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Medical Campus Unveils Center For Learning, Innovation And Simulation

Sirens blare at Medical Campus.  Behind a glass door is a white, automated ambulance; its red and blue lights and movements are controlled by student paramedics and medical professors.  The ambulance, one of 15 medical simulation rooms, is located on the third floor of the campus’ new Center for… Read the rest at our website.
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North Campus Cafeteria Reopens After Delayed Renovation Project

The wait is over.   North Campus opened a new, state-of-the-art cafeteria on Aug. 26—the first day of the fall term. The cafeteria was shut down for 15 months while the project was completed.    The 10,284-square foot facility is located on the first floor of building four. It includes a… Read the rest at our website.
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Lady Sharks Volleyball Returns With Freshmen-Laden Team

The Miami Dade College Lady Sharks volleyball team is starting the season with a very clear goal—to win the national championship. They won the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I national title in 2016 and 2017 and fell just short of capturing a third consecutive crown in 2018.… Read the rest at our website.
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Miami Dade College Aims To Become The ‘Epicenter of Cannabis Education’

North Campus will offer a course this fall meant to teach, and destigmatize, medical marijuana.  The course—Florida Cannabis Policy and Regulation—provides an overview of the state’s medicinal cannabis legislation, marijuana classification, and state and federal regulations.  It was initially introduced as a Summer B term course, and will set… Read the rest at our website.
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MDC Foundation Letter Condemns BOT Decision: ‘Discarding The Selection Process Has Placed The College In A Dangerous Limbo.’

The Miami Dade College Foundation Board of Directors sent a strongly worded letter to the Board of Trustees on Friday condemning their decision to reboot the presidential search, saying it places the College in danger of losing private donors and student scholarships.  “There is a growing sense that the… Read the rest at our website.
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MDC Professors Sue Board Of Trustees Over Presidential Search

Eight Miami Dade College professors have filed a lawsuit against the College’s District Board of Trustees over their decision to reopen the presidential search process.  The lawsuit, filed in the Eleventh Judicial Court earlier today by Phillips, Richard & Rind, P.A.—a firm run by Mark Richard, former paralegal professor… Read the rest at our website.
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Decision To Reboot Presidential Search Angers Community: ‘The Heart and Soul of The College Is Being Ripped Apart Today’

By Corbin Bolies and Heidi Perez-Moreno   The Miami Dade College community waited for the president they were promised. For seven months, Democracy’s College searched. They spent more than 1,000 hours, had more than 500 inquiries, 49 applicants and four finalists. After an intimate two-day open forum with the… Read the rest at our website.
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College Provost Makes Her Pitch To Be Next MDC President

Lenore Rodicio wants to be Miami Dade College’s storyteller. The lone internal candidate vying to replace sitting president Eduardo J. Padrón made her pitch to a room full of her colleagues on Tuesday. “I will be a president who will honor our story,” Rodicio said. “I will be a… Read the rest at our website.
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