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Homestead Campus Receives Five Year Grant From The National Science Foundation

January 24, 2019 Heidi Perez Homestead Campus, STEM, grant, funding

Homestead Campus was awarded more than $800,000 in funds from the National Science Foundation to develop their ongoing research project, Step 2 STEM. The project will award 60 scholarships per year to incoming freshmen during a five-year period that want to study in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics… Read the rest at our website.

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MDC Partners With Facebook To Create Digital Marketing Certificate

January 24, 2019 Corbin Bolies Idea Center, certificate, Facebook, digital marketing, marketing

Miami Dade College is about to deepen its relationship with Silicon Valley. The College, along with Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, announced at a Facebook Community Boost event on Dec. 18 that it is developing a partnership to create a college credit certificate centered on digital marketing. “At… Read the rest at our website.

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She Wanted To Be Like Spider-Man, Now She Has A Gold Medal In Gymnastics

January 11, 2019 Christian Ortega gymnastics, gymnast, Student Profile, Puerto Rico

Fourteen years ago, Bianca León fell in love after a field trip to Octavianos Studio of Gymnastics in West Kendall. That day, the hyper four-year-old found an outlet for her pent-up energy. Since then, her passion for gymnastics has not waned. León, 18, won a gold medal for Puerto… Read the rest at our website.

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MDC-TV Wins Third Consecutive Emmy

January 11, 2019 Heidi Perez Fashion, mdc-tv, emmy

MDC-TV is on a winning streak. For the third year in a row, the network won a Suncoast Regional Emmy on Dec. 2 at the 42nd annual Suncoast Regional Emmys in Orlando. MDC-TV won for Sustainable Fashion, the second installment of the ongoing series Fashion Forward, in the Informative/Instructional… Read the rest at our website.

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Despite Early Season Struggles, Sharks Confident As Conference Play Ramps Up

January 11, 2019 Christian Ortega Kendall Campus, Basketball, Men's Basketball

Adversity comes in many forms; in sports, it tends to follow losses. Losses can act as a chisel, wearing away at a team’s foundation ultimately splitting them apart as frustration mounts. That’s not the case for the Miami Dade College men’s basketball team. Despite what head coach Kevin Ledoux… Read the rest at our website.

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New World Student Who Lost Vision In Left Eye Wins $25,000 Scholarship

January 11, 2019 Teresa Schuster Scholarship, Student Profile, taco bell

For as long as he can remember, Nelson Brito’s life has revolved around art and the freedom it affords him. Through his passion, the New World School of the Arts sophomore was awarded Taco Bell’s $25,000 Live Más scholarship last summer. “Before I received the scholarship, I didn’t know… Read the rest at our website.

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Lady Sharks Aim To Repeat As Southern Conference Champions

January 11, 2019 Christian Ortega Basketball, Women's Basketball, Lady Sharks, Champions

The Lady Sharks women’s basketball team is 9-1 in the past ten games, including a seven-game winning streak in December. Undefeated at home (6-0), the reigning Southern Conference Champions are hoping to capitalize on their most recent success to propel them through conference play and repeat as conference champions.… Read the rest at our website.

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

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

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.

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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.

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