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$250,000 Grant To Create Employment Opportunities For Disabled Students

January 11, 2019 Corbin Bolies grant, ACCESS, disabilities, MEED

Miami Dade College’s work program for disabled students is about to receive a significant boost. The College received a $250,000 grant from the Able Trust on Nov. 27 to help create employment opportunities for disabled students. The College is one of two institutions to receive the grant and the… Read the rest at our website.

Wolfson Campus News

Former Wolfson Campus Employee Killed

November 30, 2018 Katherine Wallace-Fernandez Wolfson Campus, Crime

When Juana Romero got a call from Martiza Albalat on Nov. 5, she was horrified by the news she heard. Her friend Wilfredo Zarrabeitia, who worked at Wolfson Campus for three decades before retiring in 2015, was dead. Zarrabeitia was killed in the area of N.E. 12 Ave. and… Read the rest at our website.

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The ‘Renaissance Man’ Of Media Relations To Retire After 26 Years

November 30, 2018 Corbin Bolies Wolfson Campus, retirement

For the past 26 years, Alejandro Ríos has fueled his coworkers’ days with a fresh batch of Cuban coffee. Ríos, who is a Hispanic media specialist at Miami Dade College, will soon pour his last cafecito when he retires from the College after nearly three decades. His last day… Read the rest at our website.

News Sports Kendall Campus Women's Basketball

After Two ACL Surgeries, Sophomore Center Finally Healthy And Making An Impact

November 30, 2018 Christian Ortega Basketball, Women's Basketball, Student Athletes, Student Profile

It was a feeling center Deidra Harris knew all too well. While attempting to grab a rebound during a summer tournament just before her junior season at Columbia High School in Decatur, Georgia, Harris landed awkwardly on her leg. She tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee… Read the rest at our website.

North Campus News

A Bit Of Winter Wonderland To Arrive At North Campus

November 30, 2018 Patrick C. Gross Children's Holiday, North Campus

North Campus will deck the halls with jolly at its annual Children’s Holiday at North event on Dec. 8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hundreds of revelers flock to the merriment every year at North Campus, which has been hosting the event for the community since 2003. Most… Read the rest at our website.

Photo of students Manuel Benitez, Manuel Marin and Jorge Alvarez.

News Wolfson Campus

Maker’s Lab Students Bringing The Green To Wolfson

November 30, 2018 Valentina Gonzales Wolfson Campus, garden, Maker's Lab

Wolfson Campus students are working on a vertical garden that will give downtown some much needed green space thanks to a $10,000 grant from the Miami Foundation through their Public Space Challenge. A cohort at the Maker’s Lab received the public space grant in November. It will feature native… Read the rest at our website.

North Campus News

North Campus’ Recreation Room Gets A Facelift

November 30, 2018 Hausser Nodarse Perez North Campus, recreation room

North Campus students will soon be able to play video games and board games in an improved recreation room, which is scheduled to be unveiled on Dec. 12. The new lounge, which is bigger than 1,100 square feet will be outfitted with new flooring, ceiling and two 65 inch… Read the rest at our website.

News North Campus

North Campus To Offer New Entrepreneurship Program In January

November 30, 2018 Ethan Toth North Campus, Entrepreneurship

Miami Dade College is partnering with the foster care programs Educate Tomorrow and Guardian Watch to launch a new entrepreneurship program. The college-credit certificate program, sponsored by the Miguel B. Fernandez Family School of Global Business, Trade and Transportation, will be based at North Campus. It could possibly expand… Read the rest at our website.

News Kendall Campus

Two Men Inappropriately Kiss Students At Kendall Campus, According To Public Safety

November 16, 2018 Katherine Wallace-Fernandez Kendall Campus, Public Safety, assault

Kendall Campus public safety officials said two different men assaulted female students in two separate incidents by attempting to inappropriately kiss them. The incidents occurred on Sept. 13 and Oct. 22. Public safety officials do not think the assaults are related. According to a public safety report, the Sept.… Read the rest at our website.

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