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North And Kendall To Open On-Campus Chick-fil-A Locations This Fall

Foodies, the wait is over.  This fall, Miami Dade College’s two largest sites will open on-campus Chick-fil-A locations offering the chain’s chicken sandwiches, nuggets, fries,...

Miami Dade College Announces Plan To Field Soccer Teams In Fall Of 2024

Move over Lionel Messi, soccer is coming to Miami Dade College. “Beginning fall of 2024, Miami Dade College will have men and women’s soccer,” the...

A Unified Soccer Team Created By MDC Student Wins Special Olympics Gold Medal

In 2007, Maya Alvarez watched in amazement as her mom, Jodi English, created and coached a Special Olympics team at Miami Southridge Senior High...

Student Life Department At Kendall Campus Gets $200,000 Makeover

Kendall Campus is completing a year-long renovation project that has given the Student Life Department a facelift. The current project includes new furniture, floors and...

MFI Students Strut Their Style At Graduate Show

Electronic music pulsated from the deck of the 10th floor of The Elser Hotel as nattily dressed models strutted down the runway at the...

Hialeah Campus Launches Donation Drive To Offset High Textbook Costs

Lorena Martinez was determined to make a change after she noticed many students were struggling to pay for textbooks. Two months ago, she set up...

SAS Student Wins Prestigious Jack Kent Cooke College Scholarship

When Raul Campos’ family heard rumors that the wet-foot, dry-foot policy that granted immigration privileges to Cuban refugees might be terminated, coming to the...

Three MDC-TV Productions Earn Communicator And Telly Awards

Miami Dade College’s TV station was honored six times, earning three Communicator Awards and three Telly’s.  The awards, which recognize excellence in multimedia communication, were...

Professor To Retire After Three Decade Long Teaching Career At MDC

By Juan S. Gomez and Nikole Valiente  When Nerys Torralbas started her academic endeavors at Miami Dade College, she had her sights set on becoming...

Podcast Highlights The Educational Journey Of Non-Traditional Students

Yane Nemeroff was at a crossroads.  After struggling to raise his second child, Nemeroff, who was studying hospitality and tourism at Broward College, dropped out...

Jazz At Wolfson Presents Series Creator Steps Down After 25 Years

Fourteen years into his teaching career, jazz professor Michael Di Liddo was searching for a tool outside of the classroom to captivate students.  Determined to...

Four MDC Students Win Renowned Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholarship

Four Miami Dade College Honors College graduates—Carlen Arevalo, Javier Gil, Nathalie Saladrigas and Kayla Ribeiro—were awarded the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholarship. Three of...