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Professor Christine Robinson in her office.

Kendall Campus Professor Fuses Technology Into English Curriculum

March 17, 2017 Adriana Falero 0 Comments Technology, Virtual Reality, Christine Robinson, Professor Spotlight

Students in professor Christine Robinson’s ENC 1102 course sit in a dimly lit computer lab with 25 iMacs and two large screen projectors—a classroom setting that is expanded with a virtual reality experience that transports them to Ernest Hemingway’s colorful Key West house and Edgar Allan Poe’s somber temporary… Read the rest at our website.

View of the Untersberg Mountain. Global Citizenship

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Global Citizenship Seminar Advocates Empathy And “Learning To Unlearn”

March 17, 2017 Riane Roldan 0 Comments Honors College, Global Citizenship Seminar, Global Citizenship Alliance

I was one of more than 40 students from the Miami Dade Honors College that was selected to attend the 2017 Global Citizenship Seminar hosted by Global Citizenship Alliance in Salzburg, Austria from Feb.19 to 26. The seven-day intensive educational seminar focused on discussing issues like disparities, ethnocentrism, globalization… Read the rest at our website.

Members of the College Democrats-Kendall Campus posing for the camera.

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New Club At Kendall Campus Embraces Democratic Values

February 24, 2017 Adriana Falero 0 Comments Politics, Student Life, club

Following an election year filled with partisan fervor, students formed a Democratic Party club this semester at Kendall Campus. College Democrats-Kendall Campus club members can be regularly spotted in the building 2000 breezeway at recruitment tablings holding red and blue posters with the Democratic donkey logo and portraits of… Read the rest at our website.

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SGA Accepting Candidate Applications

February 24, 2017 Maria Vizcaino SGA

Students interested in running for Student Government Association office for the 2017-18 school year must submit their applications by 4 p.m. on March 13 at their respective Student Life Department. “I encourage everyone who is eligible to run because having the opportunity to be the voice of a plethora… Read the rest at our website.

Student receiving his degree on stage at graduation.

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Deadline For Graduation Application Approaches

February 24, 2017 Jaynell Perera MDC, Graduation

For students graduating this spring, the deadline to apply for the 2017 commencement ceremonies is March 20. Five graduations will take place throughout the day on April 29, three at the James L. Knight Center, 400 S.E. 2nd Ave. and two at the Kendall Campus gymnasium, 11011 S.W. 104… Read the rest at our website.

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34th Miami Film Festival Brings Cinematic Masterpieces To MDC

February 24, 2017 Ciro Salcedo 0 Comments Miami Film Festival

Miami Dade College’s 34th annual Miami Film Festival promises 10 days of globetrotting stories with diverse subject matters. Venues span the county with more than 150 screenings at five venues around Miami-Dade County including the Olympia Theater, Tower Theater, Coral Gables Art Cinema, O Cinema Miami Beach and Regal… Read the rest at our website.

Barbara Alfonso and her secretary Nancy Soberon.

West Campus North Campus News

Chair Of Continuing Education And Professional Development To Retire

February 24, 2017 Alessandra Pacheco Continuing Education And Professional Development, Retired Staff

The “open door policy” of Barbara Alfonso, the chair of the School of Continuing Education and Professional Development at the North and West campuses, will finally close as she retires from Miami Dade College on March 17. For Alfonso, running her department meant giving people who need enrichment and… Read the rest at our website.

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Man Found Swimming In Lake At Kendall Campus

February 10, 2017 Maria Vizcaino 0 Comments Enviromental Center

A man was found swimming in a portion of the lake at the Environmental Center at Kendall Campus that is about 20 feet deep on Jan. 13 around 12:45 p.m., according to a public safety report and College officials. The swimmer, whose age is not listed on the report… Read the rest at our website.

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100th Issue Of The Reporter

February 10, 2017 Maria Vizcaino The Reporter

More than six years after merging the three student newspapers at Miami Dade College into one publication, The Reporter is printing its 100th edition on Feb. 14, 2017. The first issue of The Reporter was printed on Oct. 4, 2010. Today, the paper, in its seventh year, boasts a… Read the rest at our website.

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Homestead Campus To Expand Parking Facilities

February 10, 2017 Maria Vizcaino Homestead Campus, Parking

Homestead Campus administrators said they are in the “design phase” of an expansion project that is expected to alleviate a shortage of parking. The total budget for the parking lot is $3.2 million, according to Homestead Campus director of campus administration Tania Acosta. “The campus currently does not have… Read the rest at our website.

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