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Hialeah Renames Street After City’s First African-American Firefighter

August 23, 2017 Alessandra Pacheco fire academy, North Campus, Cancer, Obituary

For 25 years, Lt. Michael Wright drove on West 25th Street in Hialeah to get to Fire Station No. 6. On June 26, Hialeah renamed the street to honor his legacy as the city’s first African-American firefighter. Wright, who worked as an instructor in the fire academy at North… Read the rest at our website.

News West Campus

Bilbao Leaves Legacy Of Art And Kindness

January 27, 2017 Maria Vizcaino 0 Comments Obituary, Maria Bilbao

With 156 students enrolled, empty offices and ongoing construction, Maria ‘Toni’ Bilbao paved the way for West Campus since its opening in 2006. From furnishing the building and covering its walls with artwork to hiring staff and touching the hearts of students and colleagues, the lifelong educator left an… Read the rest at our website.

Padrón Campus Wolfson Campus News

Honors College Freshman Remembered As Spunky, Compassionate And Humble

November 5, 2016 The Reporter Staff Honors College, Obituary, Collier County

By Riane Roldan and Maria Elena Vizcaino. As professor Mercedes Medina read the words of Jael Valencia, a Wolfson Campus Honors College student, she had no idea the trouble they foreshadowed. “The one thing I would change about my life right now if I could, would be having separated… Read the rest at our website.

News North Campus

Beloved Film Professor Succumbs To Cancer

October 10, 2016 Adriana Falero Cancer, Obituary, Cinema, Professor

Former students and colleagues of associate professor of film Mario Beguiristain say they miss his soothing voice and the sight of his eyes lighting up as he talked about a film. After spending six weeks at the Baptist Hospital of Miami due to stage four pancreatic cancer, Beguiristain passed… Read the rest at our website.

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