{"id":32048,"date":"2022-07-11T13:26:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T17:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=32048"},"modified":"2022-07-11T13:37:29","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T17:37:29","slug":"kendall-campus-appoints-new-student-life-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/kendall-campus-appoints-new-student-life-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendall Campus Appoints New Student Life Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wendy Garcia started as the new student life director at Kendall Campus on July 4.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her responsibilities include managing the department\u2019s budget, supervising staff, promoting cultural diversity programs and giving assistance to clubs and organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI want to be able to fill the college with continued fun, great collegiate bonds and successful [Miami Dade College] future graduates,\u201d Garcia said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before her current role, Garcia served as the senior academic and career advisor at Kendall Campus from 2019 to 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to MDC, Garcia worked at DeVry University from 2006 through 2012 serving as a financial aid consultant and a student success coach.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From March of 2013 to September of 2015, Garcia served as a financial aid advisor for Sanford-Brown College and as an admissions officer at Keiser University from October of 2015 through March 2016. 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