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Interested In Being An SGA Leader? Apply By April 9

March 23, 2021 Kevin Boulandier SGA, Student Government Association

Are you interested in becoming a Student Government Association (SGA) leader in the 2021-22 school year? Applications are open at all eight Miami Dade College campuses until April 9. Students can run for the following positions: president, vice president, treasurer and secretary. “I want to see [the] next generation… Read the rest at our website.

News Wolfson Campus

MAGIC Launches Video Game App That Teaches You Some Of Miami’s History

March 22, 2021 Carolina Soto Student Spotlight, Technology, Video Games, Miami, MAGIC

Ever wondered what was in South Florida before the big city landscapes were here? You can find out using Dig & Learn, a virtual scavenger hunt video game app developed by faculty and staff at Miami Dade College’s Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex. The video game app uses… Read the rest at our website.

News COVID-19

One Year Ago Today, MDC Shuttered Its Doors Amid The Coronavirus Pandemic

March 16, 2021 Carolina Soto Coronavirus, One Year Later

It’s hard to believe it has been a year since COVID-19 upended our lives. On March 11, with 118,000 positive cases worldwide, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a global pandemic. The following day, the Medical Campus was shut down after a Brazilian official who visited tested positive… Read the rest at our website.

News Wolfson Campus

Kitchen-Cook Training Program Prepares Homeless For Culinary Careers

March 11, 2021 Kevin Boulandier Camillus House, Miami Culinary Institute

Zachary Osman felt helpless after his 15 year marriage ended when he was 43. He said he self-medicated with marijuana and crack, lost his house and job as an irrigation engineer, and went to jail four times on drug related charges. With no family in Florida, Osman couch-surfed at… Read the rest at our website.

News North Campus

North Campus Invests $80 Million In Construction And Renovation Projects

March 11, 2021 Ammy Sanchez North Campus, renovations, construction

North Campus’ grounds have a rich history—it became Miami Dade College’s first campus in 1960 and even hosted a naval air station during World War II. However, more than 60 years after the campus was inaugurated, many of its buildings and utilities have reached the end of their life… Read the rest at our website.

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MDC To Host Graduation Ceremonies For Class Of 2021 On May 1 At Marlins Park

March 10, 2021 Adriana Dos Santos Graduation, Marlins Park

The Miami Dade College Class of 2021 will get their Pomp and Circumstance during three outdoor graduation ceremonies at Marlins Park, 501 Marlins Way, in Little Havana on May 1. “Students work so hard for [years] because they’re managing life and their studies all at once,” said North Campus… Read the rest at our website.

News Homestead Campus

Honors College To Expand To Homestead Campus

March 1, 2021 Adriana Dos Santos Homestead Campus, The Honors College

Miami Dade College has approved plans to expand its Honors College program to the Homestead Campus. The exclusive cohort—a rigorous academic learning community whose scholars must maintain a 3.5 GPA—rejects between 40-50% of the students who complete the application to join the program, according to Honors College Dean Eric… Read the rest at our website.

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MDC Launches Rising Black Scholars Program To Help Close Equity Gap

February 24, 2021 Adriana Dos Santos Scholarships

Miami Dade College is launching the Rising Black Scholars Program, an initiative that seeks to close equity gaps by offering full-tuition scholarships to 100 Black students graduating high school in 2021. The scholarships will fund an associate’s degree of the student’s choice. It covers up to 30 credits annually… Read the rest at our website.

Hellen Rivas with her parents and siblings.

News West Campus Hialeah Campus

MDC Adjunct Professor Makes Music Her Business

February 24, 2021 Carolina Soto Music, Professor Spotlight

Hellen Rivas is not your typical professor. The 25-year-old teaches business at the West and Hialeah campuses but spends her time outside of the classroom rocking out. She is the lead singer for El Grupo H, a band created in 2004 that includes her parents—Helena and Harol—and two siblings—Harold… Read the rest at our website.

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Stalking Cases Spike At MDC—Reported Cases Doubled From Previous Year

February 23, 2021 Adriana Dos Santos Public Safety, stalking

Stalking cases at Miami Dade College more than doubled between 2018 and 2019, according to the school’s 2020 Annual Security Report. The number of incidents reported spiked from 10 to 21 cases between the two years—an increase of 110 percent. By comparison, the 21 cases in 2019 were two… Read the rest at our website.

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