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Honors College Students Win Prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship

May 18, 2018 Justin Marcano Honors College, Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship

Four Miami Dade College Honors College students were awarded the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship: Daniela Alvarez, Casey Amaya, Fedelene Camille and Gabriela Rodriguez. This year, the scholarship was awarded to 45 community college students with academic ability and financial need who wish to transfer to… Read the rest at our website.

Some of the volleyball players at graduation.

News Sports Kendall Campus Volleyball

Successful Season Nets Scholarship Offers For Sophomore Lady Sharks

May 18, 2018 Aiyana Ishmael Volleyball, Women's Volleyball, Lady Sharks, Scholarships

All six sophomores who won back-to-back national championships with the Lady Sharks volleyball team were awarded scholarship offers to continue their careers at four-year schools. Outside hitter Massiel Matos will be attending Florida Atlantic University; outside hitter Sun Wenting will be attending the University of Missouri; outside hitter Rafaella… Read the rest at our website.

MDC baseball players posing for the camera.

News Sports Kendall Campus Baseball

Sharks’ Strong Season Ends Early In Lakeland

May 18, 2018 Daniela Pachon Baseball, state tournament, men's baseball

After a 35 win regular season, the Miami Dade College baseball team came into the state tournament in Lakeland with high expectations but instead had their hopes extinguished after losing back-to-back games. In the opening round the Sharks lost 11-8 versus Chipola College on May 11. The next day… Read the rest at our website.

News North Campus

Professor Faked A Stomach Ache While He Got Drunk In Spain, Report Says

April 13, 2018 Katherine Wallace-Fernandez North Campus, Honors College, resignation

A philosophy professor was forced to resign after college officials accused him of misrepresenting a two-week absence by telling his students he would be faking a stomach ache as a cover up for getting drunk in Spain. Matthew Schuh, a North Campus professor who has worked full-time at Miami… Read the rest at our website.

Wolfson Campus News

Esteemed Sign Language Interpreter Loses Battle To Cancer

April 13, 2018 Corbin Bolies obit, ACCESS, Wolfson Campus, Obituary

Ana Hernandez was just about to leave for lunch when she heard him. One of her deaf students was running up to her, essay in hand and stress on his face. It was due that day and he needed it proofread. Hernandez put her soup down and went to… Read the rest at our website.

Shark Patrol students posing with Hialeah public safety chief Stephanie Fernandez.

News Hialeah Campus

Shark Patrol Program Keeps Hialeah Campus Students On The Prowl

April 13, 2018 Katherine Wallace-Fernandez Hialeah Campus, Public Safety, Sharks

When Hialeah Campus public safety chief Stephanie Fernandez started the Shark Patrol Program, her goal was to unite the campus and the public safety department and increase community involvement among students. Her goal has more than been met. Since 2016, about 250 students have participated in the program, with… Read the rest at our website.

News Wolfson Campus

Wolfson Campus Couple To Retire Together

April 13, 2018 Christian Ortega retirement

Michael Hettich and Colleen Ahern-Hettich have been an educational power couple at Wolfson Campus for two decades. Combined, they have worked at Miami Dade College for 42 years. Their tenure will soon come to an end. Hettich’s last semester teaching will be this spring. Ahern-Hettich is retiring in July.… Read the rest at our website.

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MDC To Offer Two New Child Care Certificate Programs In Fall Of 2019

April 13, 2018 Justin Marcano certificate, child care, School of Education

Miami Dade College’s School of Education is creating two new child care certificate programs that are expected to launch in the Fall of 2019. The two certificates are in early childhood special education and child care management for center owners. “These programs were introduced because nothing like them had… Read the rest at our website.

Students holding up their protest signs at March For Our Lives.

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More Than 800,000 Attend Student-Led March For Our Lives Protest In Washington, D.C.

March 30, 2018 Alessandra Pacheco gun reform, gun control, school shootings, gun laws, March For Our Lives

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Fourteen-year-old Daniel Konis hid in a classroom in the freshman building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when Nikolas Cruz allegedly killed 17 people on Feb. 14. “Maybe about an hour after they let the students out, Daniel sent me a text message saying he was okay… Read the rest at our website.

News Kendall Campus

Janet Reno Ranch In Legal Limbo

March 30, 2018 Corbin Bolies Kendall Campus, Janet Reno, ranch

Intentions to donate the ranch of the late Janet Reno to Miami Dade College were announced last April. However, Janet Reno’s niece—Janet Meliha Reno—might prevent that from happening. In court documents recently examined by The Reporter, Janet Meliha Reno filed a motion to contest the transference of the ranch… Read the rest at our website.

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