligible will receive an email invitation to apply from the dean of student services at their respective campus. Eight students—one from each Miami Dade College campus—are selected to receive the scholarship. Winners will… Read the rest at our website.

Some of the members of the art club Multiple Impressions.

News Wolfson Campus

Wolfson Students Use Art Club To Empower Community

March 15, 2019 Alexa Hernández Community, art club

It was a chance meeting that spawned an art club. Last September, while Wolfson Campus students Parker Florian and Christian Sala waited to meet with English professor Victor Uszerowicz, they struck up a conversation. That small talk about their majors and personal interests led them to create an arts… Read the rest at our website.

Briefing

The Combat Hippies To Present Spoken Word Performance

March 15, 2019 Alexa Hernández Theater, Spoken Word, MDC Live Arts

MDC Live Arts will present a spoken word theatrical piece entitled AMAL at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium, 2901 W. Flagler St., on March 29-30 at 8 p.m. AMAL, which means “wish” in Arabic, will focus on the impact of war for soldiers and civilians in Puerto Rican culture. It… Read the rest at our website.

Photo of Maria Bravo, who is a Posse scholar.

Briefing

SAS Student Awarded Full-Tuition POSSE Scholarship

March 15, 2019 Alexa Hernández SAS, Scholarship, posse

School for Advanced Studies senior Maria Bravo is one of 10 POSSE scholars in the country selected to attend Franklin & Marshall College on a full-tuition scholarship. Bravo, 18, will pursue a pre-med pathway at the university this upcoming fall. “Thanks to the Posse scholarship, the faraway dream of… Read the rest at our website.

News

SGA Looking For Student Leaders For The 2019-20 School Year

February 22, 2019 Alexa Hernández SGA, Elections, Student Life, Student Government Association

Miami Dade College students interested in becoming Student Government Association officers for the 2019-2020 school year must turn in their candidate application forms to the Student Life department at their respective campus’ by March 11 at 4 p.m. Application packets highlighting important information about each campus’ election procedures, eligibility… Read the rest at our website.

Disabled people graphics by Kaley Peniche.

Forum

Communicating With Disabled People Is Important

February 22, 2019 Alexa Hernández Community, ACCESS, disabilities

In order to understand people with disabilities, it is essential to scrap all generalizations about them. “Disabilities come in groups of one,” said Gabriel Lopez Kafati, the Adaptive Technology Specialist for Miami Dade College’s ACCESS Services, a program that provides services such as note takers, interpreters and assistive technology… Read the rest at our website.

Briefing Padrón Campus

Oscar Gonzalez To Discuss Black Marginalization In Central America

February 8, 2019 Alexa Hernández InterAmerican Campus, Discussion, Central America

Oscar Gonzalez will discuss his research on black marginalization in Central America on Feb. 25 at 1 p.m. at InterAmerican Campus, 627 S.W. 27th Ave., Room 401. “When you think of national identity and who Nicaraguans really are, people usually do not think of African descendants,” Gonzalez said. Gonzalez… Read the rest at our website.

Kendall Campus Briefing

Jubilation Dance Ensemble To Present Black Migrations Performance

January 24, 2019 Alexa Hernández Kendall Campus, Music, Dance, Theater

The Jubilation Dance Ensemble at Kendall Campus will present their annual show, Black Migrations, on Feb. 12 at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the McCarthy Theatre Auditorium, 11011 S.W. 104th St., Room 6120. The performance will showcase African and African-American culture and history through dance. The event will… Read the rest at our website.

Briefing Wolfson Campus

Jazz At Wolfson Presents Series To Host Bobby Floyd

January 11, 2019 Alexa Hernández Music, Jazz, Jazz at Wolfson Presents

Bobby Floyd will perform at the Jazz at Wolfson Presents Series at the Wolfson Campus auditorium, 300 N.E. 2nd Ave., Room 1261. on Jan. 23 at noon. Floyd will be playing the Hammond B-3 organ. He has worked with musicians such as Ray Charles and Dr. John as both… Read the rest at our website.

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