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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 in front of building 1000 with its laser beam-like blue eyes trained directly at N.E. First Ave. “The bull represents the future and we… Read the rest at our website.

News Wolfson Campus

Students Get A Taste Of Wall Street With Investment Organization

April 21, 2022 The Reporter Staff finance, economics, stock market, investment

By Ammy Sanchez and Carolina Soto A pinch of Wall Street is coming to Miami Dade College. The Student Managed Investment Fund—an organization that invests in the stock market using real money—was started on March 31. It’s run by 13 students who have taken economics or finance courses and… Read the rest at our website.

News North Campus

Foreign Language Professor To Retire After 31 Years

April 21, 2022 Juan S. Gomez retirement

After arriving from Ecuador in 2015, Melani Andrade was hesitant to speak English because she feared her peers would ridicule her accent. But after she took an English for Academic Purposes course at North Campus, professor Myra Medina-Cabral encouraged her to speak up. That push gave Andrade confidence that… Read the rest at our website.

News Kendall Campus

Kendall Campus Revamps Its Look To Improve Student Engagement

April 7, 2022 Juan S. Gomez renovations

Kendall Campus is undergoing a renaissance. For the past year, Miami Dade College’s second-oldest campus has undergone a “campus revitalization project” to improve student engagement. “This project was aimed to improve the campus pedestrian experience, provide for a safe and inviting student experience, and engage the community to return… Read the rest at our website.

News North Campus

Music Professor To Retire After Nearly Three Decades At North Campus

April 7, 2022 Carolina Soto Retired Staff

After nearly 30 years, Carol Ann Steele is ready to sing her last note at Miami Dade College. The music aficionado, who has served as a music professor teaching vocal, ear training and sight-singing courses at North Campus, is scheduled to retire on June 30 due to family reasons.… Read the rest at our website.

Wolfson Campus News

Professor Aims To Shape Haitian Narrative Through His Films

April 6, 2022 Ammy Sanchez Haitian films

The words shook Yanatha Desouvre. “Haitian, Haitian go back to your nation,” Desouvre recalls being told by his elementary school classmates when he was five years old. That experience and others like it inspired him to co-write The Sweetest Girl, a short film he hopes will reshape how the… Read the rest at our website.

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The Reporter Selected Top Two-Year Student Newspaper By The FCSPA

April 5, 2022 Juan S. Gomez FCSPA

For the 11th straight year, The Reporter has been selected as the top two-year student newspaper in the state by the Florida College System Publications Association. The results were announced at the organization’s conference and awards banquet on April 1 in Tampa. In addition to winning the general excellence… Read the rest at our website.

News Wolfson Campus

Competition Gives Three Entrepreneurs A Chance To Run Their Own Food Truck

March 24, 2022 Juan S. Gomez Miami Culinary Institute, food truck

And the winners are… Nancy Guerrier, Tywanda Dupont and Clarence Davis. The three food aficionados won the Miami-Dade County Food Truck Enterprise Program competition—a free 14-week competition-style course at the Miami Culinary Institute—that affords the winners the opportunity to either lease or purchase a food truck. The food trucks,… Read the rest at our website.

News Wolfson Campus

Wolfson Campus SGA President Starts Project To Help With Period Poverty

March 23, 2022 Carolina Soto period poverty

Isabella Cunningham was exposed to the reality of period poverty at an early age. When she was 12 years old, her mother sent boxes filled with pads and tampons to family members in Colombia who sorely needed the items. “It quickly caught my attention,” said Cunningham, a second-year political… Read the rest at our website.

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