Author: Odris Padron

Glenda Phipps, the Learning Resources Director at Miami Dade College’s  Hialeah Campus, has been elected president of the Dade County Library Association. She had served as vice president of the organization for the past two years. Among Phipps responsibilities as president will to keep up with the online recognition… Read the rest at our website.

Miami Dade College Live Arts was awarded the National Endowment for the Arts Grant to support its acclaimed Performing Series. The state of Florida was awarded 20 grants and MDC Live Arts will receive theirs for its 2013-2014 series. A panel of outside experts picked by the NEA staff… Read the rest at our website.

Miami Dade College’s School for Advanced Studies was ranked sixth in the nation by Newsweek on its 2013 Best High School list. The school improved its ranking from the previous when it ranked 12th.   Newsweek’s list is determined by graduation rate, college acceptance rate, AP/IB/AICE tests per student, average… Read the rest at our website.

The Center for Literature and Theatre will be providing writing workshops at the Wolfson Campus, 300 NE 2nd Ave, from May 8 through 11. Students can work with experienced journalists, authors and agents that will share their experiences in the writing fields. Workshops include building the novel, writing fiction… Read the rest at our website.

Miami Dade College’s School of Life Sciences received a $150,000 grant from Bank of America. The grant will fund a three-year program to help students move forward in fields such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and science education. Funds will be distributed in stipends to low income students. They will cover… Read the rest at our website.

Ramón Millán has been appointed the new college-wide chief information officer for Miami Dade College. Millán previously worked as the director of regional business technology at Pfizer. He overlooked the company’s networks in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. He has fifteen years of experience in the… Read the rest at our website.

BookRenter is hosting a contest for college students to win free books until Sept. 30. Winners will receive $1,000 to spend on book rentals or purchases on bookrenter.com Since 2006, BookRenter has strived to provide students with a wide selection of textbooks and books at low prices. Other contest… Read the rest at our website.

The Prometeo Center for Literature and Theatre will offer acting classes for children and adults during the fall semester. The theatre is located at the Wolfson Campus, 300 N.E. 2nd Avenue, Room 1101. The vocational program requires 36 credits to graduate and includes classes such as introductory script writing,… Read the rest at our website.

Miami Dade College has partnered with Nova Southeastern University to give MDC students completing a Bachelor’s of Applied Science in Supervision and Management, the opportunity to pursue a master’s degree at NSU. Those students would be eligible to receive a 25% discounted rate per credit hour at NSU’s H.… Read the rest at our website.