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North CampusKendall CampusNews

Miambiance And AXIS Win National Pacemaker Awards

Lauren Dominguez ,  ,  , 
Kendall and North Campuses’ literary arts magazines, Miambiance and AXIS, have won the top award in their field—a national Pacemaker. The magazines earned the Pacemaker for volumes printed in the 2017-18 school year. Winners were announced on Oct. 27 at the Associated Collegiate Press\College Media Association Fall National College… Read the rest at our website.
Valeria Santos about to hit the ball.
SportsKendall CampusVolleyballNews

Volleyball Player Still Haunted By Hurricane Maria A Year Later

Christian Ortega ,  ,  , 
Valeria Santos never planned to play volleyball at Miami Dade College. In August of last year, she started her freshman season at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez where her father coached. He volleyball career was going according to plan. However, barely a month later, her world would… Read the rest at our website.
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NewsSportsKendall CampusMen's Basketball

Ledoux’s Message To Sharks: Play Hard Or You ‘Won’t Be Playing’

Christian Ortega ,  , 
Success has eluded the Miami Dade College men’s basketball team for the past two seasons. But despite going 26-33 in his first two seasons as head coach and missing out on the Southern Conference Tournament, Kevin Ledoux is confident in his team’s potential this year. His solution to their… Read the rest at our website.
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NewsHomestead Campus

Homestead Campus Professors Shoot For The Stars

Teresa Schuster ,  ,  ,  , 
Two Homestead Campus professors, Eduardo Araujo-Pradere and James Ley, have started a research project that allows undergraduate students in their astronomy, physics and chemistry classes to participate in astronomical research. Their course, What is Light Telling Us? Spectral Analysis of Astronomical Objects: An Interdisciplinary Project, will cover the fundamental… Read the rest at our website.
Meade outside the Florida Capitol speaking to "returning citizens."
North CampusWolfson CampusNews

Desmond Meade Spent Three Years in Prison—Now He Wants His Voting Rights Back

Corbin Bolies ,  , 
Desmond Meade wants his voting rights back. Almost two decades ago, Meade spent three years in prison after a drug charge conviction. After prison, Meade fought through homelessness to attain a bachelor’s degree from Miami Dade College and a law degree from Florida International University. Today, the 51-year-old is… Read the rest at our website.
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Food Service Areas At Three MDC Campuses Going Green

Teresa Schuster ,  ,  ,  ,  , 
North, Kendall and Homestead campuses began phasing out the usage of styrofoam this semester. Kendall and Homestead replaced all products in their food service areas with biodegradable alternatives. The change is a result of Miami Dade College’s administration working with the YES! Club at the campuses, along with contract… Read the rest at our website.
Pictured here are Magdalena Lamarre, Merlina Ramirez, Karen Hejia, Daniel Ponce and Paola Arroyo.
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Students And Faculty Filming Documentary On Displaced Puerto Rican Students

Katherine Wallace-Fernandez ,  ,  ,  , 
Hurricane Maria hit close to home for Victor Vazquez-Hernandez. The Puerto Rican native has family on the Island. His daughter and grandson live there, so he was worried when the hurricane struck in 2017. After the storm, the Miami Dade College history professor started noticing displaced Puerto Rican students… Read the rest at our website.