Author: Heidi Perez

The current staff at The Reporter, which is a finalist for a pacemaker.
Briefing

ACP Selects The Reporter As Pacemaker Finalist

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The Reporter has been selected as a 2019 Pacemaker finalist by the Associated College Press in the two-year college newspaper category. Pacemakers are regarded as the top national award for college newspapers—the Pulitzer Prize of student journalism. “This is a culmination of all our hard work,” said Christian Alexander… Read the rest at our website.
Lenore Rodicio speaking at Convocation.
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Last Candidate Standing In Miami Dade College Presidential Search—For Now.

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Who is Lenore Rodicio? “I am not Eduardo Padrón,” Rodicio emphatically told the Board of Trustees during her finalist interview on July 24, minutes before they rebooted the five-month presidential search process, temporarily leaving her as the lone candidate.  Miami Dade College’s provost continued: “I’ve had the honor of… Read the rest at our website.
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Eduardo J. Padrón Completion Scholarship Deadline Is Aug. 16

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Students can apply to the recently created Eduardo J. Padrón Completion Scholarship through Aug. 16.  The scholarship, a $1,000 prize, will recognize 50 Miami Dade College students whose academic, social and professional lives have improved while attending the College in the midst of obstacles.  It was made available through… Read the rest at our website.
Eight Miami Dade College professors have filed a lawsuit against the Board of Trustees.
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MDC Professors Sue Board Of Trustees Over Presidential Search

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Eight Miami Dade College professors have filed a lawsuit against the College’s District Board of Trustees over their decision to reopen the presidential search process.  The lawsuit, filed in the Eleventh Judicial Court earlier today by Phillips, Richard & Rind, P.A.—a firm run by Mark Richard, former paralegal professor… Read the rest at our website.
Lenore Rodicio's wants to be MDC's new president.
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College Provost Makes Her Pitch To Be Next MDC President

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Lenore Rodicio wants to be Miami Dade College’s storyteller. The lone internal candidate vying to replace sitting president Eduardo J. Padrón made her pitch to a room full of her colleagues on Tuesday. “I will be a president who will honor our story,” Rodicio said. “I will be a… Read the rest at our website.
Padron holding check for scholarship.
Briefing

Eduardo J. Padrón Completion Scholarship Deadline Is Aug. 16

Heidi Perez , 
Students can apply to the recently created  Eduardo J. Padrón Completion Scholarship through Aug. 16.  The scholarship, a $1,000 prize, will recognize 50 Miami Dade College students whose academic, social and professional lives have improved while attending the College in the midst of obstacles.  It was made available through… Read the rest at our website.
The four finalists in the presidential search.
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Presidential Search Committee Selects Four Finalists

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After two days of video interviews, Miami Dade College’s Presidential Search Committee voted to send four finalists to the Board of Trustees, the penultimate stage of the four-month search process. The lineup is notable for its diverse nature. It features three women and one black male. Paul Broadie II,… Read the rest at our website.