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Baseball Community Grieves Death Of Retired MDC Coaching Icon

February 4, 2026 Pietra Romano Obituary

For more than 25 years, Steve Hertz made history as a head baseball coach at Miami Dade College. The baseball savant accumulated more than 900 victories and helped launch the Major League Baseball careers of talents such as Jamie Navarro, Placido Polanco and Orlando Palmeiro. “I met with him… Read the rest at our website.

News North Campus

School Of Justice Grieves Death Of Veteran Instructor Shawnee Fross: ‘She Commanded Respect.’

December 11, 2025 Yazid Guelida Obituary, School of Justice

When Shawnee Fross’ colleagues talk about her, they almost always start the same way. “Shawnee was a strong, capable, good cop…she commanded respect and attention, and she did it with grace,” said Fross’ sister, Sherry Schlueter, a former detective lieutenant for the Broward County Sheriff’s Office. “She was a… Read the rest at our website.

News Sports North Campus

Martial Arts Community Mourns The Loss Of Judo Jack

March 5, 2025 Yazid Guelida Obituary, Judo

Charles Brown met Leyshon ‘Jack’ Williams at North Campus the same way hundreds of others did. “I was walking through the hallway, that’s where Jack was handing out flyers and promoting [his judo] class,” said Brown, who eventually became Williams’ student and assistant. “That’s how I met him.” Judo… Read the rest at our website.

Wolfson Campus News

Beloved Wolfson Campus Photography Professor Dies At 71

November 14, 2024 The Reporter Staff Obituary

By Nikole Valiente and Isabella Arce Barbara Matehu got used to Joseph Tamargo’s phone calls. In 2015, she studied photography with the Wolfson Campus professor, eventually serving as his lab assistant for five years. When Tamargo retired in 2020 after nearly four decades at Miami Dade College, the two… Read the rest at our website.

Sports Kendall Campus Baseball

Architect Of Baseball Program At Kendall Campus Dies At 94

April 4, 2024 Nikole Valiente Obituary

Baseball holds a special place in the hearts of South Floridians; it’s a symbol of national pride and community. At Kendall Campus, the baseball diamond was Charlie Greene’s pulpit—it’s where he taught life’s lessons. The legendary coach, who pioneered the campus’ baseball program in 1968 and oversaw it for… Read the rest at our website.

News Homestead Campus

EnTec Professor Passes Away After Motorcycle Accident

September 1, 2022 Juan S. Gomez Obituary, EnTec

Javier Coto used humor to ease his way into Margarita Doubinina’s heart. The couple met at an improv club in Coral Gables thirteen years ago. Three years later they were married and would eventually have two children—Bodhi and Gia Bella. “He had a good heart,” said Margarita, who was… Read the rest at our website.

North Campus News

The Pioneer Of Journalism At Miami Dade College Passes Away At 87

June 30, 2022 Juan S. Gomez Journalism, Obituary

When faculty adviser Barbara Garfunkel recruited Raleigh Mann to serve as The Falcon Times’ founding editor-in-chief in 1961, Dade County Junior College—known today as Miami Dade College—served less than 1,500 students. “The paper was kind of an affirmation that we were legitimate,” Mann would tell The Reporter in an… Read the rest at our website.

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Three Miami Dade College Students Posthumously Honored During Graduation

May 4, 2022 Juan S. Gomez Obituary, posthumous

Daniela Marchan Hidalgo’s family somberly walked to the stage at loanDepot Park on April 23 to receive their daughter’s posthumous associate’s degree in culinary arts management. “After we received her diploma and walked down the stage we broke down in tears,” said Juan Carlos Cevallos, Hidalgo’s father. “We felt… Read the rest at our website.

North Campus News

Beloved Former North Campus Professor Passes Away At 68

April 23, 2020 Heidi Perez North Campus, Obituary, obit

Nora Dawkins started her Honors leadership class with a broad smile that spoke the same animated expression every time: “It’s time to wake up and smell the coffee.” She belted out the phrase when she noticed her students were tired or sluggish. Her voice jolted their spirits, which prepared… Read the rest at our website.

News Wolfson Campus

New Student Center Legend Passes Away After 27 Years At MDC

November 22, 2019 Heidi Perez Obituary, New Student Center, obit, ALS

Daryl Perry’s colleagues huddled around his corner office at Wolfson Campus’ New Student Center to celebrate the life of their long-time friend. They talked about Perry’s life and his time at Miami Dade College over hot tea, a beverage he drank every morning. “Daryl was, basically and simply put,… Read the rest at our website.

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