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Career Exploration Center Set To Launch In January

November 2, 2018 Corbin Bolies Wolfson Campus, MDC Works

MDC Works, Miami Dade College’s apprenticeship program, is about to get a permanent home. After several construction delays, MDC Works plans to launch their career exploration center at the start of the spring semester, providing students with a centralized location for jobs, internships and apprenticeships. The program is targeting… Read the rest at our website.

Homestead Campus News

Homestead Campus Professors Shoot For The Stars

November 2, 2018 Teresa Schuster Homestead Campus, Science, research, President's Innovation Fund, astronomy

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."

News North Campus Wolfson Campus

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

October 19, 2018 Corbin Bolies Florida, voting rights, amendment 4

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.

Wolfson Campus News

Tune In This November For The Idea Center’s New Podcast Series

October 19, 2018 Christian Ortega alumnus, podcast, Wolfson Campus, Idea Center

The Idea Center is taking its Pioneers @ MDC speaker series to the masses through a podcast titled Pioneers Podcast. It is set to launch in late November. The series will be produced through Audastio, a production company founded by Wolfson Campus alumnus David Frederick. “This school is home… Read the rest at our website.

North Campus Kendall Campus Homestead Campus News

Food Service Areas At Three MDC Campuses Going Green

October 19, 2018 Teresa Schuster North Campus, Homestead Campus, Environment, styrofoam, YES! Club, Kendall Campus

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.

Headshots of the new president and dean of Medical Campus.

News Medical Campus

New Leadership At Medical Campus

October 19, 2018 Corbin Bolies Medical Campus

New faces have arrived at Medical Campus. Miami Dade College has appointed Bryan Stewart as Medical Campus president and Tommie Norris as dean of the Benjamin Leon School of Nursing. Stewart took office on Aug. 20 and Norris arrived two days later. “I think the history is very strong… Read the rest at our website.

Pictured here are Magdalena Lamarre, Merlina Ramirez, Karen Hejia, Daniel Ponce and Paola Arroyo.

Kendall Campus Wolfson Campus News

Students And Faculty Filming Documentary On Displaced Puerto Rican Students

October 19, 2018 Katherine Wallace-Fernandez Wolfson Archives, documentary, Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria, Film

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.

Collage of the four featured Sharks players.

News Sports Kendall Campus Men's Basketball

Miami-Raised Quartet Leads Sharks

October 19, 2018 Christian Ortega Kendall Campus, Basketball, Men's Basketball, Sharks

For as long as Sharks head basketball coach Kevin Ledoux can remember, the Miami Dade College men’s team hasn’t had this much home-grown talent going into a season. Elton Walker, Ben Tal, Albert Hernandez and returning sophomore Kaevon Tyler will add Miami flavor to this year’s roster. “These are… Read the rest at our website.

News Kendall Campus

Kendall Campus Renovating Parking Garage

October 19, 2018 Sophia Cruz-Peraza Kendall Campus, renovations, parking garage

Kendall Campus’ parking garage is undergoing renovations in an effort to maintain and update the facility. The parking garage, located in building L, is being renovated by Thornton Construction Company Inc. over a period of eight months. The parking garage is set to receive a “nice facelift,” according to… Read the rest at our website.

Photo of the Freedom Tower in downtown Miami.

News Wolfson Campus

MDC MOAD Launches Free Admission And Family Days

October 19, 2018 Stephany Matat Wolfson Campus, MOAD, Museum of Art and Design

Miami Dade College’s Museum of Art and Design wants to see fresh faces. To do so, the museum launched two programs, Free Admission Days and Free Family Days, on Sept. 30. Both programs are on the last Sunday of each month. Museum hours on Sunday are from 1 p.m.… Read the rest at our website.

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