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‘Speed Demon’ Breaks National Record At Double Dutch Championship

October 9, 2017 Alessandra Pacheco Wolfson Campus, SAS, Student Profile

For Chris Rosario, watching a jump-rope show at his elementary school for the first time was like watching fireworks. “The show made my jaw drop, so I picked up a jump-rope a week after that,” said Rosario, an 18-year-old School for Advanced Studies senior at Wolfson Campus. Rosario was… Read the rest at our website.

Kristen Rosen Gonzalez at one of her classes discussing about speech.

News Kendall Campus

Speech Professor Attempting To Take Congressional Seat

October 9, 2017 Katherine Wallace-Fernandez Kendall Campus, Professor Spotlight

A Kendall Campus speech professor is taking aim at a congressional seat after political veteran Ileana Ros-Lehtinen announced she will not seek re-election in District 27. Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, who currently serves as a Miami Beach commissioner, believes she can fill Ros-Lehtinen’s sizeable political footprint. Ros-Lehtinen, who has spent… Read the rest at our website.

North Campus News

Cameras Are Still Rolling After Nearly A Decade Of On-Air TV

October 9, 2017 Ciro Salcedo anniversary, mdc-tv

Get ready to blow out the candles because MDC-TV is turning 10. The channel, formerly managed by Miami-Dade County and known then as Cable TAP, has grown into an award-winning TV station in the last decade since MDC took control of it in 2008. Today it provides content to… Read the rest at our website.

News Medical Campus

Post Construction, You May Not Recognize This Campus

October 9, 2017 Camilla Sposito Medical Campus, construction

Medical Campus is expected to open its doors to a new five-story building and a six-level parking garage by spring 2019. Both projects are anticipated to cost $90 million in total. Construction for the building began in February. The parking garage project is expected to start later this fall… Read the rest at our website.

News Wolfson Campus

Lyft And Facebook Leaders Spice Up Business Program

October 9, 2017 Christian Ortega Business

Students at Miami Dade College are now gleaning knowledge from some of the top business and technology minds in the industry thanks to a re-vamped two-year business program. Leaders from Lyft, Facebook, eMerge Americas and the Cisneros Group will be among those spewing knowledge to scholars as part of… Read the rest at our website.

Front cover of AXIS recent issue, Volume 14.

North Campus News

AXIS Magazine Selected As Finalist For Prestigious National Literary Award

September 27, 2017 Katherine Wallace-Fernandez AXIS Magazine, North Campus, Pacemaker

AXIS, the creative arts magazine at North Campus, has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious Pacemaker award given by the Associated Collegiate Press. Winners will be selected on Oct. 28 at the National College Media Convention in Dallas, Texas. This is the first time AXIS has been… Read the rest at our website.

News Padrón Campus

InterAmerican Campus SGA President Resigns

September 22, 2017 Katherine Wallace-Fernandez SGA, InterAmerican Campus

When Rachel Fernandez lost in her bid to become president of the InterAmerican Campus’ Student Government Association in April, it seemed her opportunity to hold the highest ranking student political seat was over. Four months later, the student—Gabriel Martin— who won the position, stepped-down from office. He cited personal… Read the rest at our website.

Sisters hugging in front of the Freedom Tower during a DACA vigil.

News

Trump Administration Rescinds Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals

September 22, 2017 Katherine Wallace-Fernandez Donald Trump, DACA, immigrants

The Trump Administration announced on Sept. 5 that it is rescinding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The announcement was made by United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions at a press conference. “The effect of this unilateral executive amnesty, among other things, contributed to a surge of unaccompanied minors on… Read the rest at our website.

Deferred Action for the Childhood Arrivals

News

Trump Decides To Rescind DACA

September 22, 2017 Katherine Wallace-Fernandez Donald Trump, Trump, DACA

Protests were held at various Miami Dade College campuses in early September to support the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The policy—an executive order by Barack Obama in 2012—allowed more than 800,000 undocumented young people, brought to the United States by their parents, to work and study in… Read the rest at our website.

Gregory Castillo and Chris Cuan posing with their award.

News Wolfson Campus

Dallas Duo With Miami Dade College Roots Win Big At Croquetapalooza

September 22, 2017 Alessandra Pacheco Food, Wolfson Campus, Alumni Spotlight

Everything’s bigger in Texas took on a whole new meaning when a Dallas-based duo won the People’s Choice award at Croquetapalooza in late August. The award-winning croqueta, created by Miami Dade College alumni Gregory Castillo and Chris Cuan, who now live in Dallas, is called the “The Beyoncé,” a… Read the rest at our website.

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