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Understanding Your Past To Thrive In The Future

April 19, 2021 Ammy Sanchez culture, identity, language

Knowing three languages opens doors to wonderful opportunities, but who knew that living in three different countries could cause someone to hate their background? Almost two decades ago, two Ecuadorians—my parents—embarked on an adventure to Goiânia, a city in the countryside of Brazil, in hopes of finding better job… Read the rest at our website.

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Stop Dating Apps From Determining Dating Culture

April 5, 2021 Alina Halley culture, dating, dating apps

It’s often said that it’s better to have loved and lost than never loved at all, but does the same phrase ring true for hookups? Is it better to hook up and ghost someone than to never hook up at all? For centuries, the standard form of relationships was… Read the rest at our website.

Natalia Crujeiras was selected for prestigious Eisenhower Fellowship

Briefing

Executive Director Of Cultural Affairs Selected For Prestigious Fellowship

February 7, 2020 Natalie Gutierrez culture, fellowship

Natalia Crujeiras, executive director of cultural affairs at Miami Dade College, was selected among ten mid-career individuals around the country for the 2020 Eisenhower USA Fellowship Program. Crujeiras, who oversees culture and arts programming at the College, will begin the year-long program during a conference at the Eisenhower Fellowship… Read the rest at our website.

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Where There’s Art, There’s Drag

November 22, 2019 Ethan Toth Horror, Art, LGBTQI+, culture, drag, drag queens

Whether you’ve been to an electrifying show or just seen the flashy costumes, drag queens know how to put on a once-in-a-lifetime performance. Audiences have been entranced with the different aesthetics, music and choreography that only a queen can bring to the stage. With interest growing exponentially in the… Read the rest at our website.

Wolfson Campus Briefing

NWSA To Present Play By Playwright Federico García Lorca

November 22, 2019 William Sanchez culture, Federico Garcia Lorca, Cuban, Cuba, Play, NWSA

New World School of the Arts, 25 N.E. 2nd St., will present a play entitled Yerma by Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca on Dec. 6 at 4:30 p.m. in Room 5903. There will also be a second showing on Dec. 7 at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The play,… Read the rest at our website.

Wolfson Campus Briefing

MOAD Presents Lecture By Martinican Author Raphaël Confiant

October 18, 2019 Adriana Dos Santos culture, Discussion, Creole, Caribbean, literary, MOAD, Art

Martinican author Raphaël Confiant will discuss his literary work in connection to Where The Oceans Meet, an art exhibition on display at Miami Dade College’s Museum of Art and Design, 600 Biscayne Blvd., on Oct. 26 at 4 p.m. Confiant, 68, will read his published work on the origin… Read the rest at our website.

Statue donated by the Confucius Institute.

Kendall Campus Wolfson Campus News

Miami Dade College Severs Ties With The Confucius Institute

September 17, 2019 Heidi Perez Wolfson Campus, Confucius Institute, Chinese, Board of Trustees, BOT, culture, Kendall Campus

Miami Dade College has cut ties with the controversial Confucius Institute, a Chinese-state funded program that incorporates Chinese culture into Western institutions. In a letter to the Confucius Institute Headquarters on Sept. 5, Interim President Rolando Montoya said the College will no longer continue its nearly ten-year partnership, effective… Read the rest at our website.

News

Humanities Students Learn Culture And History In Europe

August 23, 2019 Alexa Hernández Art, humanities, culture, Europe, Italy, France, monuments, architecture

In high school, my college advisor told me that her only regret in college was never traveling in a study abroad program. During my first semester of college, I applied for a humanities study abroad program in France and Italy. On May 21, twelve Miami Dade College students and… Read the rest at our website.

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Hialeah Is More Than Its Stereotypes

March 29, 2019 Alina Halley Art, Hialeah, culture

When you hear about Hialeah, what are your first thoughts? Do you think of it as the City of Progress and the hometown of dozens of celebrities we know and love? Or do you know it because of agua, fango, y factoría with a side of chusmeria? Probably the… Read the rest at our website.

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Countercultures Set The Tone For Society

March 15, 2019 Angel Diaz History, culture, society, counterculture

We live in a world of racial diversity. Nonetheless, the cultural backgrounds of each race and ethnicity are downplayed. The general population has no cultural awareness, since we are all interconnected in a unified custom. While all members of society are different regarding hair color, eye color, body structure… Read the rest at our website.

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