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Diego Tibaquirá, a computer science professor at Eduardo J. Padrón Campus was, selected as the Region III 2022 Outstanding Community College Professional by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators on April 19. “[I’m] thankful to Miami Dade College and Padrón Campus for providing the opportunity and support to… Read the rest at our website.

Padrón Campus Briefing

Padrón Campus Professor Receives Media Literacy Award

November 1, 2021 Elizabeth Pomares Urbana, Professor Spotlight

Emily Sendin, an English, literature and creative writing professor at the Eduardo J. Padrón Campus was awarded the Media Literacy Award by the National Council of Teachers of English during a virtual ceremony on Oct. 21. The award recognizes one professor each year who implements innovative approaches and incorporates… Read the rest at our website.

News Homestead Campus

Homestead Campus Professor To Be Featured On The TV Show Mission Unstoppable

June 30, 2021 Carolina Soto Professor Spotlight, STEM

Marisa Nia Madison is ready to share her love for science with a national audience. The 43-year-old biology professor at Homestead Campus will be featured on an upcoming episode of Mission Unstoppable, a television show on CBS that highlights female innovators with careers in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering… Read the rest at our website.

Wolfson Campus News

This Fashion Guru Has Collaborated With Calvin Klein—Now He Helps Students At The Miami Fashion Institute

April 28, 2021 Ammy Sanchez Professor Spotlight, Fashion, Miami Fashion Institute, MFI

Julian Asion, a self-described fashion engineer, has a résumé that crisscrosses more than four decades and includes stints with distinguished designers such as Zac Posen, Isabel Toledo and Calvin Klein. He has even made garments for Michelle Obama. Now, the retired 71-year-old fashion guru is offering a big assist… Read the rest at our website.

Hellen Rivas with her parents and siblings.

News West Campus Hialeah Campus

MDC Adjunct Professor Makes Music Her Business

February 24, 2021 Carolina Soto Music, Professor Spotlight

Hellen Rivas is not your typical professor. The 25-year-old teaches business at the West and Hialeah campuses but spends her time outside of the classroom rocking out. She is the lead singer for El Grupo H, a band created in 2004 that includes her parents—Helena and Harol—and two siblings—Harold… Read the rest at our website.

News Wolfson Campus

Meet The Eccentric Sociology Professor Who Likes To Rock Out

October 18, 2019 Adriana Dos Santos Wolfson Campus, Music, Professor Spotlight

Alejandro Angee furiously bangs on a six-piece drum set with two wooden sticks, performing with friends in a tight corner of his living room. Angee is focused on the pulsating beat of a Spanish rock song echoing from the room. He is surrounded by vintage film posters plastered on… Read the rest at our website.

News North Campus

Professor Inspires Students With His Writing

February 22, 2019 Heidi Perez North Campus, Professor Spotlight, writing

Writing is second nature to award-winning novelist Preston L. Allen. Allen, an English composition and creative writing professor at North Campus, has written seven books during his 36-year writing career. They have been reviewed in the Chicago Tribune, Miami New Times and The New York Times. “We consider him… Read the rest at our website.

Kendall Campus News

Former Pulitzer Prize-Nominated Writer Releases $350 Poetry Collection

February 23, 2018 Katherine Wallace-Fernandez Professor Spotlight, Cuba, Poetry, book

Kendall Campus English professor Ricardo Pau-Llosa released a bilingual, 100 copy poetry collection, Intruder Between Rivers/ Intruso Entre Ríos, in late December. The book priced at $350 per copy contains 25 published poems written in English by Pau-Llosa along with Enrico Mario Santí’s Spanish translations. The book, published by… Read the rest at our website.

Briefing Kendall Campus

Professor Kevin Wayne Bumpers To Perform Christmas Concert

November 24, 2017 Camilla Sposito Kendall Campus, Music, Professor Spotlight

Miami Dade College Kendall Campus professor Kevin Wayne Bumpers will host his Annual Tis’ The Season Christmas Concert on Dec. 2 at 5 p.m. at the McCarthy Auditorium, 11011 S.W. 104 St. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors over 65 years old. Tickets will… Read the rest at our website.

Gabriel Lopez Kafati with his guide dog, Posh at MDC North Campus.

News North Campus

Though Blind, This Man Musters Vision To Help Others

October 9, 2017 Adriana Dos Santos North Campus, Professor Spotlight

At first, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. But as nine-year-old Gabriel Lopez Kafati stepped into the optometrist’s office, he was struck by the darkness, black doors and the lack of windows in the room. “My parents never told me directly,” Lopez said as he recalled the memory 31… Read the rest at our website.

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