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‘Something Has Happened In Surfside’: Honors College Director Was Not Home When Her Condo Building Collapsed

Adriana Dos Santos , 
Magda Castineyra was awakened by a phone call at 5:30 a.m. last Thursday.  “Where are you? Do you need me?” said her cousin on the other end. “Tell me where you are. I’m going to come and get you.” Castineyra was perplexed. She feared something had happened to her… Read the rest at our website.
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Homestead Campus Professor To Be Featured On The TV Show Mission Unstoppable

Carolina Soto , 
Marisa Nia Madison is ready to share her love for science with a national audience. The 43-year-old biology professor at Homestead Campus will be featured on an upcoming episode of Mission Unstoppable, a television show on CBS that highlights female innovators with careers in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering… Read the rest at our website.
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MDC Journalism Speaker Series To Broadcast On Instagram Live This Summer

Diana Lima ,  , 
Future journalists—get ready. The Miami Dade College Journalism Speaker Series will broadcast live on The Reporter’s Instagram page—@mdcthereporter—this summer. Miami Herald municipal reporter Joey Flechas will kickoff the series on Wednesday, June 30 at 10 a.m.  Interviews will be in 25-minute intervals every Wednesday at 10 a.m. through July… Read the rest at our website.
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Wolfson Archives Preserves South Florida’s History One Image At A Time

Carolina Soto ,  , 
Rene Ramos is stuck in the past.  As director of the Miami Dade College Archives Department, Ramos spends his days inside the College’s personal time capsule—the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives, located at Wolfson Campus on the fourth floor of building 8. The Wolfson Archives… Read the rest at our website.
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These Four Siblings Graduated From The School For Advanced Studies—The Youngest Finished In May

Ammy Sanchez , 
Pakistani natives Faisal Imtiaz Mohammad and Shahla Mohammad worried that their four American children—Hisham, Waleed, Sameer and Raania—would lose focus studying in what they view as a lax college culture in the United States.  So the Mohammads sought an educational program that could foster their children’s talents and prepare… Read the rest at our website.
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Frontline Heroes Inducted Into MDC Alumni Hall Of Fame; Event Raises $1.2 Million For Student Scholarships

The Reporter Staff , 
By Adriana Dos Santos and Ammy Sanchez Teresa Murphy, who has served as a school teacher for 27 years, faced multiple challenges last year. Five months after the coronavirus pandemic struck in March, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. But Murphy, who earned an associate’s degree in elementary education… Read the rest at our website.
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Miami Duo Shines A Light On Black Musicians Creating Electronic Music With Debut Album

Tyaisha Mcintyre ,  ,  ,  , 
Paperwater, a Miami electronic music duo, is changing the way we hear music one sample at a time. The group features Eddy Samy—a 2011 Kendall Campus graduate—and Daygee Kwia. Their sound incorporates genres like electronic music, hip-hop, psychedelic and R&B into their work.  On May 5, they released their… Read the rest at our website.
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North Campus Alumna With Cerebral Palsy Hopes To Inspire Others With Poetry Book

Adriana Dos Santos ,  , 
Forty-three-year-old Tacara Turner has not let life’s obstacles get in her way. Not even cerebral palsy—a disorder that affects her movement and motor skills, locks her muscles and joints and makes it difficult for her to speak.  “She’s a very strong person [and] a really hard worker on anything… Read the rest at our website.