Author: Monica Suarez

Former Miami Dade College journalism students and Falcon Times alumni, Laura C. Morel and Sergio N. Candido, were among 23 students from universities all across the country chosen to participate in The New York Times Student Journalism Institute. The program was held in Miami this year at Florida International… Read the rest at our website.

Students are finding a new way to get class notes in a flash. More than 5,000 students from 12 universities are using FlashNotes.com, a site that allows students the opportunity to buy or sell class notes. “There is value and a need for quality content for students to study,”… Read the rest at our website.

For students at Miami Dade College’s North Campus, the sky is not the limit. The College recently acquired two 800-pound MEADE LX400-ACF reflective telescopes that cost approximately $35,000 each. The equipment was funded by grants. One of the telescopes will be on the rooftop observatory, the other in the… Read the rest at our website.

“The entire time I was hoping that my name wouldn’t be called for first runner-up,” Garcia said. “I kept thinking ‘please don’t say my name yet,’ and then we went on a commercial break. I was freaking out the entire three minutes.” Garcia, who is slenderly built at 5-foot-9… Read the rest at our website.

The MDC TV studio at Miami Dade College’s North Campus has undergone $275,000 in renovations. The renovated studio will feature state-of-the-art technology such as HD cameras, a tapeless recording system, servers and archives to store the TV shows, and an HD-TV switcher and monitoring system. “I am very excited… Read the rest at our website.