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ICE Directive Puts Fate Of More Than 1,350 International Students At MDC In Jeopardy

Heidi Perez ,  ,  , 
When Victor Hugo Batistela moved more than 4,000 miles from his home in São Paulo, Brazil three years ago, it was to attend school in the United States. Batistela has taken full advantage, maintaining a 4.0 GPA in The Honors College at Wolfson Campus.   But now, the 18-year old’s… Read the rest at our website.
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MDC Releases Detailed Timeline For Presidential Search

Heidi Perez ,  ,  , 
Two weeks after Miami Dade College’s Board of Trustees announced it would pick the school’s next president on Nov. 17, it released a detailed outline of how that process will play out.  Applicants have until Oct. 23 to meet the priority consideration deadline. The 17-member presidential search committee will… Read the rest at our website.
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This SGA President Won’t Have To Look Far For Advice; He Will Replace His Twin Brother At Homestead Campus

Roxy Garcia ,  ,  , 
Angelo and Paul Douillon were born a minute apart on May 11, 2000 at Orange Park Medical Center in northern Florida.   Paul came first at 10:03 a.m.; he weighed in at four pounds and 14 ounces. Angelo followed at 10:04 a.m., weighing five pounds and 5 ounces.  Ever since… Read the rest at our website.
Summer On-Screen Camp
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Miami Dade College Shifts Its Annual Summer Camp To Online

Kevin Boulandier ,  , 
Miami Dade College is offering a virtual alternative to its traditional in-person summer camp this year, Summer On-Screen Camp.  The online programming, a necessity this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, launched on June 15.  It offers a variety of classes—cooking, yoga, film production, arts and craft—for students between… Read the rest at our website.
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Meek Center Student Services Director To Retire After Almost Three Decades At MDC

Adriana Dos Santos ,  ,  , 
Michael Mason saw a challenge when she joined Carrie P. Meek Entrepreneurial Education Center’s staff in 1999.  The outreach center—located in Liberty City—taught about 300 students at the time. Mason, hired as director of student services, wanted to increase those numbers.  After 21 years of designing new enrollment initiatives,… Read the rest at our website.
Sports Return
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Sporting Events At Miami Dade College Scheduled To Return This Fall Semester

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By Heidi Perez-Moreno and  Jose Tovar It’s been more than three months since the baseball and softball seasons at Miami Dade College were cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. This fall—sports are finally making a comeback.  On Thursday, the Florida College System’s Council of Presidents approved the Council… Read the rest at our website.
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North Campus SEDT Students Win Suncoast Award For Short Film

Roxy Garcia ,  ,  ,  , 
When Arminio Rivero and Samuel Romero’s film was selected as a capstone project in the  bachelor’s degree program for the School of Entertainment & Design Technology, they hoped to inspire other immigrants. The students’ script—an adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s short story, EPICAC—focuses on a mathematician who teaches his military… Read the rest at our website.
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‘This Was Her Life’: English Professor To Retire After Almost 27 Years At Miami Dade College

Adriana Dos Santos ,  ,  , 
During her nearly 27 years at Miami Dade College, Lisa Shaw has made her lectures memorable with themed classes that analyze the Civil Rights Movement, or compare Shakespeare to the CBS reality show, Survivor.  “She always innovates in the classroom to keep herself and her students engaged, infusing her… Read the rest at our website.
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NewsPresidential Search

Board Of Trustees Select New Timeline To Find MDC’s Next President—Again

Heidi Perez ,  ,  , 
Last March, Miami Dade College’s Board Of Trustees promised that the school’s fifth permanent president would be hired by July 24.   When the search fell apart, a new date was set: May 19.  Now, for the third time in the nearly 15-month search—that has spurred a lawsuit, mock funeral… Read the rest at our website.