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Aquaponics Club Tackles Environmental Sustainability Issues

November 23, 2023 Nidley Charles Environmental Sustainability, Aquaponics

By 2025, half of the world’s population could be facing water scarcity. So what does that mean for an agricultural industry that uses hundreds of gallons of water daily? That was the question Alexa Bencomo and Jonathan Roa Clavelo, two former North Campus Honors College scholars, posed two years… Read the rest at our website.

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Padrón Campus Installs Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

November 22, 2023 Isabella Arce EV Charging Stations

Four electric vehicle charging stations were installed at Eduardo J. Padrón Campus last month as part of a college-wide initiative to bring the technology to all Miami Dade College campuses. The charging ports were installed by Betancourt Construction, Inc. in the employee parking lot between 5th Street and 6th… Read the rest at our website.

Wolfson Campus News

Miami Reads Together At 40th Annual Book Fair

November 22, 2023 Nikole Valiente Miami Book Fair

The Miami Book Fair returned to the heart of downtown last week for its 40th installation. Hundreds of authors, poets and literature lovers from across the world swarmed the streets of Wolfson Campus from Nov. 12-18 to celebrate the art of writing and reading. A “flashback” block party kicked-off… Read the rest at our website.

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Miami-Dade County And MDC Announce Future Ready Scholarship

November 21, 2023 Nikole Valiente Scholarship, Miami-Dade County

Miami Dade College and Miami-Dade County have joined forces to launch the Future Ready Scholarship, a program that will allow recent high school graduates to pursue an associate’s degree at no cost. The scholarship, which will benefit approximately 2,000 students each year, will serve as last-dollar funds, covering in-state… Read the rest at our website.

News Hialeah Campus

Hialeah Campus Students Set To Launch Dominoes Club

November 9, 2023 Isabella Arce Dominoes

Christopher Rodriguez developed a love for dominoes when he was six years old. As a kid, he sat in his dad’s lap to watch his family’s matches. The speed of the game captivated him. “There was a quickness to it,” Rodriguez said. “You adapt the numbers in your head… Read the rest at our website.

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The Reporter And Urbana Win National Pacemaker Awards

November 8, 2023 Nikole Valiente

Two Miami Dade College publications—The Reporter, Miami Dade College’s collegewide student newspaper, and Urbana, the Eduardo J. Padrón Campus’ literary & arts magazine—won national Pacemaker awards. Considered by many as the Pulitzer Prize of collegiate student media, the honor recognizes overall excellence of student work. This year’s contest featured… Read the rest at our website.

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Miami Book Fair To Flood The Streets Of Downtown With Books

November 8, 2023 Nidley Charles Miami Book Fair

Miami Book Fair returns to Downtown Miami for its 40th installation from Nov. 12-19, hosting hundreds of renowned authors. “The Book Fair is a way to create a space for everyone in our community to come together and celebrate,” said MBF Director of Programs Lissette Mendez. “Writers have been… Read the rest at our website.

News North Campus

Dutch Kingdom Police Officers Complete Training At School Of Justice

November 7, 2023 Nikole Valiente

When Jaire Antonia was seven, he witnessed a police officer in his homeland of Curaçao belittle an elderly man after he violated a traffic law. “The way that police officer talked to that man, I said, ‘I want to be part of that force to make it better,’” Antonia… Read the rest at our website.

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He Was Miami Beach Police Chief, Now He’s The School Of Justice Director At MDC

October 26, 2023 Nikole Valiente School of Justice, Miami Beach Police Department

In October of 1995, Richard “Rick” Clements, who was then a City of Miami Beach patrol officer, confronted a man who was reportedly armed and making threats to passersby near Washington Avenue in South Beach. The man shot Clements in his left hip, fracturing his femur, and Clements shot… Read the rest at our website.

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MDC To Establish Construction Trade Institute At North Campus

October 26, 2023 Nidley Charles Construction Trade Institute

Miami Dade College is creating a Construction Trade Institute to expand its certification offerings in the high-demand construction industry. The two-floor, 3,100 square foot facility that will be located next to the 7000 building at North Campus will feature indoor and outdoor labs to support certification programs in heating,… Read the rest at our website.

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