Briefing

Miami Dade College Named Ashoka U Changemaker Campus

Last month, Miami Dade College received the honor of becoming a designated Ashoka U Changemaker Campus. This designation is for institutes of higher education that lead in social innovation education.

Miami Dade College is the only public institution in southeastern United States to receive this honor. Prestigious institutions such as Cornell, Duke, Fordham, George Mason, Tulane and Johns Hopkins have all received this honor.

Ashoka U is a program of Ashoka, one of the world’s largest network of social entrepreneurs and through this program, that approaches higher education institutions, young people can innovate solutions to global issues that affect the rapidly-changing society.

Maria Vizcaino

Maria Elena Vizcaino, 20, was a mass communications/journalism major at MDC-West. Vizcaino, who graduated from Ronald W. Reagan Doral Senior High School in 2015, served as the briefing editor for The Reporter during the 2016 summer semester. She aspires to become an investigative print journalist.

Maria Vizcaino has 47 posts and counting. See all posts by Maria Vizcaino

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *