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Kristen Rosen Gonzalez at one of her classes discussing about speech.

Speech Professor Attempting To Take Congressional Seat

October 9, 2017 Katherine Wallace-Fernandez Kendall Campus, Professor Spotlight

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 District 27. Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, who currently serves as a Miami Beach commissioner, believes she can fill Ros-Lehtinen’s sizeable political footprint. Ros-Lehtinen, who has spent… Read the rest at our website.

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Wolfson Campus Professor Publishes Poetry Collection

September 22, 2017 Christian Ortega Professor Spotlight

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 than 50 poems, won the 2016 David Martinson—Meadowhawk Prize. It is awarded to the best poetry manuscript submitted to Red Dragonfly Press each year.… Read the rest at our website.

Thomas Demos and Marvin Aguado posing for the camera to promote Poneloya.

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

August 23, 2017 Ciro Salcedo Student Spotlight, Film, North Campus, Professor Spotlight, Movie, SEDT

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 a film production professor at North Campus and Aguado an alum of the film program—plan to shoot a full length movie, Poneloya, using an all… Read the rest at our website.

Christian Schlaerth working out at the gym.

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‘He-Man’ Running For State Senate Seat

June 9, 2017 Maria Vizcaino Professor Spotlight, North Campus

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 the clock hits 6:40 p.m., he takes them off, fixes his American flag blazer and begins his lecture on Karl Marx’s social conflict theory. Underneath… Read the rest at our website.

Professor Christine Robinson in her office.

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Kendall Campus Professor Fuses Technology Into English Curriculum

March 17, 2017 Adriana Falero 0 Comments Professor Spotlight, Technology, Virtual Reality, Christine Robinson

Students in professor Christine Robinson’s ENC 1102 course sit in a dimly lit computer lab with 25 iMacs and two large screen projectors—a classroom setting that is expanded with a virtual reality experience that transports them to Ernest Hemingway’s colorful Key West house and Edgar Allan Poe’s somber temporary… Read the rest at our website.

English professor Manuel Duasso giving a lecture.

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Blind Professor Inspires Students To Persevere Through Adversity

February 10, 2017 Ciro Salcedo Professor Spotlight

Professor Manuel Duasso stands in front of his English Composition class and leads a lively discussion on gender roles in World War II. The mellow piano music that plays in the background is one of many aspects that sets his classroom apart. The other—that Duasso is blind. Duasso has… Read the rest at our website.

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Music Professor Incites “Twitter Mob” With Controversial Obama Tweet

January 18, 2017 Riane Roldan Professor Spotlight

Music business professor Eduardo Calle is facing backlash on social media after a controversial New Year’s Day tweet about President Barack Obama’s citizenship prompted dozens of Twitter users to demand his dismissal from the College. Calle’s tweet was in response to an article posted by Scott Dworkin, co-founder and… Read the rest at our website.

News North Campus

Librarian Creates A Garden Of Feedin’ In His Miami Springs Backyard

October 3, 2016 Alessandra Pacheco Professor Spotlight, Wellness, Health, Vegan, Plants, Theodore Karantsalis

Theodore Karantsalis is an extreme gardener. His suburban Miami Springs house on a third-of-an-acre looks typically trim in the front. But the backyard is packed with more than 200 plants, 50 trees, two eight-by-six foot greenhouses and a homemade treehouse with WiFi. The work all goes toward feeding his… Read the rest at our website.

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North Campus Professor Publishes Autobiography

August 17, 2016 Zayrha Rodriguez 0 Comments Professor Spotlight, autobiography

A dinner with Maya Angelou sparked the idea for Shawn Schwaner’s autobiography. “You should write a book about it,” Angelou said in the spring of 1988 at Denison University. Twenty eight years later, the book became a reality. Schwaner, a North Campus professor for the School of Justice at… Read the rest at our website.

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North Campus Professor’s Short Film “Star Child” To Premiere At MIFF

February 26, 2016 Patricia Cárdenas Film, Professor Spotlight, Miami International Film Festival, MIFF

Tommy Demos knows a thing or two about filmmaking. Demos, a full-time film production professor at the School of Entertainment and Design Technology at North Campus, has produced and directed several award-winning short films, such as Come Monday, Poacher, and The First Night. His latest short film Star Child… Read the rest at our website.

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