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Announcer Lends His Voice To MDC Sports To Expand Program’s Reach

Victoria Martinez , 
When Daniel Torres attended volleyball media day at Miami Dade College in September, he saw an opportunity to expand his thriving sports career. Torres, the creator of Plug Talk Sports—a podcast that airs on YouTube—approached Alysia Dyer, the school’s athletic director, about serving as the program’s on-air commentator. A… Read the rest at our website.
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Kendall Campus To Serve As Voting Site For Brazilian Presidential Election

Isabelle Greiner , 
Brazil’s second round of presidential elections will be held at Kendall Campus, 11011 SW 104 St., on Oct. 30 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The ballot is split between former left-leaning president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and incumbent right-wing-leaning president Jair Messias Bolsonaro. Voting will take place… Read the rest at our website.
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These MDC Publications Are In The Hunt For A National Pacemaker

Juan S. Gomez
Four Miami Dade College student publications—AXIS, Urbana, Miambiance and The Reporter—have been selected as finalists for the prestigious Pacemaker award. The prize, awarded by the Associated Collegiate Press, is the highest distinction given to collegiate publications. Finalists were selected based on work published during the 2021-22 academic year. Winners… Read the rest at our website.
Lianyi Becquer Leblanch
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Center Signs With MDC After Defecting From Cuba’s National Basketball Team

Scarlling Manzanarez , 
When Susan Summons got a call this summer informing her that a six-foot-five-inch player from Cuba’s national basketball team had defected and was living in South Florida, she was intrigued. Five days after arriving in Miami, 25-year-old Lianyi Becquer Leblanch—who had represented Cuba since she was 16—got a call… Read the rest at our website.
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Kendall Campus’ Social Sciences Department Awarded $10,000 Grant

Jaime Blanco Pinto ,  , 
The Social Sciences Department at Kendall Campus was one of 10 recipients to receive the President’s Innovation Fund this May. It awards up to $10,000 for faculty-led initiatives implementing artificial intelligence in the classroom. The funding will be used to conduct a comparative study that evaluates the educational efficiency… Read the rest at our website.
Aurora Alonso
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Kendall Campus Appoints Interim Honors College Director

Juan S. Gomez , 
Aurora Alonso started as the interim Honors College director at Kendall Campus on Aug. 29.  Alonso will help Honors College students with enrollment and advisement. She replaces Cynthia Okoe, who is now the interim chairperson for the school of engineering, technology and design at Wolfson Campus.  “I’m very excited… Read the rest at our website.