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This SGA President Won’t Have To Look Far For Advice; He Will Replace His Twin Brother At Homestead Campus

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.
NewsCOVID-19

Miami Dade College Shifts Its Annual Summer Camp To Online

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.
Meek CenterNewsNorth CampusWolfson Campus

Meek Center Student Services Director To Retire After Almost Three Decades At MDC

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.
NewsSportsCOVID-19

Sporting Events At Miami Dade College Scheduled To Return This Fall Semester

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.
North CampusNews

North Campus SEDT Students Win Suncoast Award For Short Film

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.
West CampusNorth CampusNews

‘This Was Her Life’: English Professor To Retire After Almost 27 Years At Miami Dade College

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.
NewsPresidential Search

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

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.
COVID-19News

Hurricanes, Bomb Threats And COVID-19—Meet The Man Behind Crisis Management At MDC

When a five-story parking garage under construction at West Campus collapsed in October of 2012—killing four construction workers and injuring eight others—Yakir Fernandez lept into action. Fernandez, who was the assistant chief of public safety at the time, sealed off entrances and shepherded petrified staff and students off campus. … Read the rest at our website.
NewsCOVID-19North Campus

Visually Impaired Student Struggled Through Remote Learning: ‘I Could Not Even Sleep’

ACCESS Services tutor Cheryl Cook designed a normal curve graph using cardboard and coily pipe cleaners to help Florela Francois, a visually impared student, better understand her statistics class.  The visual tool served as a creative learning resource for the 29-year-old North Campus student, who was born blind.  “For… Read the rest at our website.
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