Tag: Graduation

Yosef, Josh, Joel and Aaron Escobar are not your typical college students. Three of them started college after they were 25. Raised by parents, who fled communist Cuba in 1994 seeking political asylum, they were raised in...
As FIFA President, Gianni Infantino is used to taking center stage on the pitch. Now the 56-year-old is taking his oratorical skills to the literal stage as a guest speaker for one of Miami Dade College's...

More Than 12,000 Attend Three Commencement Ceremonies At loanDepot Park

Ygor Zambrano is no stranger to life’s unexpected challenges.  In 2020, while at home, the teenager fainted and had to undergo heart surgery. The medical ...

Bookstores Distributing Graduation Regalia

Miami Dade College bookstores are providing caps and gowns for graduation through April 18.  Students must present their MDC ID and have completed their graduation...

MDC Graduates Turn The Tassel At LoanDepot Park

By Nikole Valiente and Juan S. Gomez Gisela Celis knows a thing or two about the curveballs life tosses. In the last decade, the Peruvian immigrant...

Here Is Where You Can Pick Up Your Commencement Ceremony Regalia

Caps and gowns, for the commencement ceremonies being held at loanDepot Park, 501 Marlins Way, on April 22, will be distributed at all Miami...

Graduates Reach The Finish Line At LoanDepot Park

After more than thirty years of waiting, Desiree Blandon has graduated from college. When Blandon arrived in Miami from Nicaragua in 1987, she put her...

National And Local Leaders Scheduled To Speak At MDC Commencement Ceremonies On April 23

Pro Football Hall of Famer Jason Taylor, Florida Lieutenant Governor Jeannette Nuñez and United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy are scheduled to be commencement...

This Is Where You Can Pick Up Your Commencement Ceremony Regalia

Academic regalia such as caps and gowns for the April 23 commencement ceremonies being held at loanDepot Park, 501 Marlins Way, will be distributed...

Commencement Ceremony Moved Up A Week

Miami Dade College has moved its commencement ceremony from April 30 to April 23. The graduation, taking place at loanDepot Park, 501 Marlins Way, had...

After A Year Of Virtual Classes And Vaccines, 14,000 MDC Students Graduated Saturday—At A Baseball Stadium

In 2018, Quran Howard started working as a security guard at Marlins Park to save money so he could start classes at Miami Dade...

MDC To Allow Graduates Two Guests At Commencement Ceremony

Miami Dade College graduates will be allowed up to two guests at the 2020-21 commencement ceremony at Marlins Park on May 1, College President...