Author: Iliana Torres

Hialeah Campus president Mattie Roig-Watnik shared her memoir, Life As I See It, with dozens of MDC students as part of Women’s History Month. Life As I See It, is about Roig-Watnik’s experience leaving Cuba when she was only seven years old. Before becoming campus president, Roig-Watnik was an… Read the rest at our website.

Florida Governor, Rick Scott, appointed Bernie Navarro, a mortgage investment banker, to the Miami Dade College’s Board of Trustees. Navarro replaced Marielena A. Villamil whose term ended. Navarro is president of Benworth Capital Partners. Leading numerous professional organizations in the past, including the Latin Builders Association, the Board viewed… Read the rest at our website.

The Kendall Campus’ Theatre program will present, the eight Tony award-winning production, Spring Awakening. Spring Awakening is a rock musical about the story of 19th century teenagers discovering their inner and outer sexuality. The production is free and open to the public beginning April 10 at 8 p.m. in… Read the rest at our website.

The Shane Co. $10,000 fashion or design scholarship is open to residents of the United States and the District of Columbia, who are 18 or older, enrolled or will be enrolled as a full-time student at a community college or university no later than the fall of 2014. Students… Read the rest at our website.

Eighteen students from the School of Justice who recently graduated are a step closer to protecting and serving their community. After completing all state mandated requirements for the State of Florida law enforcement, the group qualify to be hired as police patrol officers, detectives, K-9 officers, state troopers, transit… Read the rest at our website.

Miami Dade College student, Renee Lambert, recently won the Jed Foundation’s National Essay Contest on suicide prevention. Her essay was about how the foundation steps of suicide prevention had helped her life and outlook on social work. Lambert currently interns for MDC’S Suicide Prevention Coalition, which is funded by… Read the rest at our website.

Diario las Americas, one of the country’s oldest newspapers is participating in a project titled sCool Pix, which allows students to submit photos to be featured in the paper. The sCool Pix project searches for unique Miami photos that will attract readers. In order to participate, one must be… Read the rest at our website.

AWeber is offering a $1000 scholarship to one talented thinker and writer.   To apply, for the 2014 AWeber Email Marketing Scholarship students must take a nine-question survey, at http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1431838/AWeber-Email-Marketing-Scholarship-2014 and respond to the following essay prompt in 500 or fewer words: In recent decades, communication has changed rapidly and… Read the rest at our website.