Author: Morena Guerrero

Miami Dade College’s Miami Culinary Institute will be awarded the Education Award from the Beacon Council of Miami-Dade. The Beacon awards are given to Miami-Dade County innovators who have led the way in creating new jobs and investments, as well as providing the leadership to grow their industries. MCI… Read the rest at our website.

The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Initiatives at Miami Dade College will host a panel discussion, The Evolution of U.S. Foreign Policy in Latin America, on March 6 at 11:15 a.m. at Wolfson Campus, 300 N.E. 2nd Avenue, Room 3208. The panel will cover various issues pertaining to… Read the rest at our website.

Miami Dade College Kendall Campus Health and Wellness Center is offering free meditation classes for MDC students and employees through April 19. The classes are on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m., with instructor and mediation coach Kristen Rosen in Room 7208. Offered since fall of… Read the rest at our website.

Miami Dade College Trustee Armando J. Bucelo, Jr. was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Adrienne Arsht Center Trust. Bucelo was appointed by the Miami-Dade County Commission. “The Board of Trustees has always been indirectly involved with trying to promote the arts to the rest of… Read the rest at our website.

Miami Dade College will continue to offer the American Dream Scholarship for the 2012-13 school year. The scholarship is offered by MDC to high school graduates in good academic standing, with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or more, and have college-ready test scores. The scholarship covers in-state… Read the rest at our website.

Interamerican Campus will host its annual Thanksgiving happy hour event on Nov. 23 from 12 to 1 p.m. in Building 401, 627 SW 27th Ave. It is a free event that is open to all Miami Dade College students. “It is an opportunity [for students] to meet people and… Read the rest at our website.

Operations of the John J.Koubek Mansion and Gardens was transferred from the University of Miami to Miami Dade College on Sept. 28. The facility located in Little Havana had served as a satellite campus to UM for three decades. Doctors, lawyers, architects, educators, and other professionals from Cuba who… Read the rest at our website.