Tag: Professor Spotlight

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. “ thankful to Miami...
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...

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

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...

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

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...

MDC Adjunct Professor Makes Music Her Business

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...

Meet The Eccentric Sociology Professor Who Likes To Rock Out

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...

Professor Inspires Students With His 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...

Former Pulitzer Prize-Nominated Writer Releases $350 Poetry Collection

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...

Professor Kevin Wayne Bumpers To Perform Christmas Concert

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....

Though Blind, This Man Musters Vision To Help Others

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,...

Speech Professor Attempting To Take Congressional Seat

A Kendall Campus speech professor is taking aim at a congressional seat after political veteran Ileana Ros-Lehtinen announced she will not seek re-election in...

Wolfson Campus Professor Publishes Poetry Collection

Miami Dade College professor and award-winning poet Michael Hettich released his most recent book The Frozen Harbor in July. The book, a collection of more...

North Campus Film Professor And Former Student To Shoot Horror Flick In Nicaragua

Thomas Demos and Marvin Aguado are taking their love of horror films to Nicaragua. In August, the duo with deep Miami Dade College ties—Demos...

‘He-Man’ Running For State Senate Seat

Christian Schlaerth walks into the classroom at North Campus with a stone-cold face as Rage Against the Machine blasts through his earphones. The moment...