Christian Ortega, Author at The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College

Blind Grammy Award-Winning Student Touring Through Latin America

May 18, 2018 Christian Ortega Wolfson Campus, Music, Student Profile

Humberto Molero lives a double life. He is a music business student at Wolfson Campus and a drummer for SanLuis, a Venezuelan-based band currently on a promotional tour in the United States and Latin America. Molero also has three Grammy awards under his belt. The feat is even more… Read the rest at our website.

Christian Acevedo posing for the camera.

North Campus News

Bees Cause New Buzz At North Campus

May 18, 2018 Christian Ortega North Campus, Environment, bees

Miami Dade College is looking to make North Campus a sweeter place. Its solution? Bees. Through the efforts of Christian Acevedo, an environmental science major at North Campus, the local nonprofit Public Hives and North Campus, beehives will be featured behind the Science Complex starting in June. With hives… Read the rest at our website.

News Wolfson Campus

Wolfson Campus Couple To Retire Together

April 13, 2018 Christian Ortega retirement

Michael Hettich and Colleen Ahern-Hettich have been an educational power couple at Wolfson Campus for two decades. Combined, they have worked at Miami Dade College for 42 years. Their tenure will soon come to an end. Hettich’s last semester teaching will be this spring. Ahern-Hettich is retiring in July.… Read the rest at our website.

Michael de Benedictis teaching his class.

Kendall Campus News

Kendall Campus English Professor To Retire After 32 Years

March 30, 2018 Christian Ortega Kendall Campus, Retired Staff, retirement

A 1968 article in the Los Angeles Times reads “Michel de Benedictis is a 16-year-old junior at Beverly Hills High School who dabbles in poetry, wants to be a doctor—but admits he might end up teaching literature.” Fifty years later, de Benedictis is set to retire from Miami Dade… Read the rest at our website.

News

What Happens When There Is An Emergency On Campus?

March 16, 2018 Christian Ortega Public Safety, Emergency

Safety initiatives at Miami Dade College have been under review after a high school shooting on Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida left 17 dead. The College’s behavioral threat assessment committee and public safety plans are among the programs reviewed. “Following the Parkland tragedy,… Read the rest at our website.

News Wolfson Campus

Most People Buy Cars—This Wolfson Campus Student Builds Them

February 23, 2018 Christian Ortega Wolfson Campus, Engineering, Student Profile, Maker's Lab

Juan Daniel Luna Jose dreams of cars. The 19-year-old freshman spends more than 18 hours a week designing a Formula Society of Automotive Engineers racing car at the Makers Lab, hoping to drive it in competitions. “Looking back at everything I’ve done and how I got to this point,… Read the rest at our website.

Yusnier Viera sitting in front of his laptop.

Homestead Campus News

‘Human Calendar’ At Homestead Campus Sets New Guinness World Record

February 9, 2018 Christian Ortega math, world record

Homestead Campus is home to a Guinness World Record holder. Mathematics professor Yusnier Viera took one minute to calculate which day fell on 132 dates between the years 1600 and 2100. It’s the second time the math wiz has broken the record. He originally set the mark in October… Read the rest at our website.

News Homestead Campus Wolfson Campus

Four School For Advanced Studies Students Selected As Posse Scholars

January 26, 2018 Christian Ortega Wolfson Campus, Homestead Campus, Scholarship, posse

Four School for Advanced Studies students, Andrea Perla, Brayan Ruiz, Tomas Perez and Chris Rosario, were selected as recipients of the Posse Foundation Scholarship. Each student will receive full tuition and an advisor to help them through their four years at a partner college of their choice. Founded in… Read the rest at our website.

News North Campus

Jorge Perez To Retire After More Than 36 Years At North Campus Library

December 8, 2017 Christian Ortega North Campus, Library, retirement

An irreplaceable void will be felt at the North Campus library when Jorge Perez, an associate instructor for learning resources, retires after more than 36 years of service. Perez’s last day in the office will be Dec. 19. “He was more than just a great, calming presence at work,”… Read the rest at our website.

Jeffrey Atkins and Priya Pershadsingh of the Vegan Club.

News North Campus

Club Hopes To Bust Myths Associated With Veganism

November 24, 2017 Christian Ortega North Campus, Vegan, Vegan Club

North Campus added some flavor to their club line up this fall. The Vegan Club, which held its first meeting on Nov. 17, is open to students seeking to learn about the trending, natural lifestyle. Jeffrey Atkins, the club’s adviser, believes the organization is the first of its kind… Read the rest at our website.

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