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These MDC Student Publications Were Awarded Top Honors By The FCSPA

Three Miami Dade College student publications won top honors at the Florida College System Publication Association’s 65th Annual Conference and Awards Banquet in Ocala...

Miami Book Fair Makes Its Annual Trip To Downtown Miami

By Sabrina Toro and Nikole Valiente GianMarco Morgado-Valverde learned life lessons listening to his mom’s bedtime stories.  One tale featured a child whose curiosity and disobedience...

Pickleball Alliance Serves Up New Club At Kendall Campus

Pickleball—the sensational paddle sport that integrates elements of tennis, badminton and table tennis—has made its way to Kendall Campus.  In 2022, four pickleball courts were...

MCI Student Wins $2,500 Prize With Cheetos-Inspired Dish

Most people are familiar with the ingredients of a chicken cordon bleu: chicken breast, ham, cheese and breadcrumbs.  However, during a competition held at the...

Beloved Wolfson Campus Photography Professor Dies At 71

By Nikole Valiente and Isabella Arce Barbara Matehu got used to Joseph Tamargo’s phone calls. In 2015, she studied photography with the Wolfson Campus professor, eventually...

AXIS Wins Its Fifth National Pacemaker Award

AXIS Creative Arts Magazine won their fifth Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award in the Two-Year Literary Arts Magazine category on Nov. 2.  Winners were announced...

Kendall Campus Launches Student-Led Podcast Platform: StoryBytes

Emily Sendin knows the importance of student-led podcasts. In 2019, she spearheaded efforts by Urbana, the literary arts magazine at Eduardo J. Padrón Campus, as...

Wolfson Campus Students Are Adding Some MAGIC To Frost Planetarium

Paulette Canido grew up doodling.  Her drawings were often inspired by Japanese-style comics and graphic novels—known as manga—and the art styles of artists like Arina...

Professor Uses Trauma To Fuel His Latest Music Project

When Kendall Campus professor Patrick Anderson isn’t teaching English or creative writing, he is in the lab—a make-shift music studio in his bedroom closet—recording...

Padrón Campus Launches Certified Nursing Assistant Program

Eduardo J. Padrón Campus became the fifth Miami Dade College campus to offer a certified nursing assistant program when it launched classes for a...

Professors Team Up To Publish AI Business E-TextBook

By Pietra Romano Miami Dade College has been a national leader in AI education.  They were the first institution in Florida to launch associate’s and bachelor’s...

Here’s What You Need To Know About The 2024 Election

By Nikole Valiente and Daylyin Staples With Election Day only three weeks away, we’ve compiled a guide with the most important information you need to...