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North Campus Library To Remain Closed Until Spring Semester

November 10, 2017 Katherine Wallace-Fernandez North Campus

The North Campus library will undergo renovations including a fresh coat of paint and new bookcases and carpet after the facility suffered moisture damage and water penetration from Hurricane Irma. It will reopen in the spring semester, but Fermin Vazquez, the director of campus administration at North Campus, could… Read the rest at our website.

News Kendall Campus

New Kendall Campus Club Makes History

November 10, 2017 Ciro Salcedo Kendall Campus

According to history aficionados Angela Rey and professor Sandra Castillo, in 50 years since the Kendall Campus opened, there has never been a history club. It wasn’t until Rey stepped into Castillo’s AMH2020 class that the club started taking shape. They originally intended to start a blog but things… Read the rest at our website.

Homayounvash speaking at a board meeting.

Homestead Campus News

Lecture Series Aims To Break Stereotypes About Islam

November 10, 2017 Corbin Bolies Homestead Campus

Miami Dade College welcomes its first lecture series on Islamic studies, aiming to break widespread stereotypes. The project is a collaboration with the Coalition for South Florida Muslim Organizations and the Mohsin & Fauzia Jaffer Foundation. It will be anchored by Mohamad Homayounvash and is scheduled to start in… Read the rest at our website.

Photo of the dove when it first arrived.

News Wolfson Campus

Remember That Creepy Bird? It’s In Alabama Now

October 27, 2017 Katherine Wallace-Fernandez Wolfson Campus, Wounded Peace Dove

For the past eleven years, an eerie 13-foot tall dove statue with half its scalp ripped off and its right claw torn off has greeted Wolfson Campus students. The bird peered at people as they entered the 1000 building on the west side of campus. It’s view was partially… Read the rest at our website.

Sports Kendall Campus Men's Basketball News

Once Destined To Play At UM, DJ Russell Tries To Rebound With Sharks

October 27, 2017 Darian Vega Basketball, Student Profile

A YouTube video from 2011 depicts DJ Russell’s dominance on the basketball court. The blue chip prospect towers over his opponents, blocking shots and dunking at will—all as a middle school student in Jacksonville, Florida. By the eighth grade, the basketball phenom had verbally committed to play at the… Read the rest at our website.

Suze Guillaume sitting in her mobile pop-up book shop.

News North Campus

She Couldn’t Read Until She Was 9, So Now She’s Bringing Kids A Pop-Up Book Shop

October 27, 2017 Corbin Bolies North Campus, Suze Guillaume

When Suze Guillaume was nine years old, she couldn’t read. It’s a fact that frustrated her for many years. “I didn’t have access to books,” Guillaume said, as she recalled her childhood in Little Haiti. “I didn’t know how to read or put words together. I’ve read so much… Read the rest at our website.

Dialogue For Democracy club at a meeting.

News West Campus

Attention West Campus Students: You Can Now Create Clubs

October 27, 2017 Ciro Salcedo West Campus

West Campus students can now create clubs after the school got approval this past July to be deemed “a campus” by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commision on Colleges. In previous years, West Campus students who wanted to create clubs had to join existing organizations at other… Read the rest at our website.

Kendall Campus News

ACCESS Department Replaces ‘Tacky Motivational Posters’ With Poignant Disability Awareness Art

October 27, 2017 Christian Ortega Access Department, Kendall Campus

The Kendall Campus’ ACCESS Department got spruced up thanks to artwork that brings awareness to people with disabilities. Various colorful works by students are now peppered across the ACCESS office. One features former United States President John F. Kennedy, who suffered from an assortment of health issues. Another portrait… Read the rest at our website.

Staff members of The Reporter with their awards.

News

The Reporter Named Top Student Newspaper By The FCSPA For Seventh Consecutive Year

October 27, 2017 Alessandra Pacheco The Reporter, Award, FCSPA

Miami Dade College’s student newspaper, The Reporter, defended their throne at this year’s Florida College System Publications Association Conference, winning Best Newspaper (General Excellence) in Florida for the seventh consecutive year. The winners were announced on Oct. 13 at the Disney Springs Holiday Inn in Orlando. Judging was based… Read the rest at our website.

Gabriel Lopez Kafati with his guide dog, Posh at MDC North Campus.

News North Campus

Though Blind, This Man Musters Vision To Help Others

October 9, 2017 Adriana Dos Santos North Campus, Professor Spotlight

At first, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. But as nine-year-old Gabriel Lopez Kafati stepped into the optometrist’s office, he was struck by the darkness, black doors and the lack of windows in the room. “My parents never told me directly,” Lopez said as he recalled the memory 31… Read the rest at our website.

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