Tag: Presidential Search

Twenty months and two presidential searches later—Miami Dade College finally has its next president. The Board of Trustees unanimously selected Madeline Pumariega, the daughter of Cuban immigrants and a former basketball player at Kendall Campus, as the...
Her resume is impressive. Madeline Pumariega has served as Wolfson Campus president, chancellor of the Florida College System and she currently the executive vice president and provost at Tallahassee Community College. But she hasn’t forgotten where her roots...

Rodicio Makes Second Pitch To Be MDC’s President: ‘I’m Ready Today To Help Us Rebuild From The Storm.’

For the second time in 15 months, Lenore Rodicio made her pitch to be Miami Dade College’s next president. The 18-year MDC veteran, who has...

20 Months After It Started Its Presidential Search, MDC Is Close To Finding Its Next Leader

It has spawned a lawsuit, a mock funeral and a rebooted search. Now—after 20 months—Miami Dade College’s quest for a new president might just...

Presidential Search Down To Seven Semifinalists After Candidate Withdraws

Miami Dade College’s presidential search is down to seven semifinalists after Junius Gonzales, the provost and vice president for academic affairs at the New...

Presidential Semifinalists Selected—Possible Battle Brews Between Candidates With Strong MDC Ties

A battle for Miami Dade College’s top post possibly looms between two candidates with close ties to the school after the presidential search committee...

MDC Releases Detailed Timeline For Presidential Search

Two weeks after Miami Dade College’s Board of Trustees announced it would pick the school’s next president on Nov. 17, it released a detailed...

Board Of Trustees Select New Timeline To Find MDC’s Next President—Again

Last March, Miami Dade College’s Board Of Trustees promised that the school’s fifth permanent president would be hired by July 24.   When the search fell...

Board Of Trustees Extends Presidential Search, Cites Coronavirus As Reason

The yearlong saga to find Miami Dade College's fifth permanent president took another setback Tuesday when the Board of Trustees unanimously voted to extend...

MDC Professors Protest Presidential Search, Say ‘Its The Death Of Education’

Carrying a wooden coffin down 104th street in front of Kendall Campus, a conga line of professors protested what they feel is a lack...

Meet The Student Voice On MDC’s Presidential Search Committee

Samantha Hernandez wants to leave a mark on Miami Dade College’s presidential search.  The 20-year-old, who serves as president of the Student Government Association at...

Questions Of Transparency Arise In Miami Dade College’s Presidential Search

By Heidi Perez-Moreno and Corbin Bolies Nearly a year after the Board of Trustees started looking for Miami Dade College’s next president, questions about the...

Trustees Restart Presidential Search Process; Here Is What You Need To Know

The Board of Trustees laid the groundwork for selecting a search committee that will be charged with selecting Miami Dade College’s fifth permanent president...

The Cost Of Hiring A College President

By Heidi Perez-Moreno and Corbin Bolies The hunt to find Eduardo J. Padrón’s successor has been filled with uncertainty, but one thing is clear—it will...