Tag: Meek Center

Chimene Garrison knows the power of Miami Dade College.  As the daughter of a single mother who immigrated from Haiti, she knew that moving away for college was not an option.  So after graduating from Miami Beach Senior...
Chimene Garrison was appointed as the new executive director of the Carrie P. Meek Entrepreneurial Education Center in Liberty City on Aug. 3.  Garrison will oversee the center’s enrollment and community efforts. “I look forward to building on...

Supplies Being Collected For Earthquake Victims In Haiti

Miami Dade College is collecting supplies through Sept. 21 for the victims of a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti last month, killing more...

Theodora “Teddie” Laing Selected As Executive Director Of The Meek Center

Theodora “Teddie” Laing has been selected as executive director of the Carrie P. Meek Entrepreneurial Education Center. She started her new position on Aug....

Meek Center’s Enrollment Thriving Despite Coronavirus Pandemic

The Carrie P. Meek Entrepreneurial Education Center has been thriving despite the coronavirus pandemic. According to college officials, the outreach center located in the heart...

New Director Of Student Services At The Meek Center

Kenyasha McDaniel Knight has been selected as the new director of student services at the Carrie P. Meek Entrepreneurial Education Center. Knight, whose first day...

Esteemed Meek Center English Lab Instructor Passes Away

Every morning, a group of employees at the Carrie P. Meek Entrepreneurial Education Center gather in the public safety department to pray. Albert Cannon...

He Used To Sell T-Shirts From His 1999 Ford—Now This Meek Center Student Has His Own Store

Everyone wears T-shirts. Eric Wooden aims to make people look cool in them. Wooden, 29, is the founder of The Cool Miami, a clothing brand...

Free Meals And A Closed Library At MDC

Students at several Miami Dade College campuses will receive free lunch and dinner on Sept. 19 and 20 to assist them in the aftermath...

Student Awarded Pair Of Scholarships

In February, North Campus sophomore Akin Anderson, 20, a mass communications major, was awarded two scholarships: The Tillow Fund Endowed Scholarship for his academic...

MDC Students Win Tuskegee Presidential Scholarship

Three recent Miami Dade College graduates won the 2016 Tuskegee University Distinguished Presidential Scholarship Award. Fredricka D. Jean-Pierre (criminal justice administration), Alicia Royes (accounting) and...