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MDC Student Shares Her Story Of Perseverance In PBS Docuseries

Dafina Doctor knows what it means to be resilient. When she was 13, she left her parent’s strict religious household to live on her own....

Baseball Community Grieves Death Of Retired MDC Coaching Icon

By Pietra Romano For more than 25 years, Steve Hertz made history as a head baseball coach at Miami Dade College.  The baseball savant accumulated more...

MDC Journalism Speaker Series Lineup Announced For 2026

A morning news anchor, two investigative reporters and a photo journalist headline the 2026 Miami Dade College Journalism Series.   This year’s speakers include NBC 6...

TRIO Mainstay Retires After More Than Two Decades At MDC

For 17 years, generations of students in the TRIO Program at Miami Dade College were guaranteed to find good advice and a tasty snack...

Man Accused Of Stealing Cell Phone From Student In Wheelchair At Homestead Campus

A 26-year-old man was arrested and accused of forcibly stealing the cell phone of a student in a wheelchair at Miami Dade College on...

School Of Justice Grieves Death Of Veteran Instructor Shawnee Fross: ‘She Commanded Respect.’

When Shawnee Fross’ colleagues talk about her, they almost always start the same way. “Shawnee was a strong, capable, good cop…she commanded respect and attention,...
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Sensory Room Scheduled To Open At Kendall Campus In January

The Kendall Campus is expected to open The Reef, Miami Dade College’s first-ever sensory room to help students, faculty and staff with neurodivergent conditions. Located...

This North Campus Student Is One Of The Youngest Grammy Nominees Ever

Last month, as Joey Calveiro waited for the 2026 Grammy Award nominations to be announced, anxiety filled his living room in Miami Beach as...

Amid Public Discourse, Trustees Vote To Convey Land For Trump Presidential Library

A 250-minute long meeting that featured spurts of fiery exchange culminated with Miami Dade College’s Board of Trustees voting unanimously to once again convey...

Wolfson Archivist Retires After Chronicling MDC’s History For 18 Years

By Pietra Romano and Yazid Guelida Rene Ramos cataloged Miami Dade College’s history for the past 18 years. As director of the Lynn and Louis Wolfson...

Board Of Trustees To Hold New Meeting On Dec. 2 To Vote On Trump Library Land Transfer

In a surprising move, Miami Dade College’s District Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Tuesday morning to hold a meeting to once again decide...

Miami Book Fair Takes Over Downtown During 42nd Edition

By Nicole Vergara and Yazid Guelida The Miami Book Fair, the Magic City’s most diverse and largest literary festival, flooded the streets of downtown from...
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