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Nora Dawkins started her Honors leadership class with a broad smile that spoke the same animated expression every time: \u201cIt\u2019s time to wake up and smell the coffee.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She belted out the phrase when she noticed her students were tired or sluggish.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Her voice jolted their spirits, which prepared them for an hour-long class that focused on teaching them to be independent and responsible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe always [ran] at a hundred miles an hour\u2014always enthusiastic about her job and her students,\u201d said Matthew Bryan, one of Dawkins\u2019 former students who graduated in 2015.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dawkins\u2014who taught English for Academic purposes and retired from North Campus last February\u2014passed away on April 12 after battling breast cancer. She worked at Miami Dade College in various teaching and administrative capacities for 34 years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A memorial service will be held today from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. to honor Dawkins at the Gregg L. Mason Funeral Home, 10936 N.E. 6th Ave. Attendees are required to wear a mask, and only 10 people will be allowed in at a time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During her tenure at MDC, the 68-year-old taught English for Academic purposes, student life skills, biology and Honors leadership courses at North Campus. She also served as a lead faculty member for The Honors College and advised Phi Theta Kappa’s Mu Epsilon chapter for more than a decade.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe had that impact on her class\u2014that\u2019s why students wanted to be part of her class,\u201d said Shane Johnson, who is the director of the HC at North Campus. \u201cI think what made her special was her ability to give students\u2014especially the students that we serve\u2014a sense of hope.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Teaching was a detour from her original plans to work in social services but her lessons resonated. Droves of her students have followed in her footsteps.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bryan, who teaches fourth grade students at the OCPS Academic Center for Excellence in Orlando, models his teaching style to her work ethic and attention to detail.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe was stern but approachable,\u201d Bryan said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rise In Academia<\/b><\/p>\n

Dawkins was born on March 14, 1952 in Saginaw, Michigan to Margaret Alexander and Jesse Jackson Sr.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She moved to New York because her father worked in a variety of fields including a steel mill, as an agricultural worker and a candy shop owner. While in New York, she attended the University at Buffalo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Once her parents divorced, she moved with her mother to Miami in the mid 70s\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She took a job as an administrative assistant for what was then known as Metro Dade County and later wrote grants for the James E. Scott Community Association and County Commissioner Barbara Carey.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Eventually, Dawkins earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in professional studies from Barry University in 1985.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, her work switched to academia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dawkins started at North Campus in 1985 as a part-timer, and was eventually promoted to assistant dean for academic affairs two years later.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She eventually found her niche as an English instructor in 1992. Dawkins earned her master\u2019s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Nova Southeastern University in 1994.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dawkins then became an assistant professor and the rest is history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cStudents would fight to get into her classes,\u201d Johnson said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dawkins helped co-design and pilot the EAP program in its early stages. She co-wrote curriculum for classes, designed virtual classes and introduced technology into the mix.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe was one of my few colleagues that was a constant customer of my lab,\u201d said Pedro Arguelles, the EAP program\u2019s lab manager.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the years, she became involved in different facets at the College\u2014mainly at the HC and PTK.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dawkins co-designed and piloted the HC\u2019s program design when it started in 2001. She later worked as a lead faculty member for North Campus\u2019 Honors College division for eight years until she retired.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Her work dramatically changed how the HC looks today\u2014from streamlining the four Honors leadership classes every student in the program is required to take to implementing service learning projects.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Honors College and [MDC] as a whole won\u2019t be the same without her, but her influence and the lives she\u2019s touched will definitely live on,\u201d Bryan said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dawkins was embedded in the fabric of the HC. When Johnson\u2019s birthday came up, Dawkins and several Honors students decorated his office with balloons and confetti to surprise him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe just had this lightheartedness about her that was infectious,\u201d Johnson said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Students describe Dawkins\u2019 teaching style as tough but fruitful. She often made them work on their portfolios, resumes and projects in increments to train them to do their work ahead of time.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe was like: \u2018when you guys go for an interview or whatever-respected four-year university, you\u2019re going to be a step ahead of everyone else\u2019,\u201d Bryan said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dawkins also advised PTK for more than a decade and saw them become a Five Star Chapter for five consecutive years under her guidance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bryan, who served as an officer in 2014, said Dawkins attended every PTK meeting, whether it was held in the evening or during the weekend. Sometimes she dug into her own pocket to help PTK students when they didn\u2019t have money to fund school trips with the club.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dawkins also made it a habit to involve students and colleagues in PTK. She asked Arguelles to help with the club for two years straight. He eventually caved in, and now serves as co-advisor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Her contributions to MDC earned her The Miami Foundation Endowed Teaching Chair in 2011.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All Done Up<\/b><\/p>\n

Outside of MDC, Dawkins prided herself on being a girly-girl\u2014she never left the house without her hair, makeup and wardrobe done.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen she liked a pair of pants, she bought it in every color,\u201d said Matthew Dawkins, her only son.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She redesigned one of the rooms in her home in Miami Gardens into a full-scale walk-in closet outfitted with clothes and shoe racks, vanities that light up and furniture.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Matthew visited her at the hospital last year while she was undergoing chemotherapy, the first thing she told him was: \u201cLook at my hair.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dawkins made it a mission to visit the Louis Vuitton flagship store in Paris at least once in her lifetime, and eventually visited about five years ago.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While at the store she picked up two Swarovski crystal purses\u2014that totaled $20,000\u2014with the Louis Vuitton monogram on the front, with the goal of passing it down as a family heirloom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The purses will go to her 12-year-old granddaughter Makayla when Matthew decides on a perfect time to give it to her.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI want her to cherish it,\u201d Matthew said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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