Andrea Briones, Author at The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College

Get To Know Your 2024-25 Student Government Leaders

June 13, 2024 Andrea Briones Student Government Association

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 MDC’s election website. Elected officers were inducted on May 28 and will serve in their positions through the end of the spring 2025 semester.… Read the rest at our website.

News Kendall Campus

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

May 30, 2024 Andrea Briones vinyl records, dj, turntables, Steve Aoki

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 homes and clubs, but equipment was expensive. However, when the blackout struck, people looted electronic stores for mixers, speakers and turntables. The upheaval soon… Read the rest at our website.

News North Campus

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

May 22, 2024 Andrea Briones School of Justice

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 part of an inauguration event on May 21 christening Miami Dade College’s new $57 million School of Justice located on the northeast side of… Read the rest at our website.

Kendall Campus News

Podcast Challenging Mental Health Stereotypes Honored By NPR

May 15, 2024 Andrea Briones NPR, Mental Health, podcast

Three years ago, Michael Vargas Arango was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. The condition, which includes symptoms such as auditory and visual hallucinations and depression, affects approximately three in 1,000 people. Until last fall, the 22-year-old had kept his condition mostly hidden. Then, he told his girlfriend Elizabeth Pella. “She… Read the rest at our website.

News

More Than 12,000 Attend Three Commencement Ceremonies At loanDepot Park

April 20, 2024 Andrea Briones Graduation

Ygor Zambrano is no stranger to life’s unexpected challenges. In 2020, while at home, the teenager fainted and had to undergo heart surgery. The medical emergency was a major setback to his academic career at North Campus where he was working toward an associate degree in criminal justice. As… Read the rest at our website.

News North Campus

North Campus Professor Publishes Psychological Thriller, I Disappeared Them

April 16, 2024 Andrea Briones psychological thriller

In 1983, Preston L. Allen had a peculiar encounter. As the freshman returned to his dorm at the University of Florida, a stranger struck up a conversation. Then, the man started following him. When Allen turned left, the man turned left; if he turned right, the man turned right. … Read the rest at our website.

North Campus News

Equipment And Facilities Specialist Retires After 38 Years At North Campus

April 4, 2024 Andrea Briones retiree

Bryan Hall has been a part of the Miami Dade College community since he was 18. After graduating from Miami Northwestern Senior High School in 1982, he earned an associate’s degree in marketing and business administration from North Campus. In the mid-80’s, Hall started as a part-time outreach technician… Read the rest at our website.

News North Campus

Head Custodian At North Campus Retires After 33 Years At MDC

March 19, 2024 Andrea Briones retirement

Glen Fulton grew up in St. Louis, Missouri helping his mother—Mayola Fulton—raise his four siblings. He cooked, cleaned and maintained the yard to ensure Mayola, a single mom, could rest after her daily shifts at the local paint factory. Those experiences taught him the importance of diligence and duty—core… Read the rest at our website.

News Wolfson Campus

Wolfson Campus School Of Business Chair Retires After 31 Years At MDC

March 6, 2024 Andrea Briones retiree

Ana Margarita Cruz believes real-world experience is an invaluable tool. After working in accounting, management, retailing and manufacturing for 15 years, she wanted to give teaching a try. So she became an adjunct professor in the business department at North Campus in January of 1991. That is where she… Read the rest at our website.

News Wolfson Campus

MDC Foundation Director Challenges People To Own Their Life Story

February 8, 2024 Andrea Briones memoir

Nelson F. Hincapie stopped believing in God when he was nine years old. Throughout his childhood in Bogota, Colombia, Hincapie witnessed domestic abuse between his mother, Luz Maria Lopez, and father, Nelson Hincapie Lopez. That eventually led to their divorce. His grandmother, Ofelia, a devout Catholic, told Hincapie that… Read the rest at our website.

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