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Photo of Rebecca Diaz receiving her Hidden Hero award.

Recent Wolfson Campus Graduate Receives Hidden Hero Award

August 23, 2019 Roxy Garcia Wolfson Campus, Community, Award, Alumna, The Honors College, voting rights

Rebecca Diaz, an alumna of The Honors College at Wolfson Campus, was one of five Andrew Goodman Foundation Ambassadors to receive the 2019 Hidden Hero award. Diaz, 20, was selected for the award based on her ongoing service with the Andrew Goodman Foundation, and her efforts to ensure voting… Read the rest at our website.

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Jurado & Farshchian, P.L. Scholarship Open To Students

May 17, 2019 Heidi Perez Community, Scholarship, community service

The Jurado & Farshchian, P.L. scholarship is currently open to college students dedicated to serving their community. The scholarship, a $1,000 prize, is available until June 30. Applicants must submit a résumé and college transcripts. Students must write a 500-word essay that answers one of three community-service related prompts.… Read the rest at our website.

Some of the members of the art club Multiple Impressions.

Wolfson Campus News

Wolfson Students Use Art Club To Empower Community

March 15, 2019 Alexa Hernández art club, Community

It was a chance meeting that spawned an art club. Last September, while Wolfson Campus students Parker Florian and Christian Sala waited to meet with English professor Victor Uszerowicz, they struck up a conversation. That small talk about their majors and personal interests led them to create an arts… Read the rest at our website.

Disabled people graphics by Kaley Peniche.

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Communicating With Disabled People Is Important

February 22, 2019 Alexa Hernández Community, ACCESS, disabilities

In order to understand people with disabilities, it is essential to scrap all generalizations about them. “Disabilities come in groups of one,” said Gabriel Lopez Kafati, the Adaptive Technology Specialist for Miami Dade College’s ACCESS Services, a program that provides services such as note takers, interpreters and assistive technology… Read the rest at our website.

Bryan Montes and Shawn Torres posing for the camera.

News Wolfson Campus

Wolfson Campus Students Aim To Start A Social Revolution

November 2, 2018 Christian Ortega Wolfson Campus, Community, bracelets

Bryan Montes and Shawn Torres are on a mission. Their goal is to create a revolution through their venture, Bracelets for Commitment (B4C), and encourage the public to become difference makers in the community. Handcrafted by Colombian artisans, B4C features four colorful bracelets, each color signifying a different commitment.… Read the rest at our website.

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Idea Center Awarding Prizes For Innovative Business Ideas

November 10, 2017 Luis Camargo-Carlos The Idea Center, Community, Business

The Idea Center is awarding MDC Innovation Prizes to students who create innovative business solutions to help solve problems in the community. The deadline to apply is Dec. 15. Both students and recent alumni (within the last five years) are welcome to apply. Categories include climate change, housing, health… Read the rest at our website.

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Blacks Should Support Black-Owned Businesses

October 3, 2016 Janiah Adams Opinion, Blacks, Business, Community

Mostly everyone has heard of Chinatown, where the Chinese have set up their own places of residence and business. There’s also Koreatown, where Koreans have their own restaurants, banks and grocery stores. You could also drive through areas of Miami where the Jewish people have their synagogues, bookstores, banks… Read the rest at our website.

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The Impact Of Traveling Abroad

August 17, 2016 Svetlanna Valdes 0 Comments Community, Travel, volunteering

Within two weeks of my stay in Rio de Janeiro, Institute for the International Education of Students planned a field trip for the students to take a tour of the favela known as Santa Marta. If you are curious to see what Santa Marta looks like, you can find… Read the rest at our website.

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Time For Unity And Time To Organize

August 25, 2015 Janiah Adams Community, Blacks, justice

For the past several decades, blacks in America have had the same cry for jobs and justice. We have put together various protests and marches. According to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2015, the unemployment rate for African-Americans was 10.4 percent. Whites are at… Read the rest at our website.

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Knight Foundation Seeks Innovative Ideas From Knight Arts Challenge

February 17, 2015 Kaylin Cantor 0 Comments Community, Art, Knight Foundation

The Knight Foundation’s Knight Arts Challenge South Florida is seeking to fund creative and innovative art projects that enrich and engage the lives of those in the communities that are producing them. The yearly awards especially seeks innovative ideas. Applicants must follow three rules: the idea has to be… Read the rest at our website.

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