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Former Wolfson Honors Student Creating Robotic Arm To Help Paralysis Patients

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Like most 10-year-olds, Nelson Hidalgo enjoyed his PlayStation. But it wasn’t gaming that interested him the most—it was opening the console and fixing issues it encountered that captivated him. Today, the 20-year-old biomedical engineering student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is using his interest in technology, engineering, and… Read the rest at our website.
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Honors College Looking Into Sexually Explicit Comment Made In Virtual Chat

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Miami Dade College is investigating an incident that occurred yesterday during an Honors College event involving a person making a sexually explicit comment in a virtual chat.  The incident happened during a colloquium at around 4:30 p.m. The session, held via Blackboard Collaborate, featured an alumna who was describing… Read the rest at our website.
Eric Hoffman is the new dean for The Honors College.
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Honors College Selects New Dean

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Eric W. Hoffman has been selected as the new dean of The Honors College at Miami Dade College.  Hoffman began overseeing the College’s four HC divisions—housed at Wolfson, North, Eduardo J. Padrón and Kendall Campus—on March 23.  “I look forward to working with everyone at MDC, and the broader… Read the rest at our website.
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Honors College Students Win Prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship

Justin Marcano , 
Four Miami Dade College Honors College students were awarded the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship: Daniela Alvarez, Casey Amaya, Fedelene Camille and Gabriela Rodriguez. This year, the scholarship was awarded to 45 community college students with academic ability and financial need who wish to transfer to… Read the rest at our website.
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Professor Faked A Stomach Ache While He Got Drunk In Spain, Report Says

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A philosophy professor was forced to resign after college officials accused him of misrepresenting a two-week absence by telling his students he would be faking a stomach ache as a cover up for getting drunk in Spain. Matthew Schuh, a North Campus professor who has worked full-time at Miami… Read the rest at our website.
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MDC Student Selected As Newman Civic Fellow

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Daniela Alvarez, a sophomore at the North Campus Honors College, has been selected as a Campus Compact 2018 Newman Civic Fellow. Newman Civic Fellows will complete a year-long fellowship starting in the Fall semester. During the fellowship, fellows will have access to in-person and virtual learning opportunities, training, mentors… Read the rest at our website.
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Wolfson Campus Alumna Selected As Puffin Fellow

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Miami Dade College alumna Maydee Martinez has been selected as a Puffin Fellow by the Andrew Goodman Foundation. Martinez is one of five graduate students in the nation selected. She began her two-year run as a Puffin Fellow in January.   “It is an honor,” Martinez said. “I am thrilled… Read the rest at our website.
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Wolfson Campus Student To Present His Research At National Conferences

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Gabriel Cortez, a biology major in the Honors College at Wolfson Campus, presented his STEM research at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science in Salt Lake City, Utah from Oct. 19 to 21 and will attend the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students… Read the rest at our website.
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Global Citizenship Seminar Advocates Empathy And “Learning To Unlearn”

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I was one of more than 40 students from the Miami Dade Honors College that was selected to attend the 2017 Global Citizenship Seminar hosted by Global Citizenship Alliance in Salzburg, Austria from Feb.19 to 26. The seven-day intensive educational seminar focused on discussing issues like disparities, ethnocentrism, globalization… Read the rest at our website.