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For 12 Years He Oversaw The Miami Film Festival, Now He’s Moving On

Jaie Laplante, who served as executive director of the Miami Film Festival for 12 years, stepped down from that role on May 31 to...

Business Innovation & Technology Center At MDC Receives $2.9 Million Grant

The Business Innovation & Technology Center at Miami Dade College has been awarded a $2.9 million federal grant from the Department of Education to...

Miami Dade College Receives $500,000 Grant To Expand Nursing Program

Miami Dade College has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Health Foundation of South Florida to help address a national nursing shortage.  According to...

MDC Trustee Vies For Seat On Miami-Dade County School Board

Miami Dade College Board of Trustee member Roberto J. Alonso is running for a seat on the Miami-Dade County School Board for District 4. The...

Five Honors College Graduates Awarded Prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship

Five Miami Dade College graduates—Ana Cristina Camba, Stefani Davila, Paola Troconis Infante, Daphnie Velasquez Garcia and Alexa Bencomo—were awarded the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke...

SEDT Alumna Wins Five National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences Awards

When Domenicca Botero’s 88-year-old grandfather—Medardo Alberto Cevallas Balda—passed away in March of 2020, she struggled to accept his loss.  “During the time that he passed...
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Tune Into Instagram Live For This Year’s MDC Journalism Speaker Series

The Miami Dade College Journalism Speaker Series is back. This year’s episodes will broadcast on Instagram Live—@mdcthereporter—and highlight five journalists whose work has been featured...

Three-Time Cancer Survivor Selected As A Newman Civic Fellow

As a three-time cancer survivor who endured homelessness as a teenager, Angelita Caraballo understands the importance of empathy.  Those experiences steered her toward a life...

Three Miami Dade College Students Posthumously Honored During Graduation

Daniela Marchan Hidalgo’s family somberly walked to the stage at loanDepot Park on April 23 to receive their daughter's posthumous associate's degree in culinary...

MAGIC To Start Esports Team At MDC

Calling all gamers. The Magic Animation & Gaming International Complex at Miami Dade College is assembling an esports (electronic sports) team to compete in video...

Graduates Reach The Finish Line At LoanDepot Park

After more than thirty years of waiting, Desiree Blandon has graduated from college. When Blandon arrived in Miami from Nicaragua in 1987, she put her...

Miami Dade College Hits The Bull’s Eye With Futuristic Robotic Statue

It's massive. Over-the-top. And eye-popping.  The Miami Bull—a hulking 3,000-pound, 11-feet tall, crypto-inspired, chrome and fiberglass statue—will sit at the edge of the Wolfson Campus...
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